The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-24
Hamp den-Sidney.
HAMPDEN-SIDNEY, Va, I
May 20, 1901. I

- may ~, 1871.
d III was announced last week that Il
e essaylst medal for the sophomore clai
In the Union Society of the college hs
o been awarded to Mr.. G. ID. Mccoy. ,
e Louisa county.
Senior examinations are now bein
D held daily. The honors of the elias
l Will be made known by the end of thi
week
5 The volume containing the proceed
lngs of the Richmond meeting of tn
Southern Educational Association
; December 27-29, 1900" has just beer
received, in which the alumni O
Hampden-Sidney College show ~
well. Among these may be mentioned
President Charles w. Dabney, Of tn,
University of Tennessee; Professor
Addison HOgue, Of Washington ano
Lee University; Captain Samuel V
Venable, Superintendent of Public
Schools Of Buncombe county, n. c.,
etc, etc. The last-named gentleman
delivered one of the most practically
useful addresses on "SOme of the
Causes Of the Illiteracy Of the South
and Its Remedy" which your cores
pendent has seen anywhere. 1t is ear
nestly commended to the thoughtful
attention of all who are interested in
the mental and social welfare of the
rising generation i'm the rural districts
Of our section of the country Its sug-
gestions, based on experiment, are of
great value.
Another address, which may well
claim the attention Of thoughtful men
generally, is that delivered by Pres.
dent Charles K. Taylor, of Wake Forest
College, n. c., a Virglnian by birth and
a graduate Of Richmond College. His
subject was "The Debasement of Col
lege Degrees and Its Prevention
The gist Of the address, which is very
fine one throughout, may be gathered
from the following sentences: "The
distinguished editor Of a southern reli-
gious newspaper is said to have been
asked as to the educational condition
of a State from which he had just re-
turned. His reply was: Wonderful
progress; they already have seven uni
versities, and when / left were cutting
the pine poles for another And you
have heard Of the college president who
surprised the people in a section which
he was visiting by his knowledge of
the thoughts and plans of his faculty
until they discovered that this august
body was composed of che president
and his wife,
The death Of Mr.. T. N. Jones, Of
Smithville, graduate of Hampden-
Sidney College IN the class Of 1900, has
caused much sorrow among his friends |
here. He was young man Of excel |
lent ability and studious habits, and |
was fayorite in the college He en-
tered the law class in Washington and |
Lee University last fall, but was taken
sick few weeks since, and gradually |
declined, until bis death, on Saturday
last, in Smithville. Several OF his coll
lege-mates attended his funeral yester-
day.
Rev. DR.. +. II. Harding, Of Farm
vile, preached a fine discourse last
night to a large and interested congrc-
CATION in college chapel. Since the
death Of the lamented Moses ID. Hoge,
Of Richmond. DIR. Ha ding is reckoned
TO come nearest to him in point Of lit
srary culture and extensive reading "
All the ministers in the Synod Of Viz
yinia. The discourse last night well
sustained this reputation. His manner
Is both gentle and forceful, and ELECTED
he most profound attention. His ear
rest appeals, based on important truth,
will long be remembered by many.