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Volume XXXIII
The Guru~ (See Cover)
The obscure Arabian who unknow- 'ngly perfected a present form of torture-trigonometry-stirred in his grove for joy in 1921 as his disciple. John Wallace Gannaway, came to V. E. S. to teach trig. ond other forms of math.
The kindly spi rit of that Arabian had seen him safely through Battle ground Academy and thence into Tennessee State Teachers College ond the University of Tennessee, two years respectively. From the latter he graduated with his B. S. degree, ond in two more years, with his M. A. de-
gree.
For his first two years ot V. E. S..
1921-23, he presided over the third floor of the recently built West Dorm- 'tory. But with his M. A. degree and his marriage to Miss Edith Crowell of Knoxville (two years afterwards) he left Sacred Third for the infirmary building where Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt now live. Two more years found him in his present home. They now have two daughters, Edith and Mary Jone, who do their little (?) part to cheer the boys up.
Mr. Gannaway is almost synony- mous with V. E. S. He teaches moth, rules the G. A. A. with an iron hond, heads the V-Club, and looks after the school store. His latest project has been a complete review of the alumni records.
Big Wheels
On April 29th log-rolling and all the evils o f a political machine a p - peared at the convention of the Lynchburg Boy Scouts. The Scouts of V. E. S. were well represented with eleven votes, which got them nomina- tion of Jimmie Macleod for city manager and David White as a councilman.
Although both candidates were defeated in the polling on the fol- lowing Saturday, Jimmie Macleod was appointed to the office of Com- missioner of Revenue, the office held
*Hindu nome for Teacher, long the school's behind-the-bod nome for Mr. Gonnowoy.
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, MAY 21, 1948
Number 6
The
MR. BATES McC. GILLIAM Prodigal Returns
Next fall Mr. Bates McC. Gilliam will resume his duties as history master, but this time residing on the
140 acres instead of ot home. He will take the place in West Dormitory o f Mr. Lawrence H. Forsyth, who plans to make the fatal plunge into matrimony.
Mr. Gilliam has spent his time since last June at "that sinful place"* working on his M. A. This he hopes to obtain in August. However, he says he got his reollearnin' at V.E.S., which he attended from 1931 to 1936. From here he went to V.M.I., receiving his B. A. in liberal arts and reserve commission in the Cavalry
there. In the spring of 1941 he was placed on active duty, spending about half his period of service in the Berlin District, Intelligence Divi- sion. He was discharged in February, 1946 and come to V. E. S. the next year. He left the school ot the end of the 1946-47 session to enter The W oodrow Wilson School of Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia.
by his late father, Mr. C. C. Macleod; and David White was ap- pointed Foreman, Parks and Forestry.
*ToV.E.S.olumniotU.V.Wearejust kidding .
Buxtone Gannaway Poco of South- ern Portugal edged out Bruno Ex- tension Finch of Eastern Prussia I00- 98 in a grueling, drooling match for the ping-pong championship of Northwestern Ethopia. The match began early Sunday morning and continued into the wee hours of Monday morning. The contenders stopped only for snacks between pings and for naps between pongs.
Buxtone took an early 20-0 lead, but Extension come back fighting to tie it up at twenty-one all. Then after ten more hours of breath-taking play. Bruno went ahead at 98-97. But in trying to return one of Poco's tremendous serves Bruno broke his paddle and had to finish the game with his bare hand. By 3:30 A. M. the smoke cleared enough in the Rec. Room to see that Buxtone had won I00-98 and for his magnificent ac- complishment he was awarded with o ping-pong ball by the Senior Scouts.
Table Tennis Triumph
27 Birthdays
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