The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16

Albert ". Wood, OF N1oorefield, W. Ea.'
,-ica.oresi1ent: Mr.. Wyckliffe c. JACKSON.
Dutch. Va, corresponding secretary; MI
Nathaniel w. kuykendall. Moorellelo. )" :
Va, recording, secretary; ana MI. -"
wood Clarke, Campbell county va 1han'-
ger Of the reading-room
The Association hopes to issue a. manu-
book next session. and to nave Ane 9eao
inp-roor, improved and beautified.
The Hampden- Sidney Kaleidoscope tue
college annual. is fast assuming snape'
and while it will be hard to excei. ''to
publications of recent years, the "orh
will fully measure up to the hiGn staitu
ards. In addition to the usual matter
relating to college affairs Of the present
session. there will be numerous afucles
by distinguished alumni. recalling events
and personages Of past years
The staff is made up of Mr. Rooert T..
Henry, Tazewell. Va, who is the edlto,-
in-chief: Mr. Lyttleton E. Hubard. BOIL
inr.ya.. business mana ger: Mr.. Robert
s Graham, Tazewell. Va. secretary:
Messrs. Luther Sheldon. Jr., NorloiK: :
Hardy Cross Hampden-SidneE: Rlcnard
II. Burroughs. Norfolk; Cabell fitzgeld 'a.
Richmond: Frank Ham. NottoWay. va. ;
Robert S. Preston, Marion. Va; b. Mason
Hill and Collin Spotswood. petersburg
VA. and Thomas W. Elicit. Richmond,
Va.
The second set Of eHanlinaticns VIII DC
held next week, the shcduie nelnS d!
ranged as follows: Saturday. March =
cat,rday March Goth The classes will
sion Freshman, Monday 24th: Sophomore.
saturday end; Junior, Thursday, 0th;
and Senior. Friday c1st; and all Will De
resumed Monday. 5lst.
The people of Prince Edward are vitality
interested in the subjecu of ROADS, ana
sthe approa ching convention in Ricnmono
will no doubt be attended by representa-
tive citizens OF the county. ot ~hat
has already been achieved along the llne
Of good roads. however, the county mas
cause to feel proud, for what was oaics
the most dreaded highway IN the couneS-
the road between F'armville and Hamp-
dem Sidney-is now the delight of all
who have to travel it.
1t has not been long since a distinguish
ed aluu1nus of the college. in writing OF
his recollect,ons, was able to say:
"Then there is the mud. The PUBIC
highway" as once said the Junior orator.
for the magazine editor. believe, that
runs from Farmville to Hampden-Sidney,
and from Hampden-Sidney to f'armv1lie.
To speak with exacter logic and more
simplicity, I should have said there Is
mud in the road For that mud sticks
long ago on the wheels OF those old hacks
and buesies It was. am sure, IN rel
erence to this same road that somebody
once said: There is no royal road to
learning But I fear very much the
mud in the road has had its day, Tor
some one told me the other month the
bows would hereafter roll over rocks and
not through mud. The simplest mind
can readily see that the mud will quietly
pass out Of student life at Han1pden-Sid-
ney. but it shall not soon fade out of our
memories. Sitting tonight before /
warm fire, with the heat falling upon our
slippers. we smile as we think OF the
night we drove from Farmville. 1t was
| cold and dark, and the rain was beat
| ing against the sides of our 5busgy-top.
In the road, the red mud lay deep and
heavy and tough, The wheels sinking
nearly hub-deep. gave forth to the quiet
darkness around us that peculiar slouShy
sound made by wheels passing through
deep mud. We were glad that night we
were in the buggy and not in the road.
| Tonight we are glad we are in this room
| and not in that buggy.
II fear the ignorant will laugh at me
for writing thus about the mud. Ny ig-
norant friend T am writing of student
| life as it really Is. Therefore, above all
| things. T must be historical You dc
| not know how wonderful was that mud
and the part it has played in college life
ever since the first hackman drove his
| horses to the college. You do not know
| the thoughts this mud has started in the
| brain of the magazine editor. You do not
know the pages it has filled in the let
| tiers written home on Sunday afternoons
Think OF the time Is has been mentioned
| in the Kaleidoscope and the ma gnztnes!
It has had an honored place in all the
| college publications-except the cata.
! logues and d-books."
1EEEpIEs EIT7SIM MONS MIL