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CRIPPLED VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL ELEVEN MEETS HARD DEFEATAT HANDS OF HEAVY AUGUSTA CADETS, 34-6
DRAMATIC SOCIETY TO PRESENT "OH KAY" IN
BARKSDALEGYMNASIUM
Three - Act Comedy - Thriller to be Staged on December 15th ; Adam Applebud Author
MOORE CAST FOR HEROINE Warburton and Canfield in Comedy
GARNET AND WHITE TEAMSCORES TWO TOUCHDOWNS TO SCARE HEAVY F. M.S. ELEVEN BUT LOSES, 21-13
Bailey Intercepts V. E. S. Pass and Runs 92 Yards for Touchdown in First Quarter
COLORFUL DASH TURNS TIDE
With Star Garnet Backs Out, A. M. A. Gets 20 Points in Third Period; Hubbard Scores for V. E. S.
SaturdaJ, October 27, found the Virginia Episcopal. eleven cripped, and the game with Augusta Military Academy, which the dope had pre- dicted a a toss up, resulted in a
Attention, V. E. S.!
The paTticulars of the Name-
for-T eam Campaign, conducted by THE METEOR, aTe to be found on the inside of this paper to- gether .with a ballot form, which should be filled out as soon as possible. We ask f01" the speedy co-operation of all the subscTibeTs to THE METEOR.
TURKEY. DAY. WILL BE SPENT AUSPICIOUSLY
Parts ;
Darden and Also to Shine
Lamar
Midgets to Face Outside Foes The V. E'. S. Midget football
team is scheduled to play the Charlottesville Midgets at John- son Field on November 17th, the same day the va.rsity eleven play3 at Blackstone. This will be the
first time a V. E. S. 100-pound team has ever clashed with an out-
side opponent.
tinging defeat for the Garnet and
White, 34-6. With Captain Ashby After Big Dance, V. E. S. Boys Will
/ r , '
See Bright Fll.tU\'· for V. E. S.; Pleased with Boys and Spirit
but were unable to hold the heavy Fishburne backs led by Martin, at
the critical monillD~ The scoring
P atte on
ing an injury, and fullback Luck in no condition to play and uphold the punting department which he has b•ndled capably throughout the sea son, because of his knee weakened by a Fmasb up in the Fishburne game the week previous, the line-up
uffered tremendously in its ground
Check Out for all Parts
As usual Thanksgiving Day comes on the last Thursday in November, which this year happens to be the twenty-ninth. President Coolidge ha been kind enough, or perhaps thankful enough, to declare this day
a national holiday, thus affording many people a day off.
The Thanksgiving festivities at V. E. S. begin on Wednesday even- ing, November 28, when a large
dance is to be given in the gym- nasium. This is the only one of the school year, except Finals, which lasts beyond the hour of midnight, and it is expected to be a great sue-
by everyone.
Big Battles on Gridiron
Early Thursday morning, before
the rising bell, many boys will be een leaving the school to catch trains for Roanoke and Charlottes-
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Barksdale Gymnasium on December
15, which is the las t Saturday before •
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w
· ,andaseriousblow on the morale of the
the Christmas holidays.
This play is a sort of mystery story deWolf Randolph have had as their downs on short line drives, while V.
with something doing all the time in guest for the past few days, Mrs. E. S. S'cored two touchdowns on th~ way of thrills, laughs, and sur~ Randolph's mother, Mrs. Angus beautiful p a s s e s . Although the pr1ses. There are not any dead Crawford, of Alexandria. Mrs. Cadets scored more first downs, the bodies falling out of closets, or Crawford was most favorable im- light Garnet line often held them for gorillas, bats, spiders or other repul- pressed with the school and is now downs and short gains.
sive things running around, but a most enthusiastic supporter. Some With a fierce running attack the there is plenty of excitement, and of her first impressions of V. E. S. home aggregation scored the first
strange things happen right before are given in the following. touchdown early i nthe first period. your eyes. "Gramp" with his flivver "When I first arrived at V. E. S. Unable to gain after the kickoff to and its never-ending accessories and I was impressed with the space. The the 26-yard line, V. E. S. punted "Gram" with her habit of trying lawn, the magnificent mountains, or to their 36-yard marker. Martin, every patent medicivp. on the market, maybe the buildings themselves stellar half, gained 24 yards on two are extremely comic and will furnish gave this idea of space, limitless off tackle runs. Goldsmith netted 8 many laughs. Kay Millis, the girl space. Along with this space one is yards on three line plays and wi~ detective who solves the mystery, is almost overawed by the dignity of the ball on the 19-yard line, after a
a strong part, while Art and Edith the scene, a dignity which though 5-yard penalty, ran through for the
warming the bench,
nurs-
'.
The Reverend and Mrs. Oscar half. Fishburne gained three touch-
team.
playing a tar game in the first half,
Then Peacock, who had been
collapsed during the period between • the halves, and the team which ed the l t part of the contest only a ghOEt of the fighting pig-
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• kin at W
chaser who
cared F ishburne
Bach Brilliant
Bach, brilliant halfback of the
vi~itor , plu)!ged throuj!h the line and trundl d off tac-kle for repeated J!ain in the econd half, and cli- m XPd hi individual performance by plowin)l: through t h e entire L nchbur.z tf-am after receiving the ki k-<>ff O):J"nin~ the half, anti ent nine y-five yards for a touchtlo ·n. Yet during the fir t
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BOYS ELEVEN BEGINS CHAMPIO SHIP DRIVE
are roles of great a.ppeal. Mrs. Whit- man, mother of Art and Edith, is a middle aged lady who vainly tries to keep law and order among the excited cast. There are other good parts, and as the play moves along,
all are emeshed in the "tangled threads of mystery." Because it would spoil the effect of the play to explain the plot, this is to be kept
fitting does not mar the beauty of the place. I was especially held by the entrance to the Main building
first score.
He also made the extra
Bea Lyuchburg High Boya, Tied by Rivermont, 6-8
25-6 ;
bourne Darden ; Captain George the work of the school for the greater Whitman, her father, Neill Ray- part is praiseworthy. This month is
monel ; "Gram" P embroke, Ronald usual\y the hardest because it is just W arburton ; Ali ce Borden, ]''red erick after a long holiday and it is hard to Cook; The Black Terror, John Gib- make a good start, but the school son ; "Gramp" Pembroke, Ric·hard evidenlly over cam this tlifficully to Canfield ; .Tim Hayes, William come out with a 1ist oJ' Len hoys who JTobba;KayMilliA, oftheMillisaveragedover90prcntantlnnum- J)clective Agency, Ocorgc Moor ; brr of otherR who avcragerl over 85
AS YANKS FAVOR SMITH
Woodberry Forest and V. E. S. Both Go Democratic in Straw Votes
Colonel C'harlrs A. Lindbergh an- nounrrd Jn~t week that he thoul!ht the C'ledion o£ llerbPrt IIoowr was of suprt'mr importanrr to the t•oun- try. 'l'hi~ 11n11ounrPmt•11t, made pub- lic at tlw Rrpublit•an lwadqu11rters II ft•W d11y~ ll"O ~R\ :
o(Jt J ;r1 r·on~ •v.,rh l' yn ' Ph dP.'Ien
rl<;lPI!'IIte
Epi r;r,pal Convention in Washing-
trm .
•TJr tlr·l ivf'rNl thr• morning sermon iu drapr·l, u ing 11 his trxt a VPrse frtJI!J tbP ]J