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The Meteor
VoL. XIV JANUARY 23, 1930 No.7 Issued by the students of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Va.,
semi-monthly during the session of 1929-30 Subscription, 15 cents per copy; $1.75 per year
Staff ,Editor-in-Chief..............................................................................N. T. GREEN
Managing Editor....................................................................P. W. HAIRSTON Business Manager......................................................................F. R. HrLLIEH Assistant Business Manager............................................................C. WILSON Circulation Manager................................................................R. HOLBERTON Assistant Circulation Manager ....................................................G. FoRSYTH
Photographer to THE METEOR..........................................WHITWELL Coxc: Typist..................................................................................JA~Es McKI~t~ Faculty Adviser ......................................................J\I1c J. l\.. B.\XKS, I . .
Reporters
Entered as second-class matter September 28, 1928, at the Post Office at Lynchburg, Virginia, under the Act of March 3, 1928.
FINIS?
The midyear examinations are almost over. For most of us the only ones left are science and English. There are many who have come .below the standard in some subjects, hardly any who have done theu best m all. At the same time it is true that very few have failed so hopelessly that they cannot pass at least most of their subjects by a little honest work during·the second term. . . . . .
The temptation not to work m this time of the year ISgreat. Sprmg fever is a disease that claims many victims, and those who do not fa_ll prey to its ravages have a host of extracurricul3; inter.ests to attract the1r attentions. It is a time in which one may eas1ly rum a good grade, or bring up even a very poor grade, ~ll depending on the work that the individual does. Don't make the midyear exams the end; make them the
beginning of some honest work.
WHA T PRICE RIV AI.RY?
Virginia Episcopal School is a Lynchburg institution and owes a large part of its growth to the people of ~ynchburg. They have J;~ee~ nicer to the boys of the school than the ordmary looker-on ":oulc~ thm~, they have been accommodating, and they have done everythmg m then power to make Lynchburg a good pl~ce for the s~hool to b~ located. An.d now through the medium of athletic contest with the High School th1s good feeling is about to be annihilated.
Any spectator at the recent V. E. S.-L. H.. S. basket-bal.! game could see that the attitude of the High School pup1ls was anythmg but good toward V. E. S. If this feeling gets into the generation whicl~ is at t.he High School now, it is bonn~ to spread to the older and more mfluentlal
people of the city and make hfe a great deal worse for the boys of V. E. S. Saturday V. E. S. plays Lynchburg in to~n. The student body_will go in and see the game and do some fine yellmg-no doubt. But 1f there seems to be any nasty feeling among the Lynchbur~ students, the V. E. S.
boys certainly shouldn't try to argue any pomt With them, Withm reason of course.
We have never been in favor of these athletic contests with Glass High; but as long as they have to be,. the students of V. E. S. should certainly do their best to keep the relations between the two schools from becoming strained.
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WIN OR LOSE; BACK THE TEAM
The greatest trial of school spirit that faces a cheering school is that of backing a losing team. . .
V. E. S. has long held the reputation of havmg the best cheermg section of any school in the state and a school spmt equal to any m the country. The old boys reminisce about the once great, but now de~arted school spirit of 1926 when a losing team was cheered to an 18-0 victory over S. l\I. A. No doubt school spirit was at a peak at that time, but It IS also on an equally high point toda~. The school, as 3; whole cannot ~e given too much credit for the adnurabl.e sp1nt shown m last Saturdays game. The real spirit is never shown bll a school can cheer Its best at a losing game.
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SPATS
As being one who looks with approbation on all things English~ we
undertake a slight article in commendation of a very worthy Bnbsh
Isham Keith, Jr., '25, i1
d the Aviation Club of the Flying Service at the U Yi'rginia.
Richard Canfield, '29, il ia photo"raphic business at
Fla., ~vhere he is also takinr work in the high school.
Frank Andrews, '25, is in ourance business in Vicksburg,
Bertie Bowman, '27, h • abroad to pursue his studiel in all(l music.
George Boyd, '27, is now a dent at the Philadelphia Di
School. He is also taking work at the University of P
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rama.
Kendall Cuthbert, '21, i
of industrial sales for a
l ,rovision company in Loa
'2. Freeman Danse, 2 , IS
for the Underwriters' Company in Georgia, with ~ ters at Atlanta.
Harrison Echols, '19, is with Standard Oil Company in India.
Royal B. Embree, Jr., '26, il ing graduate work in abnono•l
chology at Ohio State Unilenity. Eugene Houghton, '23, is at Bath, N. Y ., where he is general .U . manager for the Firestone Tire 0&.
Asher Payne, '26, is a mediJwl
student at the University of Vir- •0
gmut.
Whitmel Peoples, '26, is in the
wholesale tobacco business in South Hill, Va.
Catesby Taliafero, '24, is a stu- dent at the University of Lyone ( France) . During the early au· tumn he became a member of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Randolph Turner, '28, won hi1
match in the Williams and Marr- .
M. I. wrestling match last Satur-
day in the 165-lb. class. ''BraWB"
is president of the class of '32 at Y. M. I.
