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Volume LX VIRGINIA EPISCOP AL SCHOOL. L YNCHBURG,
VIRGINIA
October 14, 1977
'77-'78 Enrollment Highest Ever
BY RODDY MOORE Enrollment for the '77-'78
school year is up 12 percent according to statistics recently compiled by Mr. 'W att's Admissions office. The increase comes from a strong recruiting effort by Mr. Watts and has paid off by making this year's student body the largest ever. In spite of the 12 percent overall increase
there was a 3 percent drop in the day student enrollment. The boarding student enrollment is up 26 percent from 116 for the 76- 77 school year to 146 boarders for
this year.
T o accomodate this increase
there have been some schedule changes such as separate lunches and chapel services for the 7th and 8th grades. To accomodate the larger number of boarders the Wyatt House was built and the space occupied by the infirmary on 3rd Jett last year has been put to use as dormitory rooms.
Geographically, most of this year's students are from the South. The majority of the students are from Virginia and North Carolina with a handful from West Virginia and South Carolina. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Tennessee are also represented
this year. Northern states represented are Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York. Foreign students this year are from Saudi-Arabia and Belgium with one student from Banjul, The Gambia to enter in January.
New Faculty on Campus
.
MR. MARK ARMSTRONG BYJOHN WELLS
Mark Robertson Armstrong comes to V.E.S. teaching 7th grade English, 8th grade Study Skills, and three sections of Core II. He is an Assistant Coach on the Varsity Football team, and will coach JV Wrestling and JV lacrosse in coming seasons.
A native of Charlotte, N.C., Mr. Armstrong graduated from Woodberry Forest and went on to attend Davidson College. He
Four V.E.S. seniors have recently been honored by the
by continued education and personal development of their skills."
NMSC makes it possible for all regionaIIy accredited U. .S. colleges and universities to receive home addresses for Commended students, on a cost basis, so that an institution may
contact any of these promising young men and women directly. It is hoped that recognition of
the Commended students in each year's Merit Program will serve as an encouragement to able youth and will assist them in obtaining whatever information and assistance they may need to pursue their educational plans.
w i t h a
Prior to coming to V.E.S. Mr. Armstrong was employed by
f r o m
t h e r e
graduated
Bachelor of Arts degree and a major in English. Although Davidson doesn't allow a double major, Mr. Armstrong says that he had enough credits in Philosophy to constitute a second major. He is a bachelor and a dorm master on 3rd Jett.
all · high
Those receiving National
Merit Letters of Commendation include Bob Bowden, Alan Jones, Parks Snead, and Rodney Taylor. These students are ranked in the top 35,000 students out of the over one-million college bound juniors who took
the test. This statistic places the commended students in the top two per-cent of the nation's
secondary school senior class. Although none of the students received high enough scores to be
eligible for further testing with hopes of a full college scholarship, their efforts are noteworthy.
V.E.S. has a history of high- ranking finishers in the test. Last year four letters of commenda-
tion were awarded while one student achieved semi-finalist status. In 1976, V.E.S. had three students who received letters of commendation and two semi- finalists. Thus, the school maintains a reputation of high scholastic integrity.
These commended students are an indication of the high academic standards at V.E.S. and
H o m e
Mr. Armstrong enjoys the ;,nvuonment at V.E.S. saying: A boarding school offers something that no other school can, whether it be a public school or a private day school. The
• advantage lies in the fact that we
Chaplain Bauer has had numerous jobs in different fields. The one he is proud of is his five
year devotion to an urban renewal program in New York City. His other jobs have ranged from teacher to mailman. He would like to have a discussion group on urban problems.
Chaplain Bauer refused two other offers to come to V.E.S. The Bauers are a welcome
Administrative Shuffle
IIIG·
Mr. Brown, born in Marianna,
Florida, attended Albert Einstein
High School in Kensington,
Maryland. He is a graduate of
Davidson College with a should thus be properly
Boy 's
f o r a
Covington
period of two years. He applied lor the job because he likes Virginia and this particular area, and he was impressed by the faculty members he met when he came for an interview last spring.
BY JOHN WELLS
When old boarding students
returned to V.E.S. this fall, many were surprized to discover the changes in administration which had occured over the
summer.
Quite unexpectedly, Leroy C. Atkins, II accepted a position at Washington and Lee University as a director on the Alumni Staff. Mr. Atkins had been at V.E.S. since 1972. His leaving left vacant, among other things, the important position of Athletic Director. The man to fill this job must be experienced, competent, and have worked closely with the Athletic Department during his
tenure at V.E.S.
R. Maxwell Meador has been
appointed by the Headmaster to succeed Mr. Atkins. Mr. Meador has worked at V.E.S. since 1958 when he came here as a graduate of Hampton Sydney College. He has taught Latin, coached football and baseball, been the advisor to the Honor Committee, and, until his recent appoint- ment, he has been the Dean of Students.
This left another major office unoccuppied until Mr. Ainslie appointed another familiar V.E.S. figure, D. Philip Garmey,
to the position. Mr. Garmey graduated from Lynchburg College and received his Masters
are a community with a common
goal; to maintain standards of
academic e x c e l l e n c e a n d t h e Honor Code."
Mr. Armstrong sees his role as a teacher "helping to bring a
maboture, moral man out of the y,"
THE BAUERS BY JEFF MARKHAM
From out of New York City ~me the Bauers, Otaplain and
Bauer put it, "Even the animals are friend!y."
MR. KIRK BROWN
BY BRUCE THOMASSON
Mr. Kirk Brown joins the faculty here at V.E.S., replacing Mr. Atkins as the new German
teacher.
rs. Bauer, two children an oversized D be . '
University of Virginia, where he also spent some time teaching the language. He gained first hand experience of the German language touring Germany and
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students who had received the Commendation, a spokesman
for MNSC said: "We believe that the high standard of the Merit Program attained by students
deserves their public recognition
I
because the nauon as well as these students will be benefited
Degree in Education at the University of Virginia. He has been at V.E.S. since 1971. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Garmey
has served as Dormitory (Continued on page 3, col. 5)
o rman Pmcher and two cats. '
lbe Reverend and Mrs. Bauer are no strangers to prep schools Si n c e t h e y h a v e e i t h e r l i v e d ' attended or been associated wid~
them for most of their lives.
Mr. Bauer did his college work at Yale University and his seminary work at General Theological Seminary, in New
York City.
Mrs. Bauer is a nurse for V.E.S.
and also teaches Health. She did her training at . St. Duke in
N.Y .C.
The Bauers have two children,
Tom and Margaret. Tom is a sophomore in high school and is attending Salisbury School in Connecticut. His desire to be the soccer goalie there this year was the primary reason for his return. Their daughter is a frequent sight at V.E.S. and attends Seven
Hills.
Merit SCholars (leh to right) Rodney Taylor, Bob Bowden, Parks Snead and Alan Jones
Four erit Scholars Receive Recognition
addition
coll).munity. Virginia life seems
to the
to agree with them. As Mrs.
V .E.S.
Bachelor of Arts degree and
went on to receive his Masters
degree in German at the National Merit Letters of
National
Corporation for their perfor- mance on the 1976 PSAT-
NMSQT test which is administered nationally every
Octover to 00
school
JUmors.
Merit Scholarship
recognized. In speaking of those
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