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base
hit - Barnes.
tolen bases-Sin er, Fet-
H. A. LAMAR
J. W. GRUMIAUX
H. P. BoGGs N. T. GREEN
G. c.BARKER R. M. WHITNEY
The Meteor
Busy Body
Que tion: "Is profanity n·er e:r- cusablP?"'
Brown: "I think that it i per- mis ible under very trying condi- tion , but if demerits are to be
given, I don't think any partiality should be hown."
DRAM.SOC. INORGYAT THELANTERNTEAROOM
Alumni News Kempher Humphries, '23, former
~0. 13 Issued by the students of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Va.,
semi-monthly during the session of 1927-28 Subscription, 15 cents per copy; $1.75 per year
The Staff Editor-in-Chief....................................................................B. D. CAUSEY, JR.
Managing Editor....................................................................E. N. RAYMOND Reporters
VoL. XII
APRIL 26, 192
E. M. c. QUiliUlY
Business Manager....................................................................J . M. D . HEALD
Assistant Business Manager....................................................C. D. H AMNER
Alston: " I half the other."
half one and
of V. E. S. At no other time during the school year does time fly so fast or hang so lightly on our hands. How can anyone be idle with so many things to do,-baseball, track, tennis, golf, and any number of activities-,
the best the H illtop captain could do was to send a looper to right field,
whose names are ynonymou with Spring? Yet it is true that there are
boys in chool, who do not enter into the spirit of the season. And that
brings us to the ubject of the petty complaining, that is heard even in this run and six hits in the sixth inning.
faculty members.
During the course of the evening
the officerS' for next year were elected. Claiborne Darden was chosen Presi- dent ; Arthur Lamar, Vice-Pre ident, and George Moore, Busines Man- ager. All of these new officers haYe rendered three years of faithful er- vice to the Society. At the arne time Walter Withers Wh itehead and Philip Paul Pelton ware again elec- ted Stage .Mklnager and Property
:\[anager, respectively.
As the Banquet Committee had
News Bureau at Washington. GARNET NINE TROUNCES
AUGUST A CADETS 18-8
(Continued from page 1) Summary:
A.M.A. ABRH0AE
Suter 2b, cf 5 1 1 0 1 0 Griffian cf ........ 4 0 0 3 0 0 Slusser 1b........ 4 1 1 8 0 3 Smith ss ............ 5 0 1 1 3 0
Whitehead,If..1 2 0 0 0 0 Kelly If ............ 2 0 0 0 0 0
IYoolridge was clouted for five s-eason. Coach Gannaway's team batted all
We may divide the boys of this school into classes according to the effect the way around. King, Lee, P ayne,
that Spring has on each individual. First and in the majority is that ~tncl Armstrong singled. Then Weeks
group, which contain the boys, who feature the athletic side of school life, poked a three bagger to left field and Grumiaux got a safe hit. Barnes usually neglecting scholarship. In a smaller group-but one which is walked, but then King flied out to
nearly a reprehensible are those who see only the scholastic ide of V. E. left field.
S. life. Then there are those who neither try to study nor go in for Berlin held V. E. S. scoreless the
athletics. Fortunately there are very few of this kind in our school. Lastly, last two innings but twelve runs was
are those who have found both sides to V. E. S. life, going into the class- ample score. In the fir t of the ninth, Perkins grounded out to Lee.
portant, which brings forth the griping, becau e we aren't. It is the petty, • yet loud complaining, to which we take exception. There is so much of it
Y. E. S. Barnesrf----------5 3 3
becau e three of the aforementioned group all initiate some pet com-
AB R H 0 A E 2 0 0
King .................. 4 1 Lee .................... 5 2 the boy until each individual take it to heart for his own. This should Luck .................. 4 1
2 1 0
2 0 2
1 1 2
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plaint. In an insiduous way the complaint reaches, and is believed by all not go on unchallenged !
Payne ................ 5 Turner .............. 5
2
Lee ss ---------------- 5 2 2 MERRYATGAYBANQUETLuck cf .............. 5 2 3
1 0 0 13 0 20 0
part of the whole matter is that this sort of griping never In tead of bringing the grounds for complaint before the proper authorities,
532211 330811
1 0 -± 3 0
The ludicrou
benefi ts the chool. It i de tructive rather than constructi'e criticism.
