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No. 15 I88Ued 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 Staft' Editor-in-Chief...................................................................B. D.
VoL. XII
MAY 24, 1928
The Meteor
Busy Body
Question: ll'hy does the av- erage boy at r. E. S. smoke 9
Lamb: "Becau e he want to.''
Alumni News Frank Andrews and Joe Hutch-
!o'SOn ran for the University of Vir- ginia again t the Army in a recent meet.
Harry Forsyth has accepted a posi- tion with the General Electric Com- pany for next year.
.James Eppes is go ing to Cornell next.year to take a course in engi- neenng.
The following boys are graduating from the Uni1·ersity of Virginia this year: James Eppes, Catesby 'ralia- ferro, Harry Forsyth, Frank Meade, Blcd-oe Pinkerton, Quintus Hutter, Charles Marshall, and Minor Rogers, who is the president of the Engineer- ing class.
Y ernon Cooper took third place in the pole vault at the Southern Con- ference Meet.
CAUSEY, JR. Hanaging Editor....................................................................E. N. RAYMOND
en cro"·s. I know no \ . E. S. boy
and can't top here.''
Mr. Harrell: "The old moh
spirit.''
H. A. LAMAR
J. w. GROMUO:X
Reporters
H. P . BoGGS N. 'I'. GREEN
G. c. BARKER R. M. WHITNEY
such a practice."
force of habit. He did it at home
E. M. C. QoiMBY
Business Manager....................................................................J. M. D. HEALD
Assistant Circulation Manager..............................................R. G. CANFIELD Faculty Adviser..............................................................MR. T. F. JoHNSTON
V. E. S. MORALE IS IMPROVING
TEAM THIRD AT N.C. U.
Miles and Booth Take First Places in Record Breaking- Style
Mi s Ann DaYis of Lynchburg. Summary:
Time, 6 9-10.
Midget 50-yard dash-B. Smith
The ending of the 192
era in the history of the Virginia Episcopal School. The school Wlll be
On Saturday, May 12, the Y. E. S.
school year will mark the beginning of an_other transferred from it present tatu , to a position under the control of the
highest honors that the U niversity track team placed third in the an- (l\1), Turnage (W), Robins (W). of Korth Carolina awards.
years since the morale of the school seems to be on the rise.
There are none of the excessi1•e disorderly outbreakings during the present
time which there have been in the past. The spirit in supporting the teams i as good a it has been in the past, and at the same time the hazing of new boys to force spirit into them has been minimized.
close behind him, giving V. E. S. the pre ent conditions and those of everal years ago proves th1s pomt. fi1·e points in that event.
Lee Booth took first place in the high Especially has the moral tone ri en in regard to the honor system, jump with ease, leaping 5 feet, 8 3-±
concerning smoking in particular. There is no suspicion of boys breakmg inches, to set a new Southern Con- the pre ent pledge. Its pre ence has caused the gradual breaking up of the ference record and coming within
old gangs and cliques which were obviously formed to establish smokmg hang out in the near-by woods where plottings against the law and order
of the chool were formulated and carried out.
A ide from the moking situation the general morale of the sch~ol is
one inch of equali11g his own school record.
Benedict): W e~t team (AJ-
better. This can be ob erved from the records of the honor committee.
The number of ca es have gradually diminished year by year and at the ALUMNI GIVEVARSITY
Midg-et HO-yard relay-" 'est team (D . Forsyth, Russel, Robins a n d
Turnage); ?l[ain team (R. Smith. Bac·ken·ille, Small and Troy). Time, 57 ±-5.
Senior 220-yard low hurdle - Ris- tine (W), Stras (M), Harris ()I). Time, 29 3-10.
pre ent they have reached a low point. 'rhi includes the number of case
ONE GAME OF BASEBALL
reported to the honor committee as well as the convictions.
The e observa-
tion peak for them elve and certail;llY go to prove that th~ school IS
better situated under its pre ent cond1t10n to undergo a change m manage- Johnson Fails to Bear Down, and
ment, than ever before.
SPRING
.G84 V. E. S.·WIns arne, .
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In a friendly baseball game with the Alumni on Fielil Day, the V. E.
PRAISE
Comparing
=~T~H~E~=M=ET E O~R~=== WESTDORMBEATSMAIN
Assistant Business Manager....................................................C. D. HAMNER
Circulation Manager...............................................................D. L. FoRSYTH COACHJOHNSTON'STRACK ners were awarded after supper by
board with a new rector at its head. This will be the third change of the management of the chool during its career. .
There has been nothing outstanding about the school term now clo mo-.
Yet it has been a good a year as any that the school has ever experience'a
on an all-round ba i . There are three aspects to judge this by-: athletics,
scholastic , and morale. Though the most interesting to most, athletics
are the least significant of these and have the least bearing on the lasting
standing of the chool. And this pha ·e has been the poorest of the three.
The athletics though, cannot be said to have been a failure, since as mucn
as could be rightfully expected from the material at hand was produced. figured in the scoring. Miles ran a Time, 25 3-10.
