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Garnet and White Eleven Ends Season w i t h Overwhelming Victory Over R.-M. A.
Because of a thirty-four to noth- ing walkover against R.-M. A. Cap- tain Goldsmith was able to lead the 1926 football team through a diffi- cult schedule with more victories· than defeats. The eleven won half of the eight games, losing three and tying one. The light Virginia Epis- copal team was outweighed by its
.opponents in practically all the games played, but the determination and indomitable spirit shown at all
times more than made up for this
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G. A. A. AWARDS FOOTBALL LETTERS
Stockett to Manage 1927 Team At a. meeting of the V. E. S. Gen-
eral Athletic Association, which was held November 2:3, the following were awarded senior letters in foot- ball: Duval Goldsmith, captain aml fullback; Floyd Day, quarterback;
H LD NlGHT OF NOV. 24TH Music Furnished By Virginia
VoLUME XI, No.5
HARD GRIDIRON SCHEDULE COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY THANKSGIVING DANCE
Mr. Barnwell,
(ook his services for him on Sunday.
Shore, :M:d., was a! V. ·E. S. last Sun- ·Sears went around end for fiVn Brown with Elizabeth thirty-yard line. Three attempts by complete day of rest. Boys who were Holt, George Boyd with Mary B. presented by these players and the R.-M. A. netted nothing, and Sears notheldbackbydemeritswereper- Cosby,MiltonBarberwithSarahBus- V.E.S.actorsreceil'edmanyhintskicked, the ball being downed on
mitted to lea>e the city for the clay, by, Chesterman Con tantine with as to the manner in which the play the fifty-yard line. Goldsmith start-
and all boys, except those on bounds, Athlein Benton, James Cox. with
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GAMES
were allowed to go to Lynchburg. V. E. S. was well represented at the V. U. I.-Y. P. I. football game in Roanoke, and although the clay seemed fair enough, the loyal sup- porters found their alibis in the rain.
Charlottesville 1ras also the host to a number of Y. E. S. boys, ll'ho 11·itnessecl the game which, according to the very loyal Carolinians, Vir-
ginia lucked out.
For those who did not leare the
Hill City, there were the movies in town, and the big supper which was served at school.
Mary Earl, Marion Cowper with Betty Brian, .\Ir. Crockett with Clara Hannah, Fra11k Couch with Gene ·watts, Jack Carr with Peggy Sut-
five around end. Farinholt failed tO Both Mr. White and ~Jr. Harmel- gain, but a pass, Goldsmith to Vance,
i11g journeyed to Hoanoke Thanks- was completed placing the ball with- gi1·ing to see the struggle between in a foot of the line. Goldy then their alma mater a11cl V . P. I. Al- carried it over by a successful at- though chagrined Ol'er V. M. I.'s tempt at the line and kicked the sad defeat they were able to bear extra· tally with ease.
accounted for a fifteen-yard loss, forced R.-M. A. to kick, putting the ball on her own twelve-yard lim!.
Rosa Heath, Robert Copeland with should be staged.
ed things with a bang when he went
off-tackle for twenty yards before he .
was brought down. w ,lky tried cen-
ter for ten more, and Goldy added
tina.xia,
Polly Tyree, Thomas Davi with Eleanor Hubbard, Floyd Day with .Tane Burton, Burt El'aDSwith Anne
Claiborn e
Darden with
Fowler with
[bby Luck, John Grumiaux with
Davis, Richard
beth \Yoocl, Brown Farinholt with
Tabo Brown, Robert Glass with Mae Wiley, Duval Goldsmith with Agnes
Beauford, Eelward Golclsmith with Frick Coleman, Thomas Humrick- house with Virginia Goode, Robert Hundley with Ella Hundley, Brook
their sorrow bravely enough to re-
main over for the V. :M:. I. Thanks- goal line; therefore it was brought giving Hop. Dr. Pendleton and Mr. out twenty yards. A fumble, which
H tmter
David
John H eald with Langhorne Watts, Dtmcan Hamner with Elarwr Jones, Charles Hamner with Ida Reeda
turned to V. E. S. the following da.y. IN AND OUT OF V. E. S.
a second touchdown, and a few mo- ments later he kicked the fourteent!b
point.
H.-M. A. kicked off to Boyd, who
in the closing game with R.-M. A.
Coaches White and Harmeling de-
serve much credit for developing a are allowed to study out of Study ferro, Clarence Pemberton with eel school on Thanksgiving. end for seven and a first-down. TWo
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FRENCH CLUB MEETS AGAIN
Mr. and Mrs·. Ladd were again the hosts of the French Club at their meeting on the night of November 18th. The customary program was carried out with a few added fea- tures, and the meeting has. been re-
ported as the best so far th1s year.
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Carrie Lee Chewning, John Read with Ella Par Phillips, William Rhett with Mary Merriman, Hugh Sudduth with Lucy Hundley, Gar- nett Spady with Virginia Wilson,
Alexa11der Vance wth Mary Gold- smith, Robert Wayland with Mar- garet Wayland, William Wilkinson with Caroline Burton and Reverdy Winfree with Margaret West.
Merriman was here to see her son, who was downed in his tracks. Gol- Fra.nk. ely tried guard for twenty yards; and Frank Hines was also the host to a line plunge by Wilkinson plus e his parents·, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. pass, Goldsmith to Vance, netted fiW
E liza-
Crockett also attended this garne. Mr. Meade went to Charlottesville
Pritchett's mother and father, ran the oval back five yards. Floyd Davidson, 'JI[r. Hutton with Arilia Mr. and Mrs. F. I. Pritchett, were tried end successfully for twency
I-Tarrison, Arthur r~ama.r witih here to see him over the week-end of yards; Goldy and Wilky each ear- J eanne Taylor, Gray Langhorne November 19th. ried the ball for three yards. A pass~
with Emily Langhorne, James Mc-
Mrs. H. G. Campbell was here Duval to Boyd, netted about seveil '
'rhe following
Beverley Causey, Douglas Forsyth, Maybank with Mary Meade, Cary son, Lawrence Thomsen. yards; a pass was incompleted, sendL
Johnston, and aunt, Miss Eva G. Two line plunges by R.-M. A. gave George Payne with Margaret Talia- Fulper, both of Newark, N. J., vilrit- her four yards. Sears went aroun.t
John Perrine with
Laur a
Wa.tts,
team which defended V. E. S. so Hall for this month. This is better Emily Pemberton, Edwin Quimby During the past week-end there unsuccessful attempts at the line
creditably on the gridiron. ---o
M'lt HUTTON HOLDS SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
On Sunday November 21st, Mr. Hutton held 'service at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Lynchburg,
owing to the fact that their rector,
than last month.
with Jane Wilson, Sam Read with were also several guests. Mrs. R. N. orced R.-M. A. to kick to Floyd Day,
Hines. ·
Alex Chaffin . spent several days at · the line, and a bad pass from center
the Rector's Apartments.
Mr. Harry Russell, of Eastern was then intercepted by R.-M. .Ai.
Goldsmith kicked the ball over the
Du'V'Ill failed to gain thiOUfJh A forward pass
· more:
ost about two yards.