Arm ~trong
\l eek ................ 5 2
3
the gripers talk it up among them elves, later leading others into their belief . Let u not forget that in thi chool we are allowed almost an un-
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believable amount of freedom in compari on with other schooiB.
Y et 'fl'e
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Totab ............-!1 18 13 27 9 4 310 15x-18
do not eem to appr ciate that freedom, the more we get the more we want.
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0 1
0 0
0 1
0 8
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Let's try to mend our ways, fellows, and when the school start next year Perkin~ ............
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1 0
0 0
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under a new rector. let u not give him. too, the distre sing trouble of ·Hiller -------------··· 3 1
0
inside griping.
ga ,·e selected two minute talks on amusing subjects. Causey announc cl in his that a ba.ehall game between
tlw :\["TI:OR ~taff and the Dramatic Soci~?ty members wa to he a no1·el
hits- Barne ,
King, run -
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A REAL .ACHIEVEMENT
Two base
Payne (2), Williams, Berry. Three
H at off to Lee Booth! 1\hy? He broke the Y. E. S. high jump Johnson, R. .-.... 2 0 record at Woodlerry Fore t on April 21, a record that had stood for four Do 0
feature in the near future.
with stunts and feature. in rapid strong 7. Ba es on balls~ff Wil-
liam 2;offHarri 4;offArmtrong +. Hit by pitcher- W eks by Wil-
year , which wa a notable feat in itself. What i more, thi performance
wa made in a meet that was held in a teady drizzle on a oggy field. It Bnd .................. 1 0
·c·e8sion.
wa the fir t time that a Y. E. . track record has been broken ince the
But thi per formance i. more than phenomenal when it i:< eonsirl<'r<>cl L. IT. 1-'.............000 non 001- 1 that Lee i handicapp cl by haYing only one normal leg. The other was Y. E. , . .............022 :10.) 000- 12
crippled by paraly~i,. Truly, it i remarkable that the g-reatest hig-h
jump r that has ever been in Y. E. . should be able to accomplish ,,·hat he Two base hit - Lee, Arm:;trong.
ha done in track thi .ea.on. It is not the time now to regret what he lach, Tlm.'P ha:;e hit- 1\eeks, IIome runs and think of "·hat he might do if both hi legs were perfect; but now i the - l.u\"k. , tolen ha:'('~- Kini[. Tur- time to give th ere lit to wh m it i due: to one who wa not phased by a ner (~), Crumiaux. Strm·k out-
handicap which ,f' med almost impossible to overcome; who o1·ercame it by Hhoalles 1; hy "'oolrillgc 6; by through his own effort and e1·en then when he wa. ~renerally underesti- Luck 10. Ba.~e on ball:;- off Hh ades mated; and who e1en a~ it iB. look go d to ~ro through to c1·en greater ? :off " 'oolridg-1' +:off Luc·k 1. Hit.
triumph . olf Hhoa\" and Doolev.
t>arlv date. •
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THE
METEOR~==
for the third out.
W oolridge Knocked
believe
present was required to stand up in Yersity. This list consists of the Assistant Circulation Manager..............................................R. G. CaNFIELD HIT, VA. EPISCOPAL TRIUMPHS turn to explain the origin of the serenteen student whose averages
Circulation Manager...............................................................D. L. FoRSYTH
LUCK ALLOWS GLASS HIGH LONE BY 12-1 SCORE
Faculty Adviser..............................................................MR. T. F . JoHNSTON
SPRING GRIPING
(Continued from page 1)
the running again. But though the
nickname on his place card. After- wards various people entertained 1rith no1·el "stunts," after which
speeches were given by the President
lead the Harvard honor roll.
Scott Wilson, '21, is now teaching school at Noble and Greenough, out-
side of Boston.
