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LYNCHBURG, VIRGIN IA, MAY, 1959 THE SCHOOL
No. 6
VIREPSCHO PLAYERS PRESENT ONE-ACT OFFERING
On May 16th, the VirEpscho play- ers presented a one-ad play, "Hope is a Thing with Feathers" with an all- star cast. The story· revolved around a group of hungry bums in Central Park, trying to catch a duck for din- ner.
Weldon Tuck portrayed an ex- short order cook, and Chris Payne played a righteous man with a lot of faith in religion. Ed Lewis played Sweeney, who has been saved by the Salvation Army.
Page, or "Doc" was a man who is very sure of himself, and his buddy, Steve, played by Coxon, had great doubts as to his skills. Mr. Harper was a punch-drunk ex-prize fighter, and Roper played an alcoholic in- digent.
Day was seen as Wiler, a sleepy head who couldn't get along with anyone-or anything, and Jenkins was a Carolina Farm Boy who had just pushed off.
The entire affair was under the
MASTERS RECEIVE SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Three V.E.S. Masters, Mr. R. I. Lee, Mr. R. F. Gillespie, and Mr. C. R. Titus, recently received Na-
tional Science Foundation scholar- ships for summer study. Mr. Titus and Mr. Lee will study physics and math, respectively, in six-week courses at Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Mr. Gillespie will receive instruction in Biology·, Chemistry, Physics, and Math for almost ten weeks. He is attending V.P.I.
Each college in the National Science Foundation plan has a quota of scholarships, which are awarded exclusively to mathematics and science teachers. The V.E.S. Masters will be in classes with other teachers who have been given the same op- portunity to refresh them in their subjects, and bring them up to date on recent developments and dis- coveries.
All courses are designed to em- phasize those aspects of scientific subjects which will be most useful in the classroom. In addition, graduate credit is given for successful com- pletion of each course.
direction o f Mr. Lunsford, Epscho Adviser.
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on June 4th.
The Final Dance will b e held on Friday night, June 5, following the Dub C lark Combo which will play
from 2 to 6 o'clock that afternoon. The combo is from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The dance will be held in the William King Field House from 8:30 to that magic hour, mid- night.
Final exercises of the session will begin at I0:30 on Saturday, June 6. The service will be held, if weather permits, on the campus in front of the Langhorne Memorial Chapel. The portico of the chapel will serve as rostrum for the occasion. In the event of bad weather the services will b e held in t h e Barksdale Me- morial Gymnasium.
There will be ten awards given and received during the final exercises, headed by the Big Brother Prize, given annually by Dr. Drake Pritchett of the class of 1933. The winner of this prize is the person, who in the eyes of the new boys, has done the most to help them adjust to the school.
In all, twenty-eight sen1ors will graduate from V.E.S. this spring. The class prophecy will be given by Kirk Groome. The Valedictorian ad- dress will be given by a person to be selected after exams.
The school session of 1958-59 will be officially over at II :30, Saturday, June 6.
FINALS EXERCISES
BEGIN SUNDAY
The Final sermon o f
will be delivered during exams at the eleven o'clock service Sunday morn- ing, May 31st. The sermon will be delivered by Reverend Louis H. Fracher, rector of St. John's Church in W aynesboro, Virginia. The serv-
i c e will b e h e l d Memorial Chapel.
in t h e L a n g h o r n e Exams will happily come to an end
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