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Mr. J. S. Magnuson was born in Chicago, Ill., but his home has been Kansas City, Mo., for many years. A fter graduating from Central High School in Kansas City he went on to Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan., where he received an A. B. degree. He received a M. A. in Latin at the University of Kansas and was teach- ing fellow and research assistant at the University of Chicago for six years, where he comp1eted all the work for a Ph. D. degree except the dissertation. He taught for five years as a hiqh school principal in Kansas, at the Terrell School in Dallas, Texas, and was nrofessor of Latin and Greek at the University of Iowa for nine years. During the W M Mr. Magnuson worked for the government at the North American Airplane plant in Kansas City. He is a member of the Phi Delta Kappa and Eta Sigma Phi fraternities. He has one son, a pro-
fessor at UNC. He teaches Spanish, French, German, and Latin and suf- fers the hardships of life on third West. He also has the misfortune of being Mr. Follett's assistant in keep- ing the demerit and col1m1n records.
Mr. Ellsworth Phelps, Jr. was born in Washington, D. C., in 1917 and was educated in Northampton, Mass. through high school. In 1939 he re- ceived a B. S. in mathematics from Massachusetts State College in Am- herst, where he was also a member of the varsity baseball team. From October 1939 to June 1945 Mr. Phelps was employed by the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co., of Baltimore, Maryland, as a supervisor of produc- tion planning and instructor of new personnel. In June he entered the U. S. Navy and ·attended radio tech- nician school but was discharged in April 1946 before comp1eting the
course. Mr. Phelps is married and has one daughter, Elizabeth, born on Sept. 21, 1944. He is the coach of junior football, will coach varsity baseball, and teaches plane geometry and al- gebra. The Phelpses live on Second Main in the apartment recently va- cated by the Bel!s.
Mr. William L. Wyatt was born in North Wilkesboro, N. C., in 1919 and was reared in Winston-Salem, where he attended Reynolds High School. He received an A. B. in Latin and His- tory from Salem College and did graduate work in American history
THE SCHOOL NURSE AND DIETITIAN
graduated from E. C. Glass High School in 1942 and from Farmville State Teachers College in 1945. She taught one year at West Point, Vir- gina, before coming here. At V. E. S., Miss Alvis lives on the second floor of the Main Building.
Mr. Henry 0. Dixon, the bursar of the school, was reared at Cluster Springs, Virginia. There he attended end was graduated from the high school. He is also a graduate of Phillip's Secretarial Co'lege. He was then employed by Scott, Horner and Mason, Inc., of Lynchburg, Virginia, for two years. He was in the service from July 1944 until June 29, 1946, when he received his discharge. He came to V. E. S. last August. Mr. Dixon is married and lives on the sec- ond floor of the Infirmary in what was ;ormerly the Jarrard's apartment.
Dances!
On the night of October 5th, the day following the Miller School game, the Hop Committee will pro- vide V. E. S. with its first dance of the 1946-47 dance season, a juke box dance held in the gymnasium.
The week-end of October 19-20th will be homecoming week-end at V. E. S. On Saturday afternoon the homecoming game with Woodberry will be played on Johnson Field. That night the homecoming dance will be held in the gymnasium. The dance will be formal and the music will be furnished by Bob Cleveland and his orchestra. A large number of alumn1 and friends are expected.
On December 14th the Christmas Dance will be held. This dance will be similar to the Miller School Dance with recorded music. The winter sea- son will also contain "Midwinters," which will take place on the Satur- day night ending examination week. This too will be formal with on or- chestra.
April marks the month of the Spring dance followed by the final dances at the end of the year. The ' V" Club dance will be held on Sat- urday night, May 31st and the final dance on Monday night, June 2nd. These dances will follow the lines of the other two major dances pre- sented during the school year.
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MISS CLARKE, MISS ALVIS
at UNC. After teaching for three years at Jamestown High School, N. C., he entered the army as a peace- time draftee in October 1941. Mr. Wyatt rose in the ranks from private to captain, being at Kelly Field, Tex., Camp Lee, Va., and Garden City Airfield, Kan., during this process. He saw foreign service in the CBI theater as a rail transportation offi- cer, Air Service Command. He re- turned to the U. S. in Feb. 1946 and from then until May, when he was placed on inactive duty, he was at Fort Bragg, N. C. At YES Mr. Wyatt teaches history and Latin, and is backfield coach for varsity football. He is married and lives on the sec- ond floor of the Infirmary in the apartment recently vacated by the
Carrolls.
"They Also Serve"
Miss Anne Clarke, the school nurse, is a graduate of St. Luke's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. A fter com- pleting her courses there she held positions at Westbrook Sanatorium and at New Altamont Hospital in Christiansburg, Virginia. A t the be- ginning of school she came from Christiansburg, her home, to take charge of the Infirmary and the V. E. S. "student health."
Miss Margaret A. Alvis, the dieti- tian, is a native of Lynchburg. She