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mentcd IL there was any way OF pet.
ting the complete records
IN the world war about 400 offs
iiampden -Sidneys boys" went intojr
the service. the records show. hutg'
again 1t is certain that the number =
SiVen i"!Is below the actual hgures.
me figures given are those whlchS
nave been compiled at the college,
hut many OF the former students whoE
participated in the great struggle =
through modesty or negligence or
because they have not been informed
that tho college is DESTROYS of se-ss
curing their war records, have faileds5
10 report. II is known that thirteen
lost their lives while in the service &
How many We're Y. NJ. G.. a. or orS
Red Cross workers has not yet been
learned Fourteen IIampden- SidneyS
men were either instructors or offi-R
cars III the students Army TraininE9
Corps and 10 were members OF the J
siampden-S Sidney unit of the corps.
No records are available as to the
number of men wounded in the sery-
ice
The incomplete records reveal that
~ least four Iiampden-S Sidney boys
were killed in action and that nines
died while in the service. The COLI
lego had 10? commissioned officerss
in the army during the recent war
and twenty-siS in the navy, five berf
ing in the marine corps. 1t is also
known that at least fifty-one served
in the army as noncommissioned onil
GERS, nine in the navy and five ini
the marine corps. and that there were;
ut least cighty-siX privatcs from the
school in the army, thirty-four in
the navy. and six In the marine corps.
OF the seven chaplains the college
gave the service during the last war;
IL is known that one ranked as ma
jor and another as first lieutenant.
but the rank held by the others has
not been asccrtained.
Seventeen Hampden- Sidney men
won American citations during the
struggle and six received foreign cita-.
tions. Here again the records are.
incomplete. IIampden- Sidney is ex-s
pcrirncinS the same difficulties that
other colleges have encountered in
attempting TO compile records relat-l
ing To the late war.
Or J. u. EgGlcston, the presents
president Of Hampden Sidney, Is not
only n man whose scholarly attain-i
mcnts have won him wide recogni-
ton in the educational world, but he,
* an executive of extraordinary abil-.
ity and under his administration the
institution has greatly broadened.
by "A coincidcnt which 1t would
probably be hard to duplicate, both.
branches OF the Virginia Legislature
had iIampdcn- Sidney men as presid-;
ing officers in the session of 1916. ].
Taylor f:llyson, as Lieutenant-Gover-5
nor. presided over the Senate, and
Harry II. Houston was Speaker of the
House.
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will bc the best % it's type yet held i'm
the Old dominion.
The first scenes viii show the formal
opening of the General Assembly OF
Virginia. October. 1863. by ,vcrnor
tauuuicr; Tie transaction OF routine
business by the Assembly. and the
rrcso nta:i"n by the Assembly Of n
complimentary address To the Cover
nor as the representative of the
crown. The final scene shows the
Assembly. with Patrick Henry a
member. after the passage Of the
stamp Act. Presentation by Henry
OF his famous resolution marks the
climax Of the action. These scenes
Will be staged in Il reproduction of
the old Assembly chamber of the
House Of HurEcsscs. while the minnct
by the "bcauN and bellies" OF Virginia
VIII be danced in room built to
resemble the famous old Apollo
Room in the Raleigh Tavern. In adj
d:ion To the rninnet. there will be
If Roger de coverly and old English
ok dances by the women students OF
the summer school At William and
Nary.
Following is the east Of characters:
Herald. X. q. Davis, Governor Eau
Tuicr, DIR. j. -. Hooker: members of
In" t"uncil--John Blair. character
lied 10y W. ~ Bozarth. William Mel
son. by DR.. g. W. brown. Thomas Nell
son BY DR.. l.. s Foster, Peter Ran.
dolph by $. l.. Graham. William Byrd
10y j. u. &. Spencer. robert Carter by
+. j. EcrL Philip ludwcll Lee by Il.
y. kcnncy, Robert Burwcil by Archer
Brooks. Presley Johnson 10y Dr. y. W.
