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THE SCHOOL
Commencement Exercises
THE V. E. S. SENIOR CLASS OF 1944
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"V" Club Dance, 9 P. M.
SUNDAY, JUNE 4 Final Service, 11 A. M.
Sermon by His
Rt. Rev. John Jay Gravatt, D. D.,
Bishop of Upper South Carolina
Dr. and ::\1rs. Barton At Home
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Evening Prayer, 7 P. M. tnan'
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'Thorne, S.
Finals is here. All over the cam- Back Row: 'Thomson, Bell, B., \Vor~. Pule, Armistead, Jones, B., Jette·
MONDAY, JlJ E 5 Finals of Tennis Tournament Final Dance, 9:30 P . l\1.
TUESDAY, JUNE 6 Final Exercises, 10:30 A. M.
This is the End
LEFT TO RIGHT-Front Row: Bugg. Per~ms, C., Koch, Per~ms, D.. Claytor, Hodgson
Mtddle Row: Jones, W., Whtte, W., Drewry, Cowdery, Cox, Magtll pant
pus the visitor hears, "Well, it's
'Ttmberla~e. Stoc~bndge.
spor
was mile
all over but the shoutin.' W e've
worked right much, and now comes commencement exercises tomorrow the pay off.'' morning at 11 :00 A. M.
three days under fire during the rank fierce battle of the Argonne. and
The pay off will begin in about
way'
two hours from the time this mag- Bishop Gravatt graduated from the
azine appears. First comes the University of Virginia and Virginia
V-Club dance with President Hodg- Theological Semnary, and was or- son leading the figure with Miss dained to the priesthood in 1909.
headmasters. H e became the first
member of the staff to own a car
when he bought an old Chevrolet in year
\Vayne Stokes. He went overseas during the first Sunday morning the final sermon World War as a chaplain. vVhen will be delivered by the Rt. Rev. he returned, he became rector of John J. Gravatt. Dr. and Mrs. Trinity Episcopal Church at Staun- Barton will he at home Sunday af- ton, where he served for 21 years, ternoon to the faculty and senior until he became Bishop of Upper class. Evening chapel will be at South Carolina. Bishop Gravatt 7:00. holds two degrees of doctor of divinity, one from Virginia Theo- logical Seminary, and the other At 9:30 P. M. comes the final dance from the University of Pennsyl-
with music by Don Murphy's or- vama. chestra.
to of
On Monday morning is the final match of the tennis tou,rnament.
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Tuesday is graduation d a y . Prizes, diplomas, and certificates will be distributed.
That will be the end of a year at V. E. S.
Baccalaureate Speaker
The Rt. Rev. John J. Gravatt, D.D., of Columbia, S. C., Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina, will deliver the
Carrington Blanche Sandidge-
Carrington Sandidge, b e t t e r known as "Cap'n" was born on Sep- tember 20, 1892. \ \' hen he was a young man he did farm work in Amherst County, but later took up plumbing. lle worked at this trade in White Sulphur Springs, West \'irginia, until he was inducted into the Army in 1917.
He went overseas in '18 as a ser- geant and was credited with forty-
A Glimpse at the Seniors lad Kirn Armistead entered the "Ma
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Bishop Gravatt was consecrated
to that office on i\1ay 9, 1939.
After he was honorably dis-
charged in 1919 he decided to return
to his old home grounds. Rl
"Cap'n" came to V. E. S. in E.S 1920 and has served under four lure<
age 1
1921. During his quarter of a cen- did tury stay, he has done everything othe1 from cooking to replacing an eleva- rum1 tor. He sees that everything is in the good condition, and there is very 111001 little that he can't repair. He has duri1 done a great deal for V. E. S. agen
STUDENTS
o l d e ! time last September. Subsequently alrea
p o r t a l s o f V . E . S . f o r t h e firs~ he has become famous as one of
co lie IS a mucl
the best dressed boys at school.
Since Pat Gill's sudden departure
he has handled a very important R.-1\ position-that of mail boy-truck note•
and
dash
gent
driver. In other words he gets a
free trip to town every other day
and a movie when he can elude the c, members of the faculty. Kirn hails