Eugene Houghton, '23 is sales-
Lynchburg rooters seemed to expect Spring is here. And with it comes many new activities open to the boys some runs to trickle over the plate,
of the Dramatic Society, John man for the Firestone Tire Co. Heald, and Messrs. Mattfielcl and Ed L ockett, '24, continuing the Johnston, the Faculty Advisers. newspaper work starting with his
orne game followed these and the duties as a member of the METEOR banquet closed amid cheers for the staff, i now a reporter for the Hearst
room or on the athletic field with the same cheerful spirit. It is a deplor- Miller wa safe when Lee muffed hi decided again t inviting any ladie , Williams p, 2b .. 5 1 1 2 2 0
able fact that we have so few of this type. grounder, and he took second on a But what of all these different types? We are now at the point of this passed ball. Driskoll lofted to cen- editorial, which is that the petty complaints of some of our boys are neither ter, but Lee's second error let Miller
rational or useful. You ee, three of these groups have something to com- score and put Byrd on first. But plain of. Don't feel that we are hintino- that there is anything very im- Ford could do nothing. He fanned.
Barne .............. 3 1 0 3 0
the Dramatic Society was reduced to W'nwright rf, cf 3 1 2 0 0 0
having "ladies» recruited from their Kaiser c ............ 4 2 1 10 3 1
own members. The "ladies" were Fethainer 3b .... 3 0 2 0 0 1
Honald Warburton, Freel Cook, Ar- Berry 3b ............ 1 0 1 0 0 0
'ummary:
1 0 Totals ............39 12 15 27 6 3
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l}ri~kill . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
\roolridg -------· 2 0 RhoadeR --------·-·· 1 0
Fonl .................. + 0 Berlin ·····--------··· 3 0
*.1ohn~on. X. -... 0 0
..........:31 1 1 2-! !l 3 *Han for John~on, R.. in ftfth.
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Wainwright by Armstrong. Hits- of!' William 8 and 12 runs in 5 inning~; off Harri 5 and 6 runs in 3 in11ings. Pas eel ball- Kaiser.
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1 1
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Raymond New Editor
l'ncler the able leadership of
Turner c
Barber 2b ·······---
Stunts and Pseudo Girls Make Fun captain of the V. E. S. baseball team
Darden New President
On the erening of .\pril 13th,
and cheer leader visited his Alma
Mater for a few clays Ia t week. He
wit11essecl the game with Augusta the V. E. S. Dramatic Society rele- and seemed much pleased with the
brated its annual banquet at The work of the team. For the three years Lasher: " It just depends on Lantern 'l'ea Room in a rery gay Humphries played on the V. E. S.
11·ho is cussing and the occasion." Langhorne: "No, I don't think it i ever excusable but it can't be
helped ometime ."
Luckie: "YeR, I know it isn't.
right but sometimes it does a lot of good.''
team his batting average was .438. His hard hitting coupled with his sure :fielding on ftrst base won him
gala affair, Raymond and Turner a place among the famous athletes being conspicuous through their ab- of our school. Humphries is now
ence. traveling salesman for the Arbuckle Claiborne Darden acted as toast- Coffee Co.
Twenty-two of the twentv- • •
fa hion.
four member were present at the
master, and the program was a very good one indeed. First, every one
Dwight .liiarfielcl, '24, now a junior at Ilarvarcl made himself a place on the A List of Scholars in that uni-
thur Lamar, Caskie Nor vell, George H arris p ............ 1 0 0 0 1 0
:'Ifoore, and Conroy Wilson. They,
------ Totals ............3 8 10 2-! 9 5
in their dinner gowns, added a great Y.E.s. ARRII0 A Edealtothemerriment.
.. .... .. + Grumiaux ........ 4 1
1 10 •) <)
0 0 00-
0
P ayne, 3b ..........
Novel Features Thrill Revelers; Armstrong p .-.- 1 1 0 1 0
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g"METEOR"STAFFMAKES King, If ···-········ 5 2 2
George Barker, the toastmaster, the
.J[ETEOR staff held its annual ban-
quet at the Lantern Tea Hoom on
the e1·enin,g qf April 16. During the
delicious four com-. e dinner which A. M. A.............02± 110 000- 8 11·as sen-eel, the rarious member~ y • E. s...............215
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Two c:ontests were held
were awarrlecl the winners. Green liams, Turner and Luck by H arri ;
00
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FIVE LE ADING
a brief re1·iew of the yt>ar and "opt>Mel Pavne ............ 1.
HITTERS
(Including 11ETEOH, both criticizing and rom- Luc·k .............. 11
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