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. RoBISON..............................................Assistant Circulation Manager Entered as second-class matter September 28, 1928, at the Post
Office at Lynchburg, Virginia, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
THIS YEAR
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ALUMNI NEWS - '18
THE V. E. S. HYMN Because of several requests from
SCHOOL DIRECTORY 1939-1940
Honor Committee
Clifford N. Peeler, Head Counselor
F. M. Simmons Andrews Henry C. Bourne, Jr.
G~neral Ath!etic Association Chfford N. 1eeler, President
F . M. Vice-President
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Issued by the students of the Virginia Epi copal School, Lynchburg, Va., Production redit Association in you may know that Mr. John M.
VoLUME XXV
JUNE 1, 1940
semi-monthly during the school year of 1939-'40 except holidays and examination periods.
Subscriptions, 15¢ per copy; $1.75 per year
llENRY c. BOURNE, JR. Editor
F. l\1. SIMMONS ANDREWS..................................................Managing Editor GEo. Wu ITAKER..........................................................................Photographcr
Courtland, Virginia. Ladd, our former master of history,
1,350 copies EDITORIAL BOARD
D. F. LANGHORNE
BUSINESS BOARD
W F L A in
Reporters
University of Virginia, and member of the Board of Trustees of V. E.
S.. visited school on May 14th. '22
Edward R. Rogers, Jr., is a news commentator and publicity director
C. R. W. ·cHoEw R. A. RILEY
E. s. PEEL
K. F. BROOKS P. c. ROBINSON
EDWARD A. MITCHELL
Business Manager
C. D. L. PERKINS ................................................Assistant Busi11ess Manager
H. B. THOMSON ................................................ Assistant Business Manager W. J. LoNG ........................................................Assistant Business Manager W. B. STALNAKER..........................................................Circulation Manager
T. H. PARTR!CK I3. F. REAGAN R. T. STONE
I3. c. CLARKE
chool is almo t out. Many have looked forward to that day of days as a time to rejoice and show how glad they are to leave. Those who have looked toward the day of departure as a time for great jubilation will, no doul t, find it harder to feel glad about leaving than they could ima,.ine. It is hard to express our feeling toward the school at this time of the year. There i omething in our relation that mere words cannot
school on May 16th. He is Virginia ginia, was recently elected to the representative for the Flat-Top Fuel honorary Raven Society there.
Richard P. Smither is manager
of the Isis Theatre in Pensacola Florida. '
Henry C. Bourne, Jr., Editor- in-Chief
F. M. Simmons And1ews,
Managing Editor
Edward A. Mitchell, Business Manager
Mr. W. H. Armstrong, Fac- ulty Adviser
Hop Committee
Charles R. W. Schoew Clifford N. Peeler
Herbert B. Thomson
Mr. W . H. Armstrong, Fac-
ulty Adviser
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something more than mere knowledge. They will, we feel, go away with will take with them a higher sense of honor and a better understanding
of a better 1ife. You owe something to the school. There is an obligation of manhood and honor to uphold. We hope that you will not fail in living that b~tter life V. E. S. has taught you to live.
Memories are a treasure money can never buy. In a few years, no doubt, you who are going away will look back on the few years you spent at V. E. S. We hope that those memories will be most pleasant, void
of demerit and the 1roverbial reports.
To those who are departing, some never to return, we bid a fond fare- well. May you remember V. E. . as something to treasure; the most
Bluefield, W . V a. chemist in the E. I. du Po~t de Duval Pope Goldsmith is in the Nemours & Company, at Wilming-
retail gasoline busine s in Chicago, ton, Delaware.
Illinois. William L. Formwalt is a master Duncan H. Hammer is foreman at Gilman Country School near Bal-
of the paint department in the Gen timore, Maryland.
Secretary-Treasurer
Scientia
Edward A. Mitchell, Secretary Harry L. Alverson, Treasurer Mr. C. L. McGhee, Faculty
Adviser
Senior Class
pleasant memory of all.
the conservation department of the Georgia.
