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1'BF: METEOR Roberta walked to the
ud the tape iD a taagular place next to the saeea. There wu a faint whirr,
tben the screen came alive to show a mysterious man who sat in his chair. The maa spoke with a deceptive sweetness.
"This is Headmaster John DeVillo, March 27, 1978. I taped this ~a use I hoped to avoid any
DECEMBER15,lt7t '
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lustrated can brighten up even the cloudiest winter day of tbe season. All of the home sporting
events, especially the wrestling matches. To watch Mr. Kiefer is like watching a mah possessed.
Gana6it COlli.
Tile diaeoane waa later-
the hoy "Toobed."
llnrt auddeaiy ruth- eel with rap.
"DoD't accuae him of aometbiDg be didD't dol" be blurted.
Forbea tUJ'Ded a menaciDg eye oD him, ud mock.iagly ambled toward him.
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by a ill the
• Inter
I. A atadeat bunt oat laqbia1 aad wu
aad for mercy, they oaiylauped u d struck bim
watched with horror. Armaado, witJI p•iD iJI bia
covered by difficuJt eompo.ure. At tbia momeDt, Headmaster Roberta' aide, Mr. MacdoDald,
came to the aeeDe. "What'apill1 oD berer
"He reliated, aDd we put him
ill lille,lir."
"SeDd him away. DoD't hit him. He'aamallaDyway."
At that moment, a faculty wardeD ruahed up l.n a breathleu pent. "HuJT1, tbere'u CODJrep·
tion of atudeDta on Wyatt field
tbat Mr. Roberta WaDta diapera· edl"
The other two wardeaa follow- ed him out.
Caeaer waa horror atruck. "Why? How did all of thla belfnr
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Mt who
by Wataoa Jordan
The winter trimester means many things to many people. To some it means 12 long weeks of
snow, slush, and ice. To others it means ACC Basketball and all the riches Ralph will supposedly
by two faealty wardena him biowa, followed by earaea from them. WileD be
"L ·let
IM"4thinl," repUed Mr. ArmaD· do, who ll'llae painfully from hia
. On oDe aide of the room wu a paiDUDI of a portiy man with amaU ey , a pointed noae, aDd black hair that tapered to a widow'a peak OD b!. forehead.
The plaque under It read: In hoaor of John Ford DeVillo,
special vacation rather than just another semester.
conqeurable hindrances that are set up to beat us.
Mr.Robertac:ame.At the fJ aedom be, but
It to further the etudeata."
helet
but howr - again for empbaaia, "Som ignif·
tbat'sltl"
QWc.kly he reached lor the but·
tom OD Ilia Intercom, "Mrs. Klrld y, aummoa my advisors litre u aoon u podable."
"YH, air," replied a crackly
me ahow you
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tbatr uked Mr.
can b
hop and skip with pleasure.
"Do you
AnaaDdo. "Mr. O.villo wu th
,that' thef1r ttim my beadmuter her before Mr. ten year that that bas happen-
We walked down the path to the w ll-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle
I wu here l.n hia lut
H wuaroodbead· • Tbe atucl Dta here had mucb mOI'e freedom. 'J'hey had
to eat aDd mOI'e fJ •• time. Tbey vDpt aJ p.That
wuillthe Mr.DeVUio did a lot fOI' the Then l.n
ed. He must be disciplined."
"l will t•lk to him eitb r today or tomorrow. Thank you, Forbe ." Forbes walked out and
the door behind him,leav-
with which it was covered.
Someone was drawing water, that could be in time swept
1182heleftforretirementaad "Thatieemstoboldsom
"water, ··tin t Blowly, then rapid- new thought. As we returned to ly. I 1tood •till, my whole atten- the house, every object which I tion fixed upon the motiom of touched seemed to quiver with ·
heTfingen. Suddenly lfeltamis· life. That was because I saw
"So tbat'e how It wu," eaid c..... witb aw ill Ilia
"Y re the .... Mr.
"Bow COIDe you area't like the
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"Come ill,
Roberta
who walk.
ID," eaid Mr. ac:rawDy m n
Plo11e e r FlsMr
Sa11yo Sa1tafll
"WIIatdoyou . . . .r
"You doa't carry a rod •live
de..-tu."
to four witb u
'"No aaed. The atucl ata are
ohuifiuos younelf pDUemea aDd
8 e • • • t o d t e c : k o u r p r .' c e a before you buy any
...........
"Well
..
. AnaaDclo.
walked to
let'aptto
of you ba
inc' diaturbucer
,...
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"Gentlem D, I believe this to eviPCe a pa11ible daDger to th ad•ool, would.D't your
AU
1M
All
tered a few
their beada aDd mut· "yes sir' "
puaediDwbicb witbJack .... lila prOCIIed iD ita .._ ,., fulaloa. At the eDd of
..ell day, aft r viewiDI
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K e . , , . . , . , . F e r • •••~lll l .t Ute Usn•• e l , . , l i e •
to Ilia rapud.....Jl'laaiqODI
..
