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VOLUME LXI
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Intervzew with
(The Rock" BY RICKY NEAL
Twenty-five years of devotion any institution is something be recognized, especially when institution happens to be a school, which during years suffered from some problems. It takes a man true dedication, and Rock issuchaman.Itisbecauseof
that we are recognizing him this issue.
Question: Mr. Lee, what was most remarkable thing that
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to you m your years
at VES?
Mr. Lee: When VES beat St.
57-16 during the 1969
. This game marked VES's
of the Prep. League
;h1·p. After the game,
football team carried me off •
field on their shoulders and Caughaon (coach at >rrv at that time) came up
congratulated me on how my team had played.
Question: What is the most change that you have during your twenty-five
at VES?
Mr. Lee: I think the building
the dinning hall and library
moving the dinning
our of the crowded basement ]ett.
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Question: What change, at VES, are you looking forward to most?
Mr. Lee: The building of the fieldhouse allowing the old gym to be expanded into classrooms.
Question: You left VES for a few years during your attachement to the school, what
drew you back?
Mr. Lee: Mr. Ainslie asked me
to come back when he was appointed Headmaster. I had coached him when he was a student at Episcopal High School and had liked and respected him then. I was_ ......., committed for that year, but returned when I had finished up
my work. I also felt that it was a job that I knew well.
Question: Many people have said that you have changed over the years (i.e. more patient etc.).
Do you recognize these changes, and if so, why did you change?
Mr. Lee: (Chuckling) I don't actually sense any change, but if I have, its because I feel I like myself better now than in some incidents in the past.
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. Ever felt ·as if you were ·. beer can·s ·on ··tiis head.
· House" surrounded each girl. The sound track of the movie
The only thing that seemed to ~ be missing at the dance was , the toga, so now every girl I knows what is more essential ,
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\ soon as they stepped off the while girls were being twirled . \bus, an air of "Animal in a frenzy of "shagging." ~
\ reliving certain scenes from a · Nothing quite like this hap· ; movie? Well, that's how the pened, but at ~he dance that ! girls felt who went on the evening severM guys could be \ V.E.S. trip on November 4. As seen "gatoring" up a storm,
bting played in the boys
dorms could be hea.J almost . to bring to V.E.S. than her ' aU over the .campus, and · tooth brush. Everyone had a
·anyone .standing around great time;. and .many · an· would probably eXJ)eet John Ueipale anotbu "Animal,
·Belushi to eome divtng out of
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This article is from !he Salem Academy paper. I !hough it would be interesting to get some feedback from a dance held here.
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Lynchburg, Va. Non-Profit Org.
February 22, 1979
BY KIRK RICE
VES was full of activity on the
weekend of November 10-12. It was a fantastic combination of Homecoming '78 and Rock Lee's twenty-fifth year of service
celebration.
The school celebrated "Rock
Lee Day" on Friday the tenth. The Student Activities Committee planned a day of enjoyment and fun for VES. It started with the early morning ceremony of praise to Mr. Lee by
the faculty and the student body. The Varsity football team presented Mr. Lee with a symbol of their appreciation, followed
by a gift of a silver service set given by the students to "Rock" and his wife. After the ceremony, students went to attend a shortened class schedule and
then to the highly acclaimed Bar- B-Que steaks. The change in
routine was greatly appreciated by the students as they broke into teams for the afternoon's
activities.
challenged each other, competed
in various events. Team number six was declared the overall champion.
Varsity
On Saturday, the
football squad challenged the Blue Ridge Barons in a very close battle of skill. At the halftime, the Bishops were winning 14-15. The halftime was extended to include a presentation honoring Rock Lee's twenty-five years of dedicated service to VES. The mighty Bishops fought on
through the second half, but, unfortunately suffered a defeat by the score of 21-26.
Immediately following the game, a cocktail party was held for parents and Alumni at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James.
Saturday evening was the Homecoming dance.
The Royal Kings rocked on until the VES guys and dates were named. The Kings were
enthusiastically accepted by the crowd as they played a wide assortment of music.
"Rock Lee Day" was a tremendous success. Both students and faculty were pleased and as one satisfied voice replied,
"It couldn't have been better, I loved itl" And it couldn't have been more fitting for a man such as Mr. Lee.
DANCE BIG SUCCESS
BY WILD BILL FRALIN
The light reflected off topsiders and rented tuxedos
mingles with the pleased glow of the dancers' faces. Whirling
couples do the pretzel to the lilting barrage layed down by th•
almost-absent Johnny Whi1 and the Elite Band while others congregate, sweating around the
rented bar, cokes in hand.
As the discerning reader will have surmised, this is not a scene out of "Saturday Night Fever", but a VES formal gymnasium
jam held on December 9. And the debonair dude gliding up and down the floor' to the cheers of the crowd is not John Travolta, but intrepid Meteor Reporter Will Bill Fralin; always on hand where the news is happening.
The evening, a success beyond the wildest dreams of Holly- wood's richest, began with the
somewhat belated arrival of White's band, so recently called "The Crusaders" but was going strong to the wee hour of twelve o'clock. Chris Traywick, local D.J. par excellence, was much in
evidence, playing during the breaks and keeping the spirit alive. VES and Seven Hills photographers wandered the floor shooting great performers such as Pepe Hughes.
While VES students and dates alike had a good time, they did so in a manner that was evidenced
by a Lynchburg Policeman's recent remark that VES students behaved better at their dances than any other school dances he
had been assigned to.
Thanks to many Seven Hills
girls, who helped many late planning VES boys in finding dates. This reporter and all of the M eteor Staff ex tend many thanks
to all who made their Christmas dance a bright spot on calendar.
Editor