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Through the Telescope
With the beginning of the second scholastic month, not to be outdone by the " fall " of the year, the solid grades fell too.
Rumors have been picked up by the observatory that mighty Second West hos been making expeditionary attacks on Third West, the "thweet" dorm. The only losses have been a pair of suspenders and a pin-up girl.
The telescope fades now, ond out of the mist can be heard the Exalted One's voice echoing, "Why did you leave it under the radical?"
Astronomical Calendar
October 5-First dance of the year is held with plenty of the R.-M. W.C. element present.
October 17-"Nasty Steve" Ham- mett pockets o pound cake- here- after to be known as the "90 mile pastry."
October 20-"W hop" Carter dis- p~ays o ten year collection of Varga g1rls on the walls of his bunk, assert- ing tho+ he knows the girls person- ally.
October 23- Mr. Follett denies that his "Green Hornet" automobile is propelled by Boy Scouts cleverly concealed beneath the fenders.
October 24-"Little Footsie" is
By The Old Astrologer
Greetings, all comets, meteorites, and earth-bound Bishops. The skies have lightened up a bit lately with several old comets flashing by on their orbital routes and some new ones sputtering about. " Pal Val" Stieglitz and "Big Boy" Thomas sailed in under cover of some " night mist" to spend homecom- ing week- end on Second West. Comet Thomas, before taking to the spheres again, interviewed Mar- gie, but made no public com- ment. Homecoming dance came off in grand sty!e. The niqht was clear (the only time in V. E. S. history), the moon was bright, and out of the dark came, "Stop it, Kerner."
In recent astronomical happenin1 s Adam ("take my picture, coach") Maddux, on account of his gangren- ous orm, was unable to ride the Hal- lowe'en broomstick with his current bewitching tlame, Reusen s Ruby while Colonel Follett, because of as~ tigmatism of the eyes which he re- ceived in mental combat with o moth inve~tiga.+ed some irregular pian~ play1ng 1n the qym during study hall and inquired, "Y oung man, are you an A student?" The immediate an- swer wos "Man, yo' sho' is crazy!"
Up on Second W est John Hyre has been noticed melting down the radio club's aerial wire to make o copper container. It's " still" puzzling the .ole Astrologer. And recently t:rm1stead hos owakenc-1 mornings to f1nd himself " powdered under" by "Ski-Jump's" boys from the other end of dorm.
After the Fishburne game the football squad was seen racing through the woods trying to oblit- erate the effects of Mr. Maddux's "good ole mountain dew."
to meet
on the
Hastings, Cardwell, Harmon They Walk, They Talk, etc. ... !!
The V. E. S. B. and B. Circus~t
Since the editor, on request of the faculty adviser, demanded on article on the side show in our own Barnum and Bailey circus, your reporter begs reference to the laws against cor- poral punishment before physical vio- lence forces him to retire from the field.
The oddest thing these eyes have seen recently is our adviser himself. What with receiving subsidies from the government for bus fare if he won't drive the "Green Bumble Bee" (armor ~lat~ and all four cylinders) on public h1ghwoys, secretly making molds to manufacture generals' in- signia and Confederate money, and photostating a certain lady's lett ers ~or e~idence in his breach of prom- Ise su1t, he cuts quite a fancy figure. Swashbuckling, daring, romantic, watch out, girls, he's on the loose, although Robert Ripley and the draft almost hove him.
The editor said something about a picture going with this article, a bean pole and two tent pegs. The fortune has not been mine to meet the gentleman, but I griess the tall lad is Cardwell, though . I never have seen his face on account of the low c.loud ceilings around Lynchburg this hme of year. Beside him stand two lowstonding but upstanding young Pagens (oh-pun the door), Hastings
THE METEOR
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METEORITES
startled
stairway on his woy in at 2 A. M.
" Margie" October 26-The University of
Tennessee is smeared by Wake
October 27- "Carefree" Caffrey retires for the night and leaves or- ders not to be disturbed by ony girls calling long distance.
" Exalted One"
Forest and the
draws with a cough and hos "no comment."
October 2 8 -" McDung"
overdose of hard cider and walks un- steadily to the infirmary to sober up.
October 29- A goodly number of our brethren throw aside all thoughts of study and with delirious cries of "circus" manage to make monkeys of themselves.
. October 31-Hallowe'en presents
TEXAS TAVERN
CHILl CON CARNE
departs,
1tself and
-only o few broken bottles ond little girls screaming for "Dickie" Carring- ton.
with no
casua lties
with-
tokes an