The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-06
BEST Session
FOR ten YEARS
Prospects Very Bright for New
Years Work at Harnpden-
Sidney.
Sidney z.
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IAMPDEN-s1DNEY. VA. October g..
THE Bulletin" publication issued
quarterly by the college. Will be out
in a few days. 1t will give a number
OF facts OF general interest. The col-
1ege opened on September nth, with
the largest proportion of old men re-
turning In years. and with total enc
rolment exceeding that of any recent
year. The number ut this writing. III,
liz being added to with each week, and
the best session In sten years, from
every point OF View is guaranteed.
The new professor OF English and his
tory, DIR. "A. W. McWhorter, has entered
upon his work with a sureness tina.
sforetokens a continuance of his sue
ressful career in teaching; the several
college classes have organized for e
healthy rivalry; the Students. Council.
composed of representatives elected
from each class, Is making for the
strengthening OF the best college spirit;
the work of the two leading student
publications, the magazine and the
annual, has already started. aud tho
dramatic and glee and mandolin clubs
are laying plans for entertainments
that Will even eclipse those. of most
Srredltable nature. given last session.
Tho erection of'a new fraternity house
+
another for the use of the Kappa Sig
mas. combine with touches given the
homes that skirt an extensive and
beautiful campus to present splendid
appearance. and the students on the
campus OF. on tho athletic field give
life to the whole.
The classification cards OF the 1874
students who have SO far reported
give interesting statistics. OF this
number Virginia furnishes 81: West
virginia, ~; North Carolina, A Ten
nessee. 3: Alabama, Maryland and
New Jersey. l each, and Japan sends
i. Occupation OF fathers: Planters and
farmers. IS: ministers. 16; physicians.
B; lawyers and judges IL; merchants,
13; coal operators. 8; tobacconists, s:
railway service. 3; real estate. q; bank
cashiers. z: other lines OF business. II;
{ superintendent of schools, q: county
officers, 3: clerk Of United States
Court, " United States Fish Commits
stoner, i: dentist, broker. editor, teach
or, hotel proprietor and silk weaver.
eachi not given, S. The preferred
3 profession or life work OF the stu
dents they have Indicated as follows:
Ministry. 20; medicine, 10; law, IL:
engineering, II. teaching, 6 &; farming.
A.; business. 8; dentistry chemistry.
navy,81 each; undecided. So. The aver
age age OF the students Is slightly
!. above 10 Ia years. The average age
of the freshman class is 4 0; ; sophomore.
slightly less than 10: Junior and senior.
2191-2. An even hundred OF the stu
dents are church members, So being;
Prcsbyterlans, 5 Episcopalans A gAIetho
y dists, S Baptists. or those not chnrcl,
members Is are Presbyteriuns. 4
q MethOdIStS. 3 EpiscOna fans Ss{s
The following Richmond boys are al
4 llampd Sidney College this session:
e Nlessrs. Walter Moore and Blair Fits,
4 OF near Union Theological Seminary;
Wyndham Blanton. son Of Dr. Charles
a.. :Blanton. 4 William Martin, son3of Mr.
s Miles NJ. Martin: Alfred p. Goddin, sol,
4 OF Mr, John 7. Goddin: Carl Fleming
4 son of Mr.. ". T.. Fleming; James Sin
Ion. son of Mr.. j. w. Slnton; DaYid
8 l'ayne, Of zoos West Franklin Street
& Jewell Carrtngto on, son of Mr.. ~, M
: 4Garringt ton j ames Cecil. son OF Rev
Dr. Russell Cecil; Mitchell Waddill
! son OF II Judge Edmund Waddill, il.
\ y ebert Q. l4.lc lSe, Among others hero
' nre the two sons sof Judge frank 3
III Hutton, OF Abingdon, and the son Of
ii Judge liam TT edges Mann, OF Not.
Il toway. 8 32S "a a
Hanpden- Sidney claims probably tlle
tallest college student In Virginia Ii
the personof Mi. lAennuel Bowden. son
s + Hon. George II 3 den. Of IN orfolk
Mr.. Bowden.S who Is one II o E The, best
and most popular Students Is
nny nineteen years of age, stands si,
3 feet six Inches towering q worry snu
anon g his fellows.
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