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RAYi\WND
'".\ bout the .i\Iaybank: ''Tl1ey ain't so
H. A. LAllfAR
J. w. GRUULHJX
H. P. BoGGs N. T. GREEN
G. c. BARKER R. M. WHITNEY
hot. Track is pretty good in
the quarter, mile, and hurrlles,
since Penn l1as gone ou:t. .Base-
ball has a good inAeld with •
"Sot."
Cook: "Track's not so good
but Maybank is starring in the high jump."
Mr. Harrell: (~011e of our reporters dared to approach the "hard-hearted" one.)
'---------------..! ST. PAUL'S DONATES
tion with the Uallory Line running between Kcw York and Mobile Ala-
bama.
Thomas Carruthers, '20 ha.s been made general manager of the Occi- dental Life Insurance Company at
Charleston, \Yest Virginia.
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W. D. Cabell, '26 has been ap- pointed to the College Topics staff,
The Meteor .l\[ARCH 15, 1928
Busy Body
EPISCOPAL SOCCERITES PLAY FOR ALL-STARS
V. E. S. Players Star in Clashes with Roanoke and Norfolk Teams
::levcral of the Y. E. i::l. soccer staro as well a~ two teachers were preshed iDto senice by the all-city soccer
Alumni News
Frank 1\Ieacle ''2-± fi11 ishing his last year at tlie University of Virginia was awanlerl hi~ letter in basket-ball another lime. As captain, he led the
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~prim~ "lHJrt ' · '
(i\lost of the nns1rer~ given
are sarcastic ;;a1·e in one not- able case.)
I-Tarrison : "'I think thev're .
fine sinee Gro1·e ha:; come out for track."
Cavalier team tu the state champion- ship.
E. l\1. C. QunmY
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repre~e11
DR. PENDLETON'S
DEP ARTURE
A GREA T LOSS
When the session of 1928-1929 opens next September, a great many
changes will in all probability have taken place. For one thing, the school
will be operating under a new board and V. E. S. will then be under the
control of the diocese. This could bring about a great deal of difference
in the management of the school, though it should place its operation on
a more business-like basis. But this change is not the only one. Next .
fall V. E. S. will have a new rector.
Dr. William Gibson Pendleton will have closed a noteworthy career
at V. E. S. when he departs to take his position at the Grace Memorial
Church at Fort Hill. He leaves behind him a record of eight years of
prosperity. Now, when his departure is so near, looking back over the
time that he has been rector of V. E. S., the amount of good that he has
done for the school seems to magnify itself to more than it ever was before.
the initial goal for the Lynchburg having successfully passed through INFIRMARY BLANKETS team with a. well-placed kick. At competition, lasting for ten issues.
While he has been here he has clone much to promote the athletic
standing of the school. He has clone everything in his power to incite a
spirit of determination to do one's best no matter what the situation may
be, whether defeat or victory. He has shown the interest in what the of l\Ir. H. Minor Davis, who recently various teams do, which acts as a real encouragement. But not only has
tean1 was nosed out by two points Both teams played hard, fast soccer. after leading during the entire first It was only by presenting an almost three quarters. But the team showed
he aided them morally but materially.
The present athletic field was improved under his direction, and the
track-the only prep school track in the State which has a 220-yard straight-a-way and which is better than many college tracks-is a monu- ment to his efforts. The tennis courts owe their formation to thi same source. It will be a long time before we forget the familiar fig-ure of
"Doc" in his overalls, driving the tractor
time and energy for the interest of the school athletics, showing a rea1 proof of his love for V. E. S.
made a very good talk in our chapel, that the blankets were secured. The gift is Yery welcome to Miss An- drews, our nurse, as well as the boys.
SERVICE IS THEME OF
MR. LADD'S SPEECH
ing player of the team, and ~et
and which is as satisfactory a method of solving the smoking situation as any other, is largely due to his efforts. He has given the boys the freedom which they could employ to their own advantage and development, but all his actions have been with a personal interest for all concerned.
France and Its Zone System .i\lr. Ladd, Y. E. S. history teacher.
gave a very interesting talk in Study
After a short introduction con-
cerning the G. A. A. and the store,
in which the boys were again urged
to saYe the profits of the store which
are gi1·en to the G. A. A., by not
breaking the pop bottles, l\Ir. Gan-
naway addressed the students in
uprisings of the pRRt haYe been "Much Ado About Nothing."