Davis. John Taylor by T.. j. Grimes,
Richard Corbiu by DR.. ID. j. King:
officials Of the House of liurgcsscs
John Robinson. Speaker. by Major
W. y. Hamilton: Mr.. Walthoc. Clerk
OF the Assembly. by Il. -. Pcachy:
John Randolph. Clerk "f House. by
I. II. Geddy, ST.; Rev. MIR. Price.
CbsStain, by Rev. Il. II. Jones: Francis
EsSya .ScrEcant-at-A Arms, by j. =.
t.S,> sSs2n; members OF House Of
Eurire /fea2don Carter by pr.
Robert NJ. i.tESsgsss of Norfolk. George
johnson by Rev. w. W. Powell. Pcy-
ton Randolph by DIR. *. j. Hokc,
George Wythe by Norvcll Henley,
Patrick Henry by DR.. w. a. Mont
Gomery. Richard Bland by l.. b.
Mead, Edmund Pendlcton by DIR.
j. l.. Hall, Richard Henry
Lee by DR.. II. IL, wford,
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fiy larry CAN'T.

IL has been universally conceded
that the sweetest words in the Eng
fish tongue are home. love, moth
err; and the unanimous verdict of the
music loving world Is that the sweet
est anu most hcart-appcaiing song
ever composed is Home. Sweet
Home" The music and words of this
old song chime and blend so harmon
iously and the song is so pathctically
true that it appeal. to and pcnetrates
the nobler and higher instincts in
every human heart.
While other songs. some written
by world-famous poets, have been
cast aside, for newer creations.
Home. Sweet Home" is today AS
popular melody "a when first given
by its author to an cnrapturcd world
Nothing has ever been or ever will
he produced TO take it's place. II is
the aloha and omega OF melodies on
that "'ie subject, and will endure so
long as the human race has habi-
tation and place of abode.
Home. Sweet Home" has been
translated into every tongue. and has
even invaded the desert and the dark :
est wilderness. Travellers have heard
II sung by Arabs in the Sahara
desert. those migratory people whose
homes and horse tents are
shifted from oasis to oasis as their
needs demand. And yet these desccn-
dants Of lshmacl love even their tents
as home. Stanley, in one of his let
ters 10 the New York Herald. wrote
that I've heard in darkest Africa, n
band or naked savages, in the gut
tural voices, hantinS Home, Sweet
Home, mat was Introduced by Il
y, H..
burden bearer of their tribe for a
party OF home-Sick American eXplur-
ers. These oIack savagcs live i'm huts
constructed of brush or grass, and
yet those novels were to them a
home. The Eskimo, il is said. has
long introduced this song in his
winter ice-burrow, for that foul cave
is to him Home. Sweet Home" IL
would appear that the Turk, with his
harem, would nc one race that would
have surfcit OF home, but this
American song is one OF the most
popular airs In Turkey.
Fight to Defend Home.
Josh Billings wrote that the most
arrant coward would fight to protect
his home, but he never heard of a
fellow sbouldering musket in de-
tense of a boarding-house. This wit.
ticism carries with it mine OF wis
dom and truth. TO abide in palace
belonging to another and from which
You can he elected Mt the within Of tho
owner, Is not like having a home OF
your own. 1t matters not how hum
Die that habitation may be, there is
no place like home" From the sma |, :
est insect TO the wild beast, Instinct
teachcs II TO first construct Il home
10 winch II can retire for rest and
sale.y. IL Is the one small part on
earth over. which the occupant has
sole ownership. Tho ant burrows q
home in the earth and tho tiger. lion
and all other wild beasts have their
lair or cave. But that den is horae
The first written laws ever framed
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By Thomas T.. Mnroncy.

