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a.ncl White tallied once from the foul/'earmarks enough to distinguish pard; Edwin Quimby with Miss Jett Baker ; Lloyd Smith with Miss Elise hue, and followed thts w1th a field them. The mternal changes m the Deyerle; Alexander Vance with Miss
goal. The quarter ended with verb to form the subjunctive mode Virginia Wilson; George Wilkinson Augusta on the large end of a 6-4 make that mode mean something. with Miss Mary B. Cosby ; William score. I n the study of word-fo rmation in Wi lki11son with Miss J ane Wilson ;
Second Quarter German, one sees the wonderful William Y oung with Mi s Evelyn
ability of this language to express Chaybrook. A. M. A. opened up with two foul thought and delicate shades of mean-
shots, and tallied both times. V. E. mg. S. rallied, but again missed the
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AUGUSTA'S STRONG COMEBACK DEFEATS V.E.S.
Second-half Performance Vanquishes Garnet and White
25-13
On Saturday, J anuary 31st Garnet and White went down to· de- feat before the Blue and White of A. M. A., after a battle which was marred somewhat in the second half by our inaccuracy in shooting. The Valley team, quick to take ad- vantage, pushed ahead, and before the close of the contest had nearly doubled the score. ·
However, the first half was a
pretty exhibition of basket-ball, and
A. M. A. saw before its close that
every ounce of re erve force which
it possessed would be required to
come out ahead, that period ending
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VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
FEBRUARY 12, 1926
fense on our contestants' part held us down to only two field goals in the second half, while they piled up a
total of eleven points.
Captain J acob starred for A. M.
A., his work on both the offensive and defensive being of a quality not surpassed by any other player on the floor. Our team played well as a whole, but perhaps the work of Smith on the offense and Farinholt on the defense was outstanding.
First Quarter
Things started off with a bang. Goldsmith after a minute or two of play dropped in a neat field goal.
D. from German universities. Thus, the faithful Rip Knight's .orchestra. thorough and effective research work Many alumni, principally from U.
in American universities was made Va. were present, and added greatly
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the
a twofold reason Jor this. In the
first place, the Germans are a
thorough and painstaking people.
The German scholars ,,·ere among the
first to develop th e scientific spirit
toward literature as well as toward
the Sciences. This s p i r i t of 11ight of Saturday the 30th. It be- thoroughness an d painstaking,
14-9 in their favor. An excellent de~ Germany or held the degree of Ph.
Augusta again shot twice fron;t the mother tongue without a knowledge foul line, this time scoring nothing. of German, as the student of the Some fast team work almost re- Romance languages wonld be had he
suited in a Virginia Episcopal goal, not a kn<;JWledge of Latin.
Harris with Miss Thelma Reams; John Heald with Miss Langhorne Watts; Allen H owe with .Miss Mary Phillips; Grey Langhorne with Miss Dot Dickerson; Robert Mason with Miss Grace Kerr; Andrew Loffier
WHY STUDY GERMAN?
Before the World War, Gennan was stmliecl in this country as no other Modern Language. There was
c-oupled with the scientific mind and
the fact that scholarR in Germany
used to have plenty of leisure, had
produced some marvelous results in
scit>1ce and literature. So when the
scholars of this country engaged in
research work, they had to fill their
libraries with books, dissertationR
V. E. S. DEFEATS HARGRAVE
and pamphlets containing the re-
sults . of Gennan research. The and even of our· ·basket-ball defeat,
That elusive personage, the aver- age V. E. S. boy, is now 16.7 years
teachers in our universities, in a ma- was lost in the bliss of the dance. jority of cases, had either studied in As usual, the music was produced by
just 7.82 more than he did when he came here in the fall. Surely the bread- gravy - liver- onions diet is agreeing with him. ·
He has gained in chest expansion one-fourth inch setting up exercises ? . . . soccer?
One of him has had his tonsils taken out, several of him have added glasses to their belongings, and eight of him have escaped the examina- tions entirely, being too much en- feebled by pink eye, mumps, or cold to be seen official!y.
Just after the fall examinations, incidentally, it was found that forty-
the basket. Goldsmith followed with a foul shot. Sallinger made a pretty field goal which he tipped into the basket on a toss-up, and the period ended without any further scoring.
Second Quarter
Sallinger started the quarter with
a field goal, and Scott soon put the
visitors in the lead with another.
Smith then made our second field
goal. Loffier and Farinholt each
shot a foul, and just before the
whistle blew, Goldsmith scored our
possible only through a good h.'llowl- edge of the Ger·man language. Con- sequently German was being taught practically everywhere in our colleges and seco1cla.ry schools.
The second reason why German
has held, and should hold a very
important place in the curriculum of
to our pleasure. The only draw-back was that a large number of the ex- pected Sweet Briar girls were unable to attend.
