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change of records.
Dec. 9-The Colonel is nearly blown
out of his barracks by a firecracker t~at he swears he didn't hear.
Dec. 12-Basketball boys journey to Lynchburg College for a scrim- mage-Carty mangles his leg, but you should have seen the bleachers.
Dec. 13-Putney ogles his eyes out a· the floor show of the Christmas dance.
Dec. 16-The Colonel's dorm again 6ses up in insurrection, trying blast- tng tactics after I0 P. M.! But all in vain! With a lightning quick thrust, the Colonel threatens twenty demerits to all comers and ·ne uprising collapses!
Dec. 19-Whoopee! Jan. 5-Curses!
Astronomical Calendar
N11v. 29-Carolina edges out Vir- ginia in o n e o f t h e f i n e s t t r a c k meets of the year.
[ . . 2, 3-Football pictures are taken as Guru tries hard to keep the boys with torn pants off the front row.
Dec. 4-Winter track starts to the une of "Racing With the Moon." Dec. 6-Strange cries are heard from
Se :end West. Could it be the re suit of Civilization?'
Dec. 7-Jo-Jo receives the telegram !~at will go down in history: "No, no, snow, snow, Jo-Jo," Ho. Ho.
Dec. 8-Second West boys wear their big overcoats to town and the
Through The Telescope
By the Old Astrologer
BIO-X-RA Y
John Walthall Pancoast, Jr.
Home: San Antonio, Texas.
Born: Across the alley from the Alamo.
Customary Expression: "Nuts!"
Usually Seen: Slaving for the Hop Committee.
Ambition: To be a real, first class Ham.
Pet Love: Six pieces of wire (He secretly calls them "Antenna").
Greatest Concern: The land of cactus and rattlesnakes.
Jack came to dear old V. E. S. last year from Heaven. In these two years he has probably done more work than anyone else here. He is a member of the Vestry, Hop Com- mittee, and Meteor staff, doing much work on these three in addition to be- ing tormented by the home work from his senior subjects and operatin