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Volume XXXVI LYNCHBURG. VIRGINIA, MARCH, 1952 No. 5 SCHOOL
L. to R., 1st Row: Stieglitz, N., Roe, Donovan, Turner, Schilling, Heyward, Crucifer, Bondurant, McDowell, Stieglitz, 2nd :~:ir~i~l~.a~ilson,Jones, 0., Antrim, Hudgins, Mr. Banks, director, McCracken, Hotelling, W., Braxton.
The V. E. S. Choir
No doubt one of the oldest and most respected of all our school or- ganizations is our school choir. This year, the choir rounds out. its 36:h year of existence. The chotr was tn a dire state until the spring of 1919,
when the Langhorne Memorial Chap- el was completed, being restricted in its activities to services in the Rec- tor's apartment and in study hall. During this sad spell, a Mrs. Barge~, a native of Lynchburg, held chotr practice on Friday nights and led the choir Sunday mornings.
And then (Hallelujah,) on the third Sunday of his first year at V.E.S., a man (?) named Banks took charg~. and the situation has been well tn hand ever since.
The organ used in chapel was pro- cured in the fall of 1921, being the gift of two sisters, Mrs. Bowman a.nd Mrs. Preston, in memory of a thtrd sister. IContinued on page 6, col. 2)
THE METEOR
Mr. Lamarr Gives The Meteor A Ball
On February 27th, undoubtedly the biggest non-alcoholic ball in the history of the school was thrown for the Meteor staff by Mr. Lamarr. (bless his heart). After the regular meal of steaks, French fries, and sal- ad, the staff remained seated while three leviathan cakes were brought in by Ma and her boys. A few "faux pas" were committed and cake was dropped (and thrown), but everyone went away with loosened belts an? contented smiles pasted on thetr victual-smeared countenances. To top it all off, everyone got a full (believe it or not) bowl of ice cream.
To Mr. Lamarr goes the expressed thanks of the whole staff. His con- sideration and generosity unparal- leled deserves a grateful acknowledg- ment. Thanks heaps!
The Glee Club
Some of the boys among you, real- izing the lack of organization and the satisfaction of the natural adolescent enthusiasm for organization, put their heads together and came up with the idea of a glee club.
Knowing that this type of organiza- tion had always been discouragingly difficult to get under way, those be- hind the movement went to one of the masters in hopes that they would find someone who would be enthus- iastic alo ng with them, and coul.d practice with them. They found thts in Mr. Catherwood who has sung and worked with glee clubs and so had a knowledge of whet the requirements would be.
With Mr. Catherwood's co-opera- tion, the glee club was started. They have been practicing for several weeks now and have worked up a fine nucleus from which they hope to
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