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CHOIAARSHIP NODS GO TO FOSTER~ FORSYTH
The nominees for the two major college scholarships offered to VES have been selected. Bill Foster from Roanoke, Virginia, was selected as this year's Morehead scholarship nominee to the University of North Carolina and Logan Forsyth from Bremo
Bluff, Virginia, was given the Du Pont regional scholarship nomi- nation to the University of Virginia.
Foster as the Morehead nominee will be interviewed by
scholarship committees on a competitive basis. Last year's nomi-
nees were Bill Smyth and Bob Eadie, the latter receiving the scholarship.
Forsyth, already having been accepted to the University of
Virginia, was nominated for that school's highest scholarship. He
will compete with fifty other nominees from Virginia schools: and
from that fifty, twenty-five will be recipients. Last year's nominee for the Du Pont was Mike Agelesto.
~Bights~ Views Voiced by Member of ~snick~
Chris Williams spoke to the student body (on January the 11th) about his experiences as a civil rights worker in the "Deep South." For the past year and a half Chris has been working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, otherwise known
as "Snick", in Baitsville, Mississippi. In that town he mainly worked on voter registration of the colored population.
Chris first spoke to us in Chapel
about why .he is a civil rights
worker and what risks he runs to Col. Sullivan's American His- in this employment. He spoke tory classes. In both classes of being in the home of a col- many students asked Chris why ored minister when a blast from he thought he had to work for a shotgun came through a win- the civil rights movement. He dow missing him by inches. told them that he thought it Chris told of how he was beaten was his duty to protect other up by three white "thugs" while people's rights and in so doing federal agents stood by and protect his own. Chris was
watched. By the time chapel asked what he thought of the was over Chris had aroused our draft card burners and the war
Volume XLIX
VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA,F EB. -4,-1966
No. 5
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The 1966 edition of the Ves-
tige under the able supervision
of Mr. James Hopkins seems at
last to have gotten off the ground.
Editor-in-Chief, Monty White reports that sixt)r_ percent of the issue is completed and has been sent to his publishers. Finished to date are: the senior profiles, the separate class pictures, fac- ulty pictures, a few candid shots, and the introduction.
With sound leadership, this year's subordinate editors have proven to be quite capable. Jim Williams is the Publi-
cation Typist, Rick Jones is Copy Editor, and Harry Lo- gan controls the sports depart- ,m ment. The most dynamic per- sonality on the staff is Michael Ragsdale who will hopefully
add- cclor to a:n otherwise straight-forward yearbook. Also, Jack Agricola is in charge of layout and Tom Mitchell is the
photographer.
We of the METEOR staff wish this year's Vestige the best of luck and hope they can fulfill the great demands imposed upon them.
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Dr. Myers Speaks
THE ROMANCE OF
Chapel on Thursday evening of the sixteenth was the scene of Dr. Roland Myers' discourse with the school on "words". Dr. Myers was born in New York City, attended Dartmouth College, and has since traveled much in America and over the world. He has most recently been touring the nation as a lecturer on words.
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Shown above is a typical layout sheet of the VESTIGE. As of now 60% is completed.
Vestige Work Begun
Dr. Myers' talk Thursday entitled "The Romance of ords." Fundamentally, the 1"'" ,u>u diction if studied proves
be an interesting and reward- work. While this statement lstJtmJme:d up the purpose of his
meant a place of leisure. He fur- ther complained that English has become too idiomatic and burdened with cliches- a cause
of confusion to foreigners at- tempting to learn the language. Finally, he pointed out that Americans are the only people who have Spelling Bees. W e are the only ones who can make a game out of spelling, its being
ridiculous as it is.
In conclusion, Dr. Myers
asked for any questions the
school might have. Following two puzzling questions posed by Pete Hairston, Dr. Myers finished his talk and the student body disbanded.
Memorable moments from the Annual Celebration of the First Snow.
On Wednesday morning Chris started out again on his way to California, leaving us with a- nother viewpoint to toss around
in our minds.
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he spent most of the lee- in disapproving of the way the English speaking na-
have continually de- ~te:d a n o t h e r w i s e b a s i c s e t
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words. Dr. Myers said that
are like coins-they wear Americans are always
word meanings to suit own needs. He gave the pies of the adjective "silly"
which originally meant holy, and "school" which at one time
DR. ROLAND MYERS
interests and many questions. AFTER CHAPEL
in Viet Nam. He replied that he did not believe in draft card
burning but that he refused to During the morning Chris support the war in Viet Nam. ·
talked to Mr. Boyd's R. I. II Lecture Class. After he had told
us what he was doing at VES and what he was going to do in the weeks to come, he threw the class open to questions. Chris left his home in New England and was hitch hiking to the Uni- versity of California at Berkely, the scene of many anti-Viet Nam demonstrations.
In the afternoon Chris spoke
Letter to the Editor concern- ing Chris Williams found on Page 2.
VIETNAM STAND
When asked if he would fight, he said that he would not go if called upon. After the "smoke cleared" from this statement, the class went back to talking of the . civil rights movement. During the late afternoon one
-could find Chris engaged in many discussion groups around the campus.
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