w nile the institution of learning
known az liampden- Sidney College
was not chartered TO function AS "a
college until May, 1888, II had been
leaving it's imprimateur upon scores
or Nirginia's sons during the eiCh,
previous years: for IL was opened as
an academy six months before that
impcrishable monument Of America s
carly genius. the Declaration of In
""Pchuchce' vas promulgated to the
world. And. singularly enough ON
Hampdcn- Sidncy's first board of ,rus-
tees sat two men. one Of whom i'm
mortalizcd himself AZ tn. Orator of
the Revolution" and the other. after.
wards President Df the United states
translated the logic ~ events ANA
ne law Of progress" into the consti-
:ution OF the country. The former
II Is unnecessary to say. WAS Patrick
Henry. and IN. latter was James
Madison.
That Hampd.n- Sidney has never
hspircd Ia be knNwn as ~ pig col :
lcsc' liz plainly Though Indicated by
tho fact that il has listed only t5o.
students In It's iij years Of cvistcncc
but when II is recalled that OF In.
comparatively small number listed
she has had "a representative In the
White House: that no less than tXo
of her sons were Cabinet officers
during the brief career of the Con
lehcracy: that four OF her sons have
served this country az ministers
abroad: that thirty-six Of her sons
nave served in either branch Of the
United States Congress: eight have
been state Governors: that hundreds
have distinguished themselves As
ministers of the gcSpei and AZ sol
diers. az we'll az in various other
channels. I, viii readily be seen that
whatever the institution has lacked
In numbers IL has more than made
up in the qualities that count in lead
crship.
sons Noted for rRtrIotIsm
IN" sons OF ifampdcn-S Sidney. rom
the tims the college opened it's doors
on January J, 1876. down 10 tn.
world war. have been noted for their
patriotism, and there never has been
war In WHICH this country was
engaged IN which they did not par
ticipate In manner All out OF pro-
portion To their numbers In the War
OF the Revolution the Ha pd on : Id =
n"y hoys acquitted themselves with
the utmost distinction, tho FIRST elias
containing the names OF such patriots
as Colonel Clement Darlington and
Peter Johnston. Jr.. az well. as inany.
others. other classes gave soldiers
OF no less distinction TO the Rcvolu.
ton.
When ths War OF 1872 came, tho
Hampdcn-S Sidney students again for
SOCK the classroom for the battlefield
and were led by no other than John
X. Kirkpatrick. teacher and minister
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PATRICK HENRY WAS
ON COLLEGES FIRST
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Charter, Granted by General Assembly of Virginia,
Provides for Instilling Love for Principles of
"The Present Glorious Revolution"

who commanded them during tho on
tire war. In the Mexican War Innr-
den sidney had more tnan her u,o,a
OF men. aud in the War i.ctwcen
III states the students volunteered
III body. They were commanded bv
J"hn NJ. j.. Atkinson. y. H.. -. D.,
president of the college. and memhor
Of the class OF 1885. class which
contained several other DISTINGUISHED
names.
When the world-famcd Battle OF
New Market was fought. the conflict
N which the ca'tts oi V NJ J. COW
"r"d themselves with glory. IIarnp-
d"h-Sidncy hat representatives ON
the field, hGhting shoulder 10
shoulder with their brothers of V. NJ.
J. Three liampd"u- Sidney BOYS lost
their lives in that battI.. Another
h"iatl" achievement in connection
"ith IA" war 90 1861 Cd and on. that
!a not generally known. or of which
S'Hht IL generally lost. is that IL wac
4 Hampdcn-S Sidney alurnnus. James
u. Martin, who made the mrs, cap,urc
OF Il Federal soldiers north OF the
Potomac.
Nrnrly 400 In World wnr.
In tn" Spanish American War
iampien- Sidney boys wcr. among
tn" hrst I" enlist. and in the rcc.n;
war in Europe nearly 500 OF her
students and alumni served their
country. thirteen of whom made the
supreme sacriicc.
