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Joseph Bragg Dunn, D.D.
THE NEW LOOK IN TWO GLANCES meagre salary for the first year."
Thus with characteristic modesty and humor did Dr. Dunn make light of the large part which he played in the founding of V. E. S. In his death the Church has lost a scholarly preacher and a devoted shepherd of the souls entrusted to his care, while the world will miss a genial gentle- man whose attainments, whose wit and kindly humor, whose fund o f sparkling stories and pnecdotes and whose broad sympathies enabled him to be at home in any company.
*Colonel Williom Kinq, Jr., from whose legocy come the funds for the field house now olmost completed.
To the Alumni
For nearly two years now a copy of each issue of the Meteor has been sent free of charge to every alumnus whose address we have. This is of real service to the School in keeping in touch with our alumni and it has been made possible only by a small ap- propriation of the Board of Trustees from current operating funds.
W e are not soliciting additional funds for The Meteor and we do not wish any alumnus to feel that he is in any way obligated to subscribe to the School paper but, if there are any who feel that the paper is serving a good purpose and who would like to have a share in the work, their volun- tary contributions will be welcome. W e hesitate to suggest any amount; perhaps it will be sufficient to remark that gifts of One Dollar each from one-third of the alumni who receive the paper would greatly lighten the task of the boys who toil rather diligently to publish it.
Geo. L. Barton, Jr., Headmaster.
Alumni
W e note with sadness the
of one who was closely associated wit.h Bishop Jett in the founding of Virginia Episcopal School. The Rev- erend Joseph Bragg Dunn, who died recently a t his home a t Virginia Beach at the age of eighty-one, was Rector of St. Paul's Church, Lynchburg, from
1910 to the time of his retirement from the active ministry in 1920. Even before this time he had been interest- ed in the foundation of a church school for boys and in Lynchburg his closer contacts with Bishop Jett (then rector of Emmanuel Church, Staun- ton) increased his interest. Perhaps his share in the establishment of Vir- ginia Episcopal School can best be described in his own words.
"After twenty-five years I find it difficult to recall the incidents of those first days of V. E. S. A small group- Jeti, Mingea, *King, Blackford, Kemp, and !-undertook to found a school. I think it would be fair to say that Jett and I were the chief conspirators, but those whom we chose to be our help- ers gave generously of their time and interest ... We had nothing to start with but an idea; neither a site for the school nor a dollar .. . Jett came to Lynchburg to undertake the work
of founding a school. It was a dar- ing adventure. I think he must have paid his own fare on the trip for as yet no funds were in sight. I gave him a latchkey to the Rectory and during those early days he made my home his point of departure. It was just then that I made the first and only at- tempt during my ministry to solicit money. I collected a few hundred dollars and members of the Board
pledged enough to insure Jett a THE METEOR
1918
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death
ALUMNI
Mr. Edward Carter Field of South Hill, Va., was here recently to see his son who is attending school here.
1925
Herbert P. Henshaw of Charlot-
tesville, Virginia, visited school on January 26, while in Lynchburg.
1926
Mr. Lloyd T. Smith, of Petersburg,
Va., stopped by on February 4 to see his two sons who are attending school here.
1927
Reverdy E. Winfree of Lynchburg has been appointed Lynchburg rep- resentative of Investors Diversified Services. Mr. W i n f r e e has just re- turned from Augusta, Georgia, where he was associated with the Atlanta Gas and Light Company. Mr. Win- free is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, and served in World War II as a major associated with the chem- ical warfare division.
1936
Dr. and Mrs. Hunter Holmes Mc- Guire have announced the engage- ment of their daughter, Mary Stuart, to Bates McCieur Gilliam of Lynch- burg, Virginia. The wedding will take place the afternoon of February 20 at St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Vir- ginia.
1937
Miss Sarah Winn Low, daughter of Mrs. Elvin Wallace Low, and the late Mr. Low o f Thomasville, G e o r g i a , was married recently to Robert John K e l l e r , I l l , o f Ly n c h b u r g , V i r g i n i a . Frank S. Lloyd, '32, brother of the
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