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Volume XXXII
J anuary
16, 1948
Number 3
A canvass for funds proposed b)
Mr. Jett, resulted in enough pledges
from Lynchburg citizens to purchase
the property late in December 1914
or in January 1915 ... According to
Rev. Duval Gwa th mey, formerl)
chaplain of the school: "No one has
ever had occasion to regret the selec·
tion of the Howard property. The
good will, the understanding sym-
path"y, and the generous co-operation
of the people of Lynchburg constitut Rev. Hen
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THE METEOR THE
CHARLIE CARDWELL WILLIAM CHERRY VAL CLARY
BROWN FINCH
Artist
PAUL TAYLOR
STANLEY SMITH GRIMES THOMAS JOHN THOMPSON ARMISTEAD WELLFORD
Re-Write Man
JOHN W. PANCOAST, JR.
hymn the by Bishop the R t.
A City Grows
(Continued from lost issue)
W e are told that upon accept- ing the call to be the first principal and founder of the school and having resigned his place as rec- tor of Emmanuel Church, Staunton, September 13, 1913, after twenty years there, Mr. Jett turned his efforts wholeheartedly to the welfare of the institution that was to be . . . Al- though finances were of major im- portance, this conscientious man was determined that going into the school business he would become familiar with the different phases of school operation. Mr. Jett traveled visiting preparatory institutions from Groton, Massachusetts, t o P o r t e r Military Academy, Charleston, South Caro- lina. He was extremely interested in Kent School in Connecticut and de- termined to adopt some of Father
Sills idea in part. In his travels, Mr. J ett studied equipment, the design and construction of school buildings, kitch_ens, the cost of food per person, the choice of faculty, the employ- ment of servants and other aspects. . . . Careful consideration was given to the choice of the location for the school.
Colonel King offered property in Amherst County . . . The old Bellevue School, near Forest, and an aban- doned school building in Bedford were proposed as suitable locations.
After searching diligently, Bishop Jett favored the purchase of the Volney E. Howard farm just above and to the west of the Reusen's Chesapeake and Ohio Railway station and one mile from the entrance to Peakland a t Rivermont A venue in Lynchburg. The property consisted of I06 acres , a comfortable resi- dence, and all necessary out-buildings
John D From Bishop Jett's remembrance boys who
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Lynchburg; Mr. Allen Cucullu, at that
time vice-president and cashier of
Lynchburg National Bank-novr
chairman of the board of that inst; bishop of tution; the late Mr. Daniel Allen
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Entered os second class matter September 28. 1928, ot the Postoffice ot Lynchburg, Virginio, under the Act of Morch 3, 1879.
THE SCHOOL
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pointed an advisory committee-~
purely unofficial group who had no
relation to the directors. They were:
Mr. James W. Gerow, president o bishops a the United Loan & Trust Company of
ed them in a real sense co founder< of the school." . ..
Payne, at that time treasurer of the Lynchburg Trust and Savings Bani and before his death president o Virginia's oldest trust company; the late Mr. T. M. Terry, president-treas· urer of the George D. Witt Shot Company; the late S. V. Kemp, at· torney at law, and the late R. Thoma• Watts, Jr., subsequently also a pres: dent of the Lynchburg Trust and Sav· ings Bank . . .
According to Mr. Gwathmey, Lady Astor was among the first benefactor of the school and her interest ana gifts have never abated through the years . · ·
forceful p an aggr Gospel.
comes the story of how he, havina at the c heard that Lady Astor had recently first v. E arrived at Mirador, Albemarle Coun bishop.
ty home of her father, to visit him and
her sister, Mrs. Brools, the clergymar
decided to call on the Viscountess in
the interest of the school. On Mr
Jett's arrival he was told by Mr. Lang
horne, Lady Astor's father, that she
and a friend, Mrs. Hobson, were tak Sarah W ing a walk. According to Bishop Jett Mrs. Do as he neared the ladies he was seized Raegh b with shyness which forbade his ap D 1 M
proach. However, fate stepped in
and at the crucial moment a neigh
bor's dog attacked the Vicountess
dog at the same trme rnvovrng e R Ch safety of the two charming ladies. Mr. er tt Jett's gallantry came to the fore and ~nty a Me
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he separated the two frg mg canrnes
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