K"rcrting for "a moment to carly
days OF Hampdcn- Sidney as "a college
II Is interesting 10 note the names
OF the men who served on III. first
board Of trustees. many Of them be-
ing names which are Stlii well known
IN Virginia and in other parts o..
the country. and not "A iew Of them
Icing the names 'cf families which
hav" played by no means incon-
siderable part in IN. history Of AM
erica. In addition 10 Patrick Henry
ana James Madison. the FIRST board
members were:
boil. Sr.. Paul Darlington. Eobcr,
Lawson. John Nash Nathaniel Ven
able. t:v"rard Meade. Joel watkins.
James N"nah!c. Francis watkins.
John Morton. William Morton.
Thomas scott. Sr. James Alien.
charles Alien, samuel Woodson Ven
ahi" Joseph rarkc. Richard Foster.
fcter johnson, Rev. Richard Sankcy.
Rev. John Todd. Rev. David Rice.
and K"v. Archibald McRubcrt
Under the provisions OF AN amend
n,cnt To the college charter granted
by the state Corporation Commission
In 1919. the number Of trustees yts
placed az ;wcnty-iivc. the prcsIdan,
Of the institution being made a trus.
tee c1oihcio. In February OF tina;
scar IN. College became IN. property
81 the Presbyterian Synod Of vir
Ginia. In the session Of i.I.-2d there
were l2' students enrolled: in 1920
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side the Tenth and Capitol StreesI
entrance TO Capitol Square, opposit;X
the City Hall, and the other attached
10 tree near the entrance to thSv
main walkway in Capitol SauareA
from Capitol Street to Bank StreetH
II is quite evident that habiNleSs
OF Capitol Square pay no at,entioRj
TO the signs. They do not, apparel
'htly. believe In signs. For kiddies4
and women galore romp and rest orTI
The grass in Capitol Square, and. soS
Tar as history asserts, Colonel Rich-,
"tdson has had none of them arr
rested, or even elected. And IL isv
conceded that there is no more in-j
vitinG place for brief rest during thad
Tot hours of the early afternoon than
the emerald slopes OF the hills m
THIS historic square.
Children, nurses, squirrels. spar-n
rows and pigeons minglc toeethe III
in spirit OF comradeship. Even thes
stalwart figure OF grim Long Tomb
bears no fears, For the big capitol5
square cop is the childrens pet. HaS
knows them all by name. and Is ac.g
Hnaintcd with their parents.
What would like to see done..!l
SAID John Eagby. chairman of the;I
Boys club committee OF the RorarySI
club. lis To see these two last red
manning signs of the dark ages rod
moved from our beautiful square. WesI
d"ht want the children to think thasfl
lhry are breaking "a rule. when theygI
loil ami play around on the grassSl
IL might make them feel that they'll
are privileged to break other ruiesi,Si
ihcrc are too few resting placesfI
and places for recreation in the city, IN
SAID James Il. Dickerson. chairma{Y1
OF the Subcommittee on PIaygroundf2I
OF the Council Committee on UtiIt5f
ties. we need more, particularly III
me central and eastern portions "a
The city. Capitol Square is the oni.
spot available for the hundreds 4
children living between BelvidetI
street and Broad. east to JcffersGi
rark; Within that territory of II.
or three square miles, there a
thousands of little children with al
solutely no play spaces"
THE Park Department Is doif
everything possible to provide cor
fort for the children and the grow
ups as WE'LL said Superintende
calder. III the city will give
more space we will provide md
comforts. II seems to me that {
central section OF the city shot,
have more open spaces for the Chi
rem"
In the meantime the volunte
connected with the Community
creation Association are prepar
To have certain streets reserved d
ing specified hours for play spe
for the children of the neighborhs
Under an ordinance recently adoS
by Council, streets may be roaed
To be used by neighborhood child >
~ lsI.. -.
sons. Permission for such uses b
De secured from Director W. 81.
ers. OF the Department OF Safety
the application must be indosset}
majority presidents VI tho ri
affected.