. . .
using his own personal
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Speaks of
"Tators" in Interesting Talk
The present smoking rule which was formed hy the boys themselves. He Tells of Ambulance Service in
· And even though he desires that V. E. S. have successful teams, there Hall on March 6th on the work of
has been no time when he has tried to·bring about such a result by shady the Ambulance Service in France
transactions. Never has there been a boy enrolled here for athletic during the 1\orld War. The speaker
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study hall, Tuesday March 6.
interests alone, and never has anv compensation been gi,en merely beca11se of athletic ability. Truly V. E. S. will suffer a great loss upon his
departure.
STUDENT BOLSHEVISM
On the average of once a term there grows out of a. social "Bull Session" a revolutionary attitude to some unpopular rule in school. A few of the influential boys of the school declare that they will "strike"
if the rule is not amended to suit them.
Needless to say, these threats are never carried out. The would-be
"strikers" never get any farther than their threat. They grumble to- gether in small groups. They state their ideas openly among the other students but they fail to take their grievances to a.ny higher authority
fhan themselves.
Will such displays of dissatisfaction gain anything for anyone?
NO, it tends to demoralize the student and the school. The younQ·er boys will·naturally be led to the opinion of their older friends. To see their heroes of the athletic field and the counsellor body taking thiB antagonistic attitude has a bad effect on them. It lowers their estimate
of the school and tends to build up in them a disrespect for the authoritie~. Those who have threatened the strike get no more gbod out of their threat than the satisfaction of being gazed upon as a fearless hero by a certain element of the school and the type of revolutionist that we are referring
to is above the class that appreciates such applause.
We do not expect to stop such uprisings. It would be useless where
student government is prized. Besides ome good may come of them. Our point is to urge these students to take their complaint personally, or through the head counselor, to the Rector as soon as they feel dissatisfied. In this way we are sure some understanding will be reached.
There can only be two reasons why this is not clone. The boys are either ashamed of being sponsors of an uprising or they do not feel that their complaint is just enough to meet the opposing arguments of a fair- minded person. Either of these reasons should convince us that the
1ms 1·ery well qualified to gi1·e the
talk, haYing seen active senice "over
there" for nearly a year. l\Ir. Lacld
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()uestion:
thi11k o[ our prospects in the
Holherton, H.: same a>< last year."
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fessionalti of both Roanoke and ~or­ folk. The ,ix Y. E. ~- players se- lectee! to play at Maher Field in Roanoke, March :3rcl, performed Yery creditably though L yJJChburg was de- feated, -±-2. With four Y. E. S.
192~J,
John ('owan '23 has taken a posi-
Mrs. H. Minor Davis Is Chiefly
Paul's Episcopal Church, Lynch- burg, donated ele\'en woolen blankets to the Y. E. S. Infirmary on Thurs- day, l\Iarch 8th. This will make it Yery comrenient for the sick boys as they will not be bothered with bring- ing their own blankets over to the I nfirmary. It was through the ef- forts of JVIrs. H. Minor Davis, wife
the end of the first l1alf the visitors were in the lead, 2-1. With the aid
of a strong wind Roanoke railied to take the contest by a 4-2 count.
Lynchburg-Norfolk Fast Game
SHOWING MADE BY BASKETEERS
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berry shot three baskets in the last
Responsible for
The Church Senice League of St.
V alued Gift
CREDIT ABLE
Quotes "The Coach"
Mr. GaJ1naway spoke at length on the various "tators," not potatoes l1oweyer, who are connected with school life. He used as the basis of his speech a poem from "The Coach" FraJlce and the Ambulance Zone in wl1ich was described the roster of Sytitem, :\Ir. Lacld got to the moral athletics. Then followed discussions
of his talk. Sen·ice, not bravery, about the Imitators, the Dictators. "·as the standard of the Corps: the the Commentators, and last of all indi1·idual counted for nothing, but the Agitators. These last are against the spirit was the thing. American;; all lam; anrl are continually spread-
in the \Yorld War were gil'en the ing clestructi,·e criticism. It is the ,. a I u a b l e experience of forgetting duty of all good school supporters to .themseh"es for the good of the com- discourage such people and hreak up
preferred to tell what he had seen
about the work in general rather
than to tell of hi own personal ex- .
penences.
