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Volume XXXIII
The Meteor
May 21, 1948
Number 6
of the convention was the address "This Writing Game" by Mr. James Michenert and the two personal con· ferences he had with the editor of The Meteor. Other notable speakers were Marquis Chi lds, noted news commentator; John Scott, chief of t h e B e r l i n Bu r e a u , T i m e M a g a z i n e , and (at the Quill and Scroll banquet) Brig. Gen. Charles Fox, adjutant gen- eral of West Virginia.
As an anti-climax the V. E. S. de- tail overslept on Sunday morning and nearly missed chapel back at the school.
OPINIONS
Epidemic
Every year about this time there is an epidemic of a disease of which the scientific name might well be Febris Examinationis. Exam. Fever is an acute, though not necessarily fatar disease. It may even be avoided. and in time its victims may become immune to further attacks. To escape its ravages they must familiarize themselves with its symptoms and effects. It is no respecter of students. It can hit anyone in school.
Exam. Fever is a mental· disease. Its symptoms are confusion, mental conflict, fear, and constant negative expectancy. Approaching examina- tions bring it on; but, as in the case of most mental diseases, the real roots lie within the patient himself. He looks forward to the examinations with gloom and foreboding and be- comes a prisoner to their spell. If he can only throw off his fear of the imaginary impossibility o f making high grades, Febris Examinationis will no longer affect him. It is good to be concerned over examinations, but worry and fear are fatal.
A well-balanced study program can be substituted very easily for fra ntic cramming. The results will prove most gratifying. There will no longer be any room for worry, and in time Exam. Fever will be com- pletely wiped out.
*It is just as well that Toylor was de· feated. He with Lewis ond Cornett missed the fino( bonquet altogether bocouse of 11 combinotion of fog, a short circuit in the headlights of the school Dodge, ond moun- lain roads in the roin ... all of this on the return trip from the State Trock Meet in Charlottesville for which they were obliged to miss the Soturday sessions of t he conven lion.
t Mr. Michener has won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, 'Tales of the South P&cific.'
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Journalism, Politics, Girls
The V. E. S. Meteorites, led by Col. Follett, invaded the V. M. I. Alumni Hall April 28 to start a successful two day convention. The time: April 29-30; the place: Lexington; the set-
ting: the facilities of Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute; the characters: e i g h t Meteorites from Virginia Episcopal School, together with some hundreds of other boys and girls, roaming about in quest of knowledge and in quest of ... more knowledge.
The arrangements were superbly carried out by the Southern Inter- scholastic Press Association under the sponsorship of The Lee J ournalism Foundation of Washington and Lee University.
Transportation to Lexington was provided by the school's hot rod, pedalled by Victor Cornett, and
"Susy, the Grey Ghost," driven by the Colonel himself. Mr. Follett's passengers bounced along to the tune of "If You Knew Susy Like I Know Susy, You'd Have Stayed at Home."
Both jalopies with their crews ar- rived safely in Lexington and checked in at the Alumni Building, then at convention headquarters.
From then until departure time Sunday morning, every moment was filled. There were lectures co nfer- ences, and exhibits on the serious side, dances, banquets, a boat race, a trip to Natural Bridge, a swim in the V. M. I. pool, parties, politics, and movies, on the lighter side. Also girls -hundreds of them.
Paul (Dark Horse) Taylor, thanks to the campaigning of Stuart (Clog- horne) Harris and Brown (You Te ll 'Em) Finch came within five votes of being elected S. I. P. A. president.*
On the serious side the highlight
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