The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-03-21
HAMPDEN-s SIDNEY COLLEGE.

The catalogue for the current session is be-
ing issued and, unlike the catalogues of recent
years. will be illustrated with cuts of buildings and
grounds
The material for the Kaleidoscope" the college
annual is all in and will be placed with the print
within a weeks time. In addition to the
tfces of which mention made in former notes.
sketches, namely of Hampden- Sidney in the
Civil War and of of the illustrious of the
men whom the college has sent out, General Ster-
ling Price, there will be article showing the part
played by students of Hampden- Sidney in the
Revolution. Still another article will give list,
complete as the records, of the men who have
served the college teachers The article reveals
several very Interesting facts. The first faculty
of the Academy (out of which the College grew
composed entirely of Princeton men, of
whom David Witherspoon, of the presi-
dent of Princeton, John Witherspoon the only min
lister whose is signed to the Declaration of
Independence. Another member of the first facul-
ty Samuel Doak, who later Gin 1873 crossed
the Alleghanies and founded Martin Academy, the
Of which changed to Washington Col
lege in 1895, the first institution of learning estab
lished in the Great Mississippi Valley and school
which is within sight of the completion of
fine endowment. Mr.. Doak has the distinction of
carrying the first library the Alleghanes.
While attending a meeting of the General Assem-
bly, in Philadelphia, books given to him which,
without loss of time he bundled into sacks and
ried pack horses the great chain of noun
tains, these books becoming the nucleus of the
present library of Washington College.
Among the professors of Physical Science here
have been Dr. George w. Dame, elected in 1884, and
from 1910 to 1894 the eminent rector of Camden
Parish, Danville, Va DR.. John VIM. Draper who
here, from 1886 to 1885, laid the foundations of his
great fame and who, a few weeks after leaving
Hampden- Sidney, from the top of a building in
New York City, took the first photograph ic por-
trait taken from life, part of the apparatus
used in preliminary experiments being at
Hampden- Sidney; and Rev Joseph r. Wilson,
father of President Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton
and professor here from 1850 to 1855. The chair of
Mathematics has had notable succession, among
the number being Professor Francis H. Smith, here
from 1897 to 1899 and afterwards superintendent of
the Virginia Military Institute; and Col Charles
S. Venabe, professor here from 1916 1856 after
wards professor at the University of Virginia and
aide to General Lee. The Chair of Languages has
boosted among it's holders Dr. James Marsh 1924
1920, afterwards president of the University of
Vermont and professor of philosophy there until his
death in 1912.
The outdoor work in athletics has been greatly
facilitated by the splendid open and bracing wealth
of the past few weeks. The Venable Athletic
Field presents attractive sight every afternoon,
with the practice games i'm full swing About TWEEN
ty-five men trying for the baseball team and
such has been the demand that another diamond is
being shaped up for the Of the The
schedule of games has already been published and
the team, under the captaincy of Mr.. S. W. Booth,
Jr. of Petersburg and the management of Mr.. Pey-
ton Fleming, of Richmond. is going i'm to win.
Not few of the old students will be distressed
to learn of the loss by fire Of the built years
ago by Judge Treadway, but i'm recent years owned
and occupied by Mrs II. w. Reynolds. now of New
port News Va The house at the time of the fire
occupied by Mr.. J. Wilson Miller and family,
all of whom escaped. The fire when discovered
had gained such Roadway that little was saved.