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.VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER, 1963 NUMBER 2
HOMECO,MING - 1963
DEYERLE TROPHY
For the third t ime the Tom Davis Deyerle Memorial Trophy was awarded, during the intermission at the dance on Homecoming.
This trophy is awarded each year by Oscar Deyerle (1926) in honor of his brother Tom (1929} who died in 1941.
It is awarded to that member of the V. E. S. football team who is voted the most valuable player in the Homecoming game.
This year it was won by Arch Hicks, a Senior halfback from Ox- ford, N. C.
For the presentation, Oscar in- troduced Joe Hoge (1926) who lives in Bluefield, W. Va.
cal difficulty in the Middle Peakland Road, wh1ch produced a most bizarre spectacle, unique in the annals of
V. E.S.
Not to be neglected in a descrip-
tion of the Homecoming festivities is the food provision; an exquisite buf- fet luncheon was served prior to the game by means of a barbecue as- sembly which was const ructed ad- jacent to Sanks-Gannaway Hall. The barbecue feast which preceded the game was one of the most memor- able events of the entire day.
One of the more noticeable as- pects of the weekend was a reflection of parental pride for their son's aca- demic accomplishments, special ad- justments, and other commendable achievements. This was comple ment- ed in turn by the son's pride of his status as a student at V.E.S.
With the passing of Homecoming, the student sets his sights on the Thanksgiving recess; the four day spread will provide a slight relief from the scholastic endeavors of the
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Two items on the Virginia Episco- pal School calendar which are of ma- jor interest to the students are Home- coming and the Thanksgiving recess. Students await these events with an eager anticipation and obviously de- rive from them a sense of strong
pleosure ond grotification. Certainl y the fall of 1963 is no disappointment in regard to the gratifying elements of these experiences. We have al- ready enjoyed a successful Home- coming celebration; the prospects for an equolly satisfying Thanksgiving are favorable.
The atmosphere of an important athletic contest, the social activities, and the reunion with parents and friends combined to make the Home- coming weekend the delightful ex- perience which it has long been. Such wos the casfl on Oci. 19.
An "'" ly morning pep rally mani- rest'ed the intense spirit which--pre- vailed. A sizable throng of support- ers descended the rolling banks sur- rounding Johnson Field to provide verbal support to the Bishop cause
as the Fighting Bishops rose to the occasion, unlashing a devastating at- tack in a 19-0 rout of Norfolk Acad- emy.
The Homecoming dance would never have achieved its success with- out the diligent preparation of the Hop Committee members. Under the guidance of the faculty advisor Mr. Hudnall and the student chair- man Bill Corper, the group developed
a harvest theme. The acquisition of materials for decorations provided an amusing experience.
One fine afternoon a few students departed from the campus for an invigorating expedition into the love- ly Virginia countryside. Their pur- pose was to acquire cornstalks and pumpkins for the dance. Encounter- ing severo! frienclly refusals by local farmf!rs, the boys began to despair until finally available materials were discovered . The truck was filled be- yond capacity with cornstalks, two students securing positions on the load to provide anchorage. Unfor-
tunately, the truck ~uffered mechani-
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