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by Jeremy Toyne
When my father went to
school, it was canes and cold baths. When I went, cold baths were when the heating failed and beating was the prerogative of Masters. Otherwise the tradi- tions, the aims and the rugby dif- fered little - all based on revis- ed nineteenth century precepts
that assured you emerged after five years as a gentleman, albeit in name alone. The Public School system that churned us out was infinitely less barbaric than even thirty years ago, but it could still be described as varying degrees
of benign tyranny. In my ex- perience, discipline was strict
and the monitors and masters ·virtually omnipotent; only the Headmaster could expel. Yet it
was a good system, and the only innate conflict I ever saw was
between Sunday rugby and Sun- day religion. The rugby won.
VES is so different that ad· justing requires a serious mental effort. It's not that discipline is totally relaxed - indeed, the rulebook is bigger - but the habits of five years die hard, especially in myself. With the ex- ception of extroverts, the
average -Blundellian builds a wall
around him as a Junior, keeps to
himself when outside his own
group even as a senior and sur-
vives OK. In my School House,
which was not the happiest, this
was very much the case. Y et both
the American character and the atmosphere here are so different.
so much more open, that I have to unlearn the restraint and isola- tion of the last five years; the process is not instant. I hope it
comes before I leave.
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Kerke Johnson
VES has recently had the
pleasure of receiving a British student, Jeremy Toyne, via the English Speaking Union. Jeremy has graduated from his former school in Devon England, and will be staying in America until
the end of the school year. He ~hen ~la.ns to enter a university
lD Bntam in October and study law.
Jeremy is working in the Core
11 program and takes several other courses as well. He claims he likes VES and when asked about a comparison with his
former private school and VES
· he said, "VES and othe;
American schools tend to cover a
large variety of subjects in lesser
depth, where as British schools
cover less subject material but
m grea~er depth. However, on
the whole, I think we do about
the same amount of work both places."
So far, Jeremy has shown great enthusiasm and promise
~n the Varsity Soccer team, hav- mg previously been a rugby player. We all are happy to have
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VIRGINIA EPISCOP AL SCHOOL, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
JANUARY 28,1980
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R i c h a r d Q u i l l e n
Wednesday evening, January 9, VES was fortunate to hear folk tales of the Southern Ap- palachians presented by Gwynn Ramsey of Forest, Va.
Dr. Ramsey was raised in the hills of North Carolina. He ac-
quired a degree in education at the University of Tennessee, and taught in various rural high schools in western North Carolina. At the present time he teaches Biology at Lynchburg College.
In his opening remarks, Dr. Ramsey gave a background on some various typlls of folk tales. Included were tall tales, jump tales, fool Irishmen tales, Jack
tales, and ancient tales. These tales have been used througout ages as teaching tools. Dr . Ramsey said some tales are bas- ed on such things as love, joy, folk heroes and even religious philosophy. He offered advice in
areas such as telling these tales and techniques used.
From the response, it was
quite evident the student body
enjoyed the presentation. Dr. Ramsey seemed to paint a pic-
ture with words. The enthusiasm and expression he added made them even more interesting. VES would like to thank Dr. Ramsey for his fine presentation.
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Jeremy here and we hope his stay is as enjoyable as possible.
The Meteor would like to welcome the girls
from Salem Academy, St. Marys and Stuart
Hall who will be attend- ing the dance tonight.
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