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Volume XXXVI
Stray Cat
Behind us now were the ten glori- ous and carefree days of our sp~ng holidays . Facing us was our first day of school in quite a spell and the pros- pect was not pleas- ant. It was a heavy day at V. E. S. It would toke a miracle to lighten the hearts and up the morale of the boys. Well you know V. E. S. Miracles happen
every day.
The joyful throng
filed slowly into the chapel. As the soft sweet notes of the organ pealed (Bang bang!) forth there
wa s created an
atmosphere of perfect piety and serenity. And then-the mira~le. .
Suddenly the silence was spl1t w1th a scream of awful terror. No--it wasn't a new boy first hearing the Joe's playing. It was a cot that had been sleeping under the piano. Th:n a grey and white streak scre:ched 1n mod zig-zoggings down the a1sle, and there arose the first sign of mirth since the boy's return. Of course our brave missionary from China mu~t
carry on, and so, amid frequent wad- ings of the frightened beast and the growls of laughter among the congre- gation, "Smiles" Forest:r attempt:d to ignore the upset. Th1s was a mis- take!! The service was doomed from that moment on. Soon the frightened
cries became so frequent and the mirth became so apparent that some among us could endure it no longer.
Efficiency-plus " G u Ru" a r o s e with dignity and attempted to lure the cat out of the door. The cat was hesitant at first (probably afraid of a cu~ve ball trig quiz), but soon was ~abng its noisy way for the door. Lady- (Continued on poge 10, col. 3)
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, MAY, 1952
THE SCHOOL
No.6
The Cycle
By Charlie Spencer The year is two thousand plus two and the world is throbbing with new ideas which will rev- olutionize all indus-
try and life. The plan is to obtain power from the air, not as an ancient turbine but radiant energy as atomic or hydro- genic power which is now the chief means of power
t hroughout the whole world.
"We are getting nearer our desire every day," stated Professor Eclulstay one April morning. "My committee and I have been exert- ing all of our com-
bined efforts on the sole project and if we continue to advance as steadily as we have done so far, the answer should be reached by mid- August, providing we don't run up against any serious obstacles."
"Our advance also is steady," de- clared Dr. Vincolff, "With the 'auto- brain' at our disposal, we are sailing
right along. This new powe.r will p~o­ vide smaller and safer mach1nes wh1ch will have no harmful ra diations. It will lead to a world in which the work day may be reduced to three and one- half hours."
It was November twenty-third, however, before the last calculations had been completed and the com- plete set of plans for the many needed machines and controls had been per-
fected.
Dr. Vincolff reported the news of
completion to the world-wide news association. Commentators all around the world were blurting forth, "at last we hove reached the ultimate goal for which all have, for so long, strived. (Continued on poge I0, col. 3)
THE METEOR
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The
S. I. P. A. Convention
The four students above are those
who were chosen to represent The Meteor this year at the Southern Interscholastic Press Association con- vention at Washington and Lee Uni- versity in Lexington, Virginia. They were chosen upon the basis of work already done on the staff. They are, from left to right, Phil Braxton (C~­ Editor), Richard Donovan (Co-Bu~l­ ness M a n a g e r ) , P e t e Miller (T yp1st and Proofreader), and Bill Stokes (Reporter). .
Leaving V. E. S. on the morn1ng of May 2nd, the representatives spent two days at Lexingto~, att~nd­ ing various round-table diSCUSSIOns, lectures and newspaper clinics deal- inq with the problems of producing school publications. .
The convention has two a1ms: to train those who attend it to become more skilled in their field of news- paper work; to Hav: Fun. Busi~ess meetings took place 1n the morn1ngs and afternoons while dinners, dances and excursions whiled away the rest of the time