The couples were : Thomas Bos- well with Miss Eleanor Hubard ; Thomas Bryson with Miss Mary Watkins; Oscar Deyerle with Miss
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an English speaking people, is a
linguistic one. 'rhe German lan- Ibby Luck ; Robert Evans with Miss
third field basket, leaving the score nine boys wear glasses to study, nine 9-6 in our favor.
guage is closely related to English, Tabo Brown; William Ferrell with and these two, together with Flemish Miss Mary Meade; Harry George
and Frisian, form the western T eu- with Miss Ki tty Marshall ; Duval Goldsmith with Miss Margaret Cu-
all the time. · A boy-maybe he was the average boy-asked recently: "Why do we
have these examinations? Of what good are they?" A good question and a natural one. Here are a few answers :
1. They form a basis on which -ive may offer advice to a boy. Possibly he is carrying too much work for his physical make-up. Perhaps he is contemplating adding more sub- jects to his course. A reference to
his record will help in detennining whether or not he should be allowed to do so.
2. We feel a kind of personal family interest in each boy. We want to keep in touch with him and his condit ion.
3. The examinations do actually stimulate amo11g the boys a feeling of pride in their bodies, the wish to excel in physique, the determination
Third Quarter
The third quarter was charac- terized by faster floor-work and still less scoring. Scott began the shoot- ing with a foul, and "Goldy," after having failed on two fouls, then quickly regained both of them in two more free shots. These gave us our only markers for this period, which closed with no more scoring on H. M. A.'s part.
Fourth Quarter
Goldsmith began the last quarter with a field goal in the first ten seconds of play, and Spruill, not to be outdone, followed with another. Sallinger made undoubtedly the
prettiest goal of the game, a long shot from the center of the floor, and Goldy came close on his heels with his third field goal. Smith placed two more points to our credit by a short shot from the right of the
tonic group of languages. We can- cullu; Duncan Hamner with Miss Loffier followed Goldy's lead with not master our own language with- Carrie Lee Chewning; Charles Har-
another field goal, and A. M. A. out a knowledge of German. We are
tallied once from the gift box. as handicapped in the mastery of our ris with Miss Henrietta Fox; David
but A. M. A. got possession of the As a mental trainer German is a
ball and dribbled clown the floor for close second to Latin. lt has four
a pretty field goal. The contest distinct cases, verb endings that are with Miss r_,ib Matthews; John varied here, first in one team's terri- not merely orthographic but pho- Moyler with Miss Julianne Butler; tory, then in the other's. The Blue netic, and the tense of the verb have William Newell with Miss Pet Shep-
V. E. S. MID-WINTERS
SHORT BUT SUCCESSFUL PHYSICAL EXAMINAliONS
After the agony of exam-week, we were given some very w_elcome re- compense in the form of a Sweet Briar dance. This event took place
In the late physical examination of the boys of the school, of February 4th, no very startling findings are re- ported.
The manner of procedure at these second term examinations is simpler than that in the fall. Only certain features are recorded. These are weight, chest measurements, etc.- indices to one's general health tone. Most details are dispensed with, a general looking over by the doctor, with here and there a more par- ticular investigation of a question- able chest or heart or throat, suffices.
Barksdale Gymn the Scene of Thrilling 22-14 Victory
On Wepnesday, February 3rd, V. E. S. defeated Hargrave Military Academy by the score of 22-14. The game was featured throughout by fast floorwork and small scoring, until the fourth quarter, when Gold- smith ran wild and checked up three field goals, two of which were made in the first two minutes of play. Sallinger starred for the visitors while "Goldy" was easily the out- standing player for V. E. S.
First Quarter
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in our beautiful and spacious ball room- the basketball court-on the
gan very late, and at one time we were even the victims of grave fears as to whether it would begin at all. However, just as we were losing all hope, the arrival of Boswell, our leading sheik, with Miss Eleanor Hubarcl, set.things to rights, and soon the painful memory of exams,
"Fanny," after the game had been progressing for nearly five minutes, old. He weighs 134.85 pounds - scored our first points by a short but difficult shot from the right of
LYNCHBURG SUFFERS
to gain over their fellows and thus
up two points from the field, but lectecl or superficially considered in 'rhe one and only V. E. S. Musical develop themselves. • basket. Harper made H. M. A.'s
basket by inches. Augusta chalked
' Gold retrieved one of these when the Tealm of literature and art. H e organization, the Agonv Quartet, 4. The weights and measurements
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following a failure to score on our smg, Scht,ller, anc~ G~(,the.
part, after a pretty bit of team-work the musJcal drat~a,.V\ agner 1s um- ing held in the parish-house of St.
that brought the basket w1thm que. In the short story, wher~ can John's Church, Rivt>rmont, on the school against the possible danger-
reach, they added another field goal. we find more charm!ng wnters . In JLight of Sunday, the 31st. It glee~ ouslyffi~fectedfindiviclual. A btoy who
. c1 t t b musJC, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, However, determme no 0 e so Beethoven Mendelssohn are such
easily undone V. E. S. stepped out, household'words that we almost for-
and chalked up four pomts on field get that the composers who bear
g : o a l s b y Y o u n g . a n d S m i t h . r e p e e - t h e s e nam e~ a r e n o t o u r v e r y o w n .
ttvely. Just before the wlustle_A. 8uch men as I have mentioned
1s su ermg rom some ex reme1y f·uIIy accepted tl1e ummons, ancl t · d· th b
putting it strongest line-up, com- con ag10us tsease may us e
)Osecl of Loffier Grumiaux Con- eradiCated and untold.ha~mavo1ded.
