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The
V. E. S. BUILDS TOWARDS FULFILLMENT OF BISHOP JETT'S DREAM
Ground Breaking Held For Memorial
e Grass Is Growing
{An Essay}
fhe.grass is growing. Just as it has ne every year for thousands of m, with the coming of Spring, the lSS is reborn to live again, ond in 1e to die again. Not only the grass tall forms of plant life take on new :liity and begin to do something, to . Animals, too, seem to feel the in- ence of Spring, for they end their oernations and come out to look at l world. All animals, man included, te their thoughts turn lightly to e, and the animals mate as life rtners.
The Spring has another creative in- fluence, too-the creative influence upon men's minds. The Spring with all its new freshness, after a stale, cold, an inert winter brings all its invigorating atmosphere to the human mind and seems to say to it, "Strive, create, achieve." Some people ignore the summons and turn over to go back to sleep. They are asleep, really. But the ones who answer the call- they are the ones responsible for hu- man progress. Each man that does strive, does create, and does achieve, goes a step forward. Not everyone
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HE METEOR
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LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, MAY, 1954 No.6 THE SCHOOL
lNG THE FIRST SHOVEL-MRS. ANNIE· JETT ROGERS, DAUGHTER V. E. S.'s FOUNDE·R, BREAKS GROUND FOR THE ROBIN CARTER
JETT MEMORIAL HEADMASTER'S HOUSE.
On 31 March 1954 the first ap- proach toward a tangible memorial to the late founder of Virginia Episco- pal School was made as ground break- ing ceremonies were held for the new Robin Carter Jet+ Memorial Head- master's House. The first spade of earth was turned by Annie Jet+ (Mrs. Frank W.) Roqers, of Roanoke, daugh- ter of the late Bishop Jet+. The ground-breaking service was led by Dr. George L. Barton, headmaster, who spoke of the contributions the late bishop made to the school and to the church during his lifetime. Members of the student body and friends of the school were on hand for the occasion. Also participating in the ceremony were Dr. Robert A. Magill and the Rev. E. H. Forster, chaplain of the school.
Robin Carter Jet+ was founder of the school in 1916, and he remained as headmaster until 1920, when he was consecrated first bishop of the newly- formed Diocese of Southwestern Vir- ginia. He then acted as president of the Board of Trustees. Bishop Jet+ was still active in school affairs after his retirement as active Diocesan in
1938. He died in 1950.
Paying tribute to Bishop Jet+, Dr.
Barton reca lled, "he had served for two decades as a successful and greatly-loved parish priest when he became imbued with the belief that he was called to a different phase of Christ's work, a work for boys and young men. Abandoning his parish work without a thought for his own future beyond his belief in his mission, he gave himself unstintedly to the foundation and direction of Virginia Episcopal School which now for near- ly thirty-eight years has been a potent force in molding the lives of an ever- widening group." V. E. S. was Bishop Jett's dream, a church-centered, non- profit, college-preparatory school for boys.
The building of this house is one further step toward the rea lization of
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