1976 VES Meteor
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Volume LVIII
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VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
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Winter, 1976
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BY KIRK SANFORD
The "old 160", actually 170, recently became the old 149 with the sale of twenty-one acres of land by the VES Board of Trustees.
The land on the corner of VES Road and Williams Road has been sold to Westminster-Canterbury of Lynchburg, Inc. for the pur-
pose of building an $11.7 million retirement complex.
Mrs. Jay Hobbs came up with the original idea for selling the land. She said that she realized that the school was in financial need, and she recognized the advantages of having such a complex
near the school.
Mrs. Hobbs, who is a member of the retirement home program
task force, said that the school and the complex could help each other greatly, and that cooperation between the school and the facility is definitely planned. Residents of the home will be able to use facilities at the school such as the gym, tennis courts, and chapel. They may attend and support VES athletic contests.
VES students will be able to help out on a voluntary basis at the complex doing such jobs as reading aloud and just talking to the older people. T hese experiences may teach much and help the students greatly. It is anticipated that they will add to the educational experiences available to the VES community.
·The varsity soccer team shows the spirit that they have developed as their winning formula after Doug Montgomery scores in the Collegiate game. Their abundant talent and spirit have led them to first place in the Prep League. The team's League record now stands at 7-1 with the latest win a 4-1 victory over Woodberry Forest on Saturday, Feb. 7.
ysical Improvementsto Campus
According to Mr. Herbert
, roughly $140,000 has rooms have been carpeted and
Allen, Art Chandler, Bill Burns, scores. Dean Shaffer, Tom Young, Greg
side of Jett. Most of the class- painted, the old language lab
Eng I ish
tory courses taught in recent years.
Western Civilization, under the direction of Mr. Garmey,
Although Core is new to most of us, it is not that we are just being used as guinea pigs. A
program similar to our Ameri- can Studies was introduced at VES several years ago by Mr. Nat Jobe, a former history in-
Jurgensen, and since Christmas, David May and Bill Aldridge.
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smoothed out, the students feel that the program is very bene- ficial to them and to their grades.
The instructors at VES feel that once everyone gets used to
'een spent on improvements in
physical structure of the has been converted into a class-
teaches the
along with Mr. Hornor. The English portion involves the study of early American writers and their works and also offers vocabulary preparation for the College Boards. The history sections are taught by Mr. Watts and Mr. Pettyjohn and are basi- cally the same as the U.S. his-
. during the past year. room, and new seminar rooms
111s mcludes the conversion of have been built where the
old study hall into a new physics lab once was. In ad-
:ctiJre and audio-visual room
core classes, the new study been resurfaced and two new
physics lab where the busi- office used to be, and the
of the business office the basement on the western
Mr. Ainslie, Mr. kins, and Mr. Watts are the com-
offered at E. C. Glass for the
past few years, and, now, since course, and that students will no
dition, the tennis courts have playing fields finished.
now at
W ood berry
on the eastern side of second
where dormitory rooms
wer.e, the new chemistry the school's long range planning
structor
Forest, but it was an elective and did not draw much response. The same program has been
Such changes are directed by
committee.
Donnelly, Mr. Harper, Mr. Wat-
mittee members.
it, Core will prove to be a worthy all the wrinkles have been longer "abhor core."
BY BILL SANFORD
When juniors and seniors ar- rived at the beginning of the 1975-76 session, they were met with a new program of studies which was to meet for two
periods a day and count a full credit in English and history and one-sixth of a credit in both art and religion.
The courses were designed to try to prepare students better for college by having a large amount of time spent in the lecture hall so that students could get used to large classes and taking notes. At the same time, each student is assigned to a class that meets as any other class would when the lec- ture hall is not in use.
American Studies or Core II as it is called by most, is di- rected by Mr. Donnelly who
sidelines
The good Samaritan Award of THE METEOR goes to Mr. deals with the history and cul- Watts for his actions on Tues-
ture of ancient, JTiedieval and day, January 27. While on the renaissance times. Along with daily shuttle bus to Seven Hills,
portion
Mr. Garmey, Core 12 is taught
by Mr. Mundy, Mr. Hopkins,
and Mr. Murchison and is met
with mixed emotions by mem-
bers of the graduating class.
Most of the students feel that
the program is basically a good
idea, but that it is a big change
for most of them and is causing Mr. B. K. Mundy's book, some poor marks in these very
crucial months.
If feelings were to be general-
ized, most juniors and seniors would agree that they are learn- ing more this year about the
L YNCHBURG, A PICTORIAL HISTORY, have been sold thus far, and he has presented a copy to the VES library.
subject they are studying, but
that their grades are "paying the
price." Students also miss the
important grammar points that from Durham, North Carolina. were gone over in the past and They are Skip Stokes, Rick say that it has hurt their CEEB
Mr. Watts stopped the van and gave a very old woman a ride to the bus stop. Congratulations Mr. Watts-we need more like you.
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