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spirit" OF PATRICK HENRY
TO SPEAK AT WILLIAMSBURG
IN HISTORIC PAGEANTMONDAY

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
WILLIAMSBURG. VA, July >
This ancient city. once the heart of
Colonial America, will witness on
July :, revival Of its early elories
and the return OF ills great departed,
in pageant of unusual historic in
tcrcst.
Practically every family in this CITY.
many of them lincal descendants OF
those they viii portray, Will nartici
f''r III IN" pageant In SILKS and
s"tihs and crinolincs. they will re-
enact the scenes Of historic sirnin-
cancc in the period of Coloni.,,
America when Williamsburg was IN.
Colonial capital. ratrick Henry
george WEthc. Carter i;raNton. vii
nam Byrd. John Randolph. Archibald
cary and Pcyton Randolph Will again
walk down Duke of Gloucester street
WIN their confrercs I" the House of
EurgcSSes.
flnal arrangements were com
ri"tcd today with an elaborate re-
hcarsaI on the campus OF the College
OF WHEN and Mary, under the dircc
tioD OF DR. w. y. Mont Gomcry. dircc-
tor Of tn" pageant, ana the college IL
rhrlhn. H. O. SVEN. who supplied it's
continuity The costumes, anthem
tically designed by Dr. X. NJ. Craw
cord. have been made by the Home
Economics branch of the colleges CO.
educational department. under the
supervision of Miss Hazel NJ. Gala
CHER.
Several thousand people from Nor
folk. Newport News. Richmond and
the countryside will view the process
sion as il arrives on the college cam
pus. Originally planned as the fca-
ture OF Community Peninsula Day.
the pageant in scope and color has
reached such magnitude and aroused
such interest that II is now proposed
to make Ii an annual feature If this
is done. il is believed that the his
torical traditions of the town itself
and william and Mary will provide All
almost inexbaustible source OF ma
terial for pageant writing and de-
sign. 1t Is probable that several
noted authors of pnGeants will he
asked to, make suggestions for maxi
ing 1t permanent AFFAIR.
While not rs large, in point OF num-
bers. as some recently presented, it is
confidently expected that the pageant
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ROMANCE LNLLFE OFAUTHOR
OFHOAlE, SWEET HOME. 'DIRGE
FOR THAT WHICHHELACKED,
Song Piteous Vail OF Home Hung ring Heart. a
Wish Destined Never to Be Realized.
Died in Tunis

were by English rors beneath the
wide-s spreading shade of "A giant oak
ana the first declaration was made
that a mans home was his castle. and
mat 1t was ever sacred from invasion
except by consent Of the owner. And
With Inc first settlement Of America
'ris declaration was imported with
me coionisis, and no law is more
hrmly implanted in The minds Of oar
people today y plutocrat. with s!iI-
ed chambers in 4 palace hotel il an
OBJECT OF commiserati1a when con-
pared with AN humble work!nrman
living IN Il cottage of his own. ard
where love and con;cnt.Icnt abide.
Never Had 81 H"n-.
John Howard Payne. whose brain
ana gifted and almost inspired pea
gave Home. Sweet Home" To thS
world, never had home. ana ms
song was dirge for that which ne
himself lacked and so ardcntly lonE-d
for. That song was a piteous val!
Of mountaineering heari-a w:sl,
mat was destined never to be realized
Tor he died in Tunis. in AlEiars. in
an alien land and among strangers.
utterly pennilcss. He mad only his
ritful and uncertain salary as Amcri-
can consul 10 subsist upon Yeas
after his remains were brough; nom.
ana handsome monument erected to
perpctuatc his memory
Like Robert Burns, who died i'm
poverty and want, John Howard, PAYNE
asked for bread and they gave him a
stone. But this homeless wanderer
ana whose song has touched and
softcned so many hundreds OF mil
lions of hearts and touching and in
n - I,1 81
stincts in the human mind. has found
at last Home, Sweet Home" but
1t is not on this earth
There is a little romance connected
with John Howard Payne seldom
found out of fiction. I have talked
with those who knew and loved him,
as will he seen before this sketch
ends
Loved md Was Loved.
