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THE METEOR
Oct. 15'
Volume XLIX
Oct. 15, 1965
Lynchburg, Virginia, 12 times during the school tenn.
No. 1 Issued by the students of the Virginia Episcopal School,
d i r e c t o r , about the change.
Entered as second-class matter September 28, 1928, at the Postoffice at Lynchburg, Virginia, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
guest preacher program.
More than half the school took off last Sept. 25 on an ex-
Subscription for one school session - fifty cents.
Two dollars and
The prestigeous
Lounge has now been moved to In three chartered buses, they the history of the school, the Randolph Common Room, left to see Appomattox Court will be a Scholastic
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor-in-Chief -------------------------WILLIAM FOSTER
Managing Editor --------------------------MIKE SUDDUTH Assistant Managing Editor ----------------JACK AGRICOLA
Feature Editors _____________JIM BECKWITH, BOB KLUTTZ Sports Editor ___________________________HUGH MORRISON
Photographic Editors ____STEVE CANNON, TOM MITCHELL Advertising Manager __________________CHARLES ROBISON
which was the old V-Club room, at St. Anne's School. They then
has now been made into office left to see U. Va. beat Clemson
space for the school's Alumni in a football game, only to be
ment tests, and writing will be administered at school. Much tension and · venience will be relieved
Decemher when the seniors these examinations.
Our next issue will be on ~ tober 23. It will concern Ho~ coming and the school's fifti£( year, and will be six or eigl( ' pages. l
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ounge as een ma e m con-
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dolph Hall becoming the Senior Layout Manager ________________________LOGAN FORSYTH D 't
20-14. One bus did have trouble; system!
To the disappointment of all non-conformists, the choir this year will have a uniform dress. The attire will consist of a navy
The Board of Trustees of VES convened here at the school on A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER a Thursday and Friday, Sept.
The Study System
The fall semester of a new year is a time for change and experimentation in many programs of a school- VES being no exception.
A problem which seems to have plagued this school for a number of years is the day-time, night-time study system. This year comparatively radical changes have been made in this area, the most significant alteration being the removal of study-in for room study. Aside from one or two minor stipulations, the same regulations for study-out as seen last year apply this year. Theo- retically, the student who was once assigned to study hall is now his "own boss".
What was the old system like? The study hall was a sort of game to see who could get the most "work" done while competing with the continual Squeek - blam of desks, combatting the often frequent barrage of spit-
SIX STUDENTS TOUR EUROPE
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durance held out, and they were balls, and unconsciously eavesdropping on the neigh- rewarded with two and three
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boring conversations in session. Anyone who has ever had to attend that "free-for-aU", ironically called study hall, will tell you with a sneer and a look of resentment that he wished he had only gotten that one point in
chemistry or had just passed that fateful Spanish test. With this trend towards an all inclusive room study comes a need for responsibility on the part of the student. The student's study time is now more than likely not to
be abused, either from his fear of being stuck by an oc- casional master or counselor passing by, or being re- stationed in the study hall which would be reinstated as a result of his irresponsibility. Furthermore, the at- mosphere on dorms during the two night study periods has been far superior in most cases to that of the library. As one master said, "I am amazed at the progress being made in this line. It is almost uncanny-the atmosphere
on donns during the study periods." Success?
At any rate, the students as a whole have received this new system with eamesty and enthusiasm. It is
therefore very probable that the school will profit from this new regime in the area of study.
day stops in London, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Venice, Rome, Mon- treaux and Paris.
Finlay and Students on Tour
lina and Linwood Bolles of Castle and Soho. After crossir
Charlotte, North Carolina. They the Channel the next day for 0
The Rev. Churchill Gibson, chaplain of St. Stephen's School
in Alexandria, Va., spoke here
last Sept. 19. His appearance before. marked the beginning of our
t h e C~l enthu~
This year the senion will be traveling to E. C. Glass·
from their summer sprees, they found the school basical- ly the same except for one thing: the faculty had learned a new word over the summer months. And by constant
reference to that word, they succeeded in making it a part of our vocabulary.
The word referred to is tone; the idea, school tone.
The meaning has to do with the general atmosphere of shouldn't the juniors? And if seniors are energetic and a place, specifically this school's. The attitudes of stu- sincere in improving the tone of this place, such will be dents in general towards personal property, school rules, accomplished because the example set will be followed.
studies, and consideration of others also help to explain
this basic concept.
The main emphasis of this whole drive in the direc- sol
THE METEOR challenges the class of '66 to im-
-Grades Due W 23 Oct.-Homecoming CO
-VarsityFootballga 2 cho .2
with Christchur • set -Varsity Cross Couf gta
meet with Greenb 3:15
This summer was one of travel for six VES students who en- joyed a three week European
tour with Mr. Reed Finlay, a member of the English staff. The tour, which was arranged by a local travel agency, was whirl- wind in nature as the group spent the night in fourteen dif-
ferent cities during the twenty days of the tour.
The pace was made even more demanding by the fact that most of the travelling was done
by bus. However the boys' en-
The group was comprised of Virginia; Burt Smiley of Lynch-
AN IMPORTANT EMPTINESS
~t the outset of this year, it was decided to abandon night study
1n the study hall. Each boy now has the opportunity to complete his work in the privacy of his own room.
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THAT OVERUSED (?) WORD ~TONE~
When the members of the class of '66 came backItion of improving the school tone has been directed at
2:30 (home) B - V a r s i t y C r o s s Co~ J L
meet with No Academy 3:15(botD l
1 7 O c t . - R e v . D o u g l a s W~~ per enburg, guest 5~ tea
Covenant Presbytell lS. Church, Lynchb~ nin
the senior class. And anyone who has been here three or four years can see why. The underclassmen, to a great
degree, follow the example set by the seniors.
If seniors litter the school store and Hip cigarette butts on the Boor, so will everyone else. If the senior
23-24. A full meeting trans- pired Friday with the Finance Committee meeting the night
blazer, grey slacks, white and striped tie. Both Mr.
S e n i o r cursion planned by the school. December. For the first time giving more convenience to the House. From there they went T est center. This means that~
Seniors. The old Senior Lounge, to Charlottesville and had lunch only the S.A.T., but the acn
Department. The moving of
disappointed, as Clemson won
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junction with the luxurious Ran- a cigar and pipe clogged the air
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assembled on June 9 at New tend, Belgium, the group boar. Bill Carper of Princeton, West York's JFK International Airport ed their bus and drove ~
and b o a r d e d an overnight Brussels for the night. Fro burg,Virginia; David Yarobrough BOAC jet to London. During there they went to Salzburg wi
of Fayetteville, North Carolina; the first day in London the boys the highlights being a visit BiII Shoffner of Burlington, toured the places of interest, in- the bridge at Remagen, a trip North Carolina; Ronnie Hardee eluding St. Paul's Cathedral, a Rhine steamer and an eve· of Southern Pines, North Caro-
\.Vestminster Abbey, Windsor
(Continued on Bock P
CAMPUS CALENDAR
4 Oct. through 5 Nov.- 5-week half of '65-l
MacBrien coutse
9 Oct.-V arsity Football g~
at Blue Ridge 10:00 - V arsity Cross
try meet at Blue Ri 11:15
16 Oct.-V arsity Football g with Norfolk Acad
class as a whole disregards the school rules, why 19 Oct.- P reliminary Scbol. co Aptitude Test (jUilla' l
prove school tone. Will this challenge be met? We hope W. F., Jr.
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