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R. F. I. SMITH
J. I. PRITCHETT, III E. R. W. McCABE
C. E. NORVELL
D. H. STODDARD A. E. BELJIIORE
custom, inaugurated at V. E. S. by one of the pleasure-lovmg members. of Wilson, c. ................ 1 2-0
9 1-1 2 0-0
0 0-0
0 0-0 4 0-0 0-0
our faculty. The practice to wh1ch I have reference 1s that of wear.mg spats. Whether it is an outgrowth of last yeaT's club tendency or not IS a matter for some speculation, which, however, has very httle bearmg on
the case. . b · tl The advantages of spats are numerous, the most obvwus emg .1e
lightened work for Mrs. Taylor. .Another is tha~ they. prevent dements.
The wearer, not being able to resist the temp~abon of lookmg at them,
continually gazes on the ground, the~eby pro~ucmg a demure and mnocent,
not to say saintly appearance. Wh1ch remmds us that there agam Mrs.
Taylor profits as boys _will no longer take recourse to the Infirmary to Chatlin, c. ................ 1 0 avoid demerits. .
Yes, on the whole, we most heartily commend the practice, the only blemish on the whole outlook being that our own beloved En~hsh!llan has not yet appeared in th~m. THE METF,()R wants ~0 go down ll1 history as backing spats and hopmg for monocles and clerb1es.
Dorrinn, c. ..........,. 1 0 Jones, H., f............. 0 0 Wertz, g................. 0 0
w. A. HOBBS
'fhe school's new 1930 catalog, airplane view of the school from be- which was seen for the first time a hind. This is .used in place of the few day~ ago, is quite an improve- picture of the Barksdale Gymnasium,
ment over the one for last year both in appearance and arrangement.
The new catalogs are larger. and neater than before. The coyer is made up in the usual style, but the
pale watery colors of the old catalog's trimming are supplanted by dark blue borders which set off the corer very well.
The inside of the catalog also
shows marked improvement. There
are more pictures than before, and
they are better. The picture of. the. The paragraph headhnes have b~en school from the air, having been pnntecl m the same c~ark blue I~k taken from a higher altitude, shows as the outside corer .msteacl of, .m much more of the surroundmg land- red, as was clone preYJOusly. ·.In 1ts scape and the proximity of the entirety the ne11· catalog IS far James Hi1·er. There is also another supenor.
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D. M. I. TRIUMPHS OVER V. E. S. BY 31·26
(Continued from page 1)
and Goble made a double-decker from the side. Harris, W., counted twice on fouls and Harris, C., made a long one count as the whistle blew with the score 31-26.
Line-up and summary:
V. E. S.
H obbs, f . . . .............. 4
V. E. S. TAKES WIN FROM GLASS HIGH
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DEAR En.:
I haYe for some time been perua- ing- your most worthy periodical. In it I find nothing to criticize with tbe
single exception that you fill it with too much athletics and leave the literary side too much neglected.
THE METEOR as a literary organiza- tion should encourage the otlier li- terary organizations, and I take thi
opportunity to say something about the literary teams of the school.
Immediately after the mid-term exams there is organized at V. E. S. a literary team consisting of two de- baters, two readers, and a public speaker. This team has a contest
with a similar team from St. Christopher's. If we are successful with this contest we may go to the
State contest at Charlottesville.
8 It hardly seems fair to the boys
on the team to have only two con-
7 tests, in view of the fact that the
0 track team has six meets which is
0 less than any of the other athletic ·
0 teams. Several years ago an effort 2 wasmadealongthislineinacon~t 2 with Glass High School, but th1s
was not resumed last year. There
certainly must be other teams with
Harris, C., f........... 1 1-1 Harris, W., f........... 3 3-3
F.G. TOT. 3 2-0
Poe, c. . . .................. 0 2-0 1\faybank, g . .. ...... .... 0 0-0 Luck (Capt.), g. .... 2 10-
Totals ..................11 9--± D. llf. I.
Haas, g................... 2 6 Booth, f. .................. 1 18 Giles, c. .................. 1 2 Leys, c..................... 0 2 Maniates (Capt.), f. 2
0 Davis, g. ................ 1 3 Wright, g............... 2 Wise, g. .................. 0
1-0 4
Jones, E., f. ............ 3 0-0 Goble, f................... 9 0
1-0 2 which other contests could be ar-
0-0 2 ranged, and it certainly seems that
0-0 0 the V. E. S. Literary deserves more
0-0 4 than a third as many contests as
0-0 2 the track team. · 0-0 4 Hoping that you will find room in
0-0 0 your paper for this slight epistle, I am sincerely,
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31
Referee: Rutherford.
G. F.G. TOT. 0-0 8
which was in last year's catalog. The pictures are printed on both sides of the page and the pages are white as against last year's cream color.
The arrangement of
been changed to some extent. The paragraphs ·of location, buildings, dormitories and table haYe been . transferred from the business end mg. of the catalog to the section dealing
with the description of the school.
topics has
Albert Belmore, '27, is now a stu- dent at Lehigh University. He ie taking a course in mining engineer-
SoPHOCLESE.