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THE METEOR
THE SCHOOL
The Meteor
Volume XXXVI March, 1952 No.5
Issued by the students of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Virginia, monthly during the school term.
Entered as second-class matter September 28, 1928, at the Postoffic'l at Lynchburg, Virginia, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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EDITORIAL BOARD
JAMES PH ILIPS BRAXTO N - JOHN TABB HEYWARD, JR. Co-Editors-in-Chief
BARCLAY BONDURANT . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . .......... . .. .............Sports Editor
The Headmaster's Study
In these troubled times, when the aHention of everyone, and especially of the young men of our nation, is focused upon the several armed serv- ices of our country, the question con- fronts the older boys in the secondary school and the young man in college whether he shall voluntarily enlist at once or await his turn under the Se- lective Service Act. There is ad- mittedly a fine enthusiasm about a voluntary enlistment, and enlistment does sometimes permit the individual to choose the branch in which he will serve. And yet the boy or young man who has an aptitude for and an interest in an education should pause for thought before ta king the step which leads toward enlistment. In the first place, the Selective Service Act exists for the purpose of calling men as they are needed and under t hat A ct there are provisions for the deferment of men who may be able to serve the nation more effectively after they have obtained an educa- tion. In the second place, most of the country's armed services have made provision, through their several R. 0. T. C. units, for training young men at the same time that the latter are obta in ing an education. A young man can thus get his education and also fit himself to serve more effec- tively, often as a commissioned offi- cer, in some special branch. These advantages-advantages both to the nation and to the individual-should not be overlooked in the hurry to en- list.
But our boys should keep clearly in mind the fact that the services do not want dawdlers. They do not want young men who have to be driven to an education. They want and need men who have a definite goal and ambition and who are willing to ex- ert the effort and make the personal
sacrifices necessary to attain that goal and that ambition.
For these reasons I urge our boys to make the most of their days at V.E.S. and acquire as sound a foun- dation for college as they can. Upon this sound foundation they may hope amid keen competition to build a successful college career and at the same time gain admission to an R. 0. T. C. unit which will teach them to serve their country in an hour of
JOSEPH LYLE .............. JOSEPH KEMP HOUCK ...... MR. W. S. CATHERWOOD .. . .
...................................Assistant Sports Editor ........ ..................Alumni Editor ... ...... . ........... . ........ ...... Faculty Advisor
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GEORGE BAR LO W ERNEST SIBLEY
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