The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-02-16
Hamnden- Sidney.
J. II. Davis, Supt.
February 18th, 1906.

Oh the NOllege look place calur
day nigh, February 3rd, in the pres
ence Of one of the best and most en-
thusiastic audiences gathered here fol
years at mid-winter occasion. Tn,
question chosen for debate was, ere
solved, That Russia should now adopt
the republican form Of government
The Union Society, which had chosen
the affirmative, was represented by
Messrs. S. S. Simmerman, Jr., Of
Of Speedwell, Va, and Roscoe II.
Phllhower, of Norf0lk;and the Philan-
thropic, TO which 10y choice had fallen
the negative, by Messrs. G.. y. Will
son, Jr., of Brownsburg Va, and
BROMLEY Rowen, Of Moorefeld, w.
Va. The judges who were Professors
Sears and Messenger Of the State
Normal School, at Farmyille, and Mr..
Robert X. Brock, a rising young law
yer Of that city, decided i'm favor Of
the Philanthropic society. DR.. Mes
senger, in announcing the decision
made a very happy speech and inform
ally presented TO the representatives
Of the winning society the "IIalsey
Trophy for Debate, the gift Of Hon.
Don. p. Halsey, Of Lynchburg. The
trophy. beautiful and graceful cup,
was seen for the first time by the col
lege boys, who broke out i'm storms Of
applause when DR.. Messenger pre-
scented it to the winning team. The
formal presentation, at Commence
ment, will be made by Senator Halsey
himself, the winner Of the debators
medal i'm the Philanthropic society
and no mean antagonist on the stump
or in the halls Of legislation. Among
the visitors present were Messrs. 5. ).
Simmerman, ST., and Clarence Trinkle,
the latter an alumnus Of the College
and leading banker Of Wytheville,
Va. The occasion was mede all the
more interesting by the presence Of a
contingent Of young ladies-from the
State Normal welcome visitors al
ways.
The recent contests for honors i'm the |
Literary Societies resulted i'm the
choice Of Mr.. T.. Grigg Elcan, Of shep- |
pards, Va, as Senior Medalist Of Tn
ion. Both young men are very popu- !
lar in College, but won their honors |
only after hard fighting ard over
worthy opponents. Mr. Phlegar is
the son Of Judge Archer A. Phlegar, |
formerly a member of the Virginia /
Court Of Appeals, and at present one /
of the ablest Legislators in the Virginia /
Senate.
One of the notable meetings boz the
South this year will bee the gathering /
of the Student Volunteers for Foreign /
Missions i'm quadrennial Convention
in Nashville, February 18th 90 March
4th Hampden-Sidney will be well
represented. As partial result of the
recent visit of Mr.. +. a. Brown, State
Student Secretary of the y. ". G.. A.,
Of Virginia, and an old Hampden-SId-
ney man, three delegates, whose exc
penses are provided for have been
chosen 20 represent the College in
Nashville, Prof John J. Armstrong /
Of the Faculty, and Messrs. a. D.
Brown and S D. Hannah, Of the stu
dent BODY
The intermediate celebration, with
orations by member, ofthetwo Literary |
societies, viii take place ON the even
ing of Friday, the 23rd Of February !
The occasion is counted the most I'M
teresting, next 10 Commencement, in
the College calendar and, by reason Of
the good work done In the Societies
this year, is anticipated with especial
pleasure. The orators who Will appear
in public then are the following: From
the Union Society: Senior Orator, Mr..
Hunter Phlegar, of Christiansburg
Junior Orators, Messrs. T.. G.. Barnard,
VI Roanoke, and s. S. Simmeman,
Ir., Of Speedwell, Va; from the
Philanthropic: Senior Orator. Mr.. A.
B. Harris, Of Blackstone; Junior Ora
tors, Messrs Tulane Atkinson, of
Uhampe, Va. and j. NJ. II Fitzgerald,
1f Blackstone. On the evening follow
ing Intermediate Celebration proper
he students will present a play, for
which they are now practicing, "The
Of Kitty" More than
twenty young ladies will be guests in
The homes of "The HILL"
The forthcoming volume Of the
the college annual
IS well under way. Among the ar
icles Of more than local interest will
be one from the pen Of the Rev T. NJ. ]
Of Lynchburg, on "The
Iampden-Sidney Boys in the Civil
VAR Mr.. McCorkle was one Of the
Students who at the outbreak Of hos
ilities enlisted for service under the
President Of the College, DR.. Akin
on, and were captured at Cheat
Mountain and sent back to their
looks. The article will make what
Horace Greedy called interesting il
eading" if the pen can portray the i
side Of drill and march as !
yell as a fluent tongue did on the Oc-
aston Of a recent alumni banquet In Cd
Another article in which the pub
C generally will be interested Is a q
ketch of General Sterling Price, a h