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CHAN'S CACHE
A NEW EMPHASIS ON ART
An amazing thing I have observed about V.E.S. in my three years here has been its remarkable yearn to expand. Thinking beyond, but not forgetting, its physical growth, one who is applying here would do well to consider this. Although scholas- tically its strides have been tremen- dous, the greatest improvements, I feel, lie in the artistic realm. Now don't misunderstand me. By art I
do not mean that hideous half block, half white monster playing a warped mandolin that haunts the wall of the school store. As I said, I mean the whole "realm" of art; art, music, and drama.
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not once did I find myself dreading a practice or regretting having to stay on campus when I could have been somewhere else. But this expe- rience was more than a personal one. It was felt in varying degrees by everyone in the cast, and the en- thusiasm of the student body toward the production shows a real interest in, and a desire to participate in,
this vital phase of a well-rounded education.
As an outgrowth of last year's Drama Society, Mr. Carnes has or- ganized the new Art and Drama Society, which not only will give three plays this year, but also spon- sor a series of seminars on art and
drama appreciation. Mr. Gunn, in the field of music, has planned a similar program. In addition to the traditional concerts by our choir- glee clubs with visiting girls' schools, he will give informal lectures on music, its periods and development through the past several centuries, to help one bettor understand and ap- preciate contemporary musical style. Notices and sign-up sheets are posted on the art, drama and music por- tion of the bulletin board in the main hall of Jett. All students ore urged
to seriously consider supporting this, the school's greatest and most need- ed expansion. The success of these programs this year will determine their continuation and help to fill the artistic vacuum at V.E.S.
-Chan Chandler.
GUEST PREACHER
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guest preacher, the Rev. John Jor-
dan. (Langhorne Chapel is now being AGEL enlarged for a greater congregation.)
The Rev. Jordan, who is minister of
St. Stephen's in Culpeper, Va., de-
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should be three of these realms: the academic, the athletic, and the artis- tic. W e have seen better athletic days as far as over-all wins and losses go; but our program as a whole is quite good. We hove never had a poor record scholastically. But in my "rat" year, and I gather this was true in previous years, V.E.S. was an artistic vacuum. One-third of the school's curriculum was a void, and
today is not the hydrogen bomb, not the race riots, nor is it juvenile delin- quency; but it is the problem of de- cisions." Jeremiah, as does man to- day, had the decision of accepting God. This decision had to be made by him alone. He could not let it ride. No government, priest, or any- one could decide for him, as man is inclined to have done with many of today's decisions. The answer to his decision was an honest one. He ac- cepted God. With this acceptance, he found honest answers for all his decisions. So it is with man today. If he will accept God through Jesus Christ, he too will then find honest answers for his decisions. The answers may not always be correct, but they
will always be honest.
-Jim Beckwith.
THE VETH THCOOL FOR BOYTHS
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students who, finding time on their hands, might have done something constructively entertaining, instead did nothing, or worse, expended their energy doing something that kept them on campus the next week-end. No one frequented the bounds list any more than I last year, but in the eight weeks of stringent practice for Billy Budd in which we were on the set Friday night, Saturday and Sun- day morning, and each evening be-
fore study hall, my name didn't make the list once. What I thought was going to be a great sacrifice of my free time turned out to be as enjoy- able as anything I've ever done; and
Mr. Bern Norheim Slater Representative
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