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The Chapel
A part of our daily schedule here at V.E.S. has us attending chapel each morning for a brief service. To a great many of us, these few min- utes mean more than words can ex- press. But it is a shame how many go through its doors without a word of thought. While the majority gets much out of these services there are still too many who don't try to get the same. Just the same V.E.S. chap- el services are a wonderful thing.
The chapel we have is very ap- propriate indeed for our school. It is small and simple and yet satisfying too, in a way. There is nothing mag- nificent about it, but there is a quiet humbleness about which there is no mistake. The chapel was dedicated by Chiswell Dabney Langhorne to his wife, Nancy Witcher Keen on May II, 1919. They were the parents of the well-known Lady Astor. For the three years of school before its construction, chapel services were held in the corridor on second main, now in Dr. Barton's apartment. Oc- casionally services were held in Study Hall as they are now. Around sixty boys were then in school.
The first addition to our "then new" chapel was an organ-which, by the way, is still kicking. This im- portant gift was given by Mrs. Bow- man and Mrs. Preston of Warrenton, Virginia, in loving memory of their sister. This was in the spring of 1922.
T~e chapel has been used for very fest1ve as well as for sad occasions. There have been more than half-a- dozen weddings performed. Marga- ret Banks, the daughter of our pres- ent Senior Master, choir director, and English professor, was married there a few years ago, as was Dr. Randolph's daughter, Mary.
A~ is still the custom, boys may be conf1rmed when the Bishop of the Diocese visits us in the spring. Nearly two-hundred have been confirmed at this time during the thirty-five years of the chapel's existence.
Naturally, the chapel history has (Continued on p11ge 10, col. 2)
T H E BELL
Our "Rising" Glory
There has existed in our fair haven for countless years an old institution which has become a part of all our daily activities. Th is institution is known as "de bell." The din made by this instrument of terror has no doubt produced more curses, letdowns, and rushes, than even our cherished de- merit system. The tumult strikes most harshly on our ears when it bids us arise from our bunks and embark up- on a new day at the ungodly hour of
7:00 A. M. The gentle hate we hold for the bell in September is invariably fanned into a perpetual blaze of detestation and abomination for this repulsive kill-joy in whatever we plan. The bell is the source of much interest to the town rogues (bless their hearts). and they find times to break the mid- night silence with its tumultuous up- roar. The author, along with most of the inmates, tends to share their in- terest, at the proper times.
Before "its" reign there was a bell mounted on a wooden post, no doubt tinier than the one at present, if such a phenomenon dwells within the
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V. E. S. Is Your School
Another milestone in the ever
growing history of the "Bishops" has passed. As this is being written, the last football game of the 1951 season is coming to an end. The Meteor's game by game descriptions were p ractically the same; we looked for- ward to a great game, building up our hopes, only to have them dashed by our failure to gain the desired ground. Then came the inevitable feeling of disappointment as the team and we other boys walked up the hill :rom Johns?n Field. But, even though 1t was a los1ng season, it was a season that closed with a smile. For not once did the Bishops" turn back; they fought their way through a diffi- cult schedule for the entire season and though the odds were against them from the beginning their sense of fair play to their greatest ability never deserted them.
As_ our eyes turn from the fading ~potl1ght of football to the brighten- Ing one of basketball and to the still more distant ones of track and base- ball, let's remember there is still time ahead. V.E.S. has had its teams and years, and they are remembered; no doubt there will be many more so let's make this year of ours a memor- able one. Let's not think of the past campaign but let's look forward to the winning of a new one. First let's remember, to accomplish this goal,
we need the I00% support in spirit of the boys and faculty. Every boy who can must enter into the game it- self and in the right spirit, get a win for the team and not a score for him- self. It is not what we get from sports, but what we give to V.E.S. It is only through close team work that our goal can be acquired.
You who oren't playing, remember, you have a job just as big as the team. The team has its cause, but what is a cause without support ers and what are supporters without the spirit? Their cause is your cause too.
There are other things besides (Continued on p11ge 10, col. 3)
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