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To THE EDITOR oF THE METEOR: Jkar S1r:
What I h ve to say concerns the
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OPEN WITH
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(Hosler) Penn, of Martinsville, Va., meeting of the year on Sunday, These were the new lettermen who Payne, the V. E. S. quint is fast
was elected captain of the 1929 grid December 9th, and ihe officers were had recently received the award in rounding into shape for the opening
team. Although a substitute end elected and Mr. Gannaway, the fac- football for 1928. Each one was games against Bedford High and
Lynchburg High several day8' after notified of his membership separate- the close of the Christmas holidays.
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. Dramatic Society. After their wonderful perform-
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1929 FOOTBALL TEAM
Three Other Lettermen Returning; George Koore, New Manager
TENNEWMEMBERSARE ELECTED TO "V" CLUB
New Lettermen in Football Give Speeches and Songs of Thanks
V. E.
ance in "Oh, Kay!" I ha,Te come to
Ten new members were elected in-
Easy Victory Expected; Nest Game to be with LynchburgJiirh
another performance at a later date. U we pay up all our I. 0. U.'s due
ing in every game this year. Bill the faculty to hold as many positions the case of Hines, who has been with- Hobbs, center, and Burton Brown, as he did, aud since he was already drawn trom school, a notification of
performance and to back any other plays that
tackle, and Darden, end, are other lettermen expected to return next year. George Moore, of Wytheville,
faculty adviser of athletics, and car- ried on the athletic correspondence, that it would be well for another to
have the position of faculty adviser
on the
mio-ht give for us, we shall be
his membership will be sent to him.
On Sunday, December 16th, the
first regular meeting of the "V" Club was held, and the dues were paid in. The new members were given some further information as to their initiation for the following
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leston, S. C., vice-president; Ashby from the second and fourth forms.
Patteson, of Lynchburg, Va., secre- tary; Milton A. Barber, of Raleigh, N. C., treasurer; an d Beverley
Causey, Jr., of St. Augustine, Fla., sergeant-at-arms.
A committee was named to decide initiations which the new members of the club would be subject to.
Reinert, S. M:. A., Peacock, V. E. S., though Peacock was largely re-
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95 per cent. Angus Randolph, of
Lynchburg, third-former, is second
with ~4.2 per cent, and Cornelius
Sullavan, of Norfolk, third with 94
per cent. The rest of the Honor Ro1! generalship and speed entitle him to members are: Arthur Lamar, George the quarterback post. Robert Las-
Fors)'th, Bradford Clark, Howard siter, of W. F. S., could kick, but he
Curd, Don Peters, and Richard had a better team to pilot. Charlie Whitney. The list of boys who Beury, \r. F. S., was· again the sen- averaged eighty-five per cent or more sation of the season with his great
is composed of the following: Doug- speed a n d · Bach, who • las Forsyth, Pembroke Grove, Wil- scored 105 points during the sea on
liAm Hobbs, James Pritchett, Neill for A. l\1. A., easily qualifies for the Haymond, Tunstall Long, John other haltback position. Duval Taylor, Conroy Wil on, Frederick Goldsmith, F . .M:. . triple· threat
Cook, Beverley Causey, Frank Loyd, man, gets the call at fullback for the Laurence Thom en, Ronald Warbur- third straight year. Hanes Lassiter, ton, Albert Ristine, Thoma Barron, of W. F. ., wa another out tand- a11d A hton Cocke.
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At a meeting of the football letter-
the conclu ion that too much praise
('lin not be given to the director of
the Dramatic ociety, the president,
and the members of it. Looking
around the audience, I saw nothing but superlatively pleased expressions
but I do think that they should be the exceHence of Coach Costolo's speech, pointed out the fact that it gi>en every kind of encouragement was not proper for one member of
o that they will feel like giving wing material kept him from play·
ow I'm not in favor
on the eleven of this year, Penn demonstrated enough fighting spirit
ulty adviser of the club, handed in his resignation, and Mr. Costolo was
ly, and gave a short speech or song in his acceptance. The following are the new members: Peacock, Ristine, Hines, Darden, Hammer, Hubbard, Hobbs, Pelton, Penn, and Sloan. In
He has already wielded the axe on the squad with the result that there are only sixteen men remaining.
