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OPINIONS
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MARCH 3, 1944
How Patriotic Am I?
The following editorial was taken 1erhatim f r o m T h e C a v a l i e r , b i - ll'eekly publication of the Castle Heights Jfilitary Academy in Leb- anon, Tennessee.)
~fy country is engaged in a life and death struggle with the strong- e~t enemies in the world. I am in school at the present time and therefore not actually fighting for myself, my family, and my country. What contribution or contributions can I, and ought I, make to the 11<1r effort?
I have sense enough to know- and have heard Lt. General Bullard recently state- that educated men make the best soldiers and officers. The Press indicates the tide of war- fare is slowly turning in favor of the ,\llies. However, it is still a long distance to Berlin, and a longer distance to Tokyo. It doesn't strain m1· mathematical mind either to fig- ure that if I am sixteen or seven- lttn now I will be called on to help supply the knockout punch in the final rounds of this fight. vVhat I contribute now may also pay per- ~•nal dividends at a future date.
Of course I am a patriotic and ,1·al citizen of the United States. I pledge my allegiance to the flag at lrast three times a week and will take any loyalty test Uncle Sam or anyone else may give, and make a !ugh grade on it, too. Well, let's ":e said the blind to the sunshine J11triot, what grade would you make
Issued by the students of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Va., monthly during the school year of 1943-'44 except holidays.
Subscriptions, 25¢ per copy; $2.00 per year EDITORIAL BOARD
RICHARD ANDERSON CLAYTOR
Editor-in-Chief
DAVID CARTER PERKINS......................................................Managing Editor W. SrrEPIIERD DREWRY........................................................Associate Editor MR. JorrN D. FoLLETT..........................................................Facttlty Adviser Reporters
n the following?
I. I am studying harder to-
day (for military and pa- triotic reasons) than I would in time of peace..
2. I am taking more exer- cise (for the same rea- sons) than the required athletic program calls for
J I do not use the long dis- tance telephone for un- important calls ( girl s, parents, etc.)....................
~ I do not waste food or eat more than my share 5. I have given up one pleasure trip since school started to facilitate the transportation problem.. ~. I have saved paper dur- ing the recent drive........
YES NO
7. I have bought War Stamps out of my allow- ance ..................................
8. I do not use taxies on town leave days unless my business is very im-
portant ............................
The facuity and student body of the Virginia Episco- pal School wish to extend their deepest sympathies to Perrin Gower on the recent death of his father.
The school was honored by ha·uiug as its guest speaker, the Rev. Dr. E. Reinhold Rogers,
the superinteudent of the Roys' Home at Coviugton, Virginia, who conducted the morning chapel service on
THE SCHOOL
The Favorite Household At V. E. S.
Mr. and Mrs. P hilip H. Dawson, better known to V. E. S. boys as "Uncle Phil" and Mrs. Dawson, have open house once again for the V. E. S. boys after a brief inter- val while Uncle Phil was recuper- ating from an appendectomy. These Sunday night visits, featured by
cake and tea, have become a school tradition. At first it was cocoa or coffee and cake, but it has been changed to tea because of the war.
"Uncle Phil" was born at Cam- eron, Virginia, in Fairfax County. He attended Miss Virginia Worth- ington's School, and later Episcopal Iligh School, playing end on the E. II. S. football team. In Wash- ington he worked at Rigg's Na- tional Bank and later had an inter- esting job in Puerto Rico. After serving for a year and a half as
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