State of Maryland, in Ocean City. H W L
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Jay N. Hirons is a salesman with the Harvard Law School in Cam- the Kellogg Sale Company in Roa- bridge, Mass.
f thi s
issue
ompany in Baltimore, Maryland. '19
Spencer R. McCulloch, former head counselor and editor of THE METEOR, is a sp cia] correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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IDrar ®lb ]J. i.E. ~- When summertime is done,
And autumn days are won, Then do we think of thee,
Old V. E. S.
We gather here once more, Where those who've gone before, Helped make the name we Jove,
Old V. E. S.
Once more we make our teams,
Once more we have our dreams, Of adding to that name,
Old V. E. S.
With cheer we do our tasks,
Since it is thou who asks Service of heart and mind,
Old V. E. S.
Through autumn, winter, spring,
In summer, too, we sing Of thy great love for us,
Old V. E. S.
Shame to the boys who fail To strive, or make prevail Thy standard of high worth,
Old V. E. S.
God bless all who are here, Have been or will be here, May they forever love
Old V. E. S.
God grant thy spirit lives Firm in our hearts, and gives Fine men, and God bless thee,
Old V. E. S.
Thomas M. Carruthers, nnnager MR. W. H. ARMSTRONG......................................................Faculty Adviser of the Athletic Association at the
tary
Benjamin F. Reagan, Treas- urer
Mr. Jo!m W. Gannaway, Fac- ulty Adviser
V-Ciub
F. M. Simmons Andrews, President
Clifford N. Peeler, Vice-Presi- dent
Charles R. W. Schoew, Secre- tary
Benjamin F. Reagan, Treas- urer
John D. Wood, Sergeant-at- Arms
C.m~tpany of Bluefield, West Vir- is a omething that binds the school closely to those connected with it. gmta.
express. You have, and no doubt will, experience that sensation. There When school is over those who are leaving will carry away with them
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It is hard to predict the policy or outcome of an organization before a trust investment analyst in the it has had a chance to take stock of itself. Naturally the policy of next Washington Loan & Trust Com-
year' METEOR staff will follow along the same general lines as that of pany.
the present body. What the results will be no one can rightfully say. It Milton A. Barber is a salesman is our hope that the 1940-41 staff will be able to publish as good or better with the Page-Williamson Company a paper as ha been is ud in the past. That will be no easy job. No shin- in Charlotte, N. .
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Robert ("Bob-Ike") cently elected president
Owen, re-
of the V .
ing predictions can be made. Time will tell just how much ability there is to be found in the members of THE METEOR staff.
To keep the pace set by Henry Bourne and Simmons Andrews will be no little job. The niches left vacant by Brooks, Reagan, Stone, and Partrick will be difficult to fill, but hard work and a few bright ideas
James Fred Cook attended the '!· E. S.-Fishburne baseball game m Waynesboro on May 15th. He is
in busines in Waynesboro, Va. Neil Raymond, graduate of
E. S. Alumni Association, was a visitor here on May 11th.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES 1940
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
V Club Dance, 9 P. M. SUNDAY, JuNE 2 Communion Service, 8 A. M.
Final Service, Sermon by
The Deveauzian
Princeton University, is a special by Bishop Jett. The Alumni Association h~s asked for the cooperation of the United States Department of
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should ease us over the bumps.
Next year will be the 25th anniversat·v of the founding of the school agent in the Investigation Division
The Deerfield
S c r o l l ,
of THE METEOR. The paper is published largely for the alumni and it is Agriculture. our profound desir and sincere hope to help in renewing old ties that
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Rev. Wm. Gibson Pendleton
Deerfield, Academy, Deerfield, Mass. . 1
The Maury News, Maury Htgt School, Norfolk, Va. ,
The Pine Needle, St. Christopher s School, Richmond, Va.
