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VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, LYNCHBURG, VIRGit-JIA
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PAID Perm1t No 659
Lynchburg, Va Non -Prof1t Org
September 29, 1
At halftime of the Homecom- 1ing game there will be another
· presentation made to the '89 V arsity football team honoriDg
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their undefeated, untied football season. All of their games, ex- cept one, were runaway. scores.
.Some of the teams they played included EHS14-VES 33,~RMA 7-VES 8. And in the champioD- ship game against Saint Cristo- pher's, the Bishops romped 57- 16. The coach of the team, Mr. Lee, said that the '69 season wu truly pis most memorable year u
head football coach.
To the seniors, Homecoming
will certainly be a special oc-
casion. This being their Jut 'Homecoming as students of VES; next year those returning will be
alumni of the school. But cert•in- ly with their spirit and leader- ship, they will help provide us with a most enjoyable u d
·memorable weekend. This .is definitely a time for the Battling ,Bishops to show themselves, 10
lets start the weekend right u d have one of the best Homecom- ings VES has ever had.
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expressions that
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students off on a good "athletic foot."
R: What do you think the purpose d the cheerleaders
should be?
L: I believe that I, as a cheerlead- er, should get the students fired up to get the football team fired up. The cheerleaders should get
' the whole student body mentally ready for the next game.
On asking Lee about the attitude of the cheerleaders, he replied that a more humorous
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outlook would mentally enliven the whole student body. The cheerleading body this year COD- sists of head cheerleader I ee, Coalter "Goat" Paxton, Frank "Buzzy" Wilkinson, Tommy Moore, Sambo Dixon, Horaee Beasley, Norfleet Hoggard u d Eric Boyer, all of whom should create an interesting sideline show, especially with their il-
. lustrious "Hello Cheer."
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VOLUME LXII, No. 1
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Skipper .
at one time or another, a "New that he had . made the right course of their interviews that
Boy." You can probably remem- decision in coming to VES. deserve recognition. Marshall ber pulling up in front of the First impressions of the school Hairston excitedly n o t i c e d, prehistoric, yet history filled Jett were generally good as express- "There are no fat people at and Pendleton halls which were ed by Kevin Angles, when he VES!", and Mark Kinser bril- at the time full of untold mys- said, "I thought it was going to liantly, yet dejectedly, discover-
by Hallett Ward Everybody at VES had to be,
enthusiast,
Hmes, like many others, thought acute observations during the
teries.
Wondering what ever made
you make such a radical decision to move from home (if you are a boarder), leave the old school, and jump into a new situation, you nervously unpack with high expectations of the days to follow
only to be swamped with meet- ings, lectures, and an array of about five or six receptions.
You can probably remember trying to sleep that night with a strang~r on the bunk below you. Lying there, your head began to clutter with either anxious, un- sure feelings, or happy, expec- tant ones. Finally, you began to
drift off to sleep.
Every student at VES can
pr?bably remember the same thing or at least a similar incident happening to them.
This year, several interviews with some of the "new bOys" ~evealed a large variety of opin- Ions, alike and unlike about their new school.
In asking the "new boys" their first impression of the school, I
f?und the usual spill of answers like, "It was weird," "It was freaky," and on and on, but these
be prett! cool, kind of like college when I first started unpacking."
Former Ha,rgrave student,
Victor Millner exclaimed, "I thought I was going to hate it, but it's definitely better than Hargrave!"
As stated earlier, most of the "new boy's" first impressions ·were good ones, but there are always exceptions. Jimmy Nash seriously commented, "I thought it was a Nazi concentration camp
when I first met Mr. Mundy, but
everything's turned out very
well." Brad Esseman said, "It totally physched me out! There's
so much competition."
When asked how it felt to be here the first couple of days, J. C. Ashley replied, "I felt like a slave having to scrape plates." Ben- bury Wood exclaimed that he was in a fog the first few days while David Schluchter said, "I
felt imprisoned and hungry." How does it feel to be a "new
boy?" was usually a hard ques-
tion for most, but from what I
gathered from the moans and
groans of my fellow "new boys,"
it is very debasing at first, but
after the provincial "breaking in" period, everything is all right.
In the. course of interviewing,
there were many untold griev-
ances which were finally brought
ed: "VES is not co-ed!"
All in all, to be a "new boy" is
to be in a state of bewilderment.
were
about
students came up with.
common
This year's cheerleading squad is composed of a somewhat diversified group of students, the leader of which is the unique Lee
ness, and a feelings.
variety of
other
Bourne's main
percent
of the
ninety
However, there were quite a
few boys who had strong feelings of happiness, nervousness, sad-
out. Bob Sowers said he feels
that there are not enou~h wom- "Footsie" Parker. On interview-
ew
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Two new boys made two very
while Joe
ing Lee the following dialogue occurred:
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To every school Homecoming is a special event in the year. To alumni it is a time to come back and savor memories of their old school days. It is a time for them to be reaquainted with old friends and savor some of the
past they had at VES. For the students it is a time to show their own spirit in many ways especial- ly during the Homecoming foot- ball game. This year the Bishops host a strong Fork Union team and surely with the spirit and determination of the Varsity squad and the supporting stu- dent body, we will come out of
the contest victorious.
Some of the events of Home-
coming weekend will include such activities as game films of
the '69 undefeated football team, and a presentation of a plaque honoring Henry W. Mattfield Jr., aVES master who served from
1918 through 1942. Mr. Mattfield helped very much in thl) early development of the school and was a popular and well respected teacher and friend in the time that he served the school.
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concern was, as he put it plainly,
Among the happiest was Brian "Too many rules!" Speaking of REPORTER: Lee, What is your
Conboy who with much enthus-
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rules, Vic Dandridge explained, goal for the football season?
"we get up too early and go to LEE: I would like to start a
lasm said, "It's a number 1!" He
also added, "I can't even com- bed too early, expecially on the
tradition as a cheerleader and would like to build this program into an honorable position at
VES. I would also lilui to get the
plain about the food." Brian must weekend." Bobby Pulliam com- really be happy here if he can't plained, "study hall is too hot."
even complain about the foo41
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by Marshall Kearns
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