1932 VES Meteor

VoL. XVII, No.6 VIRGINIA EPISCOP AL SCHOOL, L YNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
JANUARY 21, 1932
GARNETS DEFEAT FIGHTING LEXINGTON HIGH BASKET-BALL TEAM IN SEASON'S FIRST FRAY
NEW COUNSELORS
David C. Em-row, Jr., of Savan.na.h, Ga.; A1'thur White, of Norfolk, and Robert La- Lance, of Huntington, W.
Va.., have recently been ap- pointed to the Counselor Body. This is Barrow's sec- ond year, while White and LaLance have both been. at
V. E. S. three years. THE METEOR wishes to extend to them cordial wishes for their
STRONG V. E. S. QUINT TAKES VICTORY FROM
F. U. M. A. IN HARD FOUGHT CONTEST, 17-16
I• Formwalt, Edmunds, and Smither
Lead Scorers in Easy Win
TEAM PLAYS WELL
V arner and Campbeii Outstand:ng for Losing High
School Tearn
In the opening basketball game of the season with Lexington High School on Saturday, January 9th, Coach Bond's second team was
found in the starting line-up. The score was 9-0 in favor of the visit- ing team before the V. E. S. first string was sent in, and it stood 10 to 0 a minute later at the end of the quarter. But with Formwalt and Smither both finding the bas-
ket consistently the score was changed at the end of the game to 49-16 in favor of the Garnet quint.
For the first game of the season the team showed a pretty fair pass-
inhg. abihlity, bLut ~ere a lbitd wild ond t e!r s ots. exmgton la a goo
defensive team, but were out of their class in offensive work. A fter
the Bishops' first team came into
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On Stmdav night, January lOth, ew se~o.n s, w en, rOJ:>P• ., o
7 points, while V. E. S. ran up their total score of 49.
scored twice in the first few min- utes followed later by two points
from Robinson and two from V ar-
ner. At this point the V. E. S.
first team was sent in, but no score
was made in that quarter. In the
next quarter with Williams, Ed-
mundsJ and Bost passing and Form-
walt and Sn)ither shooting, V. E. S.
was able to forge ahead. In this
period L. H. S. failed to score a single point. The third quarter was
a duplicate of the second with the Garnet five widening their margin of advantage so that the score was 32 to 11 at the end of that period.
Smither, R., opened the fourth quarter with two goals, one from under the basket and one from the
·side Jines. These were followed by two from Formwalt which made it look like the second and third quar- ters would be repeated, but Lex- ington tightened on the def ense and rallied on the offense. V arner
scored four points with two long shots from 'way past the foul line for the first L. H. S. score since
the opening period. From this point to the end of the game there was
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V. E. S. Takes Lead
only a score now and then for e1t er team. The game ended 49-16, in
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otertay,eavmg . . .onte slightly longer end of a 17-16
favor of V. E. S. The Bishop quint fd
boy may be admitted until he has spent one-half a year in school.
V. . 2'0-D. M I H Jan. · · .- ere.
displayed an air tight de ense an remarkable amount of spee on t e
.brary by the club, and it was the ll
decided that the practice of giving worth while books to this depart-
ment of school life should be con- tinued in the future.
For the next meeting another talk in the current series is to be de!iv- ered by 0. B. Knight. Knight will give a kaleidoscope view of current
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the thirteenth century wh1c was far superior to that of Italy which
was the leading country of the west. The author stated that the swift
rising of the western countries af- ter the thirteenth century was due
to science, "The west owes its fav- arable position to an idea: the idea of science." Science made it possi- ble for all of the modern inven-
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offense. Bost, especially, well in the floor work.
Varner Stars
per formed
F b 6-E H s Th e · · · .-
For Lexington, V arner and Campbell showed up best, being the only ones who could find the basket at all. The Lexington quint had a peculiar method of attack, having
Feb.
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'" · RODGER W. WILLIAMS
Alternate Captain of Basketball GERMAN CLUB HEARS
TAYLOR, J., ON JAN. 17
BISHOP CAGERS WIN
2nd GAME OF SEASON
Chesapeake Five Downed in Fast Game 38-29 on V. E. S. Home Floor
The Garnet and White Quintet took its second victory of the 1932 season when it defeated Camp
Chesapeake 38-29, in the Barksdale Memorial Gymnasium, on Wednes-
day, January 13. Coach Bond started his second string five, which
acquitted ,itself well, holding 'the Blue and White to a one-point lead
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in the first quarter. T 1e rst team
t • f 11 · · · · was sen. m a t 1e oegnmlflg ur we
dk11d· second period an too t le ea lm-
scorf'cl .llrake P ,-'t<-bett "nrl M<:>rion Wrl,.\.t
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the me_mb.er.s of t.he Science Club of the Vlrgmla Episcopal School un-
animously decided to invite three
new members into the club. Those
who were invited were William
Brazier, of Charles Town, West
Virginia, Freel Belmore of Schuy- ler, and J ames Edmunds, of Hali-
fax. All of these boys are new boys
in the school this year and are ex-
pected to be among those who will
return next year. After being in-
structed in the purpose and activi-
ties of the organization, they all ac-
cepted the invitation and were given
''Scientia" certificates by the secre- tary.
