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It hop d th t t utom too number of lucky ones will be still
will improve th pp r _nee of V. lnrg r n xt month. Tho e who made
Unusually Impressive Service
and chest expansion measu
being deemed sufficient index to
rndicnl changes in these orgnus
the last examinations. There no cases questioned.
CHIEF
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PRE-FINAL HOP NEW TYPE OF FLIVVER ADDED
Bamber of Cou lea Preaent P
Saturday, May 18th, the 0 y m nasi u m was the
of one of the very best dane~ the The Gym was beaut!-
with cotch broom,
Colored light.l helped to lend to the otherwise plain
SPRING FEVER
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• Ept'' pill ' ·h I pok on "Pr - ver · one pre enl B fore pronounc-
The flivver, tin can, rattle buggy, lizzie, or bat~ tub, as it is va~iou·ly
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THE METEOR
May 8, 1979
No one is _sorr~·, o~ course, for _the miracl~ of
V. E. ._sOJI. There were by actual immemorial. It is the season wh1ch prompts even the w1sest of men to SECOND TERM PHYS-
\fell, spring is here!
known cert~nlyseems to th~n'eonreturning spring bas charmed th_e 1magmahon of mauk_ind from time
count ~1ne of the:;e . all g~d ma- acts of folly. When the air blows soft, and crocuses push up, mauve and 10 the school (•ncluding_ the gold. and the early robin begins to pull his ~reald~st out of the de~
heuolets and Dodge ' ~h_• c h lawn, we can easily delude our elves that all s nght mth the world. SJ.1m though omewhat more d•gndied, milk pa ses unchallenged as cream, and even the emptiness of our pocket-
than rabella_and her book doesn't worry us_ 'Tis truly a feeling glorious and grand!
cannot be con 1dered ~. . :BUT- behind this delicious, contagious feeling, skulks a frightful
JCAL EXAMINA
The School is Eating Too
The examinations carried on the gymnasium on the twenty-si of MD:Ich reveal_ a fe~v in
facts_ 111 con~e?t10n ,';•th our phys1cal condition. I here follow
digest of the chief pertinent untn: Average age_ 16.37 years.
Av!'rnge wetght-135.76
. Totnl weight-18,180 Ibe,
moe tons). .
Average overwetght- 6.75 pou
'l'otal overweight-904.5
Average chest expnusion - inches.
previou to _the .acqu~ ltiO? of th. specter-laziness! He is the Spring Fever ghost; beware!
cally nery w Y· It . not c~rrya restless spirit of growth and p and OYer-flo~·iugwith energy, and
ny one nro~nd, not e~en the dnver. willing, cheerful industry, are we to be OYercome 'nth lethargy,_ and rest- It ha. _no llr . : It t_ t~,ing on our oars, let the flood of Nature sweep past us? There 1s work to
wlu h I po 1t1ve proof th ~ 1t •s be done, and goals to be attained. Shake off "this laziness" and catch ita reputation of auperiority, oldf'r t~an the other' and It eat Mother Nature's Spring Fe"Pr.
aince the warmth of the cath 1' hrr ·· With them. UP AGAIN
Aa it was a Sweet Briar
nothing further was needed n one, wh1ch I u01que 10 prnch- lrben :rature is reawaking, surcharged with a new vitality, aglow with
the two buuea arrived, having th~ ten-ora of a Ku-K.lux-
meeting to come.
The "Rip" Knight orchestra up-
. ur · ! That I t the ecret out. . . . . .
It 1 .th motor laWll-mower, r cently . The rav~g~ng ConJ~ncbVlhs hav-
qu1r t1 by ~he R_ ctor. pparent- mg ceased tts depredations, ~he num- ly th1 mul'hln ~LI be vpry. ul, b r of 90 per cent b_oys ~ncreased
but ti rk for bod1n re be10g ex- .om what last month, m sp1te of the BISHOP JETT VISITS
alleviated by icy lemonade, th went by at 1ucb a rapid pac ,
when the final atrain w
, the famous of "Hom ,
Home'' w re in xoct contr t everyone'• ·
b r of tr~ I trip which Dr. Pendle- for th holidays. In a prophetic IGHILL & JONES ton con 1d r · moOfl we hopefully feel that the
SCHOOL FOR CON -
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pr d in om quarters le t the ma- fa t that many boys in school are chin b worn out by the large num- . till making up back work from be-
Heart and lungs were not FIRMATIQNamined, the comparative ·
E. . d I. Thre1onlyonelhPn1· rng w re: Belt,Cabell,Cow-
MAIN ITIUIT LYNCHIURO. VA. ohj tion ~ong the tur! nt . It p r, Eppe , Gordon, B., Heald, .On Palm ~unday, .P~•l 5_th,
.,...._____________ tha ~th1_n uld b KPith,Quarl ,Read,Sexton,Strud-B•hopJettprudusth_ev~sltwhich
and LONG
D"UCIOliTI
Tile 81ere Tllel'o 1e a. y..,
Only a "once over' was given wh1ch will p•ck up p P r. ll'irk, ., and Wilki n. he al~ays makes at this time ev~ry boy in oddition to the
QUAL ,.TY ,..,eam.,.....4 '"''"
,-----------------------------,year tn orde: to perform t_he nte of onfirmatio~. T_he serv•ce was held unday rught lD Chap~!, and
and weights. Heightswereami since there is no device in the nn ium with which to give slight additions in readings
· Too Much Fat in School
Let us look for a moment at significance of the items of the port. The above figures show
increase in the average weight last fall, of 4.99 pounds.
You, average boy, are eating larly and sleeping regularly. are also eating enough and enough. But you are not enough of regular exercise.
being in school is meaning a proportionate cooping-up of se lf. A o h o u r is appointed afternoon for you to give your the exercise it needs. You are ing too much around the
indulging too much in sweets, letting your physical self get on
best way it can without your vigorous help. You are piling useless fat. The perfect body is which can gain weight through lated habits of sleeping and but in normal times offsets this
sible gain by -wholesome exercise of doors. 'l'here is half a ton of
plus flesh on you and your ions. This is the pork, beans, butter of which you have not the right use.
Your chest expansion has not creased, as might well be e_x
during the season of athletics, has di · almost one-hall
per boy. This is not, io all hood, to be attributed to the who are out for the various
Iti · · abletothoseofyou are not exerting yourselves
ly as much as you are made to ing the ummer. Close _hou_ stuch hall and class will 1neV1
,,: thi~ unless you take
of the 11 fternoon play time and
Plav ltard! J. •
A II material reprmted from /925 Meteors.
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was one of those rarely beautiful oc- casion which we are privileged to
njoy only once a year. Dr. Jett's rmon was particularly splendid.
B for a ten the 18th verse or th 19th of t. John, "Then went in that other dis-
iple which came first to the sepul- chr , and be saw, and believed", and d vclop d it in such a way as to
how us the importance or guarding th "uncon ciou in.fiuence" we have on other people. The connection the two was that Peter,
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Public Speaking r pr •nling
ft r th he proceeded with the onfirmation ervices so
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your Clothe Problem , financial or otherwi e.
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N~mtLITY FOR Till REl'- F YOU "DE T DRE -;ED"
LOTHE I'THEP T.
all the newest thing that College Men Use.
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mo~· d John to nter Jesus' tomb.
to touch the hearts of
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