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By Banks Talley
In the seniors last Enlgish core
lecture Mr. Jim Hopkins pre- sented a very s pecia l g uest speaker. A member of the class of 69, an ardent traveler, a "t'il kno\\ n film critic in Raleigh, North Carolina, and The l'ditor of The Spectator, a guide to the
happenings in the Lrianglt· an·a. The man · I am speaking of is Godfrey Cheshire.
Godfrey came to VES last week as a favor to Mr. Hopkins to lecture to the seniors on life in
the 60's and life at VES during that time. Basically the forty five minute period was used as a question and answer session and the seniors thoroughly enjoyed
everything that Godfrey had to tell them.
VES was a very different place in the 60's according to Godfrey. For one t hing there was no dress code in those days, ex-
cept for the classic colored shirt that all are familiar "ith.
place during this time and often class was disrupted by the Dl'" ~ of another race riot some" hl-n· i n t h e c o u n t r y . \ \ " h e n a ~ k l'd about the food served in r:anb G a n a w a y H a l l G o d f r e y ~ impl j
replied, "it was decent." Outside of class and away from
the colored shirt, fashions we1·e wild. Multicolored tie-dye shirts and bell bottoms were the hip casual wear. For more formal oc- casions the classic navy blazer and a nice pair of slacks were the "in" things to wear. A large tent flap tie with a fly away collar made that ensemble complete. Personally, I hope that stuff
never reappears in the world of fashion.
To close his session Godfrey talked about the different types of music that were lisened to dur- ing his stay here at Virginia Episcopal School. He said that a
lot of that music appears to be very much alive here at VES to- day, as he noticed certain posters
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and albums on his tour of Kao- dolph dormitory. Some of the 60's favorites that he mentioned were Crosby, Stills, Nash and sometimes young, Joan Baez,
Jimmy Hendrix, The Who. _The Yardbirds, Janie Joplin, The 5th Dimension (the group made fav- mous by their single "The Age of Aquarins), and all of the old
Motown classics. I know Mr. Zim- mer will be glad to hear that God- frey mentioned Motown con-
sidering that he is an avid fan of Jr. Walker and the All Stars. '(The Motown single that took them to fame is entitled "Shotgun") The one band that received the most questions was the guitar star band the Yard- birds. For those of you who don't know this band was composed of Chris Breja, Jim McCarty, Paul Samwell Smith, Keith Relf, and three very famous guitarists. The three that I am speaking of are Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton. Although these
or combinations.
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in New York City and the Na- tional Gallery in Washington,
D. C. ranks among ~:rs. favorite museums. Though the National Gallery contains many art forms, she enjoys the east wing the most . The east wing contains mainly modern art from the late nineteenth century to present day.
Previous to teaching at \".1:5. this year, Mrs. harris taught at Seven Hills and presented the
Class of 1985 .,.,ith the seric!> of art history core lectures last
year. Her lectures were a sum- mary ofart history,but now that the course if offered on a regular basis, students here now have the opportunity to fall in love with art just as she did in her col leg days.
With an incredible woman t aching an intere1tlng cours , w gladly .,., elcom Mr . IIurri
as an w VES faculty membt'f. In r turn, 1he offers anyon a cham• to learn about an extra ordinary 1ubjeet - art hl1tory.
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three never played at the same time with the Y ard birds they did bring the band some notority? After the Yar"dbirds demise Jeff Beck went solo, Jimmy Page formed the hard rocking Led
Zeppelin, and Eric Clapton join- ed two friends Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker to form the ill- fated group Cream.
Recently the Yardbirds were reformed with a new vocalist remaed John Fiddler, only one of the guitar stars played on the
album (Beck) but the other two are interested in playing on the next release. The next thing I
remember was the bell ringing and I realized that the lecture was over. I don't think anyone was ready for Godfrey to leave seeing as how that was the most interesting Lecture we had had to date.
That night after buffet supper the students all received a sur- prise. Godfred had decided to stay and give a show on big
tavorite band R.E.M. Being a personal 'friend of the band he showed us some excellent videos that he had taken while on tour with them. The video coverage included Solid Gold, a show in LA, and a segment from David Letterman. After the videos another question and answer session began but unfortunately
the fil_m club had to "atch the Scarlet Letter so it did not last very long. Since so many ques- tions were left unanswered I'm sure everyone would welcome a return visit from our premiere alumnus. Mr. Hopkins just in- formed us that he might return in December sometime so we all
have that to look forward to. Right now Godfrey is in Los Angeles working on his first ma- jor motion picture so that keep him busy for a while. I per-
sonally would like to thank him
for an excellent presentation and
I hope he will return in the future.
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Art history, taught by Betty Harris, is now offered at VES as
an elective course for all in- terested students. Mrs. Harris presents various art forms from
all stages in history to be studied and understood.
Mrs. Harris was educated at Sweet Briar college and Ran- dolph Macon where she studied art history and dance. As an art history major at Sweet Briar,
she was required to take applied art which she enjoyed a lot. Her studies have helped her creativi- ty in drawing and producing crafts and have made her an ex- pert in her field.
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