The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-05-14
Tea, MusicaI Baseball Win Delights
Colleges Biggest Parents Day Crowd
$50 Visitors
Spend Day On
Campus Saturday

Attendance double that of any
previous gathering, baseball
victory fashioned on a come-from
behind rally and a festival Of
music that delighted an evening
audience in Cannon Gymnasium
were three highlights of Hamp-
den-Sydney' fourth Parents Day,
Saturday.
In between the mountain tops
were shaded, green valleys Of ac-
quaintance-making among par
ents with common ties. morning
refreshments and a welcome in
the home of President and Mrs
Joseph c. Robert; campus tours.
and the annual meeting of Par
ents and Friends Of Hampden-
Sydney.
For the latter event. the Rev
Robert Bluford OF Raleigh, N. c..
who has served as executive sec
rotary of the four-year old organ
ization presided President Rob-
ert and r T. Atk nson. college
treasurer. spoke briefly. the latter
on the valuable role played by
the groups chief project to date
scholarship aid for worthy stu
dents.
Leader Elected
Before leaving Johns Auditor
ium for a luncheon provided by
the college in Venable Hall. the
group elected w. T. Allen. Or Bon
Air. its new president ana chair
man Of the Parents committee.
He succeeds A w. Embrey. of
Fredericksburg.
Historical displays in the col
lege brary'S Rare BOOK and
Hampden-Sydney Rooms and IN
Bagby Science Hall were availa-
be before luncheon and between
that time and the afternoon base
hall game, pittine the Tigers and
arch-rival Randolph Macon.
A parent couldn't have written
better script for the game than
did actually. for Coach Louis
Mlller's squad after letting the
JACK IS take alb "a lead after six
innings. broke the game open in
the seventh with a seven-run rail-
" to victory
Baseball Victory
Robert William Humphreys. u
junior from Viilamont. played the
role Of chief herewith his fam
lily watching After contributing
four sterling defensive plays at
third base. he moved ID the
mound IN the sixth il relief Of
Starter Bill Pierce and limited
the Jackets 70 two singles in three
and two thirds innings.
In addition. the slick right
handler, who posted his fifth
mound victory without defeat.
smashed one-on homer in the
seventh that kept the winning
rally going, leading to the event.
ual 1873 triumph. H-SC's eighth
N the Little Eight without defeat.
The evening musical, the pre-
sentation of Mendelssohn's Eli
lah," had 100 voices in the chorus.
equally divided between t h &
Hampden-Sydney Glee Club and
the Mary Washington College
Glee Club.
Evening Oratorio
Four visiting soloists, promin-
ent IN New York music circles,
sang the lead parts in the orator
10, Memberships masterpiece of
music depicting the struggle of
the Prophet Elijah with the
priests Of Baal, and the return Of
Israel TO the worship of Jehovah.
Dr. T. Ned Crawley, H-SC dean
of men and glee club leader. di-
rected the oratorio on which later
he was warmly congratulated by
b visiting soloists. Charles
Bressler. bass, sang the role of
Elijah, and the other soloists
were Florence Manning. soprano.
Edwina Eustis, contralto. and
Robert Falk, tenor.
With the flawless accompani-
m9nt of Ronald Davis. a H-SC
from HONEYWELL the SOLO