Page 47 - 1950 VES Meteor

A column of my own in the Meteor! And not only in this the final issue of 1949-1950, but, so I am told, in every i:;suo next session! A t once a privilege and a chore. A t the present moment all I can see is the yawning space in the "dummy" waiting for me to fill it. And I am nolo :ously poor at meeting editors' deadlines. But in the long run it is the privilege I am thinking of, the oppor- tunity of speaking not only to our boys but also to our olt:r.mi end o r patrons on matters of School interest.
The session of 1949-1950 will long be remembered for the physical changes made in the School. It seems scarcely possible that a year ago today we were still using the old kitchen with its sadly worn equipment; that bunks were still bunks instead of rooms; that the William King Field House was just a great hole in the ground into which a little concrete had been poured for foundation:;. For a year now we have enjoyed our new facilities and we may well record here our grateful appreciation of the generosity of those who made these improvements possible, improvements which are a real step in our progress toward a greater V. E. S.
THE HEADMASTER'S STUDY
In speaking of a greater V. E. S., however, we should never lose sight of the fact the character of our boys must always be our foremost idea of greatness. We may eventually obtain the finest and most complete equipment that money con p:.uchase, we may have a faculty and staft of the greatest competence and ability but, unless our boys
are willing to grow daily in character, we are nothing worth. In classrooms and in study halls, in gymnasium and on athletic field, in Chapel and in everyday life in hall and dormitory, it is the character of V. E. S. boys, growing finer day by day, that will determine the School's