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emy, here. 20-19 on October 30, in an exciting were the evils of smoking, compul- of the members, the young ladies, and during the play there was con-
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PROSPECTS FOR BASKET-BALL AND
WRESTLING GOOD Three Basket-ball Letter Men Back
Under the watchful eye of Coach Wbite the 1927 Virginia Episcopal Basketball team is rapidly gaining shape. Goldsmith, Farinholt, and Young, three of last year's letter
men, are again in uniform, and do not seem to have lo t any of their past ability . Goldsmith is jumping center better than ever, Farinholt is doing very nicely on the defensive, while Young, on the offensive, finds little difficulty in locating the basket. A few others who seem to know their positions well are Spruill, Barber, and Robinson as forwards, and H. Lewis as guard. •
The schedule, although compara- tively little harder than usual, is
not to be taken lightly. The s·eason • is to be officially opened January
15th.
Wrestling, which is being coached by Mf Harmeling, has also many good prospects. P errine, J ., is
showing up above the others in the NEWS OF THE
FOOTBALL TEAM, 1926
PROMINENT DIVINE VISITS AND IS VISITED
MR.
:l'fr.
WHITE HAD REMOVED
White underwent
DRAMATIC SOCIETY'S THREE ONE-ACT PLAYS
SCORE HUGE SUCCESS
Program Given Night of December 11th Hailed as Best Yet
The V. E. S Dramatic Society en- tertained a large crowd made up of the student body and many visitors with a trio of one-act plays on the evening of Saturday, December 11th. The newly formed school orchestra furnished music for the occasion.
All the plays were greatly success- ful from the standpoint that laugh- ter and cheering resounded through- out the Barksdale Gymnasium time and time again. There was h·ardly a dull moment from the time the first note was sounded by the orches- tra until the curtain dropped on the final clinch which marked the end-
ing of the last play.
The first play, ' Q," by Stephen
Leacock, kept the crowd in a contin- uous uproar. The action of the play took place in Jack Annerly's apart- ments in London. 'fhe plot cen- tered around the efforts of Annerly, a young gentleman in sad need of some ready cash, to humbug George Gnoof, a spiritualist.• Gneof, with almost unbelievable credulity, and to the high amusement of the audience, allows himself to be swindled out of a large sum of money.
Hugh Sudduth, as Annerly, ap- peared resplendent in a gorgeous
100-pound class, while his brother, Perrine, W., seems to be outstand- ing in the 120-pound class. Con- stantine is doing very well with the 140-pounders, and in the unlimited class Walton is a promising pros-
pect.
The basket-ball schedule, as ar-
ranged by Mr. Crockett, is as fol- lows:
Jan. 15-Danville Military Insti- tute, there.
Jan. 19-W. & L. Freshmen, here.
Jan. 22 - Hargrave Military Academy, there.
Jan. 29-Episcopal High School, here.
Feb. 5 - Fishburne Military School, here.
Feb. 10-V. P. I. Freshmen, here.
SCHOOL FEDERATION
Be1·kshi1·e
This school closed its football sea-
The Heverend
Manly Cobb of
a tonsil
Christopher's'
Feb. 16 - Woodberry Forest Thanksgiving.
Feb. 12 - · St. School, here.
School, there. .
were the representatives of V. E. S. guests of 1\fr. and Mrs. John M. latter part of the Thirty Years War. Among the subjects discussed Ladcl. Much to the disappointment <\.spy had been recently put to death,
Academy, there. LEWIS ELECTED
first half, 3-0, the Andover team . greatly improved and finally won,
0 The Ladd's apartments were ap- play ended happily.
MR. HARMELING VISITS ALMA propriately decorated with stream- The actors in this play once or
FOOTBAI~ On Thursday, December 9th, Her-
20-3.
'Tome defeated the school 21-3,
and thus established their claim to the championship of Maryland. All the scoring was done in the third pe-
ers of the French tri-color, while the twice smirked during their most dra-. mascot, Mlle. Follie, wore an enor- matic utterances and somewhat les- mous bow of red, white and blue sened the effectiveness of the play. ribbon. George Boyd (Col. Tollocho), took
The meeting was duly opened by the part of the hero, and his acting the serving of refreshments, which was outstanding. As the villainous consisted of every delicacy that peo- Count Von Mandersperg, George ple desire. Then two French games Payne certainly looked his part. were played. In these Bowman and Floyd Day excellently portrayed Merriman completely outstripped young Hugh Von Mandersperg, their nearest competitors, Bowman while Duncan Hamner was seen in carryu1g away the two first prizes. the role of Andreas Bucquoi, Tol-
In these contests, Copeland evidently locho's kinsman and aide.