The Woodberry Oracle, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest,
Virginia. 1 The Laurence, Laurenceville Schoo'
Laurenceville, Va. 1 The Leys Fortnightly, Leys Schoo'
Edward A. Belmore is a chemical member have already shown no little interest in their work. Also there t!On ~n.Charleston, West Virginia.
are several old members who will play no little part in the publication Wt!ham Eugene Holme is a lab- of the paJ er. Charlie Schoew, Douglas Langhorne, and Peter Robinson oratory technician and instructor in
have had experience and on their shoulders will rest much of the we'ght. the Civil Department; V. M. I.
We feel that we have the talent; now it only remains to sec how well . J?~niel .A. Worthington is a sta-
have been broken.
The incoming staff will not fail because of a lack of effort. The new e.ngit~eerin the West Vaco orpora-
D. D., ' Second Rector of The V. E. S. Rev. and Mrs. Oscar deWolf
it can be d veloped and put to work.
There will be mistakes, but that is to be expected. The readers of THE
ttst!cian 111 the Peoples National Ban~ in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Randolph
AT HOME
Senior Class and Guests
5P. M. ' MoNDAY, JuNE 3
Rtch~rd Wright is city sales man- METEOR can help in no small way. The alumni and members of the ager wtth the American Airlines
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Cambridge, England. Brier-BitsI Greenbrier College,
isburg, West Virginia.
The High Times, E. C. Glass
Lew-
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school are expected to give criticism. Making those little mistakes is not Inc., in Newark, New Jersey.
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Fmals of Tennis Tournament Final Dance, 9:30 P. M.
. TUESDAY, JUNE 4 Fmal Exercises, 10:30 A. M.
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a serious matter; correcting them i what will count. We have high hopes; give us some help and things should pull through. And so to next
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arter F eild is as::.istant secretary- the alumni and boys, we herewith treasurer of the Southsid2 Virginia print the V. E. S. hymn. Some of
Ellgar Strong Freeman, Jr., is a composed it. ales engin er with the Kappens
S tation
L. Carter Lee i an attornej -at-
connected with Tampa, Fla.
law in Rocky Mount, Virginia. Richard Hubard Henneman is as- sistant professor of psychology at
the College of William and Mary. '25
Dr. Beverley L. Holladay, gradu- ate of the University of Virginia Medical School, is now practicing in
Suffolk, Virginia.
Alfred M. McGavock is chief
chemist in the National Carbide Cor- poration in Ivanhoe, V a.
The Rev. Richard R. Beasley, former rector of Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in Milton, Mass.,
was recently elected rector of St. John's Church in Knoxville, Va.
Oscar M. Deyerle, Jr., visited
Mr. Hal
Adviser
P .
Costolo,
Faculty
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John F. Elgin is a draftsman for
Charles R. W. Schoew, Presi- dent
ones
Frederick M. Belmore, graduate
minds filled with things that are far more precious than learning. They the Bailey Lumber ompany in of the University of Virginia is a F. M. Simmons Andrews,
era! Motors Corporation in Linden,
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Clarence L. Gale is employed with the Southern Bell Telephone and
New Jersey.
David Trimper III is employed in Telegraph Company, in Savannah,
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F . M. Simmons
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Andrews, John D. Wood, Vice-President
William B. Stalnaker, Secre- tary
Harry L. Alverson, Treasurer Kenneth F. Brooks, Prophet
Henry C. Bourne, Jr., Vale- dictorian
EXCHANGES
THE METEOR of 1939-1940 wishes
to acknowledge the following ex-
changes:
The Monthly Chronicle, E. H. S., Alexandria, Virginia.
School, Lynchburg, Va. . The Midway StHdent, Lane Htgh
School, Charlottesville, Va.
noke, Virginia. , 29
H. Arthur Lamar, graduate of Washington and Lee University, is
The marriage of Mr. Charles See McNulty, Jr., to Miss Clara Louise
Glenn took place on May 18th in Roanoke, Va.
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enry . ewts IS a student in
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Simmons
Charles R. W. Schoew, Secre-
President
The Meteor
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