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THE METEOR
THE SCHOOL
The Meteor
Volume XXXVI Ju ne, 1952 No. 7
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 Postoffice at Lynchburg, Virginia, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
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EDITORIAL BOARD
JAMES PHILIPS BRAXTON- JOHN TABB HEYWARD, JR. Co-Editors-in-Chief
BARCLAY BONDURANT .. •. .. ....•.... Sports Editor JOSEPH LYLE .................. .......... .......... Assistant Sports Editor JOSEPH KEMP HOUCK . .. ...............•..... .......... . ..Alumni Editor
The Headmaster's Study
This column concerns itself with something seemingly very small.
A few months ago the new grass struggling to grow in front of the William King Field House was marred by an ugly and irregular path across the center of the plot, a short cut started ond continued by those who were too thoughtless to use the con- crete walk. Various remedies for this thoughtlessness were suggested but none proved successful. Then, in speaking to the V-Ciub one day on an entirely different subject, I re- marked almost in an aside that the power to stop the short cutting lay easily within the Club itself and I of- fered to provide a simple marker for the grass plot if the Club would act upon the suggestion. A few days later the President of the Club told me that the members had decided to adopt the suggestion. The rope marker was put up, a rope that is in no way a physical deterrent but ml:!r.:-lv a re- minder, and no more was heard of the matter; no demerits, no penalties. BUT, and this is the point, the walk- ing across the grass ceased at once and today there is no sign of the foot- path which once marred the appear- anc.e of the front of our new gym- nasrum.
This incident, small in itself, is indi- cative of the great power which re- sides in the leaders of the School. The V-Ciub is composed, of course, of boys who have won their letters in the various sports but it includes, as such clubs everywhere include, boys who are leaders in every phase of school life. Such organizations exist to honor those who have represented their schools on the playing field and to promote camaraderie and good fellowship among them. But the very quality of their membership places in their hands a power not readily found elsewhere, not only the power to curb certain petty abuses but also the power to advance that precious thing that we call school spirit. No other group in the School possesses a similar power; no other group has such an opportunity for service to the School.
As this year's V-Ciub officers de- p~rt to ent~rcollege, I hope that they wdl leave wrth the rank and file of the Club not only our thanks for their co- operation in this small matter but also
.. ................. . ................. Faculty Advisor REPORTERS
BARBOUR FRYE NICK STIEGLITZ
TYPISTS
PETE MILLER BILL LYNN
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