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The Meteor
October I 7, 1947
Issued by the s•udents of the Virginia Episcopal School, Lynchburg, Virginia, monthly during the school year 1947-48 except holidays.
THE SCHOOL
Volume XXXII
No. I
The Old Order Changeth
After groping in the dark anc Mr. and tv
wracking their brains for a new meri·-Jux and Mr. system, the faculty re~ently stumbleson were her across a mathematrcal cross-worsame.
puzzle. "The New Order" sent half
the masters to the bulletin boarc Th R \J puzzling over what they had done. h eh elv.
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T h e n e w s y s t e m h a v r n g
VICTOR E. CORNETT
FREDERIC 0. OGDEN
CHARLES B. CARTY
MR. JOHN D. FOLLETT .......... .
Managing Editor Sports Editor .Assistant Sports Editor Faculty Advisor
The Result of Inflation Mr. and M Several new clubs have been formu.ere at the ~
lated in V. E. S. this year to comba1
the higher cost of merit points B M Cl Among the new clubs is the photog r l~st ;ea~r
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WILLIAM CHERRY VAL CLARY BROWN FINCH MEREDITH LEITCH
GRIMES THOMAS JOHN THOMPSON ARMISTEAD WELLFORD
Re-Write Man JOHN W. PANCOAST, JR.
raphy club led by " Mickey" Gath ame
right. This club is for the study o}
photography and practical applica Th
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PAUL TAYLOR
G. SCOTT
STANLEY R. SMITH . . SWAIN STEPHENSON DAVID WHITE
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School spirit is something that is very necessary to every school; some- thing that is taken for granted by most people. It is also one of the hardest things in the world to get back into a school after it has once been lost by the boys in past years.
Last yeor there was a large im- provement over the year before, and we hope that the new boys, as much as the old ones, will take even more interest this year in what is going on in the school than ever before. It takes very little effort on the part of every boy to spread a little school spirit which goes a long way in every phase of school life. To quote the Guru, "Let the boys know that you are behind them. If you can't play a sport, be one."
A t the Miller School game there was cheering that could actually be heard, cheers that went deep into the heart of every player. Those cheers came from boys who were Bishops through and through. They were giv- ing their team that intangible factor
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the pictures taken by the club wi rss eanne probably be used in The Meteor.
Through the efforts of Anthon) David I. Gl Pabon, a coin and stamp collectincied Septerr club has been formed. een striken
Boy Scouting is also taking an up
turn. The five Eagle Scouts in schoo Gordon Bo together with several Life Sc~uts, havte is no long for~ed the nucleus of a Senror Scoule is legally
Unrt. They have chosen M r . Shaeffer · d himself an Eagle Scout, as unit lead~vrng Rropf
.t td.th "me. easo er. 0ther boys rn eres e rn e pro O (
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JIMMIE MacLEOD JAMES MARSHALL CHARLES NORTHRUP STANLEY SMITH
Photographers DR. G. L. BARTON, JR.
THOMAS CATHRIGHT
BUSINESS BOARD
Subscriptions,
$2.00
t he b enef 1 s y a arnrng a rg
standing in school by receiving merit
points for athletics and being well- Armistead rounded boys instead of by higlnarried Miss grades alone.* >f Norfolk, V
25c per copy; EDITORIAL BOARD
PAUL TAYLOR Editor-in Ch'ef
per year
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that even a Blake or a Snavely alone can not give his great team. Only the cheering section can do this.
The team plus the school equals victory.
gram will be admitted.
M r . F o l l e t t i s r e o r g a n i z i n g
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Happy Birthday
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A Holiday for a Price
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Bennett, H. Leith Thomas, J. Stephenson, S. ...Waller Pancoast Stoughton Ogden Adams Braxton Akers, F. Cherry, W.
Frazier Winston
The faculty granted the stude~agef ~
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body's petition to take a Thanksgivinc'n ° orgt
holiday that is much more Iibera
than any hod for some time. The sh J. C. Your
dent body may leave school at thre'ing in Ralei
o'clock Wednesday, November 21 Seen at the
and return at eleven o'clock Sunda Lois Armst
night, with A and B students returnin<7; Robert
at six-thirty Monday night. There arvallop, ex-'4
two strings attached-one, that rr7; Robert ~
more weekends are to be granteill, '43; Johr
this term, and two, that it will co!eed, '43; R1
one and all five credit points. Bo}on Van Nof
who have accumulated too few cred-4.
points will be allowed to "go into th. F' red... ,reener 1e
From V. E * Among other results of the new syste , d
is a gold rush to join clubs and organiz~ar S 9ra. ua tions. the rnstrtut
The Meteor is glad that Mr. G. B. Lamar is back in his ac- customed chair at V. E. S. foot- ball practice after his recent ill- ness.
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adopted, the student body wr11 reaF . f
regular Boy Scout troop with mem, nk .th S~ .'t ..OrWI IJ
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