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RECTOR'S COLUMN
Scholastic Sportsmanship
R. F. I. SMITH
J. I. PRITCHETT, III
The Meteor FEJHlUAllY 27, 1!)30
FORSYTH, G., SECRETARY
ART AND MUSIC CLUB
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tioned as a guard there, as a cor- poral. When the factory lets out, Carmen makes love to Don Jose, an(l he is supposedly in love with another girl. However as the story
goes on he falls madly in love with Carmen, but she dosen't love him and finally he stabs her while she is waiting for her toreador lover to
return from a successful bull fight. At the next meeting on February 20th, held at the Hector's apart- ment, two Spanish artists were studied. Charles MeNulty spoke on
the life and works of Velasquez. McNulty's talk was followed by a
Alumni New•
"Bucky" Forsyth, Toby Moore, Howard Curd, Ronald W arburton all, '29, John Risher, '28, visited the school for the Woodberry game. '!'hey are all students at the Univer-
sity of Virginia.
Nate Lavinder and Frank Couch,
'28, were at the school for the Wood- berry game.
Ashby Patteson, '29 vilrited the school last Friday. "Pat" is now at V .M .I.
Arthur Lamar and Claibourne Darden both, '29, visited the school
from W. & L. last week-end.
Dick Canfield, '29, is now a stu-
dent at the University of Miami. Frank Cooper, '28, visited the school last Sunday. He is now a
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talk on l\Iorillo by George Forsyth. student at the University of Ala-
bama.
George made a rather short talk on
the artist's life but dwelled at length Captain of the 1930 football team at on his picture&, and exhibited a Darlington. While at V. E. S. he great number of them. was a counselor and Captain of
At this meeting George Forsyth Track.
Among them are: the "V" Club, rl'HE 1\Itn'EOR, the Dramatic 1:lociety, 1DOG. He had run the hundred was elected Secretary of the club. Gray Langhorne, '28, is boxing
in the lightweight class for the Vir- ginia Freshmen.
TO BE
RA THER
THAN TO SEEM
There is a lawyer in St. Louis
who represented the United States
In the Virgiuia Episcopal School there are many organizations. in the Olympic Games in Paris in
and other clubs. The "V" Club has a pin. A man wearing a pin with yards in !) %seconds at the Univer- the design chosen by this organization for their standard pin is distin- sity of Yirginia, and had won sev- guished by the fact that he has on this pin. But should boys who have
attained nothing here be permitted to wear some impo ing or distin-
Arthur Lamar, 29, is on the staff
guished looking emblem bearing the seal and name of the Virginia Epis- copal School ju~t because they can buy them at some store here?
rl'he Seniors could havt> a pin or ring. But what business has a man with a key or pin supposedly represe11ting something when he has been here about a month and done absolutely nothing to gain such a reward?
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two field goals. The score at the the W. and L. Freshmen. He
eral preliminary heats of the 100 meter race at the Paris Olympics in record time. A sprinter from South Africa, named Walker, was the Yir- ginia boy's most dangerous rival, hm·ing run him a clo e race in one heat and equaled his time in an-
GARNET CAGERS TAKE
WIN OVER BLACKSTONE of the "Ring Tum Phi" student
While advocating the abolishment of V. E. S. jewelry as a part of
the onmmeutatiou ol' no1Hlcserving people, I would like to put in a good
word for pins for people who really de erve them. The plays of the
Dramatic Society have alway been good, and this organization should t aug h t the crouching sprinter's opponents. This was due mainly to - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - get some recognit.ion for their services. Not because I am on THE
METEOR staff, but because that paper has done nothing but good in its
representations of the school at various contests, I think that the people
on the board of that paper should be recognized. Here's hoping for
recognition to those who deserve it, and none for those who don't.