After telling of the conditions in
mon cause.
any groups wl1o favor these people.
V. E. S. Track Records
Dash.................... (Time)
0:10 1-10......................L. T. Smith; CharlottesYille, Ya., May 8,1926
cla~herl
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t h e
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b e e n
at the Uni1·ersity of Virginia.
t e a m ,
In the Roanoke game, Lamb and Luckie were p01rerful fac-tors i.n the
tati1·es i11 the line-up the Lynchburg eleven o1·ercame the ::\1"or- folk playerR on :\larch lOth by a -±-1 tally.
has been
while Hines, Mr.
Glascock, and Massey played well on
H arrell, the defen~e. Luckie was able to score
offense,
With l\Ir. Johnston, Hines, Glas- two minutes of play to overcome cock, and Mr. Harrell in the line-up, a fhe point Y. E. S. lead and win Lynchburg defeated the previously 29-28. The same bad luck followed unbeaten Norfolk eleven, -±-1, in a the team to Fork Union where the game played at the City Stadium.
impregnable defense and a slashing offense that the Lynchburgers were able to overcome their strong oppon- ents. It was the best exl1ibition of soccer m·er seen m this part of the country, critics say.
its true strength by overwhelming R. l\1. A. at Bedford in the last game of
the season -±5-18.
~arber Heavy Scorer
Captain Barber \l'as the outstand-
which is noteworthy in itself, but is still more remarkable since he wa.s
assigned the best guards in the state and often had to work against two men. In the Bedford High game he made twelve field goals which is an- other V. E. S. record and his total score of 25 points in that game
stands out far above any other like performance except one. That was when he made 24 points against R. M. A. in the last game of the season.
Weeks Has Good Record
Lee finished second in the scoring colunm though he played only ten games. As he was the only tall man on the regular team he played center
and scored most of his points from near the basket at close range. May- bank played the other forward posi- tion, and he is one of the players who is returning next year. Weeks, run- ning guard, finished third in scoring
and made a much larger number of points than those who played against him. He held his man to an average of about three points each game, and he was put on the greatest scoring
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100-Y ard
220-Yard Dash....................(Time) 0:22 7-1O........................L. T. Smith; Charlottes,·i!le, Va., May 8, 1926
. GANNAWAY TALKS TO BOYS IN STUDY HALL
aV. E. S. record when he scored 13a points in 11 games. This was an average of o1·er twelve points a game,
Different
K i n d s
of
4-10-Yanl Da~h.................... (Time)
SSD-Yarcl Run...................... (Time) 2:02 2-5............................F. G. Wayland; Oran/Ie, Va., April 26, 1924 Mile Hun.............................. (Time) 4 :±!J............................Scott \Yilson; Charlottesville, Va., May 13, 1922
0:53 1-5....................................Floyd Day; Orange, Ya., April 2-±, 1926
220-Y arrl Low I-Iunlles...... (Time) 0 :26 3-5..........................L. T. Smith : Colleg·e Park, l\Id. Ma)' l 1926
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0:16 2-5........................W. D. C'abell; CharlottesYille. Va.. May 8, 1926
120-Yard High Hurdles .... (Time)
B i_gh Jump ...................... (Hei~Iht) 5 ft., !J ins.................D. P. Goldsmith; Lynchburg, Va., April 27, 1925 Pole Vault........................(Height) J1ft.. !1 ino.....................D. P. Goldsmith; Orange, Va., April 2-±, 1!126
Jump .................. (Distance) Throw................ (Distance)
21 ft.. 1 1-2 ins.....D. P. Goldsmith; Charlottesville, Va., .i\Iay 8, 1926 166ft.. !J ins.....................J ames Day; Charlottesville, Va.., May 8, 1926 119ft.. !J ins.......................James Day; Lynchburg, Va., May 15, 1926
Broad
JaYelin
Discus Thro11· ................(Distance) Shot Put ........................ (Distance)
45 ft., 8 ins...............D. P. Goldsmith: College Park, Mel.,
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a~si;;tant maHager of basket-hall for
George Boyrl,
nitely assigned to missionary work in Minne.ota by the Bishop of that state. He expects to study further i11 preparation for the ministry which he will enter sometime in the future.
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