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Volume XXXI
No.2
ROBERT FIELD
PERRIN GOWER STANLEY SMITH PHIL CRAFT
Artist PAUL TAYLOR
Reporters
TUCK MADDUX ROBERT NUTT BROWN FINCH MACON L. HARDY
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roundings unsullied. While the for- mer attitude is considerably the worse of the two, the holder of neither of them helps the school to his full ability. Self-love, while, ac- cording to Shakespeare, is "not so vile a sin as self-neglecting", in our opinion is plenty vile when procticed to the exclusion of all interests out- side oneself.
The three members of our Honor Committee, whose pictures appear on the front cover, face a gigantic task if they alone must support the honor of the school without any help from us, the student body. It's their responsibility, and they will do their best, but without a group of unsel- fish boys behind them, who are more mindful of the school's welfare than of their own, they can never succeed. We, you and I, all of us, must be- come members of tho+ group.
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is ably exemplified by the sessions each night between the buildings.
Outside of the yearly pilgrimage to St. John's Church in Lynchburg, the choir makes few excursions off home ground. Notable exceptions to this custom have been one service at St. Paul's, in Lynchburg. and the visit, during the Advent Season of 1944, to St. Stephen's, at Forest, Bedford County.
This year's V. E. S. choir consists of twenty members, a slight ma- jority of whom are veterans of last year, the rest being recruits. The eleven carry-overs are Cardwell. Car- penter, Corter, Field (crucifer), Gow- er, J., Lewis, G., Macleod, Mad- dux, W., Reed, Taylor, P., Wayland, and Wiggins the eight new members, Akers, F.. Gathright, Kerner, Lewis, C., Taylor, S., Thomas, C., Thomas, G., and W arren, W . Hughes, while not a member of the choir, alter- nates with Field in the position of crucifer on Communion Sundays.
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OPINIONS
Patronize Our Advertisers!
Since this second issue of "The Meteor" is paid for largely by pro- ceeds from advertising, we can think of no more fitting time for a re- minder to the student body of the importance of our advertisers. Hav- ing assisted in the solicitation of ads for the 1946 Meteor, we experienced the kindheartedness of the many Lynchburg merchants whose contri- bution omounts. for them, to little more than a donation. We, by pa- tronizing those who are helping us, can alleviate this situation. We have many new advertisers this year. Let's show them, as well as those who have helped us through the years, our gratitude by giving them all the busi- ness we have. Just remember, if they forgot us, "The Meteor" would be unable to continue publication.
Self vs. Honor
The eternal weakness of mon is his tendency to put consideration for self first in everything. This principle is recognized in the teachings of
Christianity, indeed in any sensible philosophy of life. Modern evidences of this tendency are by no means lack- ing. The failure of the United Na- tions to work harmoniously so far is undoubtedly occasioned, not by the widely varied customs and ideologies of the members, but by the absolute self-concern of every nation present at the meetings. The "common ground" so strongly urged by · ob- servers will be found onry when the
representatives forget the petty in- terests of their own countries and think about the world in which we and all the coming generations will have to live.
Another example is to be found in our own school, in the attitude held by many boys toward the best school institutions, chief among which is the Honor System. Some boys subscribe heartily to the Honor System, as long as it doesn't entail for them any in- convenience or the mental anguish that so often comes to the true up- holder of honor. Others may be scrupulously clean within themselves, but refuse to aid in keeping their sur-
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