A general discussion follo~ed in which many things were talked about. Among the most interesting
of the subjects was that of Frank- enstein. Some of the members had seen the picture, and agreed that it had a decided scientific side to it. The electrical and medical appara- tus that the young Frankenstein
I used to bring a patched-up body to life was quite complicated and
could rtever be perfected, but it was interesting to discuss.
Brazier Reads
On the following Sunday Wil- limn Brazier read to the club an ar-
tide f rom the Scientific American with the title, "What Science Real-
ly Is?" It told of the wonderful ad- vanced stage of civilization that
th~0·' opo f..o I
,man Club for the year of 1932 was In the first quarter, Campbell held January 17. The meeting was
fray. Formwalt, Bishop center, took
high scoring honors, with a total
of fifteen points, as Smither, R.,
forward for the Garnets, followed him a close second with fourteen
counters. Rutherfoord and Downes led the Chesapeake attack, each rolling up ten points. Williams showed himself true to form in his admirable defensive work. foiling many attempts at the V. E. S. bas- ket.
Man to Man
The. game was slow in starting, both teams being on the defensive most of the time. The visitors man- aged to break through the Bishop defense and to ring up five points,
well attended, all members being present.
At the request of President Me-
Cabe, at the previous meeting, Jack
Taylor gave a short talk on the life
of Schiller, the beloved German
bard. The talk was rather brief and
lacked original material partly on
account of the shortness of time in
which the talk was prepared. A fter
the talk W arner McCabe gave an interesting, informal synopsis of
one of Schiller's best plays, William Tell. The plot"of the play is a well- known legend, but it was Schiller's masterful portrayal of the story which brought recognition and sue-
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The second meeting of the Ger- mediately to hold it throughout the
tmued at a fast pace, but ne1ther team seemed able to get many shots, d.ue to the excellent defense on both Sides.
Formwalt Scores
The first quarter ended with the
score only 4-3, with F. U. M. A.
in the lead. In the second quarter
the Garnet offense began to func-
tion as well as the defense. In this
period the Cadets were able to
make only one floor goal, while the
V. E. S. cagers chalked up three and a free throw was also good,
putting them in front by a score of 10-6. From this time to near the end of the game, when Page dropped in a long one to put the cadets in a one-point lead, the Bishops held a slight edge over their opponents. At this point the game resolved into a contest of nervous shooting. Finally, with less than two minutes to play, Williams
took the ball out under his own goal and passed a long one to Formwalt, V. E. S: captain, who
rung up the final basket, which gave the Garnetmen a one-point victory. Only luck could have put in any of
the wild shots that followed and tl II d "th t
score.
Poor Shooting
It seemed that neither team could get the range of the basket and throughout the game the shots were missed consistently. This was due in part to the hurry in which the players on both sides were forced to get off their tries. The floor
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cess for his pia~.
The constitUtiOn was read for the jthe Episcopalians could sc~re. How-
benefit of the new members who had been taken in at the previous meeting. These new members were Drake Pritchett of Danville. Va., and Morton Wright, of Savannah, Georgia.
New Members
The club intends to take in four new members as soon after mid-
Jan. 9.-Lexington High 16 ES49
Year exanls as I. s conven1·ent, s1"nce . h tile constl.ttltl·on states that no new
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1e game was ca e WI ou an- h II 1 . V E S h
"The Life of BZsmarck," by d h Llldwl·g was recently presented to
Jan. 23-A. M. A.-Here. J 30-HMI H
1Marco Polo found in China during ·h
success.
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Cadets Bow to Bishops in Rough and Tumble J:ight
Jan. 16
FORMWALT, BOST STAR
Outcome of Melee Doubtful Till Final Whistle is
Blown
In a breath taking rough and tumble game at Fork Union, the V irginia Episcopal School basket- ball team barely managed to keep its slate clean by a 17-16 win over the military boys. From the open-
ing toss-up to the final whistle the game was always in doubt, neither team amassing more than a four- point lead at any time. Formwalt
and Bost were outstanding for the Garnets, getting five and four points respectively, while Page showed up well for F. U. M. A., scoring eight of their sixteen points.
The entire Bishop team deserves
credit for the way they out-fought
and out-played their larger oppon- ents.
Iwith ~uther!oord scoring, before ever, Randolph and Smither, C.,
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SCHEDULE
School, ;V. · ., · Jan. 1E3-CSam38p Chesapeake,
ere. Feb. 12 - McGuire's -
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13- S t. - T here.
Feb. 25-G. M. S.-Here. Feb. 27-R. M. A .-There.
Christopher's Feb. 20-W. F. S.-Here.
WILLIAM S. FORMWALT Alternate Captain of Basketball
SCIENCE CLUB ELECTS THREE TO MEMBERSHIP
Belmore, Brazier, and Edmunds Are Taken In, January 10
Scoring was started in the first If dhcWf
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