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VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA
PAID Permit No. 659 Lynchburg, Va. Non-Profit Org.
ISSUE 1, 1990
not distributed ; students were responsible for checking the demerit board themselves . Math Seven, Latin I, English 7, Religion, and Geography con- stituted an impossible course load for the Underlings. Daily beatings by the god-like upper classmen (especially on Ash- by) were expected and almost unavoidable. The overly-pro- tective Mrs. Hackett advised them constantly about home- work assignments . A long paper was a one-page book report on Steinbeck's Travels With Charley . Adding frac- tions caused them to "reach for the towel" in Mr. Ross' class to wipe the perspiration from their foreheads. They had to know where Moscow was for Mr. Spencer's Geography test. Required at- tendance at all home football games. Flag duty. Waiting for their Mommies to pick them up in the day student parking lot after school.... Those were the good ol' days....
who hold the final approval in all school doings. The plans, proposed by Spillmen-Farmer Architects, are draft-working copies only and are subject to change. However, a brighter future is in the makings for V.E.S.undertheleadershipof Mr. Zimmer, supported by his dedicated staff. Both the pro- posed academic center and the field house will give V.E.S. a decided advantage in admis- sions, academics, a nd athlet- ics.
The Good 01' Days
There is in our midst a select group of individuals who have been here longer than almost
anyone. They are the six-year boys-an endangered species which will die out next year
when the
graduates. The reigning kings are the present six-year boys-
What is in store for V.E.S.' future?
by Arie Richards
A new academic center and athletic fieldhouse is the V.E.S. immediate future. The new complexes are all part of the V.E.S. master plan. Fund- ing is ahead of schedule and the building of the academic center is scheduled to proceed in the next few years. It will be built before the athletic field-
bouse.
The academic center will be
built adjacent to the dining hall, next to the baseball field and over the present parking/ loading area along side Banks- Gannaway. The whole science department will be relocated here, complete with spacious offices, a faculty workroom, storage space and four new science labs. In addition, there will be a media-news hall with high-tech audio-visual com- ponents. To accompany this there will be a seminar classroom. There will also be a computer terminal room
available to students.
In the basement new student
service facilities will be con- structed, such as a bookstore and snackbar. A patio will overlook the outfield, and there will be a spacious lounge for teacher/student socializ- ing. A concentrated area for all deliveries made to the school is also planned for the present loading dock area
behind the dining hall. In order not to block out the natural light which adds so much to the aesthetic interior of the dining hall, a courtyard will be
included in the middle of the new academic center. It will have a kiosk in it which will provide a circular bulletin for school announcements.
The new academic center will relieve present over- crowding. The space left va- cant from the removal of the science departments and various other facilities will be
refurbishedtosuitotherschool
needs .
The proposed fieldhouse will
be constructed over the pre- sent upper tennis courts. These will be moved to the area where Mrs. Berry's house and underclassmen parking lot is today . This relocation has been projected in the overall cost of the plans. A lounge will serve as a recep-
tion area and house an enlarg- ed trophy case. It will also look on to the new playing area. This will include three basket- ball/ volleyball courts floored with all-purpose rubber mats. There will be a center court with wooden flooring for games. Retractable seating
for 5001 will cover the propos- ed indoor track. A new wrestl- ing room and expanded locker and equipment storage space will also be included.
Mr. Zimmer's perspective on the overall plan is that both additions are essential to the school. His fund raising ac-
tivities, which are ahead of schedule, show his zeal for the project.
Mr. Spencer and Mr. Zim- mer both point out that these facilities are still in the plan- ning stages. Much depends on the ability to raise funds. The combined project is currently being proposed by the
Development Office, headed by Mr. Spencer, with the help of Mr. Zimmer, under the con- sent of the Board of Trustees,
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Gail Morrison class of '91
Chris Mowry, Mike McPhat- ter, Josh Worsham, Scooter Wooldridge, and the legendary Ashby McNalley. They have seen teachers come and teachers go. Selinger, Leake, Harvey, Lane, and Wood are names that few others know . They have broken-in such teachers as Arlotto, Magnan, Upton, and Lauder and turned them into the teaching machines they are today.
They witnessed the un- folding dramas of the con- struction of the New Dorm, the addition to the Gym, the demolition of the V.E.S. Road bridge, and the refurbishing of the snack bar, which was originally a chicken-coop-like structure. They remember demerit inflation, when being late to class warranted 15 demerits. There was the
nefarious Century Club for students with over a hundred demerits. Walking the track for a few hours removed the demerits. Demerit slips were
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