Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-05-26
TAXEWELL AT THE UNIYER-
SITY.

The following account o fthe visit |
Of the Tazewell girls and boys to
the University of Virginia in con-
ncction with the reading and de-
batting contests is taken from the |
current issue of the High School pa
per, "The Pcppcty- Ep":
Last Thursday morning five Taze-
well delegates to the Literary Con-
test left for Charlottesville, stop
ping in Lynchburg long enough for
the feminine members of the aggre-
cation To purchase a summer ward
robe. Owing either to the scarcity of
shoes in Eastern Virginia or the UNI
usual dimensions of Kathcrincs feet,
she visited fully twelve shoe stores
before she finally secured pair. At
ter shopping for three hours. Eleanor
emerged hot and tired, but triumph
amt. carrying Il bottle of shoe polish
(Which, by the way, she as promptly
lost or drani.) About seven thirty we
Graham Preston met us at the train
and. as we were green and from the
country, he had his hands full from
that time fortl. From the station we
then went str. il. i Peabody Hall
to rcglstc" ~. the approaching "frn-
cas-" We were also assigned rooms:
the girls with the Notable Mrs. Kel-
ly, the boys n the T.. X A. Frater-
nifty House. After removing several
layers of N. and W. coal dust, Mr..
! Preston took us down town for II
much bclated supper. Then we went
to Il movie, which was enjoyed i'm
menscly, altho, strange to say, not
one seemed to have any recolections
OF the movie itself, (all having gone
to Sleep.
After Il much needed rest, we
,'rose Friday morning feeling as tho
they could conquer the world. We
brcakfastcd ut the cafeteria and spent
the remainder of the morning in
speeding the University and camps.
when visiting the museum we
saw most astonishing animal about
fifteen feet high, and we exclaimed
on the amazing resemblance it bore
to our talented banjo picker. When
walking to lunch we were very much
impressed by large statute in front
of Cabell Hall, but when we went
to examine it, we couldn't tell Just
what it was supposed to represent.
Eleanor suggested that il was Cab
rIeI blowing his rap. Jesse thought
that it was Little Boy Blue. I'VE af-
forwards found that it was Plato.)
By this time Katherine, more for
tunate than the rest of us, had cap
tured beau, and really she was not
seen much by the other delegates at
ter that.
AT one o'clock we had the privilege
of hearing Lord and Lady Aston
speak in the amphitheatre. We re-
grct to say that Eleanor did not
seem to be taking advantage of this
privilege. However this was possibly
due to the good looking read-headed
gentleman who was her escort
After these addresses the first pre-
Aminarics were held in Peabody Hall
and Minor Hall. or the law buildings.
all TaZcwell contestants being vic
torious
but Eleanor. suffering from loss
OF memory, lost her pocket book. |
ihch began frantic search accom-
panied by many means and groans.
The purse was finally unearthed from
a bench in the law building. Eleanor
breathed sigh of relief and an
pointed Mcdonald as her official
pocket book carrier from that time
on. In the second preliminaries and |
seml-hnals that night. Tazcwell was
not SO fortunate, for only the girl
reader was left to represent us.
Saturday morning we went to the
state High and prep track meet ano
saturday afternoon we visited Monte
Carlo. The finals were of course hello
Saturday night in Cabell Hail. Ell
eanor winning the state reading con-
test, for which she was awarded s.
gold watch at a reception later on.
Eleanor says that the watch was
small compensation for the terrible
ordeal of the formal presentation on
raised platform before a thousand
or moro people.