. Roberta walked to his
deU &Dd a buttoD. Oae of the woodeDd panels on tile
~ye I shaU have to Wit to him. My Dobility and my rule are threatened by this action. Caeser may have to,be expelled. Yea, we m•y have to remove him
iDjaat.1eea
laia laeart ...Ued more
Factory Trained
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(AI Wlltl
RIVER MONT
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llr. eiuiODa ••1·llr. Forbea waa
waU alid
........ llr. Roberta held a
LEATHER 1ft Plellt - I Der ......,
"Ohbhl It's Caeser to the rescue ia it? Well, isn't that
possible futlire detriment to the
Dicer Forbes raised his rod, ex- school. Not long ago, a married bring to the Cavaliers. Still He becomes so involved in the
pectiDg Caeser to cower, but he stood up iD defiaDce.
"Go on! I dare you!"
Forbes struck him a glucing blow to the ribe which Caeser recoiled from. Summoiling aU his
courage, Caeser struck a solid blow with hia n.t aooas Forbes' cheek. All the students in the clan cheered aDd shouted. Caeser received a number of
blows while several faculty wardeaa rushed iD to quell the clamor. In a few minutes all wss quiet once more. Forbes was thoroughly aDgered. The red in bia abowed. He pointed menanc-
IDgly at Caeser. "I'm reporting
you to the h admaster and I'm
fOing to work you hard! HARD!
Do you understand? You're to
come at four-thirty every morn·
ln1 to work for me for the next
three weeks!" Caeser fell silent parents Jived in Albany, New months. For example the and depressed. Remember,
aDd aasumed with difficulty a York. I fear that tbi safeguard bathing suit issue of sports iJ. SPRING is just around the
bi&Dk face.
Later that day Forbes went to
the headmaat r to report Cae er' rebellious action. Mr. Roberta, a corpulent man with a ruddy compl .w:ion, sat listening latently.
may in inadequate, but I leave it to you, viewer, leave it to your di cretion as to what course of action you might take. I now end this tape."
The slow whirr of a moving tape topped and the screen went blank.
"Gentlemen, thi worries me. C..eer - th great conqueror. His last name is Lombard. He lives in Syracuse, New Yerk. This has got to he what he is talk· ing about. Three infallible cor·
r lation ." "Sir?"
"Y s?" "Whatdoyouplanasacourse
of action?"
''I'm IOiDg to iDvestigate the
matter. First, I'm going to talk to him. Well, I'm through. You all can p . Wait, first the Pledge of Allegiance."
All circled around Mr . Roberta, an outatretcbed arm at forty-five degree angles with their p•lma rigidly upright
aad chanted.
"I pledge allegiance, to the Ad-
miDi tralion and to the Oligar-
chy of the school, and to the
power for which it stand, one
rul , under the Headmas\er,
firmly entr ncbed, with comfort
and luxury for the administra- tion."
Mr. Roberts basked in the spotlight. "Ab, music to my
ears," he replied dreamily.
All ofthe advisors left, leaving
Sager cont. called a thought, made me
corner.
mystery of language was reveal- ed to me. I knew that w-a-t-e·r
meant the wonderful cool some- thing that was flowing over my hand. That living word awaken-
ed my sou~ gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were bar- riers stil~ it is true, but barriers
iDI a If "Caea r,
iD
Mr. Roberta. Caea r ." l{e arch of something.
learn. Everything had a name, spelled into the other the word and each name gave birth to a
Iuaum aU heard of tbia morn·
"I waDt you all to liaten to Mr. Roberts alone mediation.
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couple entrusted me with a child. Because they have given so much fo the school iD both time aad money, naturally I consented
when they asked me to take the child and educate him at the school. I took the child as a son and wanted his future to be great. Being the superstituous soul I am Oaugb), I went to a for- tune teller. To whom it may eon-
cern: She told me that the child, who would be named after a might conqueror and emperor would one day rise against the
others think of winter as a fur- ther hindrance of their freedom and despise every single mo· ment of the entire season. Any
other group of people think of winter as ski season. A time when they can hit the slopes.
I think of winter as a time when the ground is covered by a thick white blanket of snow and when I look out of my wilidow all
I see is white. The entire land- scape is covered by a clean blanket of pure white snow. Winter should be a time of joy
cbool administration with the student body behind him. To safeguard the school's interest, of course, I u ed legal means to shifte him to a married couple - their name is Lom-" DeVillo
not the era of melancholy remorse that the students make it seem. They should think of the winter season as Christmas, a
be avoided if we will look atit as a challenge and not as another obstacle in the line of un-
hesitated, then spoke again, "Well, I can't remeQlber, but the
There are many things to look forward to during the winter
So this winter think of all the good things when you are down
fJ CHil tbia utopic ao- iety."
and my teacher pUu:ed my hand under the spout. As the cool ltream gushed over my hand she
away.
/left that well-house eager to
ty comciousneu as ofsome thing forgotten - a thriUofreturning
thought; and somehow the
everything with the strange, new sight that had come to me.
match that nothing, not even the
deafening noise, does he hear.
Mr. Racket's annual haircut and
the flaunting of newly received Christmas clothes.
After the Christmas holiday ~very one is in an excellent tone of mind. All the campus is cheer-
ful and fun. But woe, soon the snows will come and the fun will be stopped by the almost unbear- able chill of winter. The layers of
clothes will increase with every drop in temperature. The V.E.S. campus will become a colony of mourning, but this sad scene can