With such a small · squad, Coach Payne has every opportunity to get the most work out of his men.
Last Year's Scores
Last year the game with the Bed-
ford High five resulted in an avalanche with the V. E. S. team rid- ing on top by a 55-11 score. Barber
personally accounted for twenty-five V. E. S. counters. This season the Garnet and White team should have little trouble in repeating. On the oth~r hand, the team of Lynchburg
High had little trouble in rolling up 40-23 and 35-15 scores again&t the
At present Coach Payne is using Barber and Peacock at forwards,
on ewry face.
of awarding the leading members of to deserve the honor, which was re- elected to the position.
the cast letters or anything like that, cently conferred upon him. Only Mr. Gannaway, in his resignation
·'- giving them what they deserve. Yours for more plays,
A FRIEND.
FOOTBALL TEAM DINES
IN THE SCHOOL PARLOR
Jlr. Jhttfield Acts as Toastmaster and Shines in Gastronomic Way
The entire V. E. S. football squad
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ran-
dolph at a banquet in the school with all feeling full and contented, with V. E. S. athletics. parlor on December 5th. Beside the Mr. Uattfield, in his position of
gridiron warriors the following were toastmaster, started off the after-
present: Mr. and Mrs. Randolph, dinner speeches. Almost every one
V a., had
manager of the team by the General
Athletic Association.
the bashful manager, Earle Sloan,
was noticed. Messengers were quick- ly dispatched for the bashful one and his worthy assistants. These boys had the special privilege of being served by Mrs. Randolph and Mrs.
Costolo.
Mr. Mattfield Leads Off
previously been
appointed
At the close of the delightful meal calibre of his work in connection Officers Named
Randolph Next
THE METEOR
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LETTERMEN'S CLUB
IN FIRST MEETING
Jlr. Costolo Succeeds Jlr. Gannaway as Faculty Adviser; Ofticera Elected
The "V" Club of the Virginia
men on December 14th. Edwin Episcopal School held its initial to the "V" Club, Friday, Dec. 14th. Under the tutelage of Coach
of the "V" Club.
Mr. Costolo should be his successor, and this was agreed upon unan- imously.
At the beginning of the meeting,
Mr. and Mrs. Costolo, Mr. Mattfield, present spoke; even Pelton and Luck was named temporary chair- eight of last month, and there are ing plenty of opposition.
Mr. Gannaway, and Mr. Bond. Penn waxed eloquent through the man while the election for the of- sixteen boys who averaged eighty-five The table was arranged in a T- clouds of smoke. ficers took place. The results were or over compared with last month's
shaped design with most of the The parlor was very prettily dec- as follows: S. Preston Luck, Jr., thirteen.
c-elebrities on the short end, and was orated and skillfully arranged. The of Middleburg, Va., was elected to The Honor Roll has one sixth-
"METEOR" RELEASES ALL-STATE TEAM BASED ON CHOICES
OF COACHES
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loaded with all manner of good revelers broke up at 9:00 o'clock the presidency of the club for 1928- former, three fifth- and three third- Ul.lll. ~ Slwrtlyaftertheeommence- withchee• for'thosewhohadmade 1929;JohnMaybank,Jr.,orChar- formers:;-and-onerepresentativeeach
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He suggested that
clay. 1925, Mr. Costolo's first year in the
The "V" Club was founded in school, and he was the member of
the faculty who was responsible for NINEBOYSGAINHONOR
its organization. Thus he is the logical successor of Mr. Gannaway, and gains a position which undoubt-
This year Captain Johnson
ROLL RATING FOR MONTH edly he merits, because of the high Hairston Leads with High Average ;
Bishops.
is the only L. H. S. letterman back, and the Bishop · are eager to avenge last year's defeats.
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This month the averages were Hubbard at center, and Captain considerably higher. The Honor Maybank and Luck at guards.
Roll has nine members instead of the Armstrong, forward, Lawrence, center, and Harris, guard, are offer-
Peter Hairston, of Advance, N. C.,
fourth-former, heads this list with and Robert Lassiter, W. F. S. Al-
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