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Alumni News
No. 14 Issued by the students of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Va.,
semi-monthly during the session of 1927-28 SubBcription, 15 cents per copy; $1.75 per year
The Staff Editor-in-Chief......____________,.................................................B. D. CAUSEY, JR.
Managing Editor....................................................................E. N. RAYMOND Reporters
COMPETENT MATERIAL FORGOODCOURTTEAM,._ _ _ _ _ _
VoL. XII
MAY 10, 1928
H. A. LAMAR
J. W. GRUMUUX
H. P. BOGGS N. T. GREEN
G. c.BARKER R. M. WHITNEY
with teachers keeping." Davidson: "Those who want to
study will study any way but it would do all right for a teacher to keep one period."
Mr. \Y. B. Troy, 3rcl : "I think it would be a good idea, first he- cause the teachers would have a lot of trouble; second, I could
study better; and third, the boys would not steal the counsellor's chair because they would be afraid
of the teacher."
Booth : ''I suppose they can. I
don't care."
and Danville Military Institute are anxious to arrange contests with a Garnet a11d White team. A meet
could also probably be arranged with Blackstone Military Academy. A re- turn match has already been ar- ranged with L. H. S.
Last Year Poor Season
Last season the team appeared in only three matches, twice boll'ing be- fore Lynchburg High and defeating Blackstone in the other match. At
.present Haymond, H obbs, Barber, Cook, and M:aybank form the V. E. ~- team, but a ladder form of com-
rlerbilt Uui1·er~ity llext fall.
Doc Urockctt, Strother Hoge and
E. M. c. QUil\{BY
Business Manager................................_____________, ______...............J. M. D. H EALD
Assistant Business ManageL ..................._..___________..__.............C. D. H AMNER Circulation Manager___________...............................___________,.........D. L. FoRSYTH
Assistant Circulation Manager............_______, ____________, _____......R. G. CANFIELD Faculty Adviser..............................................................MR. T. F. JOHNSTON
THE V. E. S. BRAND OF ATHLETICS
In her twelve years of existence our school has built up the tradition of
\ ' . leave from V. P. I.
always being represented by clean, hard-fighting teams, which are endowed
with that vital spark of school spirit. And the thing which urge. the SERVICESONSUNDAY
ton tht> opportunity to baptize a son of a Y. K S. alumnus which he did, :Jiay (i in Lynchburg.
\\"illiam Cabell, Lucian Dent, Wil- liam Dell', King For,;yth, Muldrop Forsyth, .John Quarles, Payne Quar-
les, and Robert Taliaferro are among those who are on the list of Dis- tinguished Student~ at the Univer- sity of Virginia, for the third term.
GARNET AND WHITE GET FOURTH AT U. VA. MEET (Continued from page 1)
teams onward is the knowledge that the student body is backing th~ I against everything. This year the State Track Meet at Charlottes~i~l\!_
was attended by as many V. E. S. students as when we were represented by ... that championship team of ]926. This year we tied for fourth place aml S
CONDUCTED BY ALUMNUS
petition may be arranged later. Mr.
Payne has con~entecl to coach the a lap. lie finished fifth, ho"·ever,
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b w- . G 11
Ch · t'
l d t d tl t
were g a o o 1a agams e pewe u prep sc oo earn entereet m be
ermon y 11am eron
E · d b St d t B d
team.
Again !::>. 0. Fisher will giYe prizes
follo,recl by Long, who was sixth. Summary:
contest. That is what we please to term the V. E. S. brand of athletic~, both thc4 team and the students believing in each other.
When the members of a Yisiting team arrive at V. E. S., they are assured of a square deal under any circumstances. If good officials for the contests are to be had, our school is always willing to bid for their services. The players on both sides know that they will not be razzed in an unsportsmanlike manner, even though the V. E. S. bleachers are know11 to be exacting. Officials know that V. E. S. players will never protest their decisions. The visiting teams have learned to realize that V. E. S. is never licked until the final whistle, the last out, or the last event. The Y. E. S. brand of sport!
This season old Jupiter Pluvius cheated our diamond team of the
chance to be the first conquerors of Episcopal High in baseball. Perhaps
it is that a V. E. S. baseball victory over her ancient rivals is being saved
until the two can clash on our own field. In her short space of existence
V. E. S. has shown greater promise than E. H. S. during the opening years
of her eighty-odd span. So when the Woodberry Forest football ana
track teams and Episcopal High's basket-ball and baseball teams invade
this place next year, let us again show them-the Y. E. S. brand of athletics.
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GO NORTH, YOUNG MAN, GO NORTH!
It s·eems that the majority of the students of V. E. S. take it as a matter of course that when they finish here they should simply move on to the University of Virginia with no higher aim than to get the experi- ence and polish of college life. This is quite natural since the majority of the boys in this school are Virginians and since the sta.te University is one of the best in the South. There are some of course who enter V . l\I. I. or V. P. I. or other state universities of this section through their own per- sonal preference but the same case will coYer them as well, since these schools are all Southern and none of them are of any higher rank than the
University of Virginia.
