1968 VES Meteor

Reverend and Mrs. Gasson
Mr. Casson, a native of Alexandria,
a., left home at nineteen to join the
For much of the 1966-67 school ses- Mrs. Virginia Davis, who teaches
oney towards a spectfic proJ- ectforVES h .
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Nominees, Norwood and Whitehead has since been expanded through Mr.
Morehead's continuing generosity, and (Continued Page 4, Column 1)
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th c osen or the location of · enew darkroom and was partitioned
rick, has yielded thousands of nega- tives and hundreds of prints. Those of the darkroom staff who have put in countless hours of time and work each night are Charles Green, Karl Wiese, and Godfrey Cheshire. The new darkroom which began operation in the first week of December has continued to produce quality photo- graphs for all school publications.
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VIRGINIA EPISCOP AL SCHOOL, L YNCHBURG, VA.,
JANUARY 29, 1968
NO.4
XLXI
Warm Reception Extended New Chaplain
A recent addition .to the faculty is Reverend Henry Dymoke Casson since the beginning of January,
been serving as the school's chap- and teacher of Biblical Survey.
Merchant Marines. Then, having made cruises to South America and Europe, he returned to this country to finish his fonnal schooling, attend- ing Yale, Georgetown, and George Washington universities and receiving a masters degree in economics. He
also spent several years in the Navy during World War II.
Mr. Casson taught during the 1920's at·the Southern Cross School in Bra-
zil and later served on the faculties of St. Stephen's School of Alexandria and St. Paul's School in New Hamp- shire where he met Mr. Montgomery.
Until recently he has been serving a country parish in New Hampshire. The new chaplain has an interest in both linguistics and the theater, and
he likes to travel, especially by sea. Mr. Casson finds that the boys at VES are "friendly and unself-con- scious," and he is grateful to all for
the warm reception.
Karl Wiese, Charles Green, and Godfrey Cheshire Survey Negatives
sion VES maintained a rather casual but good, informal art course under the direction of Mr. Rutherford Good- win, an art instructor at Randolph-
Macon Woman's College. The class was aimed simply at giving students a chance to paint and have their work criticized by an able artist. This year
Norwood and Whitehead Morehead Nominees
On 15 January the Headmaster, acting on behalf of the faculty, nomi- nated Geoffrey Norwood and Gordon Whitehead for Morehead scholarships at the University of North Carolina
in the class of 1972.
VES was one of the original small
group of preparatory schools outside of North Carolina eligible to nomi- nate Morehead scholars. The group
classes in ceramics at the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, will teach a new class of sixteen pupils in a much more comprehensive course.
In a preliminary meeting Mrs. Da- vis explained that she would like to include both studio and art appreci- ation classes in a 15 week schedule.
'The art appreciation class is cen- tered around lectures, slide showings, and several books, including A Con- cise History of Painting, A History of
Modem Painting, Understanding the Arts, and Art Appreciation Made Sim- ple. The course is designed to inspire an interest and understanding of the Arts, which is helpful in studio work. As a basis for the class Mrs. Davis said, "Art is fun. Art is exciting," and it should be approached with that in mind.
Although the primary activities within the studio will be limited to sketching and painting, Mrs. Davis stressed that the course will be flex-
ible enough so that students may and should indulge in as many types of are expression as they wish as long as circumstances and equipment permit.
The classes will be held each Fri- day evening from 7:15 until 10:15, the first hour for art appreciation and
the next·two for studio work.
Present members of the class are Mr. Lloyd Horton, Jim Moss, Pat Cau-
sey, Tom Honaker, Weldon Huske, Rick Jones, Parker Lumpkin, Allan Williams, Jim Applegate, Godfrey Chesire, Peter Daniel, Holmes Mor-
ton, Marshall Wright, Lanny Buc- hanan, Joe Liles, and Gordon White-
head. New members are welcome.
The Acorn Society, a group of
totally black and furnished with tables
and a storage area, is used for print-
ing pictures and other processes that •
require total darkness.
The film provided by eight photog-
a~onymous m e n w h o tnbute m
a n n u a l l y c o n - . .
Charles Green,
Godfrey Jones, Lee Lumpkin, Jack Agricola,
Miscellaneous Art Student: Godfrey Cheshire, Allen Williams, Marshall Wright, Joe Liles, Mrs. Davis (Instructor), Bill Deuster, Jim Moss, Dale Hamrick
Art Course Enlivens Second
ter