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FEBRUARY 19, 1931
BISHOPQUINTCLOSES VALLEY INVASION DE-
FEATINGF.M.S.55-36 Captain Harris Runs Wild to Run
Up Total of Twenty- Five Points
BISHOPS START FAST
Fast Breaking Fishburne Cagers
Put Up Good Fight to no Avail
The Virginia Episcopal School basket-ball team completed a two-day trip through the Shenandoah Valley in fine style when they defeated a
strong Fishburne Military School team 55-36, Saturday, February 7th. Again the brilliant playing of Captain Charles Harris along with the co-operation of his team mates proved too strong for their oppon- ents. Harris was the bright light of the game gathering twenty-five points to have the honor of being high scorer.
Garnets Take Lead
The ga.me started off with the Gar-
nets rolling up a score of ten points before Fishburne could find the bas-
ket once. The accurate shooting of Wilson, Harris and Hanison put the
Bishops off to a start which the Cadets were not able to overtake or
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Wilson was the outstanding star of
the contest, playing a great game at
center and gathering a total of
eighteen points, more than the whole
Saint quint could gather in the en-
tire game. He was followed closely
by C'aptain Harris and Conrad who
rolled up ten points each. Williams, BISHOP BASKETEERS WIN
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The game started with the Bishops scoring ten points before the Saints could break up the smooth work of the Bishops and called time out. The splendid passing work of the Garnets was kept up and with Wilson, and
The second half opened with the Bishops adding to their score with goals by Formwalt and Harri at fre- quent intervals, while the Fishburne quint were held in check by the close guarding of the Bishop o·uarcl . It
GARNETCAGERSBEAT AUGUSTA QUINTET AT
FORTDEFIANCE39-18
Formwalt Leads Attack on Hoop Ringing Up Twelve Counters
HARRIS PLAYS WELL Game Is a Red Team Affair from
Start to Final Whistle
After journeying to Staunton the Virginia Episcopal School Basket- ball team took a victory over a very determined quintet of Augusta Mili- tary Academy, at Fort Definance, by the score of 38-19, Friday Feb- ruary, 6th. The game was booked to be a close contest and was so, during the first quarter but the a.c- curate shooting of Forrnwalt and
Captain Harris put the Bishops to a great advantage in the second can-
to. ·
Williams Outstanding
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Williams, who had been confined
to the bed for several days and who
was yet far from well played a spec-
tacular game at guard, for the
Bishops. Formwalt was high scorer PHYSICAL EXAM1NATIONS with a total of twelve points while
Harris followed close behind with
nine. Thomas led the Cadet attact
and was the high scorer for that
team, while Nicolas contributed to
the A. M. A. score beside playing an
effective game on the defense.
The Garnets took the lead from the first minute of play and were never overtaken. With Harris and
Formwalt finding the basket at fre- quent intervals the Bishops ran up a total of nine points to their oppo- nents five in the first quarter and widened the gap in the second to
twelve points leaving the score 18-6 at the half. The third period was a
uncovered by the report on the mid- year physical examinations that was held by Dr. T. N. Davis on February
4th in the school infirmary. All students were examined and corn- pared with the results of their exam- inations of the previous term, and a general improvement has been noted as well as a good gain in weight and
basket-ringers took the Blackstone
Military Academy cagers into camp
by a 56-10 score on the local court,
February 11th. The game was in
the hands of the Garnet team from
the beginning and never once did the
Orange and Black pentagon threaten
to come within striking distance of
the Bishops. Only in the final canto
with second and third string players
gles of the floor the quarter ended in the fray, did the B. M. A. players. wasn't until the third quarter of the show any form, and it was in this game that the Cadets were able to
very interesting quarter both teams height. Due to the excellent atmos- displaying a fine style of basketball, pheric conditions of the location of
Conrad shooting goals from all an- (Continued on page 3)
especially on the defensive side of the game, with eleven points being the total gathered by both teams. As the third quarter carne to a close the Bishop quint had a seventeen point lead over the Cadets, but the last period found the Cadets trying in
the school, an increase of chest ex- pansion has also been registered.