1 · d w· 'b . ·R · ' , . . INo, there was none th1s time, or last 1
S ummary: V. E. S.
H. M.A.
again became very close, ~either our colleges, although our most team o-iving any ground to 1ts op- prominent colleges and universities
ponents. Augusta tallied from the made but l.ittle change in their Ger- f i e l d , a n d w e n e a r l y s c o r e d . . Y o u n g m a 11 requirement~. G e r m a n i s
A s u~ual a t t h e b e g i 1 m i n g o f t h e n e n t l y r e c o r d e d i n " T h e B i g P h y s . p e r ; B l o x o n f o r H o o k e r ; H a r p e r f o r
Also German is not to be neg-
he s!ored a foul shot a few minutes who would know the cl1:ama must which, we are told, fully lives up to are useful in recruiting members of
third field goal. Sallinger followed with a foul, and just before the final whistle, Goldsmith dropped in his fourth field goal, leaving us a 22-14 victory.
later. A. M. A. got this back, and Icertam,ly acquamt h~mself w1th Les- the high aspiration. signified in its teams.
M. A. added anotller pomt 011 a foul above, like all true scholars, have had ence was duly nnpressecl, and we t t' f
shot.
Third Quarter
After an exciting period of close
the world viewpoint and could say hear that the quartet is booked for ec 1011 or you. center
with Terence of old, "Nothing com- concerts at R.-M. W. G. It is prob- 6. They afford a definite reference Farinholt .....................,......., Hooker
mon to humanity is foreign to me." able that other equally imposing sheet of information for the boy, guard
When America entered the World places will soon be crying out in either while in school or after he Loffter (Capt.).........,........,..... Porter
eagerness for it, even as children cry leaves. guard
floor-work, A. l\1. A. ·cored a foul War, German was taken out of most shot. At this point the contest of our High Schools aucl many of
for Castoria. ---o
A NEW SPECIES ADDED
This is the fourth time we have Substitutions: V. E. S.- Spruill · had the examination.. A,lready a for Young. H. M. A.-Wilson for
considerable mass of material has Hooker ; H a r p e r for Ornella; been collected. All this is penna- Hooker for Wilson; Ornellafor Har-
And m
name, was invited to sing at a meet-
and Goldy hoth missed foul shots, gradually coming back into its OWIL KCCOIH1 term, several new boys have Book'' More boys have recently
while A. M. A. added a11other pomt But duP to the fact that ~o many of been admitted to fill the few places shown a
Bloxon. .
Field Goals: V. E. S.-Goldsmith, -1: Smith, 2; Farinholt; Spruill.
cle~i1·e
via that ronte. Smith Oil two pretty our sel'onclary school8 have Hot aga111 made vacaut since tJ1c opening of registering on their pages. On ac-
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shots notched the score book for four made JHOI'iSI!IIl for 1t, most studeuts ~chool.
points. I Fourth Quarter
A. -
FoulGoals:V.E.:-;,- Goldsmith,
3; Loffter; Farinholt; Spruill. H. l\1. A.; Salliuger; Scott.
entering college ha1·e had no Ger- Jman, and so often to their sorrow, A. M. A. started itK fi1ml whirl- they Jind that Iedic:al Colleges and wind attack immediately al'tPr the thorough rc~earch n;quire and pre-
whi tle, coring t11·o field goals in sup] oRe a lmowledge of German. (C'o,ntinued on page 2) (Continued O.!l. page 4)
Va. ;
Uoor-h of Roanoke.
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stanhne, an Ill o1ue, ., 111 react- t· tl t. b f b t Itc1tt'I'hd.tme,or1euneeore;usome
Golclsmith ............................ Ornella forward
Smith ........................................ Scott forward
ness, 1as ene o own. e au t- .
year
th · ht b 1 It ·
ere nug. e.· 1s a pro- Yot1ng ..................Sallinger (Capt.)
They arc Dal'i~,
triot of Elgin's, from Richlands,
H odges ol'
a compa- Williamsburg, and
H . J\1. Scott.
Sallinp;er, 4;
Harper ;
We are also ver•v glad to welcome baf'k into our miriRt OII P or our f'orn1el' l'OillrarlPs, Frank
('ouch.
Heferee :
Edmunds (Virginia) .
5· They protect every boy in
to see what they are count of this increased intere·t pro-
vision will be made for all to in- vestigate their records if they like. At receRR times during this week and 11ext Mr. Banks will be glad to show them their complete records if they will step i11to his cia sroom.