COME OUT FOR THE SPORTS
All small scl10ol meet the difficulty of not having enough boys to supply the athletic demand of its sports. Each year some of our teams are hampered by the fact that there is not a sufficient number of scrub . often not enough for a second team. This winter both wrestIing- alH1
boxing had to be abandoned because there were not enough boys to fill the positions, who were not already out for basketball.
'l'he spring is the season when this situation meets the school full in the face. It is the only season of our school year when two major sports come at the same time. Despite this fact V. E. S. has the reputation of
putting out first rate track and baseball teams. Every boy in school should find a place for himself on one of the various squads; size and age are immaterial; there is some squad in your class, and fight is all that you need.
Besides the major sports there is tennis. Each year we have placed a creditable team on the courts, and this year we have exceptionally good material back as a nucleus for a team.
Why not let us go one better this year and have a golf team? There are a number of boys who will be unoccupied by the other sports and who will be quite eligible for golfers. A meet with Woodberry or ~ome of the other surrounding schools might be arranged, nnd a a whole the sport should prove quite an attraction. Get out your clubs and try
your stuff; we may get a team out yet.
If every boy in school tries out for one of these sports and sticks with
it, we will have 100 per cent. school spirit as well as better team .
SHALL WE SAY GRACE IN LATIN1
In perusing one of our exchanges we ee an editorial against saying
grace at meals in Latin. The objection made was that no one under-
stood it and consequently it did nobody any good. Now we don't mean
to insinuate that the boys in school don't understand the services that
are read in EngIish, but we do think that it would improve their under-
standing if the boys of school would join in the ervice more heartily, and take some more interest in them.
In regard to hearty responses in the service, that is merely a matter of the individual; b~t unless one has a voice, and the inclination to use it, any other interest that one might take is confined to the services them-
elves. Many schools remedy this by having a student vestry, and we wonder why such a scheme wouldn't work at V. E. S.
Bishop Jett recently made an appeal to the school for another chool that he is founding in the we tern part of the State. Surely a vestry would be the appropriate ones to rai e such money. The altar clothes have to be changed, flowers for the altar might be procured, and there are any number of other things that might be done by a student vestry. The Rector recently ent five boys up to a religion conference at Alex- andria, plain1y showing that he thought a need exi ted; couldn't he go a
little farther nnd organize a vestry?
other. This man had not been
start; he started standing up. Be-
fore the final heat, Jim Rector, the
Yirginia boy, taught his rival the
sprinter's start. Walker learned his
five hit the hoop with a greater reg-
ularity, and clearly outplayed their Univenrity of North Carolina.
type of sportsman~hip they help to
build character. An athlete who is than double their total by scoring
more anxious to help his team mates to excel and do their parts than he is to shine himself, has the true spirit of team play and the beRt type of loyalty to hi~ friends and his
seven field goals, while the Bishops were making six.
The game was rather loosely
played. Both teams were handi-
school. I use the word friend in the capped by the low ceiling and had
sense in which Christ used it when Ue told the parable of the Good 8amaritan.
to resort to short shots. Hobbs and final half and repeated this act with Harris, W., led the scoring for both amazing regularity much to the dis- teams by taking in fifteen and nine may of the St. C. rooters. Johnny
I wish to throw out for your con- point~, respectively. Captain Lurk sideration the thought that the same was the mainstay of the V. E. H.
type of sportsmanship might be used
in your school work.
spirit in chool work stimulates nnd enabled his mates to score fre-
Maybank also made some nice shots
A competitive
some boys to put forth their best quently from his passes. Captain
efforts, but it leaves some boys, who find themselves at the bottom of the
the game. Poe put in a fine exhi- bition of playing, getting the jump almoHt all of the time. 'l'his en-
Wooten and Keadle were the high abled the V. E. S. forwar-ds to work
St. Christopher's
F.G. TOT. Player G. F. TOT. I
1-1 15 Grymes, f. ______________ 4 2 10 1-1 9 Snead, f. ---------------- 0 0 0
Iist, d iscourage(1,
A willingness on the part of the points each.