The following comparisons of the two examinations were obtained: the average age is 16.59 years whereas the previous exams showed 16.44 years; the average weight is 134.91
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quarter that they took in six of their penetrate into the V. E. S. defense ten points. to do much scoring, then the Bi hop C'aptain Charlie Harris of the cagers matched goal for goal with Bishop quintet shot from every con- them. At this point Conrad, Free- ceivable position on the floor to rank man and Worthington came into the Has Been Prominent in Student as high scorer with twenty points to contest for the Garnets and kept the his credit. He was followed by Har- score going up, and at the final whis-
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Activities Since 1927
Due to the withdrawal from the school of Wharton Mellor of Silver City, New Mexico, the Rector has ap- pointed William Holmes to succeed
him on the school Honor C'ommittee. Holmes came to V. E. S. from Bethlehem High School. He has for
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VALENTINE DANCE PROVES VERY SUCCESSFUL; CONGENIAL GROUP TURNS OUT TO CELEBRATE
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HOLDS FIRST MEETING;
TWO DATES FOR FUTURE MEETINGS DECIDED
eral Alumni Association, bringing forth the idea that this body should )e originated by the Lynchburg chap-
ter since this group is nearest V. E. S. and is composed of a comparative-
ly large number of Alumni.
In regard to the actual organiza-
tion of the Association two import- ant questions were decided; the first of these is that two meetings will be held at V. E. S. during the present school semester. The first meeting will be held on May 16th, the day of the V. E. S. Alumni baseball game, and the other will be at finals June 8th. The association would like to
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St. Valentine's Night was cele- br:}~d at V. E. S. by the fourth .:e of the year, which w;ts held in -"the BarksdaleMemorialGymnasium,
and was attended by a very attractive and congenial group of girls from Lynchburg and the younger college set. Excellent music was furnished by Herman Wolff and his Dixie Com- manders, who had a new arrange- ment of instruments, and the danc- ing was enjoyed from nine o'clock till eleven-thirty. Sighs of reluc- tance were heard when at last the
orchestra played "Home Sweet Horne" and it was with the same un- willing feeling that the dancers dis-
The Hop Committee deserves a great deal of credit for the attractive decorating that they did in such a short time. Red and White stream- ers were effectively draped from the balcony, and along the walls, while others slanted from the ceiling to the balcony, forming a tent-shaped can- opy. Lights were cleverly placed in the basket-ball baskets and these were covered with red paper so as to throw a dull red glow at each end of the
hall.
The following couples atended the
dance: Miss Henrietta Fox with Rodger Williams, Miss Lib Hudson with William Baskervill, Miss Mad-
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Lynchburg members of the Vir- a number of years ·oeen prmninent ginia Episcopal School Alumni to- in student activities. He was a mem- gether with several representatives ber of the 1927 championship cross- of the school faculty, met in the Rec- country team, and is an outstanding tor's office on Monday, February 9th
persed.
with the universial approval of the student body.
The present Honor Committee is composed of Thomas Smith of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Chairman, Rich-
ardson Hillier of Harlan, Ky., and William Holmes of Bethlehem, Pa.
who could file the records and keep the Alumni posted on the activities of the Association and of the school. Mr. Z. V. Long of the faculty now fills this position.
At the recent meeting Harry For- syth explained the purpose of a gen-
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Garnet
uint Trounces Saints
RoGER WILLIAMs
1Vho is playing well at guard
CAPT. CHAS. HARRIS State High Sco1·e7·
HELD· HERE BY DR. DAVIS Average Weight for Second Term Shows
stellar V. E. S. guard played a very
effective game and broke up several
shots which were headed for the bas-
ket. Morgan was the outstanding
man on the Crimson Tide's defense
D1ECISIVELY OVER B. M. A. Led by Captain Harris Garnet Quintet
Takes 56-10 Victory
In a listless exhibition of basket-
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Season
Large Gain for Students
Some interesting statistics were
while Pendleton, a mere youngster
tied Captain Lee for high point ball, the Virginia Episcopal School
even to approach. Holdren and Zin- drell broke through the V. E. S. de- fense to score only five field goals while the Garnets scored from all angles of the floor to nm up twenty- five points in the first half, leaving the score 25-11 at tllis part of the contest.
Wilson High Scorer, Followed by Harris and Conrad as Wil- liams Stars
Lee,
PASS-WORK IMPROVES Morgan and P endleton Star
for Visitors in Slow Contest
The Virginia Episcopal basket- ball team made it five victories in a row Friday, February 13th, when they took a decisive victory over their old rivals of Saint Christophers school 47-17, in Barksdale gymnas-
ium as one of the features of the home coming week-end. The game was interesting and even exciting though the score showed it to be a rather one-sided affair.
Wilson Star
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honor, with four points each. The game was marred by the continuous missing of crip shots by both teams.
WM. HOLMES APPOINTED TO HONOR COMMITTEE
candidate for the half mile run on to organize an Ab1mni Association. this year's track team. He is serving This meeting was the fruit of a plan
his second year on the Student wllich originated at a gathering of Council, and is a member of the Sci- the local Alumni held December ence Club, and the school choir. His 19th. At that time it was decided to
appointment will undoubtedly meet have a resident Alumni secretary
EDITION
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