CAPTAIN
:\1r. Karl Harmeling spent the week-end of December 5 in Lexing-
bert Lewis was selected by the foot- ball letter-men to be the captain of
OF THE
H e
returned
our 1927 football team.
is certain that his leadership will take his team through to victory.
Groton
FI VE
NEW MEMBERS " V" CLUB
At the last meeting of the "V" club five new members were taken ~n.
Those fortunate ones were Bruce
The 1926 football letters were of France, for he continually added awarded by Mr. Crockett during the new words to the French dictionary. intermission between the second and The Marseillaise was sung with great third plays, each letterman receiv-
Am ole,
Coleman Miller, William Rhett and
Thomas Humrickhouse, James Walton.
ing an ovation from the crowd.
The party disbanded late in the "The.Neighbors" Proves Successful
The club was honored by short speeches from Duval Goldsmith and Floyd Day.
After this the curtain rose on a This was fine production of "The Neighbors,"
The school
riod.
A new lecture hall, the gift of C.·
D. Dillon of New York, was opened shortly before Thanksgiving. 'fhe whole school has been divided into three teams to play soccer.
Hill
Hill closed its football season by defeating Hotchkiss at Lakeville in a very clo e game, 10-9. All the school attended the Yale-Princeton
game.
The annual fall dance was held
November 20 and 21. Because of the high scholastic standing of the (Continued on page 3)
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SOCCER AGAIN IS WITH US
It looks as though soccer is going to be a permanent fixture at V. E. S. All boys who are not out for regular sports are required to "sock-'em-up"
under the direction of the compe- tents, Mr. Johnston andl\1r. Hutton.
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VISITOR OF THE DAWSONS On the first of December the Daw-
sons were visited by Mr. J. H.
Loomis, the score of which was 6-6. The Glee Club and the Gun Club
have been quite active recently. Choate
General Theological Seminary in New York.
On Sunday, December 5th, Mr. Hutton was called to Roanoke, where
ities, and of Miss Dorothy Fincke, who journeyed from Philly to be with our coach during his convales-
cence.
Since his throat will be sore for
dressing gown.
When be and Gnoof
The school had a special holiday he held a service at Christ Church.
on November 20, when most of the The Reverend Mr. Mead, the regu-
student body attended the Harvard- lar minister, was unable to hold the
yale game. 'l'he quartet from the service because of illness.
some time to come, Mr. White will
enjoy a welcome rest from the V. E. and Claiborne Darden as Dora
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cause of loss of time no out-of-town V, E. S. REPRESENTED IN OLDER
William Young as Blight, the butler, Dneiper, a ·revue girl, were up to
permissions were given on 'fhanks- giving Day. ·
BOYS' CONFERENCE Lynchburg, on December 5th, was
their usual standard.
"The Dark of the Dawn," a B'emi-
Gilman MATER
Blacksburg visited the Reverend S. operation at the Baptist Hospital on
Lanney Hutton here on November Friday, December lOth. The pa-
the 30th. He was the roommate of tient is doing nicely under the
son in a hotly contested game with our chaplain when they were at the watchful care of the hospital author-
the next play to be presented. The scene was laid in a cottage which had
group were given shortly before George Boyd, Floyd Day, Jack annual banquet on the night of been taken over for the headquarters
Choate has adopted a system of the scene of a conference of the older
quarterly examinations. The first boys from many preparatory schools·. Tl1e French Club held its semi-
Grumiaux, and Frederick Miller of Colonel Tollocho, of the Emper- Thursday, December 9th, as the or's army. The time was duri.ug the
Exete1·
Feb. 19 -Randolph-Macon Acad- . Exeter lost to Worcester Academy,
Feb. 25-Augusta Military Acad- game. 'The season was closed with sory religion and the Hi-Y. The who were expected to be present, stant doubt as to whose son the spy
emy, there. the annual game against Andover. conference was given under the aus- were not. But in spite of this great was. When he turned out to be the
Feb. 26 - Staunton Military Although Exeter led through the pices of the Lynchburg Y. M. C. A. handicap, all enjoyed themselves. villain's son instead of the hero's, the
ton .
hold his classes.
to the
school to
Hodges of Baltimore.
stay Mr. Hodges left for Roanoke.
the fine time given them. the last meeting of the term.
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After a brief
thought himself the Daniel Webster
enthusiasm by all present.
evening after praising the Ladds for
TONSILS
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FRENCH CLUB HOLDS SEMI- tragedy by Beulah Marie Dix, was
ANNUAL BANQUET
w e n t through the psychic 'exercises neces- sary to the appearance of "Q," the crowd went into spasms of laughter.
(Chesterman
Constantine)
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