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Volume XXXXI
L YNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, FEBRUARY,
THE SCHOOL
1957
No. 4
MIDWINTERS BIG SUCCESS
Virginia Episcopal School held its Mid-Winters Dance on January 26 in the Barksdale Memorial Gymnasi- um. Music was provided by the Vagabonds of Lynchburg.
The Gym was elaborately deco- rated by the Hop Committee under the direction of Mr. Lunsford. The color scheme was blue and white carried out by streamers extending the width of the ceiling.
Everybody was there, even Dog Simpson, who was forced to wear a muzzle so he wouldn't bite his date.
Stickman Roberts was dancing with a broom.
Freyer and Dulaney were both heartbroken when they found out that their "babes" from Columbia couldn'~ come up.
Butler, Ramsey and Mole (Dig, dig) made good wallflower decora- tions.
Lugar London was seen strumming his guitar in one corner for pennies.
Pin-head Scholl was trying to imitate Concave's dancing.
Liver Lips Locher had to get him- self snowed because nobody else would.
By Len Capetanos
The day was warm and tasted of
leisure and pleasure. It was a day when youth becomes a state of mind. The hills of the countryside relaxed in their gentle rolls; and Helios slow- ly descended on his downward arc. The small country road led to the land of Nowhere, and the travellers were few. But what beauty they missed on this day!
A small boy walked along the road and kicked at the pebbles. His patched blue jeans were crisp and clean, and his checked shirt showed not a wrinkle. The farm boy was happy; he had been baptized in the beauty of the day.
He passed the fences and posts and recognized each mark along the road. Sam, his wrinkled friend , plowed through the rich soil. and the black waves rose with every step.
"Hi, Johnny," said the man of age.
"Hi, Sam," said the boy of youth. "It's a beautiful day, isn't it?"
"Yep, J ohnny. It makes a man feel ~lad to be livin' and able to work.
As Johnny walked on, he waved back at Sam. Sam, too, thought it was a beautiful day. He wondered if God didn't plan these days to give people a little look at Heaven.
The sun hung in the tops of the distant pine trees now, and the bird's songs were mellowed by its glow. Johnny saw the figure of a boy com- ing down the road. He recognized the figure at once.
"Jonah! What you been doing?"
"Well. Mr. Johnny, I been takin' it easy like: don't pay to move on a day like this."
"Sure is a pretty day, ain't it?"
"Yes suh, it is! It's days like this I likes.,+o hang on to a little bit
longer.
"Well, I got to go, Jonah. I got
to get home for supper."
"I'll see you, Mr. Johnny," said
the ebony colored boy. (Continued on page 10)
BISHOP MARMION CONFIRMS SIX
Six young people were confirmed at Virginia Episcopal School on Janu- ary 13 by the Rt. Rev. William H. Marmion, D.O., Bishop of Southwest- ern Virginia. O f those confirmed, five were children of alumni of the school. Those confirmed were Cecelia
Barton, George L. Barton, IV, Dale Carter, Austin Cooke, Jim Douthat, and Edmund Monberg. This is also the first time that a girl has been confirmed in the Langhorne Memorial Chapel.
The service was quite meaningful with the Bishop and the congregation
responsively.
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The service was climaxed by the lay- ing on of hands as the candidates received the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Bishop Marmion, who is chairman of the school's Board of Trustees, was born in Houston, Texas. In 1929 he was graduated from Rice Institute and later from Virginia Seminary. On April 5, 1933, he was ordained priest by Bishop Quinn of Texas. He went on to serve in churches in Texas, Alabama, and Delaware before be- coming Bishop of Southwestern Vir- ginia on May 13, 1954.
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A BEAUTIFUL D A Y