Page 103 - 1964 VES Meteor

LEITER FROM THE HEADMASTER
We ~~d much to be grateful for + Homecoming: beautiful weather, ~ good though tied football game, wn,ing cross country team, ond • c b ggest gathering of people in
V E. S. history. Returning alu mn i .!'!"bored IIb-the most ever. They we·e o'ned by the parents of over 70 of our 200 boys and ninety-odd :Joles for the dance. Luncheon was
rved to approximately 780.
Tho week after Homecoming was ddened by tho passing of two old ""ds. Mrs. Myrtle Bates died only e day after spending what she sa id ~s a wonderful weekend here a t '"C School. As dietitian from 1948 1962 she served V. E. S. faithfully nd well under less than ideal condi- v""· And how she did enjoy return- "9 to see the changes that would
ve made her own task easier!
T~en on November 7, Mr. G. B. ~""II' died a t Virginia Baptist Hospi- ~. Even from my short acquoint- "Ce with this remarkable old gentle- 'Mn I could write many , many words. 3ut oricf'y I would make three notes. n a ~ine sense he was a gentleman. h'mfor many years V. E. S. found s•rong , generous, and constructive 'end. And more than anything else se~sed in my meetings with him his whfo·V.E.S.togrowtothefull
+atJre of a great school.
Some of us here, in lieu of flowers
for Mrs. Bates, ara contributing to ' f.nd for a memorial to her in some •or"" thought pleasing to her. And
e hould be happy to have old boys SECRETARIES OF CLASSES
•wong Alumni h~ve been selected e r oroes oT their classes and will be ished with stamps and stationery in r +., +ry to keep in close touch with 11embers of their cl~sses. Other a'umni asled to keep in touch with them. This
g • under way in the near 1917-Richard Carlton W. Radford, Ill,
20 Dors y Ave Henderson, N. C 1918-Paul Henry Heydenriech, Johnson
I Ta l:.c- N. C. Box 709.
1919-Joseph Lawson Pleasants, Jr., 1911 ;) y R, d Lynchburg, Vo.
1920-Walter Neal Chinn, Jr., P. 0. Box
in tuition, we are doing virtually the e ntire job on the $2,00()-.of which this year just under $200 is going to support the debt contracted to build a better school for today's boys.
I see many blessings in the present and much hope for the future. We see our old boys come back in their student sons-about twenty-five this year. And the enthusiasm and sup- port of all the parents is really heart- ening. But frankly, the alumni as a body have not yet learned to sup- port their school as all the great schools in this country are supported. W e cannot boast of alumni partici- pation in the so-needful fund drives of '60 and '64. We can be grateful for the hard work and generosity of a small minority and we can say,
'One day you will all be proud to call this your school."
Austin Montgomery, J r.
V. E. S. DIRECTORY
A copy of the first V. E. S. Alumni Directory was recently mailed to every alumnus whose address we knew. Also, copies went t o some whose addresses we thought we knew and about sixty-five came back with new and correct addresses for which we are very thankful. If any one of the alumni did not get one and would like to have one, please send us your correct address and we will be glad to mail it. Please look over the list and give us any address that you may know. It will help a lot. Those in the alumni office would appreciate your comments.
1946-William Pryor Perry, Jr., 480 Bro~d­ land Rd. N. W.. At•~nta 5, Ga. 1947-Robert Morton Hughes, Ill, 1349 Graydon Ave.. Norfolk 7, v~.
1948-Joseph Blount Cherry, Jr., Windsor, N . C .
D~vis
260 I 68
1958-Dempsey Wood Hodges, Jr., I009 West Highl~nd, Kinston, N. C.
1959-George Burroughs Cartledge, Jr.,
2 2 3 1 Bro~dw~y S t . , S . W . , R o a n o k e . V a . 1960-James Robert Shanklin, Jr., V.E.S.,
Lynchburg, Vo.
1961-Beverly Scott Hutter, Jr., 300 War- wick Lane Lynchburg. Va., Apt. 4.
·~re.
do ck•burg, Vo.
1921-Beverly Scott Hutter,
• rest Va
1922-John Ellison Loth, P. 0 . Box 519, Waynesboro, Va.
1923-Wyndham R. Lee , 4326
r've, A· ington Vo.
