Hands and arms in constant motion, voice rising and falling by the word, Rabbi Yosef Bart engaged his class in an animated discussion on the age-old question of the chicken and the egg. “Which came first?“ he said, lowering his voice and giving a shrug of the shoulders that suggested room for discussion. Before the four students could say a word, Bart piped in a loud, certain-as-life-itself answer: “The chicken, of course. God said he created birds. He didn’t say eggs, he said birds.“

The following Episcopal High School students from the Richmond area were named to the High List academic honor roll for the third quarter of the 2008-09 school year. This honor denotes an average of 90 or above in five or more academic courses for the quarter. Elizabeth Carter Burns, junior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Johann of Richmond and Mr. Patrick B. Burns of Columbus, Ohio.