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Portrait of Homer L. Ferguson
Portrait of Homer L. Ferguson, President of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company; he was the father of H. L. Ferguson Jr., a student at Episcopal and a popular pro-war speaker at Episcopal.
“Frankfort Hill”
A poem praising the heroism of British defending the Frankfort wood.
“The White Comrade”
A fictional story about a medic saving lives of French soldiers during the Battle of Verdun.
“Universal Military Training”
A Chronicle editorial promoting Universal Military Training and arguing for its benefits on national security
“A Letter to the Editor”
An op-ed complaining the lack of participation in athletics and school spirit among New Boys.
“The Lack of Interest in Current Events”
An editorial in the Chronicle critiquing the lack of interest among the students towards the election of 1916 and the overall political discourse.
“War’s Christmas Gift”
A fictional story about a French soldier during the Battle of Verdun. While the story, on one hand, praises the heroism and honor of the French soldier, it also comments on the cruel nature of it and how the soldier’s mother lost er son.
“The Coward”
A fictional story deriding a soldier who showed cowardice on the Western front, and how his coward nature never changed despite an occasional act of heroism.
“Dead on the Field of Honor”
A Chronicle article describing the death of Cuthbert C. Buckle, the first Episcopal alumnus who died in WWI
Picture of Cuthbert Corbett Buckle
Picture of Cuthbert Corbett Buckle in military uniform; he died in service of British Army in 1916