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With the beginning of the 49th session of Virginia Episcopal School, the Board of Trustees met for two days, September 18 and 19, to dis-
cuss the general state of the School and plans for the future. Mr. Mont- gomery, the Headmaster, welcomed the members and discussed with them the School's current status.
On the night of the 18th, five trustees met with members of the faculty to discuss general school problems. This was the first of many hoped-for future meetings between the trustees and the faculty, and will, in the years to come, do much to improve the School's relations with the Board of Trustees.
A t the same time, Mr.
gomery met downtown with the six Finance and Planning Committee members, who are responsible for the School's budget, salaries, and de- velopment programs. Together they discussed the School's needs and the means of obtaining them.
Afterwards, the two groups met at the headmaster's house for further exchange of questions and com- ments.
Mr. Montgomery gave his report on the School when the full Board ofTrustees met the next morning. He told them of the School's position in the academic and physical areas. The faculty, for instance, has increased from seventeen to nineteen mem- bers. The student body is now 202 strong, with I II old boys and ninety- one new boys. Fifteen states are represented in the student body. North Carolina leads the list with 80 boys. Virginia is next with 66; then come South Carolina, with 17, ond W est Virginia, with 12. Three foreign countries-V enezuela, Mex- ico, and Thailand ore also repre- sented.
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The School is predominantly Epis- copaliM, with I II of this church present. There are also 39 Presby- terians present, 18 Methodists, 6 Roman Catholics, and 6 of other de- nominations.
Seventeen boys hove scholarships, as compared with fifteen last year. Classes are arranged 'On a rotating basis, with each class meeting at a different time each day. This is done so as to give each boy and each master a chance to see one another at different times of the day, hope- fully to add variety to the schedule and to relieve the pressure of strict routine. It was reported that thirty- three of last year's thirty-four sen- iors are in college.
As for physical improvements, Ran- dolph dormitory is now finished, and work on Langhorne Chapel will be completed in a few months. The tennis courts will be resurfaced this fodl, and the faculty houses near the chapel are to be repainted. Inci- dentally, a problem facing the faculty and students is what to do with all the newly-acquired space in both gyms and the basement of Ran- dolph.
Since the beginning of the present development and building program, about $1 ,250,000 has been spent on expansion and improvements. Be- tween two fund-raising campaigns-
one four years ago, and the one now progressing- the School has been very lucky. But in order to give the present students the benefit of better facilities, a debt was incur- red. A means of paying off this debt was among the Board's topics of dis- cussion.
It was decided that, with the pres- ent program almost through, there would be no more major undertakings at this time. A decision on one other important improvement-a covered
passageway between East Jett and the San ks-Gan naway hall-will be made at the next meeting. Also, new faculty housing is under considera- tion, os present facilities are stretched to the limit, with no room to spare; and further enlargement of the faculty is impossible, though neces- sary.
In other business, Bishop Marmion as board president, reduced the num· ber of trustees committees from nine to five. The committees remaining are: Executive, Academic, Finance and Planning, Community and Alumni Relations, and Nominations.
The Board of Trustees consists of nineteen members. They include: Bishop William H. Marmion, from Roanoke, president; William H. W. Anderson, from Winston-Salem, N. C., vice-president; and Henry M. Sackett, Jr., from Lynchburg, treas- urer. Ten trustees, including the vice- president, are alumni. These men are L a w r e n c e E . Bl a n c h a r d , J r . , f r o m
Richmond; Claude Q. Freeman, from
Charlotte, N. C.; Charles D. Ham-
ner, Professor Edwin A. Penick, Jr.,
Bernard L. Reams, and H. Bruce
Thomson, J r . , all from L ynchburg;
William B. Harrison, from Rocky
Mount, N. C . ; and two new mem-
bers, Robert A. Wilson, from Rich- mond, and William C . Harris, Jr., from Raleigh. Other members are Dr. Robert F. Bondurant, from Roa- noke; Charles A. Carr, from Danville; t h e Rev. Louis H. Fraiser, from Waynesboro; Yuille Holt, Jr., from Lynchburg; Robert H. Hughes, from Westport, Conn.; Daniel C. Lewis, from West Point, Va.; and the Rev. Mr. William Yardley, head of Chatham Hall, in Chatham, Virginia. All but three of the trustees were able to attend the meeting.
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