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\'o~Me XXXV
The
L YNCHBURG,
THE SCHOOL
VIRGINIA,
DECEMBER,
1950
No. 3
ROBERT CARTER JETT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Almost exactly two months ago an ear-splitting drone was heard from a room on third west. After this, clouds of grayish-blue smoke poured out of the open window and V. E. S.'s motor mania was born. People from all over school came flying in the none too large room asking, "What is it-what has happened?" There they saw "Bright Boy" Fei ld holding a small blue racer, frantically wiping off its
hot greasy 1-6 horsepower internal combustion engine. That was two months ago, and today is a far cry from V. E. S.'s one student-owned motor.
Feild Gets Credit
Carter Feild can be given full
credit for the introduction and fur-
thering of model airplanes, racing
cars, and one-cylinder engines, rang-
ing from one-eighth to one-fourth
horsepower, here at school. At the
time of this writing there are ten to
fifteen of these motors in operation
on the campus. Some of the proud
and more outstanding owners are
Stieglitz, Emory, Gilmer, and Duna-
T~e establishment by t h e Board o f Trus+ees at its last meeting of the Robert Carter Jett Memorial Schol-
o•ship Fund naturally has first claim c~ oUr attention in this issue of The Meteor. When the board met, it l1 Hned that several friends of the founder had a l r e a d y s e n t t o t h e chool g'fts of money as a memorial offering and that the headmaster was holding these gifts until the board could instruct him how to use them. The idea of a memorial fund to be used for scholarships was spontaneous with the trustees, for all realized t h a t
such a fund would help to perpetuate B·hop Jett s fondest desire and aim in founding the school by enabling it to spread its benefits over an ever-
widening group of boys. A commit- tee has been formed to seek furthe• gifts and to put the fund into opera- tion. To those early donors, whose gifts were thus twofold, we are most grateful.
All our thoughts of Christmas hap- piness are unavoidably sobered by the crisis which confronts our nation and threatens to demand of us heavy sacrifices in every way. Nevertheless, as our boys leave the afternoon of the sixteenth for their homes, the hope goes with them that they may both find and give much haopiness ai· home and also that they may find time to pray for the advent of
Peace on earth, goodwill to men. Geo. L. Barton, Jr.
One-Say, I don't know why I should count ten for this bum!
Two-He s nothing but a rotten tempered dog anyway, and a little taming wouldn't hurt him a bit.
Three- I wonder why he wanted to cause so much trouble. Must be looking for trouble. Well, he can't mess around with me.
Four-Yea! I started it! Ha! Just like him to say that!
Five-Well, maybe I did start it. He could have taken what I said the wrong way. I only meant-Well, that's still no excuse for him to say what he did!
Six· -Still he might be right at that. I could have forgotten, but I don't think so.
I'll swear!
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COUNT TEN
By Barclay Bondurant
Seven-W ell,
stewing over nothing.
Here I am
Eight-He's hot tempered and I still say I'm right but he's too good a friend to lose over this. I guess John's 0. K.
Nine-W ell, dog gone! Here 's the fifty cents he owed me after all. I was sure he hadn't paid me! Now I remember! I was talking so much about Irene I didn't pay him much attention. He did try to pay me after all and gave me the money and I just forgot. And, golly, some of the things I said! Well, poor ol' Johnny.
Ten-Hey, Johnny! Hey boy, I'm sorry! Look here! You were right all the time. I'll swear. Hey, come on boy, I'll ..... .
vant. Today we are used to hearing
the deafening and almost unbeliev-
ably loud noise whic h these small machines can produce.
All Not Joy
Almost every afternoon some air- planes can be seen in graceful flight on the athletic field. But even now as I look out of my window, I can see the twisted useless wreckage of Jack Dunavant's p lane, for instance. The day of the crash is the most horrible thing that can overtake these sport- ing enthusiasts. But if it does happen they usually buy another plane; for after all, V. E. S. has been seized with motor mania.
Motor Mania Sweeps Campus