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dtall!'l'Hl'or til(• p ·uwtnt iu th ' 11!0- Circulation Manngcr................................................................R G. CANE'LRLD BOYSIMPROVECHANCES lb. league this year. On 'fu,. day,
, a11r I,...,., 'TEORsaying that the old "jinx" to tie the Boys, on October 24th.
was broken, and we still maintain that it was. Why should the Black
Jerseys of Alexandria throw more awp into the Lynchburg camp than the again by the sturdy V. E. S. eleven,
Eric J>rir·f', ' i Inaklfl:r an u,..
Enter~>d ns second-cia~
Lynchburg, Virginia, under the Act of March 3, 1928.
,., 1ted itlr tu-
AodPr on JJr,uthat, ':tl, 1-
ing for thr· }farylaiHl f'a nalty ('rJ.
of BaltimrJff'.
John Durw wa., rer·Pntly m TTJf:l]
toMi MaryHunt~>r.Jone rJfIht- ham, Va.
Tom Peudletrm vi itPd UrP r·ho•'Jl o1·er the week- ·nd. lie i- orkin;t for hi, father in W tlr vil!P.
Another Y. E.
matter September 28, 1928, at the Post Office at
THERE IS NO JINX
.-E. H. S. game is now history, and still the Episcopal
mobile tour of tlre r·ountry father.
Hio-h School team has an unbroken string of victories over t he garnet and 0.
It is no use to mourn the defeat now; the future lS The time when Y. E. S. beats their opponents from Alexandria · in the future and will come some day. How soon this da.y i to come
white gridiron battlers.
still ahead.
depends somewhat on the mental status of the tudent body in thi school. while Bivermont ha proved the only
'l'he latter, however, will be faced Orange of Woodberry or the Blue of A. M. A.? Some will say that we as will Holy Cros .
of the utmo t regret, that I. far-famed "
haYe never defeated Episcopal High and offer this as the reason. But when has V. E. S. humbled the A. M. A. cadets on the gridiron ? .
Jf only the students here would not make so much of our past defeats
at the hands o[ the Cherry and Black and not become elated so strongly
because V. E. S. has a chanc to humble their arch enemies for the first
time as because V. E. S. bas a chance to roll up another victory to their
In a bout at the Guggenheimer Park on All Saints Day, Holy Cross was defeated, 6-0. In the first period
the combined efforts of Raymond and Harris, two star backfield men, re- sulted in a ch·i.ve toward the goal which netted the lone touchdown,
a ' taunchly d~>mocratif· gentleman, re1·iew the return- of the rer·pnt elec- ti mJ. After laboriou ly f'ompilinu the Yote (I forgot to look at the tota!R), J perc-ei1·e with '(·oriug was clone u11til the third something to joke about. There are only two conclusions that can be drawn 011 a line buck l'or the seco11(l tally.
from this: either there is nobody who takes con tructive intere t in \'. E. Try for extra point fRile(1.
one but also it can be only as good as the students care to make it. It seems to me that the student should be proud enough to come out of their dormant state and display some of that V. E. S. school pirit by turn-
S. athletirf', or there is no one·who hae the mental capacity to expre s his idea~.
::ltill unsatisfied, the Episcopa- lians carried the pigskin twice to the goal line in the fourth quarter where it was forcPd across on both occa·ions by f-ileclge, Harri.'s tru ty
others to ~it back and make no effort thcmHeh·c~,
primarily thinking, "~;houldn't everybody IJe glad that I m domg th1R, and you may have THE METEOR ~rnt to elect a good OIW. It certainly
the long-standing Democratic party, antl, conR('quently. the death of 1lemocrary and tolerance the tri-
What doc~ all thiRpoint out~
a few ramx to go down on the football field aml courageously butt as· the
l" \'. K S. only a sheep fold, whic-h has powerful antagoniRtR, while a flock of lambs watch on aud bleat? \\'here
ing in their coupons with tentatiYe names so that your staff may select an appropriate one. Unless some- thing is done and that mighty quick, the results of this contest may proYe If .'}at£ have paid .'JOUr regu?ar clisRstrous in that there will not be
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edness. But 1 hail the outstanding
~omeone be found in this mimicking herd who has the JnJtJabYc when it will bring: him no praise?
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umph of bigotry and narrow-mind-
can be
to do Romething of ralue for hiHfellow~
There are alwayR tho~e who will make efforts in a phys1cal nAtme, and
foot Rcoriug the aclrlitional point . Send "ThP- Meteor" to Someone
JWrsoual pr<'-eminent"e of its C'andi- date. for I realize the almost total indilferen<'(' to lloowr, the mere figurehead, 1rhile, ou the other hand. 1 joyfully re!'ognize that thPelection a s R w h o l e w1 1 s < ' e n t e r e d a r o u n d ~mith, pro and t'On. T extend to )Jr. i:'mith. iu l"iositw mY deepest
we are thankful for it beeause that is the prime neces~ity.
But are all the unless they try to play upon the emotional make-up of the rest of the herd, and _in doi_ng thi:' to be
they certainly 8hould praise me for my efl'orts." to an.'/ address in the U. S. A. by [f the rest of the herd would uHe their grny cells, they would try to paiJing /o the cirwlation mannger co-operate with c-h(>er leaders instead of try_ing to show them up by a the.~mnll sum of serenly-jil'crents.
conceited 8811111! could
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M,., MatlliPicl : " B1•1·auHP ol' hiH HJIJIIIJII!Illl'lll or HutHI ('r,llt·_:!l• !'ark, Md,
thi year. Lynchburg High has been defeated twice, H oly Cross once,
yenr's sttbsc?'ipt·ion price of $1.75 enough name suggested from which
tation of exceRR school sp1r1t. And then If common /_P/ .'JOW' folks knOll' ll'iwt i.s go-
the value of the former, they could employ their inr; on in school. 8Pnrl il to .'JOUr alize what is nt stake, this contest
ure him that my room will hP promptly and attra~:­
· to the value of the school, ancl even if they girl so sh e cnn see JJOUr name in will have been in vain. Wishin~r you
and your paper the best of luck, C'rr~:Ro, .TR.
tnel_v decorated in cl('epe. t mourning for a worthy and nohlt-', though I t
<'RUse.
.-\ lh:liO('H\TIC \'IR!ll\TV.
book sense
ha en't the brains, make f!Ome expreKAion of their vaunted spirit, and he Ihe line-up or on the honM roll. ~ervicesble without delrire of laud.
the backfield will probably
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Dear Hddor:
Although your paper has en-
cleaYored to sponsor a contest to lect some name for the variou V. E. S. teams, no one seems to ha\'e taken any iuterest in this contest as
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of the eYil day- to come when they
would be disgraceful uot to give the teams that fight for their school a good nam<', and, as I oaid before, unless some people come to and re-
remorse, nud a~. '"' .
wer 111 t<•
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Ben jamin Gordon •pent here.
Dun EoITOR:
It i~ with a •inr·f're feelin
unday
English teachers and furnace-firers
~hould usuallr hHe anvihino- in
--" common, would am·one be so kind as
to in form
bond of union on election dav?
their
us what
I hasten to 11·arn such indiYiduals
~hall .-.
comprised
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