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Nectar and Ambrosia
The senior banquet was held Fri- day, May 19. The members of the class were given freedom (rom the end of school until midnight. They departed for town shortly after three by taxi, by truck, or on shoe leather, to reassemble at The Col- umns promptly at 6:30. Even Hodgson was on time.
The meal started with fruit cock- tail for those who had not ordered the much discussed shrimp.*
.Then came that gourmet's delight. thick T -bone steaks, French fried potatoes, and large, green garden peas. accompanied by egg salad, iced tea, and rolls. The diners have been seen drooling ever since at the mere reminder o( that steak.
Finally to top the feast of the gods came hot apple pie with ice cream-and plenty o( it.
The lordly seniors devoured this ample collation (country editors, please copy) to the loud strains of "Moon Glow, Moon Glow"-and "Moon Glow" from the juke box.
The banquet in accordance with V . E. S. tradition, was character- ized by a complete absence of speeches. The banqueters were there to eat, drink, and be merry not to hear, learn, and mentally digest.
~fter d i n i n g t o r e p l e t i o n t h e semors departed singly and in groups to indulge their whims as
dorm. The gods had returned to Olympus.
Pilots and Pen Pushers
On the evening of Tuesday, May 16th, a short meeting of THE METEOR staff was held for the pur- pose of electing the staff members for the 1943-1944 term.
John Henry Parrott of Roanoke Virginia, was unanimously elected Editor-in-Chief for the coming year. Par.rott has assisted Dick Claytor dunng the year as a writer of fea- ture articles.
Francis Gwynn Townes of Tre- vilians, Virginia, who has excelled in scholarship and writing for the past year, received a unanimous vote
for the Managing Editor and Busi- ness Manager positions.
. J.ack Wellford of Covington, Vir- gmm, and John Cross Williams of Raleigh, North Carolina, were re-
• The boys who had ordered shrimp cocktail were served crab meat.
THE 1943-'44 COUNSELOR BODY
f~ncy l e d , girls.
elected to the staff as Assistant Bus- iness Managers.
Robert Isaac Lee, Jr., o( Raleigh, North Carolina, was elected Sports Editor.
had gained first class honor rating in the All-American Critical Service sponsored by the N. S. P. A. TnE METEOR totalled 830 points to take a place among the first six high- school news magazines in the nation that were entered in the critical service.
Highest points sc'ored were in the news writing, news sources, and news values branch, where TnE METEOR totalled 295 points.
The magazine was praised by the examiner, who stated in his criti- cism, "Gives good all-around picture of school life and activities." The examiner also gave his opinion on the change in format from the news- paper to the magazine. lie wrote that it was "a definite improve- ment."
BIO-X-RAY
Jesse Mundy Waller Home-Lynchburg, Va.
Birthday-February 19, 1926. Home To\\'n-Forest, Va. Favorite Expression-"Crutch-
field! You wear 'em and we'll tear 'em."
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LeFT TO RIGHT- Front Row: Per~ins, D., Drewry. Wellford
Middle Row: Hodgson, Per~ins. C., Koch, Stoc~bndge
Back Row: Claytor, Wtlltams, Wor~. \Vhtte, ]., Hileman.
Ralph A lexander,
North Carolina, was chosen Asso-
ciate E ditor. Alexander served as reporter on this year's staff.
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To Ray Richardson of W ythe- ville, Virginia, fell the position of Circulation Manager. Richardson, who is the handy man around the campus, will appoint his assistants next year.
Keeping the advice of the English department in mind, the staff chose the following boys for the position of reporter : Davis Rianhard of Wilmington, Delaware; Edward Walter of Washington, D. C.; Per- rin Gower of Raleigh, North Caro- lina; Robert Arthur of W ashing- ton, D. C.; William Gray Long of Garrysburg, North Carolina; Henry
(Blackie) Trevathan of F ountain, North Carolina; and Frank Smith of New Haven, Connecticut.
Meteor-First Class Rating
Several weeks ago word was re- ceived from the National Scholastic Press Association that THE METEOR