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Volume XXXI
The Meteor
December 17, 1946 No.3
the books has not been determined as yet, but it is hoped that the neces- sary processing will soon be complet- ed so that they will be in circulation for the use of the student body.
On Wednesday, December 4, Mrs. John D. Follett, who is now staying in Lynchburg, mother of Mr. Follett, had a fall which resulted in a broken left thigh bone. The injury was pain- ful to say the least, and serious to a woman of Mrs. Follett's years, and will no doubt occasion long hospital- ization and indisposition. We wish to express our sympathy to Mrs. Follett and to Mr. Follett on his mother's accident with the hope that her re- covery will be as speedy and as pleas- ant as possible.
THE SCHOOL
Issued by the students of the Virginio Episcopo! School, Lynchburg. Virginio, monthly during the school yeor 1946-47 except holidoys.
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BUSINESS BOARD
Mr.
taught ancient history and Latin, is primarily a teacher of English, having taught all six courses of English dur- ing his twenty-six years' experience. He has been "organist and choir di- rector" since his first year at V. E. S., and this year's appointment as senior master accounts for the third of his "titles. " His farm, some twenty miles south of Lynchburg , has been a source of pleasure to many V. E. S.
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Enterod os second-doss molter September 26, 1928, ot the Postoffice ot Lynchburg, Virginio, under the Act of Morch 3, 1879.
"Everybody's Business"
"What's everybody's business is nobody's business." This sentence, used recently by the Headmaster in a talk to the student body, is as true as it is old. His subject was the need for decreased electrical current con- sumption in the school. because of the coal strike, which greatly ham-
pered current production. Every- body should turn off lights, but, being human, nobody would, unless urged t o d o so. The coal strike itself, re- cently terminated, was, we believe, another case of everybody's business. Years ago, everybody should have helped ease the miners' plight, but nobody except John L. Lewis did. When he went too far, everybody should have done something about it, but nobody did, hence we had a com- plete strike of coal miners, flouting U. S. government authority and dis- rupting the national economy. Every- body did something then; they went without heat, transportation, and other necessities and conveniences.
" Everybody's businesses" are everywhere at V. E. S. Striking ex- amples are the smoking situation and
the spirit of vandalism that pervades the school. This is the third consecu- tive year that an editorial on this sub- ject has appeared in "The Meteor." We don't doubt your ability to read; we doubt your ability, or willingness, to think. From a very pleasant and well-equipped place for recreation and the spending of leisure time in the fall of 1944, the basement of West Dorm has been reduced by boys of this spirit to a shambles, con- taining one or two wrecks of seats and much illicit tobacco smoke in the fall o f 1946. Everybody should have checked such a tendency, but nobody did, with the result that the place that was the pride of the school has become a mark of degradation and a cause of shame. Will this go on un- checked, or will we defy the adage? It won't go on if "everybody" tends to his business. We, the student body, are everybody in this case. Let's get the business done!
The V. E. S. library gratefully ac- knowledges the receipt of a large number of books, a gift of Mr. G. B. Lamar, of Lynchburg. The nature of
boys, as well as reputedly to himself, and his Sunday night readings (and Mrs. Banks's refreshments) constitute a favorite V. E. S. institution. An in- cident in the immediate present, al- ready handled in the Astronomical Calendar, is the twenty-sixth consecu- tive failure of his annual prediction of snow on Dec. 7.
A "tribute" was considered in this a rticle, but anything "The Meteor" could say would look poor beside the record of everything Mr. Banks has done for the school. Let us consider this record, and our thoughts and ac- tions will be a better tribute than any possible words.
Sky Pilot Resigns
On Sunday, December I, Rev. Marshall Milton gave his last sermons at V. E. S. and St. Stephen's church in Forest. His resignation from the V. E. S. staff was accepted by Dr. George L. Barton, Jr., who also stat- ed that a successor has not been ap- pointed as yet. Mr. Milton came to V. E. S. in the fall of 1944, and aside from his duties as chaplain, and in- structor of R. 1., was also track coach.
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