The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-09-21
Hampden.Sldney College

NtlA. H. Nus
The opening Of the College on We'd
T nesday, the 18th, was characterized by
great enthusiasm. The largest num-
Der Of new men in years gathered
with the old men in the College Chapel
and listened with marked interest to
a splendid opening address, delivered
by the Rev. j. &. Painter, an alumnus
Of the COLLEGE. Parts Of the address
will be published in the College Bull
letin. As evidence Of the impression
made by the entering classes a gentle
man Who'll has been associated in one
way or another with the College for
fifteen years was heard to say that he
had never seen such a class Of men
entering Hampden-Sidney. In ap-
pearance, address, stature, age, and
scholastic preparation they not only
sustain but advance the reputation Of
the old College. Among the new
students may he mentioned Mr.. Carl
w. Bishop, born in Japan, for three
years a student Of De Paw Univer-
sity and last year a mining engineer
in Mexico. One Of the students more
recently enrolled is the son Of Con-
gresham Rixey and nephew Of Sur
geon-General Rixey, President Roose-
yelts physician. Outside Of Virginia
and West Virginia there are students
enrolled from North Carolina, Florida,
Mississippi. Tennessee, New Jersey,
Indiana and Illinois.
The reception rendered to the new
students by the College Y. NJ G.. \.
took place on Friday and was pro-
nounced by the large number present |
the most delightful ever held. Short |
addresses were delivered by Messrs
Karnsberger for the Association,
O'Neal for the Literary Societies, Tom
Pete Cross for the Athletic Assoca-
lion, and President McAllister for the
Faculty, Mr.. p. Tulane Atkinson, the
President Of the Association, presid-
ing. Refreshments and informal so
cial intercourse concluded an evening
all too short.
The students Handbook, issued
under the auspices Of the Association,
has made its appearance, a valuable
compendium Of information. Another
student publication, the Magazine,
will be issued about the first OF Octo-
Der, the articles already IA hand and
promised guaranteeing an attractive
issue The healthy rivalry between
the two Literary Societies has resulted
in splendid accessions 10 both and the
pledge Of work unusually good. The
enthusiasm with which the students,
both old and new, are entering upon ,
the work Of the year il a subject Of {
comment from all sides. The atten- q
dance this year will reach at least 10,
an increase Of fifty per cent over that d
Of last session. 4 like increase for I
next year, already guaranteed by the .
OF men who have entered for ,
the whole course, will make the en- II
rollment year hence exceed all re- {
cord for the College. r
4 number Of former students have q
been guests at the College within the h
last week, among them Nh Tom Pete 2
Cross, 1873. for some years teacher in {,
Norfolk Academy, now pursuing a h
course In English in Harvard for PHI. Il
d., and recently the recipient Of one Of n
he Townsend Scholarships i'm that I
niversity Mr.. Edgar Cannon, 'O3,
now professor i'm Hoge Military Acad- L
smy, Blackstone, Va, Mr.. Ray Akin o.
,on Moore, 1900, who after graduation
md hospital work in Richmond, is n
to enter upon the regular Il
practice Of his profession; Prof. Nal r,
.olm G.. Woodwork, ~, last session p
Prof Of English in Davis d Elkins Il
'ollege, Elkins, W. Va, and now on "
MS way TO Clinton, ;. c., where, at te
me Presbyterian College Of :. c., he
will teach the same subject Mr.. ;.
". Booth. 'O6, who, after a special %,
curse i'm the University Of Chicago, -,
will enter Cornell for Engineering this al
'all; Rev. NIichaux Raine, 1900 who
inferred brother at College; Prof. FL
lott Jones, 'Ol, instructor i'm Mathe-
natics. Washington a Lee University: sc
Robert G.. Graham, 'O6, who will spend CO
he winter at his home near Max &c
leadows, Va, and Keith Morton III
Read, 1900, managing editor Of the IL
army and Navy Life, handsome III
Monthly periodical issued i'm New 81
'ork and enjoying widening circu- &c
alton. II may be of interest to add
hat another Hampden-Sidney man, L
lr. Irving Brock, VI. a. Of '9S, is yC
ramatic critic Of the magazine. lie fin
one Of a coterie Of Virginia men who bc
re making a name for themselves in ST
he great metropolis. OF
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lonths Of the gentleman heading the
lovement, the Inauguration Of the
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.rters is postponed until the Fall Of ha
NJ. I'm the meanwhile a large M
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altered for the work Of the depart DC
lent, valuable additions having been of
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