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THE METEOR
February 8, 1977
VOLUME LIX, No. 4
Editor-in-chief: Bill Loftin Associate Editor: j ack Evans
Features Editor: Bill Sanford
Sports Editor: Bill Fix
Creative Writing Editor: john Schlichting
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February 8, 1977
BY BRIAN LANAHAN
This year V.E.S. has the honor
of participating in a new scholarship program that is eq uiva lent to the Morehead Scholarship program of UNC- Chapel Hill. The Edward Crosland Stuart Memorial Scholarship was started this past fall at Davidson College and V.E.S.'s Bill Loftin ('77) has been
nominated to compete in the program .
A total of twelve students will be awarded scholarships for
exceptiona l leadership, character, and academic achievement. The program, named after Davidson graduate Edward Crosland Stuart ('54) who was lost at sea in a plane crash in 1956, is financially independent of the college, being
funded by Davidson alumni. The alumni will also be involved
will be limited to selected high schools and preparatory schools in North Carolina and Florida.
Nominations must come from principals or other designated school officials. This scholar- ship also includes residents of the two states who attend a prep school out of the state, as is
demonstrated by Bill's nomination. The program will be expanded to other states in.the future, but the number will be limited due to the high degree of
alumni organization required in each state.
In February the semifinalist
fhe decision being made by the end #
of the month. In late March the
twelve finalists will Davidson for interviews and an extended campus visit. The top two will be granted scholarships o f $3000.00 per year and the other ten finalists will receive
scholarships of $500.00 per year.
Addi tiona! funds wil t be
available, depending on need
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No doubt the Stuart Scholarship will soon compete with the Morehead Scholarship as the goal towards which the
top V.E.S. students strive. The Meteor would like to wish Bill Loftin the best of luck in his
endeavor to be the first student from V.E.S. to gain this honor.
Contributors: Rick Allen, Tom Gathright, jim Hunter, Blitz james, Brian Lanahan, David May, Pete Thornhill, Bill Wallace, Steve Walker, and John Wells.
Typist: John Wells, John Lowden, and Pete Thornhill. Advertising: Jack Evans
Photography: Phil! Babb and Rick Wilkinson
Advisor: Mr. Murchison
SA T's Not That Important
through normal
channels. Recipientswillalsobe assisted in securing summer jobs in a field of their interest.
BY BILL LOFTIN
Many colleges and universities
in the Carolinas have no
remainder.
T he conventional wisdom of
most students and parents has been that the SAT's are a major part in the consideration of an
application.The majorcriticism of the SAT byadmissionsoffices is that it d oes n o t rea ll y g ive a fair account of a student's ability. It leads persons not involved in admissions to make unfair categorizations of a student's potential. A simple example of the conflict which occurs is as follows. A person may be lacking
all the personal qualities, initiative, compassion, and
graces necessary productive
interv iewed
minimum
scores on the
Test(SAT). Inarecentsurveyby
The Charlotte
requirem ent for cholastic Aptitude
lea ding
newspaper, 19 schools respond- ing said it was less significan t- often considerably less - than high school grades or class rank
North
onsidering an application. For instan e, at the University
Since the beginning of school last September, a committee consisting of Messers Watts, the
Chairman of the Committee, Jenkins, Anlyan, Foster, and
be about 150 to 200 thousand dollars. It will house 16 to 20 students, one faculty member and his family, and one unmarried faculty member. The students chosen will come from all grades, not just from one particular class.
The dorm is being constructed between Mr. Harper's house and Sanks-Gannaway. The building will be two stories tall, and the rooms, approximately 14 by 15
feet in size, will be carpeted. The
dorm will also have a lounge with a color T.V. set and a fireplace.
The committee's idea behind the new dorm is to provide more
in
of North Carolina at Chapel
dorm space for
students, to improve the quality of student living areas, and to further the house concept by having dorms resemble family settings as closely as possible.
The committee hopes that the new dorm will be completed in time for the 1977-78 school year.
Hill, the overall high school
record, including extracurri- culara tivities,accountsfor70to 80 per ent of consideration of a
andidate, and SAT's for the
have been
Mrs . discussing
ants
BY P ETE THORNHILL
Virginia Episcopal School has recently a quired a n ew dietician. M . Mary Imhoff has
replaced Mr . Walker, the former dieti ian.
Ms. Imhoff came to Virginia Epi opal hool from the F.B.I. Academy in Quantico, Virginia. There she spent one year
working in variou jobs from cleaning floors to managing the food service. Ms. Imhoff helped
prepare food for 700 people. Before that Ms. Imhoff earned her undergraduate degree in Education from the American University in Washington, D.C. She spent three years there
managing the food service.
In her new job at V.E.S. M . Imhoff has numerous re ponsi-
bilities. Besides overseeing the preparation of food, she also is in charge of hiring and firing the dining hall personnel. She will
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New Dormitory to House 20 Students BY BILL WALLACE
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be responsible for the ordering of all the food.
One of the problems that Ms. Imhoff encounters is getting the
ood served h ot. She find this problem with foods uch as
french fries and sandwiches. "Getting a hot food abinet
would be a solution. This would allow a greater number of
andwiches to be made and kept hot. "
In response to the question why tudents do not have milk for lun h as they do for dinner and breakfast, Ms. Imhoff says, " It was at the request of the client that we serving milk for lun h. We also have a limited
amount of torage for the milk." Ms. Imhoff wants to have tudents suggest orne foods that they would like to have for meals. She would also like the students to be patient until she
can get adjusted here at school.
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Mrs. Atkins and
Donnelly p lans for building a new dormitory. T he plans were recently approved by the Board of Trustees and work on the dorm began in early
January.
The cost of the dormitory will
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levels of the
In its first year the program
will be
committee, with the final
The above is an artist rendering o( the new dormitory to be hopefully completed by next year.
selection
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scholarship
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