The author of Home, Sweet Home"
was OF medium statue and remark
ably handsome. He possessed "a mos,
captivating manner. but always had
dreamy expression. characteristic OF
a certain line Of genius, with thoughts
above the average mind. lie dcvo;-
eddy loved beautiful and accom-
piished young girl OF Athens, Ca,
who belonged TO an aristocratic and
distinguished family. named Miss
Mary Harden, and who ardcntly re-
turned the young poets love and re-
manned true to him TO the hour OF her
death. But young Payne had tho rep
utatiOn OF Il nc'cr-do-wcll, he was ut
trriy pcnniicss, and the Harden fam
lily firmly vetoed such u mcsaliiance
for their only daughter and hciress.
In ye oldcn times children were more
submissive to parental authority than
in. these days.
Ana just here let me state that
many years ago, when l published a
paper In Athens. Ga. l lived next
door to this same Miss Mary Harden.
and my partner. Horace Crawford,
rented and lived in part of her home.
She retained In her service an old mu-
latto named Rob Roy, body servant
OF her father. General Harden. This
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STUDENTS ANSWERED
CALL FOR SOLDIERS m .
INDEPENDENCE FIGHT
When Tocsn Sounded for War Between the States.
They Again Marched Out in Body With Their
Own President as Captain

d"n-Sidncy alumni. the former by
Rev, K. V. Lancaster and the latter
by Rev. X. l.. Dabney. - H.. LII. d.
The colleges record in respect o,
the number "f schools 1t has founded
revived. rcorgInized or assisted in
founding. or which were founded or
revived by it's alumni as given here.
Is propably incumplctc
Sidney has given three
Governors u Virginia; one to Mary
land: one To Kentucky: one To Mis-
souri,: one to Illinois and ono To In
dian Territory Two of her sons
have been president Of the Supreme
Court OF Appeals OF Virginia and nine
OF her sous hay" sat upon that bench.
No less than siNty-on" iiampdcn- Sid
ner men hay" been Judges Of the
county and circuit courts oc Nir-
ginia. and Of the twcnty-thrcc who
sat in constitutional conventions or
the state. twelve were in tho Scccs-
sion Convention. Thirty of her
boys HAY" been state Senators and
cishty-siN have been members of the
House Of Delegates
Eight iiampdcn- Sidney men have
been president of universities and
l2i hav. been professors in colleges
ana universities. Two have founded
universities and tw"nty-scvcn have
been college professors The men
she has given 10 academies and high
schools as principals and Ia other
Schouls teachers she numbers by
tn" hundred. Three bishops OF the
Irotcstan; Episcopal Church have been
llamdcn-S Sidney men and so minis
tarS OF various denominations were
graduates Of the college
The rcCordeS OF llampdcn- Sidney
Va. 'nfc 1,
claimed more Of her sons than any
other profession. law has been n
second choice and medicine third.
The college has given the legal pro-
frssion ~? lawyers and 456 entered
the medical profession. One of her
sons served "a Speaker Of the House
nf Representatives OF the Confederate
states Of America. OF which body
eight OF her sons were members. One
was a member OF the Confederate
Senate.
AZ arordng some little idea OF
the part llamphcu sidney men played
in the War between the states. II
may lac mentioned that one was n
ma jor- general: two briga,licr- gcncr-
ais: nineteen were colonclS: twenty
served as majors: sevcnty-thrcc "a
captains: SiXty-two as licutcnants;
forty seven as surgeons. twenty
three az chaplainS and il is definitely
known that ut least 400 served as
noncommi ssioncd officers and as pri-
Yates. ciGhty-thrce OF whom were
either killed or died in tho service.
The figures given will serve to indi-
cate that liampdcn-S Sidney did her
Ftull share for the Confederacy, hut it
is certain that the number of her
sons who actually donned the gray
mMifnrm would he GREATLY nnEm-