This is what accounts for the small number of students who graduate from V. E. S. because the entrance requirements of these institutions are practically all below that of graduation from the Virginia Episcopal School. During the existence of the school there have been some inriclents
of boys going out of the regular path and being more ambitious in picking their college. There are two or three notable examples of how well some of the alumni of this school have done while attending some of the out- standing universities of the country, but there have not been many in this group and the forecasts do not point out any tendency to swell their
numbers. It is unfortunate that such is the case because these are the ones who are not necessarily the scholars of the school but those who are ambitious for their future and are farsighted enough to see what a northern college education will bring to them in advantages.
There is no question that a southerner can get a better college educa- tion in the North than the South, and he can get a broader and more intelligent outlook on life from attending a northern college. Many will raise the argument that they wish to go where their friends are going, but how many of thes·e friends are so attached that new ones cannot be made? The people will be different but will that not be a means of broadening views, especially when associating with the most progressive type of people in the country rather than easy-going southerners?
There is no question that a Southerner can get a better college educa- main objection. ~most any sh_J.dent in this school would be glad if he had the opportumty of attendmg a really promment umvers1ty, but
either he is too dumb, or he thinks he is too dumb, or he is too lazy. It requires work.
But when there are so many thousands that enter these institutions every fall, it is not much of a compliment to admit being tgo dumb.. The reason for the majority is that they are too lazy. As· long as VJTgm1ans and other Southerners continue to take this attitude, their respective states and the slow moving South will keep on progressing as slowly and as aim-
less!y as ever.
100-yartl Dash- lron by Slusser berry); third, Grant (Staunton);
players ei:tered, and a silver cup was fourth, Alexander (Staunton). 10 giYen as a prize. As about three 2-5 seconds.
teachers liall."
keeping wight
stu dy
Goldsm ith,
'24, tied for
Warburton: "I think a lot more could be clone, for even the worst of them could keep a better period than many counsellors."
Pritchett: "I don't think they should with student government
ns1an nJoye Y u en °Y
Taking all the first places but 'b1·o, H.-:JI. A. .m u H 0 the Virginia Episcopal trackmen
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(\Yooclberry) ; second, Tompkins ~ (:'IIcGuire); third, Reynolds (Au-
swamped the E. C. Glass High School by a 92-25 count in the prac- tice meet here on April 25th. Sev- eral Garnet and White stars did not participate, Coach Johnstou savi11g them for the St. Christopher's con- test. Y. E. S. took the lead from the start and kept it, the Blue and White ci11dennen offering little op- position.
T he outstanding single perform- ance of the clay' came when Mason, IT. E. S., made a broad jump of 19 feet, 6 inches. Lawrence led the winners in point scoring with 10 cotmters, winning first place in the high jump and the pole vault, while Ferrell and Kulp lead the L. H. S. team with 6 points apiece. Green in the weight events and Trimper in the sprints each made 8 points for V. E. S.
Lewis, lb........... 4 !::lmith, s.s.. _______ 4
Edmondson, l.f. 5
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Meets Scheduled with Lynchburg Hi ; Pending with Other Schools
Y. E. S. will again be represented on the tennis court this year with
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several mat<·hes if the tcntati1"e team
shows up well in a meet with Lynch-
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burg High, which is pending. Both
but the boys could study better Randolph-Macon Military Academy a few rlays ago. He will enter Van-
for the winners in an open Y. E. S.
tournament. Last year O\'er fifty (Augusta); second, Barron (Wood-
On Sunday, April 29th, William
Geron Christian, an alumnus of Y. E. S., held the Sunday morning sen-ice in the Langhorne Memorial Chapel before the student body and visitors. Mr. Christian was here as a student during the first three years of the school's existence. He then went to the University ot Yirginia and from there to the Yirginia The-
ological Seminary at .\lexanclria, where he is no\1· a Senior.
In the absence of Dr. P endleton,
n.Dr. Mattfield read the opening of
the serYice. Then, after a short in-
trocluctory address, in which he ex-
pressed his pleasure at being able to
return to Y. E. ~., l\Ir. l'hri,tian went on to the main body of his ser- mon.
The subject was ''Service.'' He
Yiviclly depicted the good that ~erv.ice
can a11d does do in this worhl. Then
he went ou to show how great an L
opportunity is presented in t h e ministry for real service. ''So,'' he concluded, "though there is much \\·ork to be clone, there are fell' to do it.'' He :finished the sermon by quot- ing a few verses on service. 'rhe en- tire Y. E. S. student body seemed to like Mr. Christian and his talk im- mensely .
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V. E. S. CINDER STARS
VANQUISH GLASS HIGH
Lawrence High Point Man; Home Harris, 1b..____.._3 1 0 7 1 1 fourth, Goldsmith (Fishburne). 133
Team Takes Eleven Fints - - - - - - fee, 5 inche.
