The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
Will GIVE ALL
4 FAIR CHANGE
Member Of Hainpden-S Sidney.
Discusses College Con-
ditions.
INSTITUTION PULLING i
Doing Fine Work---rf Later |
Should Move, Richmond
\. Will be Heard.

"A member Of the board of visitors Of
1Iampden-s Sidney College last night gave
out the following very interesting state
nent concerning the affairs Of thatsin-
! stitution:
THE article from Arvonla that ap.
peared In an afternoon paper Of recent
date as to Hatnpden-s Sidney College. while
It was written with the desire to benefit
both the city Of Richmond and the coll
lege, s calculated to do the college harm,
and has already done 1t injury. While
no accusation is brought gaJnst the au-
thor OF the article, many of the state
1nerlts made are incorrect and untrue, and
the general impression OF the whole article
is misleading. The author states he re-
ceived his lnforma tlon second hand, but
from one who. he thought, knew what he
was saying. =. Fl Y III 3ss 4.
4 In the first place. there has been no
disposition OF any sort to keep the condi-
tions Of affairs quiet. There has been
nothing 10 conceal, The college has gone
on quietly and tunostentatously doing Its
work. It Is poor. yet 1t is making many
rich. Hampden- Sidney educates many
young men. free of cost. It's endowment
amounts to about $3.50, 00O With the small
number Of students. It has Iva Us Just
about come out even. 6sy5 3S u II rs
Remarkable Showing.
This is remarka BILE when It is known
that there are nine professors and two
fellows to be provided for. Ia st year
there was a deficit Of bout 800 This y Is
doubtless would not have existed It all
tuition bills had been paid In other
words; there Is no institution in the State
that Is doing the work SO well with such
"a fine teaching force and under sucl,
difficulties as 3Hampde len Sidney. he re-
4 narkable ii hing is that here is not =
large deficit every year. and, under these
conditions, to insinuate that there is y
disposition to conceal the al fairs Is mis-
leading and entirely Sunw warranted by the
facts The college has always stood for
the truth, and has always maintained II.
Its catalogue shows the number Of stu
dents and the financial report is printed
every year. T hese will confirm the state
9rnents mad above. !};4ii.
In the second place, the statement that
stl1eAboard has sdra wn upon Its endowment
lis again incorrect. AS a. rule, endo ment
funds are trust funds and to- state the
board has used these for expenses is q
grave charge. A The board Of trustees has
a number OF the best lawyers In the
State In Its membership. They would
not be willing to any such course, even
9ifAthe board desireda which 1t does not,
and for whi CHI there IS no 4 bso 1ute mecca
sity. Many. suci, lnlsstatenents have re-
suited in suits for damag and II they
are persisted E in he board will have ito
take measures to protect Itself and the
college, The salary Of the president wa 8
raised to s.. 500, IT. IS true but one menu
Der OF the board stated he would u be
one OF I'VE to give for a. certain number
OF years the amount needed to make. up
the difference. Il " 4. s. y
n "a committee vas appointed to raise the
amount and that committee has been
meeting with success. In add tion.g 81, 900
will soon come into the hands of the
beard Ewhich9ca n be used in any wayathe
those who are 3 In q post to know
don't know. and are doing the collcgcAa
grave injustice and Yirrepara.ble injury by
such statements fsS sf
jjss5 '..As to removal. his member Of the
board has not hing to say. III So far ms the
social y moral and relig ious atmo sphere sof
the place is concerned Hampde en-. Sidney
is an ideal place Al!
are fewer temptations to young
men and more ind ucelnents to a stud!ous
life there than atgalmost any place inEthe
State. & There has been no out break of any
Serious nature during the session. There
has been nothing more than Is III ual at
all OF the colleges Of the land. twenty
years ago the number OF students was
S. # It wa S not thought then the college
wa 5 morlbund. It had the same difticnl-.
ties then It5has a larger enc ow1nent now
and a larger number Of students now.syet
some croakers say It is dying. Tle fact
lis the attendance this year and the good
order have been remarked on enco1urag-
ingly by NIL concerned. It has Eeen one
OF the hest and most quiet and peace
fulfyearn for nlanyaa day. h &;
Question Not Yet Up. 81
4E&nThe question OF removal has not MS
vet been before the trustees In any serious
form. 1t has not been seriously discussed
and no motion or resolution to that end
has been introduced except as below In
1904 an offer was presented from. NeWport
News and one from Norfolk, The board
took action as ollows: .s} e. 9, !.
t3".The board of Hampden-Stdn Col.