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LIBRARY NEWS
During the past year, the Virginia Episcopal School Library has acquired over five hundred books through pur-
chases and gifts from patrons of the school. The library staff, as well as the administration and the students of V.E.S., is grateful to the many friends of the school who have been so generous in donating these books which will be such a great help to the classroom work and to the rec- reation of many of the boys here. Books have been given by students, former masters, parents of boys in school, and parents of boys who have been graduated; and the interest in
the school and in the boys which is manifested by these gifts should be a source of gratification to all con- cerned.
Among the recent gifts were over a hundred and fifty books from the library of Mrs. Andrew Gleason of Forest, Virginia. This is Mrs. Gleason's second generous donation this year, and consisted of additions to our collections of literature, biography, and history, as well as religious and scientific books.
Included in the literature were fine sets of the complete works of Chaucer, Tennyson, and Browning . Other classic novels included were T o l s t o y ' s A n n a K a r e n i n a , F i e l d i n g ' s Tom Jones, the Brontes' Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, and several other works. Among the more recent novels were several by Winston
Churchill, Willa Cather, Arnold Ben- nett, James Hilton, Pearl Buck, and A. J. Cronin.
Boys interested in adventure will enjoy Erie Waters and The Big Barn, by Walter Edmonds and C. S. For- ester's The Captain From Connecti- cut, an ever-popular Captain Hora- tio Hornblower series. Great con- temporary adventures of fact and fiction are recorded in Heyerdah l's
Hilton 's
Books which are both exciting read- ing and authentic information are Roy Chapman Andrews' Across Mongo- lian Plains, On the Trail of Ancient Man, and Ends of the Earth. In these books, Andrews, the director of the
American Museum of Natural His- tory, gives accounts of his explora- tions and scientific expeditions to many remote corners of the world.
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Of a similar nature is Richard Lew- isohn's Animals, Men and Myths, which is both interesting and infor-
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(Continued from page 3, col. I) WINFREE-Ieaves for Virginia Beach. HARPER-leaves in his alcomobile. LONG -leaves his whale tail to
Bootie.
THOMAS- leaves his bull shooting to Jo-Jo and King Kong.
ROE- leaves after thirty-three years of consecutive service (a record). JONES-leaves Black Sal to General
Lee.
MATTHEWS-leaves "wait a min-
ute" to the whole school. HYER-Ieaves the store to Gu. NASH-leaves a specimen of a Ran-
goon.
WOOLERY-leaves his stupidity to
Roper.
McKEE-leaves Pee Wee. GARY-leaves his sparkling person-
ality to Hamel.
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coolness to his buddy, Scum (Crazy
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WARD-leaves his electronics abil-
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mative reading.
Jungle Peace gives a fascinating ac- count of this great naturalist's obser- vations in the tropical forests.
Students interested in astronomy will enjoy Arthur Hardin's Astron- omy and Simon Newcomb's Astron- omy for Everybody. These books, although written for the layman, con- tain a wealth of fascinating facts about the stars, the planets, and other phenomena of the universe.
The supplementary reading carried on in connection with the Religious Education courses will be consider- ably implemented by such items as the well-known translation of the Bible into contemporary English by Smith and Goodspeed. Also useful will be Goodspeed's How to Read
the Bible and the delightful The Story of the Bible by Hendrick Van Loon, an author whose informal approach appeals to many young people.
One of the finest additions to the library is a two-volume work entitled Shakespeare's England. This is a compilation of works of outstanding
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