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bellowed. Students hurriedly tables having soft, plush easy
entered to break the day. A.ll filed in to the dining hall. After
faculty sat, the students sat and were served a hot dog and a glass of water apiece. Caesar sat
silently, thinking of the humi1ia- tion he had received at the hands of Mr. Forbes, when a
red-haired boy next to him said in a low voice, so that no faculty warden would hear him, "Sorry about what happened in Mr.
Forbes' class.
VOL. LXII, NO.3
VIRGINIA EPISCOP AL SCHOOL, L YNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
U S POSTAG£ PAID Perm11 No b5'l
Lynchburg, Va Non-Profol Org
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NOVEMBER 10, 1979
Bishop Visits
by Kerke Johnson
The Bishop of the South-
western Diocese of the fanatics
Episcopal Church of Virginia, A. ~hrough
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mankind N .
· ext he mformally met ·h
stud Wit about fifteen V .E.S. ents for a discussion about
the v ·
Alter ariOus .roles of a bishop.
the discussion he drove ac to h'
colored-paper crown. "Just a · whim," he
bk
W Is home in Roanoke.
always said, "Just something fun I
e hope he had an enjoyable
;~da t V . E . S : , a n d w e w e r e to have h1m as a guest.
thought I might do."
by Chris Connell
The date, Friday, October
19th, 1979, may not have rung a bell in the minds of most;
however, to the preppies of V.E.S. and the folk- or' Lynch- burg, it symbolized a gala spec- tacular unequaled by any other in the year except perhaps for Christmas: Bargain Mart.
The doors opened at a little after seven in the morning, but people had begun to gather as early as five o'clock. The lack of sleep showed on the faces of most along with a half-smile of anxiety. By seven o'clock as many as three hundred persons were waiting for the parting of the doors.
Finally, the right half of the pair of huge oaken doors swung
open. A tremendous roar re-
sounded from out of the crowd,
surge forward. For those in the middle of the pack, it was chaos. As long as one kept his feet and continued moving forward with the tidal wave of people, he was okay. At the door, it was a dif- ferent story: so many people were forcing their way towards one focal point that the flow would temporarily clog until a few people would burst inside and allow the crowd to surge
forwa~d once agai[!,__ ~6a,...
Once inside, the mass dispers- ed stumblingly to sample the wares. The building, Lynchburg
Armory, contained everything from working washing machines for ten dollars to the seamstress's blank purchased
by V.E.S.'s own Jerry Parker. People everywhere searched wildly for button-down shirts or color televisions, grabbing
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whatever they could find. Most coat, or a pair of pants. Norfleet
Hoggard even received a cut, which required stitches, for
free.
All in all, it was a whale of an
adventure which had to be ex- of Trustees and visited V.E.S. .off, and the crowd began to perienced to be appreciated.
Heath Light, visited V.E.S. the mg.
At first, everyone leaned for-
weekend of October 21. Bishop ward, moving nowhere. After
Light is a member of the Board several seconds the effort paid
for Parent's Weekend.
Bishop Light drove to Lynch-
burg Sunday morning and cele- brated Communion for students and parents. He gave a brief talk about "symbols" and sym-
bols in our lifestyles. He ex- plained that the cross around his neck was a plain wooden cross carved by someone in the
Blue Ridge Mountains, instead of an elaborate gold cross. He
felt that this was more symbolic to him.
After the service at VES he travelled to Clifford,Va. to St. Mark's Church to confirm
Mason Brugh, a fellow VES stu- dent, and John Richard's brother, David. While out that way he stopped by St. Paul's, the Indian Mission in Amherst.
Alter returning to Lynch- burg, that evening, he attended
~hmeeting at St. Barnabus .urch and afterwards spoke W i t h ~ever a ! V . E . S . f a c u l t y members at the Donnelly's
home before retiring.
LMonday morning, Bishop
SIght met at breakfast with the tudent Vestry. Afterwards, he
Performed . our chapel service
talk about ·
Fable 0
The Future
"No back talk! Get in there! Mr. Forbes pushed him bodily
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and the rush was on. The crowd
of three hundred frenzied came away with either a shirt,
a
crushed its four-foot-wide
way
open-
A tale adapted from the
story, "The Conquering of the out of the door toward the
After breakfast and a five- minute period of free time, the students were marched into the chapel and seated on rough-
hewn benches. On a raised balcony facing the students, the faculty sat in plush chairs and
the Headmaster in a Byzantine throne. During the service one could hear an occasional THWACK! dealt by a faculty
warden to a slouching student.
After the chapel service,
classes began. In one a Mr.
Lester was teaching history to
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"Can anyone tell me how . ..
Jack, that's five demerits for
not paying attention."
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with blue eyes. Mr. Forbes walked to the boy and struck him with the wooden rod. The boy fell to the ground, clutching his smitten shoulder.
"That's seven demerits, Caesar, Don't do that again. Look at him! HA! Caesar was a heroic conqueror, a mighty
emperor! What a farce!"
No one dared laugh for fear of
the rod. Caesar picked himself up from the floor and took his seat, wearing a contemptuous look on his flushed face.
"Another five for that look. Want to go for another five or
ten?"
"N ." o, s1r.
"Then behave yourself, little
Planet of the Apes"
by Garrett Jeter
TIME: 1991
PLACE: Virginia Episcopal
showers.
"I'm not your momma, honey
,.. boy.
Throughout the dorms all of the students were thus man- Dawn broke in the sky over handled for lack of haste in go-
School
V.E.S. as the school began to ing to the lines. One could
wake from a night's torpor. The receive a blow from the rod for chilly October morning seeped any offense, however minor: a into the cubicles of the students minute too long in the shower,
to freeze their tired joints and too slow in dressing or un-
muscles. The world itself began to move after a sleepy period.
A l~rge faculty member
stepped from a wa,rm, lavishly
decorated apartment to the
dressing, slouching in the rough- hewn benches in the dining hall
or chapel.
After showers, everybody
dressed hurriedly under the watchful eye of Forbes. After
cold, bare halls and cubicles. He
carried a large wooden rod. The dressing the students were "Another five for dis- twerp."
man was heavy-set with a marched single-file to the dining- square jaw and glazed eyes. hall. They marched to their
benches and the faculty and their have all day! Hurry up!", he families sauntered to their
obedience. No, make that ten." "Please, sir I ... "
"Twenty"
"Johnson! Hey, Johnson, you idiot, ten for talking to
Garibaldi!"
The bo¥ quieted and Mr.
Lester, a thin, prudish man with black hair and an aquiline nose, continued. The students were struck dumb with terror.
In another classroom, Mr. Forbes was reviewing vocabulary for English. "What does "inimical mean?"
"Hostile, unfriendly!", blurted out a fair-haired boy
The
Caesar keeping quiet.
undressed and scampered to the
fall his rod. THWACK!
"Get on, peasant!"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Forbes. I
just . . .", the boy whimpered. T H W A C K !
chairs. First the faculty and their families sat, then the stu· dents. The students were fed a small amount, while the Head·
master and faculty received lux- urious meals. The Headmaster sat in a thronelike chair, wear- ing mock ermine and a fancy
where a line
showers,
beginning to form. A few slow students lagged behind for want of quick rejuvenation from the inadequate sleep all obtained. The man strode to them and let
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