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liked boys in school. Little things like that, though, will cause him to open a big gap when he leaves the ivied walls this summer. We sho' hate to see ya go, Mickey.
Four years ago, the Rod came down. The Rod looked the place over, and noticed that it was a pretty good lay-out. The Rod settled down and hasn't left recently. Time's come to bid the Rod adieu, though. He's a big spoke now.
The Rod? Why, none other than that Quainton boy, fresh from the wilds of Howard Johnson's of Char- lottesville. Oh, he's a fast one. The wimmin will tell you that, and so will the boys up at the State Meet. He runs after a lot of things, but he ex- cels in that last sprint for the 440
tape.
Now as you all know, Rod's a quiet
sort of character. While he's one of the boys, he doesn't go in for all this night life and such with a passion, though sometimes he does get emeshed in peculia r circumstances. Indeed, the intellectuals of the school will weep in their wassail when our Rod leaves. So will we all, my friend. To get you hep to the situation, gents-he's one fine cat.
Some time ago, four years or thereabouts, something drove up to the dear old 160 acres. Nobody knew exactly what it was, except that it was a machine of sorts. Neither could they figure out how it ran, nor, in fact, much of anything about it.
But out stepped Shirley, so they named it the "What-mobile."
It was a lucky day for the school, though, because that little 16-year- old has since risen t o among t h e cream of the crop. Shannon Shirley was made a counselor his second year, and followed ihat up by being on the Honor Committee for ihe last iwo years. He made his varsity letter in baseball that same second year, and has complemented them with two more in the same sport with his catching, playing in the field, and timely hitting. But aside from that,
he's the first real "big name" man- ager the football team ever had, and he's got a big 'un, too-Emory Shan- non Gray Shirley. Pretty nifty, huh? So luck t' ye, Shan, me b'y, at the Univer-r-rsity next yeer!
Bradley Hudgins Battle, T. . Emory Fore Peirson Smith, Stan Hedrick Proctor Brooks ....Ray W ood Pitt Quillen 85.6 Nixon West Point up in Lexington, and we 85.6 .............. Taliaferro 85.2 Braxton 85. Crute
THE METEOR
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THE SCHOOL
Introducing Eldon Benson, one of Lynchburg's darlings, and V. E. S. s own young man with a horn. "Teddy"
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terminates his second year with us on that fatal (?) day, and will walk off with one of the school's most sought- after prizes- a diploma.
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Gallup Poll
Most Popular-Carrington, R.; Robinson; Battle, T.
Best Looking-Battle, T.; Farin- holt; Carrington, R.
Smartest - Whitaker; McMullen and Winston (tie).
Most Likely to Succeed-Whitaker; Smith, Stan; Johnson.
Best Athlete-Bradley, Pitt, Muse.
Done Most for V. E. $.-Smith, Stan; Mr. Lamar; Shirley.
Wittiest - Stoughton; Whitaker; Duke and Smith, Stan (tie).
Shoots Most Buii-Shull; Roe; Britt. Ist ~o Marry-Bradley; Carrington,
R.; Robinson.
Most in Love-Robinson; Carrinq
ton, R.; Stoughton. . Best Dressed-Winston; Heyward.
While he has been here, Ted has been out for football, earning two J. V. letters, and track. Being one of these smart guys, by nature, you hardly ever see him off of the study- out list, and we hear he excels in Mr. Gannaway's trig, which is a feat in itself. He plans to try for the Little
.
know he'll make it. Here's a fond farewell to a great guy-we're all going to miss him.
John Edward Barlow came to us this year from Marshall, Virginia. To put it mildly, he's made quite a rec- ord for himself at dear old V. E. S. He was not only a letterman on the football team, but came out the high scorer for the season, and it wasn't what you'd call a bad season, either. In baseball, he's shown that he's an excellent catcher as well as a fine hitter. Being a strong member of the V-Club and a very popular boy, he'll sho' be hard to replace next year.
Brains or Bust!
The following are the best averages in school work in the month March-
April:
96. 94.4 94.4 93.4 93. 92.8 92.4 92.4 92.2 92. 92. 91.4 91.2 91.2 90.6 90.6 90 .6 90.2 90. 89.6 89.2 88.8
Whitaker McMullan Smith, Shaw Schilling Heyward, John . ... Ellis Ruffin Stokes Winston Atherholt .Lupton Hunter Banks Shull Creasy Farinholt
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J.; Stoughton. Best Waiter -
F-rye.
Spiller; Johns m;
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Best Counselor-Johnson and Car- ;in gton (tie): Smith , Stan.
Clumsiest-Nixon; L.ynn; Britt.
Gripes Most-Shull; Smith, G. T.; il'ld Ta 'Jior (tie).
Best Natured-Robinson and Ca· ington (tie): McRee.
Laziesi-Nixon; Barrett; Farmer.
Most Considerate - McRef' ; Woodward and Smith, Stan (tie).
Most Studious-Heyward, J.; Feild; Winston.
Tallest-Pitt; Spiller; Nixon.
Shortest-Hotelling, W.; Braxton; Barlow, J.
Best Singer - Braxton; McRee; Smith, Stan.
Quietest -·Hedrick; Bass; Kava- naugh.