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· A great deal of animated curi- ting down with the dummy; a:fter science was employed and some very OF SCHOOL osity has also been shown in con- comes signal practice. Following n at work was displayed by each
We are charmed to have as the nection with the large new draw signal practice the men are drilled contestant. Frazier was referee of new School secretary, Mrs. ~endle­ stack which has been put up, since in the different plays, line plunges, both matches.
ton's sister, Miss Hotchkiss. the flue of the original chimney was end runs, passing, etc. As yet, there - - - We understand that Miss An- too small to create a sufficient draft has been no real games for any of
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The G. A. president ; .Hutter, treasurer; Fra-
Billy Duke, John Dunn, Dick Gam-
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The schedule is as follows : Oct. 2. - Lynchburg
Tl~e remaining members of the College Class have not yet been heaTd from.
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VIRGINIA EPIS COP AL SCHOOL, L YNCHBURG, VIRGINI A OcTOBER 6, 1923
·and explamed the rules for the bene· fit of the new boys.
New Smoking Rule
MINOR SPORTS
Since the opening of sc:;:hool, quite The campers soon bad to give up a few seem to have taken an interest this life of pleasure and get down to in boxing and wrestling. Almost
work. Immediately on their return every afternoon :finds several l;;oyi:\ Coaches Ki·nnear, Edmunds, and sparring or practicing various holds7 Gannaway started drilling them in in the basement of West building, the fundamentals. The practices are Several nights ago an imp- - - GIVES UP
FOOTBALL
IN FAVOR OF MEDICINE
Forsyth, Frazier, Goldsmith, Hotch- kiss, Howe, Hudnall, Hutter, Mac- Blain, H. Maddux, Manning, Mead, Phelp , B. Pinkerton0 B. Rogers, Linton Smith, Wet, and C. Wilson.. 'rhe Honor Committee is com-
prised of Maddux, Mead, and C. Wilson, the last named being Head
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V. E. S. BEGINS EIGHTH SESSION School Is Filled to Limit With 50 "Rats" and
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100 Old Boys
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Football Camp a Success in Every Way.
I The twelve dar spent in football camp seemed to be uccessful, both
as to the pleasurable and practicable side of the question. There wer~·.
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e ev~nmg,o ept~mber 19~h wa.s the scene of much ha1~?shalnng P.bout thirty boy pre nt both old and new and all seemed to have a gooii
the new ruling in regard to smok- a number of improvements, clue to ing. Boys above a certain age, with !he personal labor of Dr. Pendle- permission from home, may smoke ton, who ha been practicing real
on Saturday nights, but are on a 1 dirt farmer stuff. During the sum- ple~ge to abstain.during the week. mer a net work of drainage pipes
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It IS the opmwn of the faculty and . .
· d th fi ld d th was1rue1uner e e an e
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counselor body that th1s )Vlll be a
great help to the moral atmosphere banks were terraced.
oi the school ; for it will cut out all Among other improvements is a secret smoking which the·school has cement walk to Mr. Banks' house.
near takes over the punters, while
Coach Gannaway drills the rest of
the backs ancl the line in passing
and re eiving passes. This is fol-
lowed by practice in tack!ing, cut- so exciting as the boxing, mot£!
been subject to in the past.
IN AND OUT
The chQol is puzzled whether this was really laid for a walk or a baby
ca.rriage boulevard.
heartily applauded by the audience. This encounter was immediately fol- lowed by a w1:estling match between
drews has recently been visiting a.Il to heat the buildings completely. over the State. It does pay to be
the three elevens.
Carrington, Oppleman and Lewis,
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popular some times.
'l'he :first social event of any im-
po;rtance this year was the dance which took place in the gymnasium Saturday night, September 29. The orchestra was from Charlottesville.
The 'first service took place in the chapel Sunday, September 23. The Rector gave a very fine sermon, us-
ing as his text the :fifth chapter of Matthew, 13th verse, which is: "Ye are the salt of the earth; if the salt lose its savour wherewith shall it be salted again?"
ELECTIONS
all men who have played on Vir-
ginia s footb all teams, h ave been out Class of '23 in College and Business
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Rogers,
FORMER VICE- instructor and coach here for the RECTORACCEPTS
Scrubs (practice game) .
Oct. 6.-Danville High School,
here.
Uct. 13.-R.-M. A. at BedfoTd.
Oct. 20.-Fishburne at Waples-
boro.
Nov. 3.-S. V. A. at Lexington.
s.ity.
Nov. 24.-L. II. S. at Fair
G-rounds .
Alumni Visitors
Phil William on, '20, and Rip Hudnall, '21, honored us with a .brief visit at the opening of sehool. Freeman Dance, '22, made a short ·eall on the way to V. P. I. before
Mr. Branham, who has been an last three years, is now taking medi-
cine at Emory College, Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Branham, we wish you as much
Nov . 10.- 0Tange.
Mr. R A. Goodwin, last yeaT's Re- ligious Instructor, has aecepted a success in medicine as you had in parish near Norfolk. We miss his
He wa:s- one of
football.
genial presence in our midst.
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and greetmg. 'What kmcl of a time cl1cl you h ave th1~ summer? was the time. The work consisted mainly in signal practice and in testing out the expres 10n passed freely ammJg the boys on th1s mournful evemng. School 1 abilit of the men as to speed and
wa opened on the mormng of September 20th by Dr. Pendleton, who read otlle/ ualities.
SOME BIG IMPROVEMENTS
The J o]mson Athletic Field shows ·
Start Work Immediately
The officers of the several socie- ties and committees have been elect-
here at different times helping in the coaching.
Seven Letter-Men Back
Seven of last year's letter men , The rest of the Class of '23 have
have returned. They are : Maddux, scattered rather widely :
Mead, Frazier, Hutter Barlow, George Darst is making good at
ed for the current year.
A.: C. Wilson, president; Mead, vice
many of last year's
class, n amel-y,
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zier, secr etary. Hop Committee: C. Wilson, Manning, and B. Rogers. Dramatic Society: Taliaferro, pres-
ident; R. Beasley, vice president; R. Carter, stage manager ; S. Carter, business manager. Cheer Leaders :
Rollins and Linton Smith.
COUNSELORS
The following )Joys have been ap-
pointed by the Rector as counselors : seems that we shall have a betteT Iversity of Maryland.
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PARISH
Forrest at
Hotchkiss and Wilson. Besides these Carolma.
Hugh McCulloch
and H en r y men, there are several others from Coleman are attending v. P. I.
The schedule this year is rather a are at William and Mary.
heavy one. There are eight games "Monkey" Bryson is in the insur~ and everal of them are hard ones. apce business in New Y0rk.
Woodberry
Nov. Ft.-Greenbriar at Univer·
Starr a:ncl Cunie. While not quite
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NEWS OF
THE ALUMNI
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The good old U. Va. has drawn
ble, MinoT Rogers, and J 0hl'1 Madlin.
most of us arri'ved.
the four new men at that in<~tituti0ll. to Teceive scholastic honors last .June.