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VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA •
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Lynchburg, Va Non-Prof1t Org
DECEMBER 15,1979
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At.2:l7 A.M. on the Tuesday
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sh _b. 2 oz. baby girl was born, eIS 20'/z inches long with blue
eyes and brown hair.
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From the Headmaster
by Mr. Ainslie so subtle plan was to get the en- A few years ago ...,. from my tire school community to foe~
point of view -:- and a numbe: of ,on what was good and right y~ars. ago - from your point of about the school. Just to give the
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Christmas Dance List•••••.•••.• p.16
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upon to act as f.he· headmaster a talk to be given that day by a stu- few months until the regular dent whom I had selected headmaster recovered from .a because I felt that be rather serious illness. This situa- represented the most dissident
· tion arose during the last week of group in school. Although I bad ' summer vacation, and so I had chosen a title that, I believed, the added responsibility of or- would force the speaker to ad-
ganizing and overseeing the be- dress some positive aspect of
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Christmas Dance With Seven Hills
for hourstoattendthedanceand see their "VES Gentlemen." The crowd will be entertained by t he undergo a metamorphasis distinguished music of "The
byTommy Moore Ton-ight, December 15, t he
mittees of both VES and Seven
Hills for all of their timely ef . forts in preparation/or this once-
haVll a series of short talks given by faculty and seniors during the fall. The subject of each of these
talks was to be: "What I Like .Best About This School." My not
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while at the same time h\arning from other people was the es- sence of the school experience.
tran quil campus of VES will whichoccurs only once annually.
a-year event.
Backstabbers." The Seven Hills T~e parking lot will be gor_ged activities committee will
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Withcars, and music will be blar- ing from the gym. This of course
is the Christmas dance spon·
decorate the gym in the Yule- Tide Spirit. .
When asked about his
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sored by the activities commit- t houghts on t he dance, J oe tees of Seven Hills and VES. Br ewer e n t hu siastica ll y Students from each school have answered, "I can't wait, gee - beenlooking toward the date it'sthesocialeventoftheyear."
withan enthusiastic eye. The Thegentlemenwillbedressed reason for this optimism is that in tuxedos, and the young bells
The Best Christmas Present
The babyL Francis Brook Culbertson, was named after Mr .
·Culbertson's mother who was named Francis. The middle name Brook was chosen because it was a favorite name sincerely liked
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the dance is often compared to
Easters at UVa., or the sandbar
party at Atlantic Beach. Girls press its appreciation to Mr. from throughout Virginia and Mac, Mrs. Hacke tt, and the North Carolina will be traveling members of the activities com-
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by Tom Bauer
S a daughter is given." These
will wear long dresses.
The Meteor would like to ex-
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Brook Culbertson received her name and has become an honored member in the elite V.E.S. socie- •
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From all of us at V.E.S., we
wish Francis Brook a merry
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Christmas on her celebrated New Year.
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ginning of the school session.
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school life, I was, nevertheless, uncertain about how this student ·
drawing by Walt Makepeace
primary goal, upon which the - an extremely bright, but headmaster and I had agreed uphappy boy - might divert my previously, was to make a intended purpose. Much to my serious attempt to establish a relief he gav