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MISCELLANY
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I GALLOP POLL
The results of the fifth Gallop Poll taken in study hall last :\Ion- day night are as follows:
1. Who do ·von think is the smartest boy at V. E. S.'!
First: Gwynn Townes; second: Andreae Hodgson. Third: Richard Claytor and Graham Koch (tie) .
Francis Gwynn Townes received more votes than all the other stu- dents combined for the mythical title of "V. E. S. Einstein". Gwynn has consistently led the school in scholastic standings and is thus fully capable of bearing the distinction. Hodgson's abil ity lies in the fact that he makes sufficiently high grades without burying his nose in a book. It is rumored that he has books planted all around school but can ne\'er find them.
2. For whom do )'Oll vote as the 111ost popular boy at V. E. S.'!
Hedrick .. 2 0 I .500 Lee ...214 8 .381 Williams ..... 23 6 8 .348 Betty
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Meteorites
\Veil, another month has slipped by us, and we've been hearing plenty of news about you V. E. boys in the social world (most of it unfit for print), so here is a little bit of the trash.
A fter three weeks in
"Monk" Younger has finally con- sented to leave his women and re- turn to the flock. lie seems to have really had a good time, and after staying in the hospital three days, spent the rest of the time showing some of the gals "what he learned in Lynchburg."
Reports have come in from the kitchen that Steve Hammett has been seen dashing madly to the telephone during meals, while he's supposed to be waiting. Hammett, it's all right for you to live on love, but the boys al your table need a little food.
This young Bennett, from down in the jungles of Puerto Rico, is really giving these Lynchburg gal5 a regular fit. He's got 'em trained to call him now, so he won't have to risk slugging the phone. "Fish" is also training a few of the Lynch- burg misses in this fashion, but he hasn't got any competition to offer against Bennett's elevated Latin eyebrows.
David Griffith seems to be really having a time to hold on to his gal. Enos is the latest to horn in.
Lanky Kirn Armistead is all set to give the Tar Heel babes a thrill now. He's got his hat cocked for someone in Raleigh, and is going down this week-end to see her. Good luck!
Scaife and Thomson are now set to pass math for the rest of the year and get good grades on their ex- ams. :Vfr. Short (their math teacher) has been observed having a wonderful time with each of these boys' sisters in Pearson's lately. One night he was seen pitching dimes with Charley Jones. :VIr. Short lost eighty cents, but Jones failed math for the month. Moral: don't gamble with "The Prune"- you can't win.
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Hodgson
Perkins, C.
Chergey
Long..•.00 .182 1 .056
Herrick
Matthews
Timberlake
Bennett ....
Peele ............. 1 0 0 .000 Parrott ............. 0 0 0 .000
Totals ' ... 185
26 36 .195
ALUMNI
1919
\Villiam G. Christian, rector at All Saints College, Vicksburg, :Miss., recently visited V. E. S.
1928
William J. Luck died April 30 at his home in .i\Iiddleburg, Vir- g inia, following an illness of eight months. lie was a director of the Middleburg 1'\ational Bank and a member of the town council at the time of his death.
1933
Corporal W. J. Rust is now on duty with United States Army, En- gineer Corps, in England.
1935
Edward Throop is in a concentra- tion camp in China.
Herbert L. Williams was a mem- ber of the class of aviation cadets recently graduated at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. ·williams, who was commissioned an ensign in the aval Reserve, h a s been as- signed to duty in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
1940
Willie Long is engaged to be mar- ried on June 10 to Miss June Bourne, who is the sister of Henry Bourne, '40.
1941
Grover Dillon has received an ap- pointment to Annapolis.
Charles Schoew. second lieuten- ant in the Army Air Corps, recently visited the school.
Benjamin 'vV. Trueblood received his wings and commission in the Army Air Corps at Craig Field, Sel- ma, Fla.
1943
\Vaitman II. Dixon received his wings and commission in the Army Air Corps at Brooks Field, Texas.
First: Robert Lee and David 7' Perkins (tie). Third: John Wil-
liams. Fourth: Andreae Hodgson.
Robbie Lee and Dave Perkins seem to be consistent winners in these polls. Evidently along with good looks comes popularity, for it was these tw o boys that finished one, two, in the handsomest boy vote last month. "AI" received nearly enough votes to create a three-way tie, but it looks as though "AI" has smashed the heads of too many boys to recei\'e the required number oi votes.
3. What is )'Ollr fm•orite bra11d of cigarettes'!
First: Lucky Strike. Second: Chesterfield. Third: Camel. Fourth: Phillip Morris.
Despite several votes by facetious
boys for narcotics as a favorite after < dinner smoke, Lucl?y Strike came
out on top by a wide margin. How-
ever, only four students would walk
a mile for a Ca111cl.
4. H1ould)'01£ beinfm,orofa6- day school week so that school ·would be out at one o'clock each day!
Yes, 25.7%. 1'\o. 62.2%. Unde- cided, 12.1%.
Dr. Barton is definitely against such a move and he expressed his opinion just before the poll was taken. The student body is too, so there is no need to fear any reform of that sort.
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THE METEOR
202 6 .300 152 4 .267 163 3 .188 211 3 .143
213 1 .048 213 1 .048 5 0 0 .000 1 0 0 .000
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