3756",Rc 95 Discu~Throw-\\"onbYHhodes
\\'eeks are required for a school tournament, S. 0. Fisher will get it started sometime next week.
LIGHT HITTING GAME GOES TO V. E. S. BY 5·2; R.-M. A. BEATEN FOR EIGHTH STRAIGHT YEAR
120-yard High Hurdles-Won by
Fierabencl (Staunton); s e c o n d ,
Thomas (McGuire) ; third, tie be- tween Heald (Yirginia Episcopal),
and McCandless (Staunton) . 17 2-5 seconds.
4-tO-yard Dash-\\on by Follin (Woodberry); ~econcl, Taylor (Vir- ginia Episcopal) ; third, Murray (Staunton); fourth, B a c h (Au-
gusta) . 53 4-5 seconds.
::IIile Run- II'on bv Eelwards
(Staunton); second, Lat~ck (Wood- berry); third, ~\Iiles (Yirginia Epis- copal) ; fourth, Hosenberry (Staun-
ton). clo:433-5.
220-yard Lo11' Hurdles-Won by
Eyster (\\~ooclberry) ; second, Dono- van (Woodberry) ; third, Bethea
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two-base wallop over third base, Luck's run bringing the score to -!-:2.
Luck Holds Cadets
\\-ith a two-run lead to work on,
Luck held the Cadets scoreless in their half of the inning. In the ninth, \'. E. S. tallied once on a single, a hit batsman, and two walks. Luck again held the Cadets iu the
ninth frame, the la t man flying out to Armstrong.
The line-up and summary:
( Y irginia
bott (Staunton). 26 2-5 seconds.
1~. E. S.
Barnes, r.f......... 4 0 0 1 0 0
(Wood- 880-yarcl Run-\ron by :i\I'urray
-tB R II O A E King, l.f,____________ 5 1 '2 4 0 0
(Staunton); second, Lauck (Wood-
berry); third, Swain (Staunton);
fourth, Weaver (Woodberry) . 2 :11 2-5.
Javelin Throll'- \\'on by Doyle (Staunton) ; second, Frazier (E ar-
Lee, s.s............... 4 1 2 2 0 3 Luck, c.f., P------- 4 2 1 1 1 0
Payne, 3b. ........ 3 0 1 4 4 0
Armstrong, p.cf. 3 0 0 2 1 0
Turner, c........... 4 0 0 G :2 0
Barber, 2b.________ 3 0 0 1 0 ] grave); third, Woods (Staunton);
p , ______ i'\fcLemore,r.L_3
00 115
K i d w e l l ,
Watkins, 3b....... ·1
Ryan, 2b. --------.. 3
Belote, c.f......... 3
Farmer, c......... 2 Di Jacoma ________ 1
0 0 0 '0" 0 0 0 0
Y . E. R.-~'L
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A ..___________ 000
100 121-5 High Jump-Won by Olgers
000-2 (Fork Union); second, tie between Booth (Virginia Episcopal) a nd
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0
0 1 1 ')
second, Merrick
1 0 3 0
0 (Fork Union) and H odges (Staun-
John M.
first place in the high jump in a dual meet between the University of Virginia anrl the Nmal Academy on LambPth Field, ::\Iay 5, which Virginia won.
Willi am Ham~ey, '27, who has been tra1·eling since mid-term ex- aminations wa~ here Jor a short visit
Phil llotchki Rs a few da,Y~-> at
have been
spending while on
E. S.
Roy Sexton, '~5, gave Dr. Pendle-
Episcopal) ;
220-yard Dash - Won by Alex-
ander (Staunton) ; second, Slusser (Augusta); third, Grant (Staun-
ton) ; fourth, ::\Iacdonalcl berry). 23 1-5 seconds.
gusta) ; fourth, McAlister
0 gusta). 127 feet.
0. ~hot Put-\\'on by Hhocles
0 0 0 0 0 Broad Jump- Tie between Olgers
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0 1
0 (\Y oodberry);
0 _gusta) ;. thircl, Holland (Fork Un- O ion); fourth, Dono1·an (Wood- 0 berry). 43 feet, 1-4 inch.
0 0 0 0 0 ton); third, Street (Augusta); - - - - - - fourth, Dockery (Woodberry) . 20
32 2 52710 0 feet,4inches.
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200 Tll'o-base hits-King, Luck,
Dockery (Woodberry) ; fourth, Mc- Payne, Smith, Edmondson, Kid- Alister (Augusta). 5.feet, 9 inches.
well; sacrifice hit- Barber; struck Pole Vault- Five-sided tie be- out by Armstrong 3, by Luck 2, by tween Herman (Staunton), Coley
Kidwell 3; bases on balls-o ff Arm- (Woodberry), Goldsmith ( F i s h-
strong 4-, off Luck 2, off Kidwell 5; burne), Snead (Rai1c olph-M:aeon),
passed balls- Farmer 3.
and Knox (Staunton) .
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