1924-Frank
St
Dominick Mead,
Schoew, 840 1942-Aifred Williams, Ill, P. 0. Box 591,
Bo ··more I,
Knight, 4532 49th St., N.
St. Lynchburg. Vo. Raleigh, N. C.
r ' d g e Ro~d. S n o w H i l l ,
P~cific A ve., Virgini~ Be~ch. V~.
1945-Ralph Houston Alexander, Jr., 2538 Hampton Ave.. Charlotte N. C.
1925-Roy L.
g on D. C.
R a. Richmond 29, Vo.
1927-John Tuder Percy, 3130 Sedgewick, •yr 1burg, Vo.
1928-James Bolton McBryde, 2600 Mc- ~reqor Blvd.. Ft. Myers, Fla.
W . , 1926-0scar M. Deyerle, Jr., 1207 Bowden
1943-Waitman
Md
R.F.D. 2,
N. F~irfox 1030 N.
1941-Charles R. W .
Church
join us in this memorial.
Mr. Lamar, whose ashes
a r e in- terred in the Lamar Garden he so sensitively conceived, asked that any contribution in his memory be sent to the Lamar Fund "for the further
beautifying of the grounds."
Mr. Lamar long outlived his three score and ten, but I still wish he could-or hope he can-watch V. E. S. in the coming years. With the 50th session next year the School will be only beginning to come of age, and one day we shall look back from a position of real distinction and marvel at the early struggles, at the same time that we render thanks for the early help and encourage-
ment.
Today we have more buildings,
boys, and masters than ever before. But I can name schools with twice the staff for the some number of students. Naturally, even if our men are working harder, those other schools in this country are supported. both ·n and out of the classroom.
The richer program will come, as the facilities for it have begun to come. The School will one day be free of debt and know an endowment that will enable us to compete any- where for teaching talent and offer five times the scholarship aid we now can.
Speaking as objectively as I can, I must say it is remarkable just how much we are doing at this point in ou r history. Where other schools can spend up to $4,000 for every $2,000
1929-Edward Neill Raymond, 99 Pe~ch­ tree Bottle Ave., N. W., Atl~nta 5, Ga.
1930-Edwin Green Penn, Jr., 719 Beech- nul L~ne, M~rtinsville. v~. 24113. 1931-Charles C. Harris, 2346 Churchill R o o d . R~leigh N . C .
1932-Robert Perry Harris, P. 0. Box 5048, At•~n·~ G~.
1933-Henry Wilkins Lewis, 206 HiUsboro St.. Ch~pel Hill, N. C.
1936-Edward Monroe Leigh, 5205 West· wood Drive W~shington 16 D. C.
1937-Calvin Satterfield, Ill, 1207 Rothe- ay Rood Richmond 21, Va
1938-Laurence L. Prince, 130I Biltmore Drive, Ch~rlotte 7, N. C .
1939-Philip Alston Lewis, J~ckson, N. C. 1940-Simmons Andrews, 61 I Tucker Street, R~leigh, N. C.
1949-Vernon Davis
Circle, W oodbridge, Vo.
1950-Lioyd Thomas Smith, Jr., 620 P~rk Street, Ch~rlottesville, v~.
1951-Stephen Marshall Quillen, P. 0. Box 86. Lebanon, Va. 24266.
1952-Evarts Wolton Opie, J r., 638 West FredeC:ck Street, Stounton, v~.
1953-Brant Rittenhouse Snavely, Jr., Woodb'ne Rd.. Winston-Salem N. C. 1954-Milton Augustus Barber, Ill, Kimberly Drive, Durham, N. C. 1955-Brent Drane Nash, 1002 Main Street, T~rboro, N. C.
1956-Edgar Miller Baber, 5304 Kingsbury Rood, Richmond, Vo.
1957-Arthur Daniel Delagrange, 1605 Overlook, Silver Spring, Md.
1 9 3 4 - J a m e s E a s l e y E d m u n d s ,
v~.
1935-John Augustus Moore, Jr., 101 N. Main St.. Fr~nklinlon N. C.
Gr• en- 1944-William Shepherd Drewry, Jr., 3007
Hines
Dixon, 305 N . C .
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Halif~x.
Dawson, 17