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Volume XXXIII
The New Deal (See Cover)
Things are beginning to look bright for the Bishop eleven this year. There's plenty of life and spirit on the old gridiron, and two of the big sparks are the new coaches, Mr. Harold Johnston and Mr. Wolter Galliford.
Mr. Johnston, who hails from Mon- tebello, California, has taken over the duties of head coach and line coach. This is Mr. Johnson's first real job at coaching, but he handles the job like an expert. In the backfield Mr. Galli- ford is doing a good job with the ball handlers.
Besides beinq good coaches, both are excellent athletes themselves. Mr. Johnston in high school earned thir- teen varsity letters, each in basket- ball, football, and baseball, and one in tennis. In hiqh school he also made all·stote in both football and basket- ball. Mr. Johnston entered the Uni- versity of Southern Colifornia where he attended school for a year and s half. There he lettered in football and basketball. The next year he went to San Francisco, where he lettered in football. His college career was cut short by Uncle Sam, who inducted Mr. Johnston into the Navy. There he served for the next three and o half years. However, Mr. Johnston did not let this stop his sports career, for he played both football and basket- ball for Little Creek, Virginia, where he wos stationed.
In the spring of 1946 he was re- leased from the service and entered Miami University t h e following fall. At Miami he was on outstandinq foot- ball and basketball player. And now, after on eventful colleqe career, he is coaching at Virginia Episcopal School.
Back Coach- The second spork for the V. E. S. gridiron this year is Cooch Walter Galliford, who is in charge of the Bishop backfield.
Coach Galliford attended the Vir- ginio Military Institute, the University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia. He served for a year and o half in the Marine Corps; and after being discharged, he returned to the
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, OCTOBER 16, 1948
THE SCHOOL
Who's Who Honor Committee
Franklin W. M11ddux, President J11mes R. M11rsh11ll
Sh11nnon G. Shirley
General Athletic Association
J11mes R. M11rsh11ll, President Fronklin W. M11ddux, Vice-President Fred 0. Ogden, Secrel~~ry
Robert L. White, Treosurer
The "V" Club
Fred 0. Ogden, President
Fr11nklin W. M11ddux, Vice·Presidenl J11mes R. M~~rsh11ll, Secret11ry Charles H. J11ckson, Treosurer Robert L. White, Serge11nt·11t·Arms
Hop Committee P11ul T11ylor Vernon D11wson Scott T11ylor
University of Virginia to get his A. B. degree.
In college Mr. Golliford was a most outstanding track man, in fact o sen- sational track man. He was Southern Conference Champion in 1944 for the indoor 60-yord dash, Virginia State Chompion in '42, '47 and '48 for the I00-yard dash and the 220- yard dash. He won the A. A. U. I00- yard dash in '47 and '48 and is the only sprinter in the history of Virginia to win the I00 and 220 three years straight. He also holds the Virginia
record for the 100 and 220.* Mr. Galliford is also soon to be morried ond he will live in an apartment on Second Main.
Return Engagement
Mr. Bates McCluer Gilliom is back on the teoching stoff ofter a year of graduate study. He is the only alum- nus on the faculty.
In 1931 he entered V. E. S. For the first half of his senior year he was o counselor, but he resigned his coun- selorship to become a doy student because he wonted all the time possi- ble to prepare for his entrance into V. M. I.
*Mr. G11lliford's f11stest time in the 100· y11rd d11sh w11s 11n om11zing 9.7 seconds 11nd in the 220·yllrd d11sh 11 21.5!
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At V. M. I. he became editor of the "Bomb' and has the distinction of being the only editor whose business manager lost money. Also during his four-year stay, he completed the Cavalry R. 0. T. C. course. However, since leaving V. M. I. he has had no horse-cavalry duty except for one month during the first summer after his graduation when he trained the Citizen's Military Training Corps.
In the fall of 1940 he entered H<~r­ vard University as a graduate student in the school of English. He left after the first term when called to active duty with the Intelligence Division of the War Department General Staff. He was administrative officer of the Intelligence branch until shortly after Pearl Harbor. At that time he re- quested transfer to the newly formed cavalry reconnaisance troop of the 29th Division which wos formerly the Virginia National Guard. During the next year he served with that division in administrative /'obs and as an In- fantry weapons p atoon commander. He went overseas to England in the fall of 1942. He was then transferred to an assignment with the 8th Air Force at the transportation base at Prestwick, Scotland.
Shortly before D Day he returned to intelligence work with the head- quarters of the European theatre of operations. He was on duty with this headqua rters in London, in Nor- mondy, and in Paris. Before V-E Day he was assigned to headquarters to occupy Berlin, and after waiting for Stalin to make up his mind arrived there about the second of July 1945 with the first group of Americans to reach Berlin.
He returned to the States on termi- nal leave until February 1946. For nine months he worked with the High- way Construction Company in North Carolina and Virginia, leaving that to teach at V. E. S. During that yeor he taught History I through IV. Last year was spent at the Woodrow Wil- son School of Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia.
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