1967 VES Meteor

me XLX
es Out at Extremist Groups
I•r S • "The American Political Spec-
VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, LYNCHBURG, VA., FEBRUARY 15, 1967 •
NO.3
to about
to far rightist factions," The reason for this, he said,
as co mpared
ranges from extreme leftist lion for the far leftist groups.
Gordon D. Hall at the is because the far rightest fac-
m
e
tions ostensibly claim to support
in contemporary American "the American way of life," believe that if the power of the
of his talk on extrem-
Juu• . "Most Americans don't while the extreme leftist are usual- know what constitutes the ly Communist-inspired. The
government is limited , then the average person will not be so much confused about "right"
and ''wrong.''
On the morning after his ad-
dress, history students and others who were free talked with Dr. Hall. These meetings were of a question-and-answer nature;
vast middle of the Ameri- Political System."
Gordon D. Hall is a native of . He is self-educated and steeped in knowledge of
rightest K.K.K., for example,
claims that it is for "America, justice and the Bible," words that are very appealing to some
uneducated people in the rural South.
Mr. Thomas Rill makes anolher emphatic point. John Robinson and John Edwards look on.
~~Peacemal(er''
Malies His Bid
Recently Mr. Thomas Francis cil. Christianity could be a deci- Ritt, a Roman Catholic layman, sive factor in bringing about who referred to himself as "peace- world-wide peace; the churches maker," spoke on the subject of should take a stand for peace; war in general, and particularly its laymen should follow. These on the war in Vietnam. His topics were developed in his re-
history and contemporary trends. Considering his
Mr. Hall also distinguished
stance as somewhere in the between conservatives and liber- Dr. Hall freely gave his ideas
ground of the political rum, he gave in his talk consideration to all political He has estimated that far groups have member- of approximately five and to six million people
als. The liberals believe, he said, that man is basically good and will be fruitful if given the op- portunity. The politics or reform help in giving men this oppor- tunity. This trend has been the dominant one in America. On
and insights on a variety of topics, such as the John Birch Society and Lincoln Rockwell's Neo-Nazi Party. Many students felt that his was the best lecture presented by any speaker this year. -James G. Hamilton
DR. QUILLIJ\N
RECALLS RECENT VISIT
TO INDIA
On Wednesday, February I, .Dr. William Quillian, President of Randolph-Macon W oman's College, spoke to the student body about his recent trip to India. Dr. Quillian mentioned
a facult y exchange program which was initiated by R-MWC several years ago. This program involved se nding an American teacher to India for one year and bringing an Indian teacher to the United States to teach
for a year.
In his talk, Dr. Quillian spoke
about customs and problems with which modern India is confront-
OUTSTANDING SENIORS
After being a day boy for a year as an eighth grader, B.K. :lecided he liked the school well enough to live here, so he be- came a full-t ime resident.
He is a born leader. B.K. was president of his junior and senior classes; he has been a member of the Student Vestry for the past two years; and this year he was elected Senior Warden.
Athletically, B.K. has been a strong asset. Captain of all three football team s, he received a varsity letter in his junior and semor years. In the winter he serves as fullback on the soccer team, and this year he was · elected captain. Come spring
B.K. will hurl the shot for th~ YES harriers.
speech was entitled "Pacem in Terris: Blueprint for Peace. " His
marks about the war in Vietnam. Christians should not follow their
he has
age. Recently he was nominated
Academically ,
tamed a consistently high aver-
distinguish the Vatican II Coun-
toc ··
S ompet1110n for a Morehead
cholarship at the University of N
think.
ed. A major obstacle is the - --------------------------
orth Carolina.
JOE BURTON LINKER, Ill
language barrier which has kept India from becoming a unified country. India has over 250 dif-
: ferent languages and dialects and
Mid-Term Class Rank
BERNARD KYlE MUNDY, II
DR. WILLIAM QUILLIAN
main-
four mil-
conservatives
Joe Linker has participated in fourteen major languages. In an almost every facet of campus effort t~ correc_t this problem, life. For two of his four years he the Indian Pa~hament pass:d a has served as a counselor and regulation which made Hmdu spokesman for the day boys. For the official language. This was the past two years-he has partie- .so ~trongly protested by the
ipated in cross-country, and this Indian populatiOn that the gov- year he is captain of the team. .ernment had to back off and not Joe heads Mr. Horton's track enforce the regulation strictly. program and is now preparing Dr. Quill.ian pointed out that for the spring events. In track one solutiOn to this problem he runs the half mile and mile; would be for eve_ryone _to speak
Seniors
I) Linker
2) Nesbit 3) Dixon 4) Davis 5) Yachan
Juniors
I) Buchanan
2) Lane 3) Liles
4) G. Norwood
he and Linwood Bolles provide ' a dangerous one and two punch
combination.
English. But thiS remmds the
Indians o~ English _control, and
Indians like to thi_nk of t~em-
7) Mundy 8) Warden 9) Lee
10) Roach Sophomores
7) G. Whitehead 8) James
9) Long 10) Pretlow
selves as democratic and mde- Jo_e hasesta IS e 1mse aca- pendent.
dem1cally as a person to be Dr. Quillian observed some
revered. Each year ~e h_as held unusual customs in India. Many
the number-one spot m h1s c~ass. marriages are planned and in-
This week Joe was named a fmal- volve no courtship whatsoever.
ist in the National Merit Scholar- It is the parents' task to find
ship competition; he has also been a suitable mate, and it is not
nominated to compete for a unusual for the bride and groom Morehead Scholarship. (Continued on Page 3, Column 2)
bl" h d h' If
2) Cleland 2) Jenkins
3) J. Brown 3) C. Mitchell 4) Applegate 4) S. Miller
the other
believe that man is good but that there is as equally as much bad in him-a basic contradic- tion in each man. Conservatives
hand ,
somewhat unorthodox opin- "modern philistines," but they ions caused quite a stir on cam- should get to finishing the "un- pus; he said that his main pur- finished business of democracy," pose in traveling from school to that of settling disputes without school was to create discussion war.
and thought on timely issues. Mr. Ritt saved his opinions Mr. Ritt gave his lecture in on Vietnam for the end of his the chapel, an ideal setting for address. He questioned the right
his message. Christians should of American troops to be there. unite, he said, and work for He asked what good they were
peace. Pope John XXIII'sPacem in Terris should be the " blue-
print" that Christians should fol-
low to achieve an everlasting a "senseless barbarism."
peace. The document calls for Mr. Ritt succeeded in stirring progressive disarmament, cessa- his audience. There was a lengthy tion of the arms race, and ulti- question-and-answer period after mate erradication of war. his address, and similar sessions
Mr. Ritt went on to say that continued throughout the next the world situation needed a day. It was generally agreed that breath of " fresh air," an exten- Mr. Ritt had accomplished .his sion of the metaphor used to purpose. He had made people
doing. He questioned whether the war was morally justifiable in the present situation, terming the war
5) Agricola 6) Manning 6) Rudolph
Freshmen
I) J. Partrick I) S. Johnson
5) Christian 6) Hancock 7) Sutherland 8) Wise
9) Hamilton 10) Ward
5) Huske 6) F. Jones