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Homecoming Ball
If a casual observer traversing the V. E. S. Turnpike had taken time to gaze upon the Barksdale Memorial Gym on homecoming Saturday, he would have heard great noise of rev- elry and high exultation and seen boys issuing forth from every exit to take a weed or to take their girls for a tour of the countryside. The internal appearance of the dreary walls of our not over-immaculate gym was trans- formed to that of a delightful dancing f.>arlor read about only in fairy tales, thanks to the undying (?) efforts of our Hop Committee (Bill Stokes, Ad- jutant General; Fred Schilling, Com- manding Officer; "Abie" Frye, High- Exalted-Czar-In-Chief; PFC S h a w Smith, Rembrandt of the Crew; and "Spider" Carrington, Mascot In- Chief, twice-denounced, thrice-dis- owned, once kicked out on his you- know-what).
Themusie-makers,"Comedy's Rhythm Boys,'' proved that they could play soft dance music as well as beat out torrid jazz, which was especially appreciated by "Catman" Harris, McCracken, and poor Mr. Bartol's date, who soon tired of him and started cutting rugs with the younger generation. It is the opinion of the author that Mrs. Schulte was generally recognized as the Belle of the Ball. She was seen dancing with a large number of the boys and one Hayns- worth, who seemed to enjoy it pro- foundly .
Among the group present were a number of masters, all arrayed in
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"Give Us That Bishop Spirit" On the Friday night prior to Home- coming Day the entire student body and many of the faculty turned out for the pre-game pep rally in the
cornfield.
At the ringing of the bell the foot-
ball team gathered by the side of the main building. On a given signal the team, led by its torch bearing co- captains, charged across the front campus toward the crowd. After a circle had been quickly formed and the huge bonfire lighted by the co- captains, a vigorous cheering session took place led by the cheerleaders, John Heyward and Kirk Donovan. One hundred and fourteen boys yel- led their lungs out and demolished several trash baskets by using them for drums. The high spot of the rally was the talk given by George Barlow and Sam Peirson.
During those short twenty-five minutes all of the school's cheers and songs were cheered and sung. A few new cheers and songs were also com- posed and used for the rally.
To wind the thing up, the co-cap- tains and Mr. Schulte were escorted back to school on the shoulders of a few obliging well-wi shers. The cheer- ing continued all the way across the grounds to school and even into the building.
This was an excellent exhibition of real spirit, and if we can keep it up, we'll have a winning team every time. It's this kind of enthusiastic loyalty that forms the backbone to any team. It's as essential to a high or prep
Homecoming
Saturday, Oct. 27th marked Home- coming Day and the second annual meeting of the General Alumni Asso- ciation. The large number of return- ing alumni and visitors made the week-end a successful one.
Each alumnus, upon his arrival looked up his former classmates and after hand shaking exchanged remi- niscences of his days at V. E. S. Dur- ing these reunions many alumni went through the buildings looking for their old hangouts. All of the renovations were carefully studied and favorable judgement was passed.
Before the stories reached the "Why, Son, when I was at V. E. S.'' stage, Mr. Gannaway grabbed the alumni for registration. The rest of the morning was spent in the reunion of old boys, masters, students and families.
At one o'clock the alumni sat down to a delicious banquet prepared by the dietician and their second annual meeting followed the meal. In the absence of Chairman J. Ellison Loth, '22, Bob Ike Owen, president of the Lynchburg chapter, acted as chair- man. It was later announced that the following had been elected to serve as alumni officers for the ensuing year: Beverly S. Hutter, '21, of Lynchburg as president, Charles R. (Chuck) Clark, '40, of Raleigh, N. C., as vice-presi- dent and Robert A. Magill, Jr., '43, of Lynchburg as secretary-treasurer.
The Homecoming game with St. Christopher's started at 2:30 on John- son Field. The largest crowd of the
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