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Issued by the students of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Virginia, approximately 9 times during the school term. 500 copies given by hand to students and mailed to alumni and friends of the school. Published and owned by Virginia Episcopal School. Entered as second-class matter September 28, 1929, at the Post Office at Lynchburg, Virginia, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription for one school session-Two dollars and fifty cents.
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Vol. XLXI
Gordon Whitehead Editor-in-Chief Dyke Messinger
General Editor Ken Sprunt Sports Editor
Royall Brown
Exchange Editor
Virginia Episcopal School, Feb. 29, 1968 STAFF
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SENIOR SALUTE
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JOE LILES
In his two-year stay Joe has been
active and successful in many fields. Academically, he has consistently been in the top three of his class, and because of his hard work he has re-
DFM RANDY LONGWORTH
Randy came to VES from the hills of West Virginia to settle down for four years of trials and admirable ac-
complishments.
For three years he has served on
the Student Vestry; he has been a counsellor for two years, and has worked energetically for four years in
the Choir-Glee club. This year Randy is Secretary-Treasurer for the Vestry; he is also a member of the Honor
Committee.
As an athlete he has made amazing
evolution. A member of the JV bas- ketball team as a freshman, Randy jumped the next year to the Varsity, and there he has remained ever since. For his efforts, Randy has been elected co-captain for two years. Several Prep-League and local distinctions
have also been awarded him.
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cently been
School of N. C. State University.
Along with his academic accom- plishments, Joe is a member of the choir, the art class, and the outing club. Athletically he has earned his letter in Varsity Cross-Country and
is now on the Varsity soccer squad. As Copy Editor for the METEOR, Joe has given many sleepless nights.
He will always be remembered for his revival lessons in R. I. and for his briefing sessions in Government.
1928 Ford, one of the more antiquated Who i of the campus' conversation pieces, to tt
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Tom Smyth Editor
Joe Liles Copy Editor Geoff Norwood Sports Columnist
Lee Lumpkin Charles Green
Lanny Buchanan Ted Haigler
Landon Lane
Tarlton Long Ted Partrick
Barry Jones Karl Wiese
BILL MESSICK
When ((Yank" came down from New York last year he was a quiet, easy-going athlete who made many
friends and remained in the top quar- ter of his class. This year he is still the easy-going, mild-mannered sport, but, having been influenced by his south- ern colleagues and his roommate Pret- low, Bill has become quite a mover-
a unique and witty character.
Bill has been showered with many honors this year. Not only is he a counselor and on the Honor Commit- tee, but he is Vice-President of the
senior class and serves as member of the Vestry. By the end of his nvo years at VES, Bill will have partici- pated in six teams sports: JV and Var-
sity football, Varsity soccer, of which he was co-captain this year, and both years as catcher o~ the basehall team. This year he is also Secretary-Treas-
urer of the V-Club.
TARLTON LONG
Hailing from Raleigh, N. C., Tarl-
ton's easy-go-lucky attitude and his on1nipresent jocularity have made him the friend of many.
'Lugar' has been on the Varsity •
cross-country tean1 for three years and on the Varsity soccer team for two. A leg injury, unfortunately,
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ORIGINALITY
Students need to have individual thoughts and actions which lead to a
further understanding of subject matter. This is very general statement, but it conveys the needed message.
In secondary schools there is often a lack of student originality. Our sys- tem of education should be completely revamped if teen-agers do not have the inate sense to be productive. It seems as though the only ideas coming out of high schools today are regurgitations from the mouths of teachers. Although this is natural, because of the receptiveness of young minds, there is still a stag-
nation in some classes. By this I mean that questions asked in classes are some- times ridiculous, and, what is worse, there are too few questions. Everybody seems to take what is said for fact. At this point, education becomes a farce.
Such conventionality is shown sometimes when a boy is afraid to speak out in class for one reason or another. Laxity in thought and speech like this tends to make one's mind feeble and incompetent of sound reasoning.
This may seem very vague to a student, but it is really quite obvious. Ideas have constructed our society; without new ideas our culture would be tranquil to efforts made by others to improve. An absence of new thoughts can be dis- astrous to our growing generation.
CHARLES MARLER
Joel Pretlow Jim Roediger Ross Stansfield
Hays Van Noppen Richard Ward
Reporters
Lynch Christian Business Manager
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pulled him out of this soccer season G but in the poolroom and the senio; s
lounge he has found compensations. Lugar's academic efforts in the past
have been rewarded by an Early De- G cision at UNC; he has been able to B~
relax somewhat in his senior year's no~ee
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Relinquishing the advantages of se< living in Greensboro, N. C., Chip
came to VES as an aspiring and
earnest sophomore. Chip's amiable personality and readiness to help
others resulted in his immediate popu· larity among students and masters.
An active member of the exercise· group and tennis team, Chip has also
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found time to be the mail boy, a posi· unfai
tion which he holds with great devo- tion. He has also gained a great deal of recognition as the most faithful patron of Raby-Jordan.
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JOE MATHIAS
Having entered VES in the eighthh On
grade Joe is one of the few remain· .orse ra, ' Sive Wr'
ing five-year boys. He has served ontorEulf
JV football , cross-country, and base· of
ball teams and last year he managed n a ar~
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Varsity track.
Joe hopes to enter the University of
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Virginia next fall. A native of Lync. burg, he can often be seen driving hiS
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