The records dropped below tho e of former years but at the same time the pretty race in the mile, running it Junior 220-yard dash-McBryde
enrollment of the school was proportionally smaller. in -± :±7 which equal his own record. (W), Hamner (M), Gooch (M). As for the second point of view, the scholastic, the school has done He out-distanced the other runner Time, 26 1-5.
very well as a whole. There may not have been as many brilliant students by twenty or thirty yards. Captain Senior 4±0-yard dash-Long (M), in V. E. S. this year as there have been at other times, but the percentage Taylor, after failing to place in the
of failures is maller and the all-round work is better than usual. The accurate way to judge a school's schola tic standing is by what her grad- uates do when they get to colleges and universities. In the past, this
school has alway ranked high in the state by this system, tandmg first on cOme occa lOllS.
This leaves only the last subject, that of morale, that term which covers so many things which are of so much importance in the condition of the school. This year has reached a high point in one respect and that is in behavior. There have been no disturbances of extraordinary character during the year and there has not been as much trifling ~s usual.
This holds true as the general case at V. E. S. dunng the past few
quarter, entered the 880 -yard run Risher (W), Hillier (M). Time, and took third place by a good 57 ±-5.
Quimby: "Because doesn't 1rant him to.''
The field day trat·k 1met, be-
tween the )[ain and \\'est buildings,
was run off in fast onler, .Jiay 19,
the \\"est building winning, 19.5-173. Thi s is a fai rl y good score COlh ntuall)· \". E. . will makt> her tnwk e< IIK'-bac k.
•hort stop. Meade: thir•l ha-!o', ,'mith t llli"C, !I) feet, G 1-2 inche.
aow apparent but they are on the roat.l to deYelopment. Th1~ b tht> wa~· by L.: •·enter _fieltl, _\Yilk in,on: left field, I ·!tlllior h,rnarl jump-Kuykenrlall
Junior baseball throw- Barnes ( \Y), C. Harri (M), Davidso\1 (. [). Di tan , 266 feet, 4 inohea.
m a m m a " Im itation-pure
lllr. Bank :
imitation, much as a Y?tmg chick-
original enough to hare
started Tunstall: "He does it from
nual interscholastic meet held at Time, 6 2-5.
Chapel Hill under the auspices of Senior 100-yard da h - Trimper
the Un iYersity of Korth Carolina (II'), Lamb (M), Gro1·e (W). 'rime, with twenty-four points. The Mon- 11 1-5.
roe "Aggies" of Monroe, Georgia, Junior 100- yard D. C., placed firt and second respec- Time, 11 4-5.
dash -
and DeYitt Prep of Wae:;hington, (W), Benedict (M), Giles (M).
tively with A. M. A. fourth. Senior 220-yard dash- Trimper Seven of the ten V. E. S. entrants (W), Grove (W), Langhorne (M).
.
margm.
V. E. S. Scores Some More
Heald, V. E. S. timber-topper,
stepped over the high hurdles in
around eventeen seconds to take sec-
ond place, and pushing the winner
from De1·itt to run in under seven-
teen. Bethea placed second in the
220-yard low hurdles with Patteson
Time, 63.
Meet with 4:47 (unofficial time) and taking first at Chapel Hill in the same time.
with 23 1-2 point in the high jump and the jaYelin throll'. In aclditio11 Green won the "V" as manager. At
the meeting of the General Athletic Association, Pritchett was made manager of the 1929 team and let- ters were awarded to ten men. The lettermen and the number of points
made by each is gi1·en below: *Booth ...................................... 23%
*Taylor .................................... 23 Shaw ........................................ 19 *Mile ...................................... 18 *Heald ...................................... 16 *Bethea .................................... 11 l\Iason ...................................... 11 Pattesou .................................... 9
Green ........................______.......... .J-% Tun. tall .................................... 4
*Placed both at Charlotte ville llnd Chapel Hill.
Distance, 17 feet, 9 inches.
Midget broad ju m p - Turnage (W), Baskerville (M), D. Forsyth (W). Distance, 15 feet, 11 inches.
Senior high jump-Lawrence ("'), Cook (M), Barber (W).
Height, li feet, 1 inch.
Junior high jump-Hamner (l\f),
Thom,en (W), izer (M) and Hol· berton (W). Height, 4 feet, 10
inches.
Midget high jump-D. For yth {W), Rus ell (W), Ba kerville (M).
(\\') , Hines (\\'), Long PI). Dis- "Tiny" John,on was ,·oluntarily tanre, 123 feet,-± inches.
knockerl from the box in the fifth when \'. E. H. Rcored ~ix runs.
Hogers tini hell the game well for the .\lumni. but he "·as pitehing for a lo~t c·ause. Incllllled in the t>xtra
ba~e hit~ "·ere a homer b1· Meade,
Seniorelicu·-Hine (W),Brown (\\'), Pelton (\Y). Di tance, 93
l'rt>t, 10 inches.
Henior shot put-Hi tine (If), Deyerle (\\),Pelton (\\).Distance,
Height, -t feet, 1 inch.
Senior pole l'ault--Lawrence (W),
a triple by 1\'ilkiuson. ami a triple -W feet, 6 inche ·
nll!l a clnnhle hy Luck. ThP .\lumni .Junior .hot-N. ' il on (M), R. pre~entt>d the following Iine- up: L..'r .0[), Thomsen (\q. Ddanc:e, pitt.:lwr,, Johnson 1111 tl Rogers; 3;? feet, 'I inches.
Iaybank (M), Garffer (M), Per- rine (If). Height, 9 feet.
Junior hop, kip and jump- timation of Coach John, ton, more good pro pe t' were unco1ered th1s ril'khou~e; Sel"Olld ln\,l', Fnr.