their tip-off plays to a good advan-
The summary : I
or disinterested. better prepared boys to study with
Line-up:
bers of the class from time to time Player G.
and encourage less successful mem-
V. E. S.
would help to counteract some of the Hobbs, f. ---------------- 7
disadvantages of scholastic compe- tition and lead to more worthwhile friendships in school. Too often a bright boy selects another good stu- dent to lighten his labors rather than work with a boy who might
make a passing grade and gain a fair knowledge of the subject if he had a little encouragement and someone to keep him up to the work until he could learn to work effect- ively. .
Harris, W., f. ________ 4
half was V. E. S. 17; B. M. A., 10. placed in his event against the Vir- In the second half the V. E. S. ginia Freshmen.
the accurate shooting of Hobbs, who collected a total of thirteen points in this half. The Bishops garnered twelve points to Blackstone's three during the third quarter. On the
V. E. S. FIVE DEFEATS
ST. CHRISTOPHER'S
V. E. S. had increased the lead to on the start. E. S. cagers slackened up in their shooting of Charlie Harris and Poe.
lesson well and won the rnre by a
fraction of a foot by beating Rector upper end of a 29-13 score, the V. 18 to 10, mainly due to the sharp-
When athletics fo~ter a generous defensiYe work during the last quar- Lee played a good game for the Saints until he was removed from
the game by the personal foul route. Captain Minor of St. Christopher's played a good floor game and also
scored three field goals, two of them
bPing long shots from near the cen- ter of the floor.
Charlie Harris dropped in a long shot to start ,the scoring in the
ter and allowed Blackstone to more
and played a fine floor game. His tlefense. He often succeeded in passing was one of the features of
breaking up the Blackstone attack.
lights for Blackstone, leading the
~coring for their teams with eight tage several times.
Harris, C., f. __________ 3 1-1 7 l\Iinor (C.), c_________ 3 0 6
LaLance, f. ____________ 0 Wil on, c. ---------------- 2
P o e , g. ---------- ---- ------ 2 Maybank, g. ____________ 0
Luck (C.), g.._________ 0 Totals ..................18
0-0 0 Lee, g. -------------------- 1 1-0 4 Elling worth, g. ____ 1
L e a r y ,
Totals ------------------ 9
2 4 0 2 1 1
5 23
B. M. A. Player G.
8-5 41 Plc~yer G. W. Ilarris, £........... 0
F. TOT. ] 1
1 13 There are certain practical diffi- Dickinson, f. __________ 2 1-0 4 LaLance, f. ____________ 1 1 3 culties in the way of such j o in t Harris, f. ---------------- 1 0-0 2 Hobbs, f................. 5 1 11
study here, which might be over- Keadle, c. ________________ 4 0-0 8 Wilson, c. ________1________ 1 0 2
come by a con cientious effort on the Crockett, c. ____________ 2 1-1 5 Poe, c. -------------------- 2 2 G
part of the student to cooperate with i\'ooten (C.), g....... 4 0-0 8 l\Iaybank, g. .......... 1 the Rector ru1d Senior Master in the Dickens, g. ____________ 0 0-0 0 Luck (C.), g........... 0
1 a 0 0
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- Totals ..................16
strength of their average grade --
abuse the privilege. Totals ..................13 2-1 2'l' Richmond).
interest of order. As it is now, too House, g. ---------------- 0 0-0 0 many boys who study out on the Mizell, g. ---------------- 0 0-0 0
1-1 5 2-1 1 1-0 0
g .
---------------- 0
Lee Booth, '29, has been elected
publication at Washington and Lee. Fred Cook, '29, is swimming for
Bill Barnes, '29, was at the school Sunday night. He now attends the
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V. E. S. leading. At the half time
--I V. E. S.
F.G.
TOT. C. Harris, f. __________ 6
Refrret>: Holladay (University of