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THE METEOR
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NOVEMBER 10, 197i be safe. OK?"
"You've got yourself a deal." Both shook hands heartily. Thwack! The chess board w u
reduced to several pieeea and the men went rolling on the desk or over to the fioor.
"I told you not to talk, you pigs! Six apiece, both of you! Now get to study hall."
Caesar suppressed his rage u Forbes walked away.
"Forget it, lets get to study hall," replied Jack.
Jack and Caesar gathered up their books and ran to study hall. All of the students took their shabby old desk-chairs.
A man came in and stood at
the desk. It was Mr. Adolph, a
man of German descent, who
sported a small tidy mustache
ear include malrinr .. many ' ap-
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Edenton, and Greensboro if eaough •upport is offered. Much reliea on out-i)f·town support,
which Mr. Blake hopes to have captured at the Parenta' Week·
end Concert.
When asked about the atan
of this year'• choir, the grand
wizard of melody replied,
"outside of Moose, it is hard at
this stage to point to anyone as
a star, but there are aeveral potentially good character
singel'l." Volney and Joe Sandy, two JUlt&r
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loud Thwack! was heard, follow- ed by a whimper. Caesar winced, "Hear that?" asked J a c k;
They've been doing that s~nce 1982, hitting people for mmor offences. When Mr. Roberts came here he instituted all of the strict rules, small amount of food, little sleep. It wasn't like
that in the seventies."
"How do you know all of
this?"
"Oh 1 hear and see things. I
listen and watch."
"Tell me more, have you been
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ing us to death."
"Same goes for cross-country
Mr. Blake work to nalize
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capture my attention. Fir t all outward Slflll
apartments? What do they look like?''
• •• "Gosh! They re warm.
"We don't get any heat, we
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wont" an number of Ev ry monthsor o,1find
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"Yeah. I bate this place."
"We all do, but we submit quietly. It's the only way."
"Why? Why must we submit? Doesn't anybody try to rally up against the systemT'
..About two years ago, when I was a new boy, a senior named Christian Jesu tried to. but the students wouldn't listen. They nailed him up on a cross. He tried to bold open meetings, but failed."
"Tbe students here are held too much in awa of the Head- master and faculty to speak up. They're afraid of the rods of the
faculty wardens and/or demerits."
as the strengths of : : ,roup. The tunes actually
de ed best are those most eonsl r
•ppealing to the audience.
Mr. Blake finds his bard work
with the Glee Club most rewar- ding. He describes the gr?,up as "a fine bunch of chaps. The
high quality of the Glee Club, year in and year out, comes as
no surprise to the VE.S. com· munity.
One alowdowa in the Glee
Club's progreas has been a lack
of funds. As Mr. Blake stated,
"we're always anxious to g~t
day, you u:e bush~. you're at their mercy.
"Would you come to my room h ard ov r a wide area, thi 1s to "play chess?"
"Quiet!! I want quiet, now!! Do you hear me?!! NO one will talk while I'm here!! I'm master
here and you will obey melt I will crush all who resist mel! Is that understood?ll
He swept a stern eye over all of the attentive students..
"Good!! Now get to workll Not one sound!!
All fell silent. Caesar worked under a cloud of unreleasable re· sent. He thought of the day's
events, but they soon jumbl~d together into a cloudy mass 10 his brain.
After study hall, five minutes remained before he had to be in bed, a period he spent slowly un· dressing. He lay in be~ after lights out, thinking. Outs1de, he heard the peremptory footsteps of Forbes, and determined to keep his vow.
End of part one.
In part 11 Headmaster
Roberts learns a prophecy concerning Caesar that sp.ells doom for th e commumty. Caesar learns more of the tran· sition of 1982.. This story will be continued if there is popular de· mand.
money for the Glee Club, and, If
ever a group deserved ~ ~ between dinner and study hall
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and d vouring it pietur s and
p 1 lofty d cription. I read, study, or do anythmg
peared. Th r no r turn
addr on th nv lo • no eatalo from th aam com- 0 nt pupil of the facu!ty pre drag .
mor bold e 1 rlul word • no pani for eev rat Y ar . and I warden . Following the per1od "Mr. Robert cut out dorm
mor lo 0 • . Nothin but a bar may know that thi on
was a strictly controll d four- heater like that to ave money,
hour study ball with one fiv
minut brakbalfwythrough.
that I wu ti•e or troubJe. But IOOD, Y t
"I hate him" replied Caesar.
"I do too," added Jack. "What
did you want to talk about?
"Keep your voice low and pr~
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tend to play
"That as a bard practice to-
day for football. Ju t think, we bad to run for four hours straight carrying lead weight
to exhaust us. And Mr. Souse in that warm bubble while we froze to death, work·
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The faculty apartments and
cubicl wh re Cae ar had ar- r ng d.a gam of on hi
small d k and wa in a state of m ditation.
allappnnd fore m • th earcb. But v ry tim I find thr at ningly. ... to tak n. I returned nv lope. I tbink, "W 're playing ch • llr
tbe eompluaively.J didn't they've finally ent m r plied , with a mock
hou e are really luxurious. Ex· pen ive paintings, plush chairs, the works."
"And we get little bare ·cubicles, What's the world co.m· ing to?" Caesar asked w1th
despair . . . . "But Mr. Roberts house IS really beautiful it's furnished in
the style of a castle" "Something else, why don't the parenta learn of all this?"
"Well they send the parents brochures showing a free, relax· ed atmosphere; you know, peo-
ple smiling, participating with happiness. the great life. On
parents weekend they _fix up every thing and make like we love it up here. They deceive the parents.
"I can't believe this" said Caesar with a look of honest in· credulity written on his [ace
Jack one day I'm going to change this, I swear it. I want you as my close advisor, I'll need you. If I'm questioned I won't acknowledge you, so you'll
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me In rJowln t rms of t won t.c:. waiting for m · I droua 1~uld win, ll I on· know xaetly what It contain •I
"What ar you doing?" a ked Forb s, smacking his rod Can. hom ,f.ript, cam ru, and tur , t num r and ol a ainst his muscular palm
ly returned the eard. rem mher tb words and pi
win uytJWar. 1\al, but they •
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metbing dill rent," and I t ar meekne .
It open ea r)y. But, "Better not or bear you
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wu, I cb So now I hav once •rain told
what you got today. Under- peanntT'
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nameT', Caenr asked suddenly. "Jack Williams. Been ·here
sports," said Jack with a calm voice.
"How do you mean?"
"They work you bard for four hours to tire you, to wear down your resistance. The minimal food, six hours' sleep each night, bard practices, long study halls,
little free time, it's all to wear down resistance. After a full
"Mine's New Boy."
in Mr. Roberts house before, or After dinner, there was a any of the faculty h9uses or
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period of fifteen minutes where
no more than two student could congregate. One c~uld
may hav b en r c iving quiet, all of eour , under the have no heaters like that."
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