Hampden Sydney College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hampden Sydney, VA)

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men of Yirginia, the Honorable .lohn Goode, of varied and distinguished service, being President. Dr. Mcllwaine, in his work as Chairman of one of the most im- portant committees, that of Education, as well as by his readiness and resource in debate on the lloor of the Convention, was soon recognized as one of its foremost lig- ures. He vigorously opposed the Grandfather Clause among the qualifications for suffrage and nepotism in the conduct of the public schools. Unwise legislation was more than once prevented and wise measures more than once adopted by his strong influence and earnest work, his service for education throughout Virginia being especial- ly noteworthy. On the conclusion of his work in the Convention the people who had sent him as their delegate assembled in mass meeting and by unanimous vote ap- proved his attitude on the various questions brought before the body. Two years later, in IQO4., Dr. Mcllwaine retired from the Presidency of the College, holding the esteem and honor due to a man whose whole life had been spent in infiuential work. Touching his work and his position TlwCfnrm1 PfF.ff7.X'fffIiH7l, under date of July 27th, IQO4, was constrained to say: The bulletin which tells of the alumni of Hampden-Sidney who are now doing the highest and best educational work is a paper which surprises as well as gratilies the reader. College presidents and professors, seminary principals, masters of high schools, and teachers of all high grades, are in this list. Yet this bulletin gives onlya section of the men who in all professions and positions are among the highest in the land. Especially has it filled the ranks of the Christian ministry. The history of Hampden-Sidney makes a powerful appeal. A signal event in its history has just occurred-the retirement of the President, Dr. Richard Mcllwaine, after twenty-one years of faithful toil. No man is more honored in Southside Virginia than Dr. Mcllwaine. His career in the ministry, in the ofhce of Secretary of Foreign Missions, in the Constitutional Convention of Vir- ginia, and in the Presidency of the College, has been such as is rarely attained by any man. He retires the first citizen of the whole Southside of Virginia. Dr. Mcllwaine was honored with the degree of D. D. from Stuart College fnow the Southwestern Presbyterian Universityl in 1373 and in IQOO Davidson College conferred on him the degree of LL. D. Since his retirement from Hampden-Sidney he has made his home in Richmond where with pen and tongue, as opportunity has offered, he has continued his work for civic righteousness and the regnancy of Chris- tian character. It is eminently fitting that this volume should be dedicated to Dr. Mcllwaine. Its editors, chosen representatives of the whole body of Hampden-Sidney students, honor themselves in doing honor to a man whose life as citizen, minister, educator, Christian, has at all times and in all weathers rung true. HAMPDEN-SIDNEY, VA., February 27th, IQO7. 18

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to both. His administration was one of sustained vigor. The number of students increased until, in 1301-2, it reached 155, the largest enrollment ever recorded for the college proper, that is. apart from the Academy or the Medical Department. The curriculum was broadened and strengthened. The endowment was enlarged. The teaching force was added to in the person of graduate tutors, the system being intro- duced in 1836 and continuing through the session of 1004-5. Prize scholarships were established with the session of 1888-0. In the Science Department another professor was added. The Memorial Hall, a beautiful and commodious structure providing Chapel, lecture-rooms, and halls for the two Literary Societies, was erected at a cost of 525.000, and substantial improvements were made in other parts of the plant. In addition Dr. Mcllwaine was carrying on his work as a teacher, performing here, no doubt, his largest service for the youth committed to his trainingg and further, in ad- dition, he supplied for some years the College Church, after the death of Dr. Charles White and until a regular pastor could be secured. The service of these years was made larger by the hospitality of a home in which the students received always a gra- cious and helpful welcome. Hundreds of his old students scattered through the South felt that one of their number spoke for all in the letter of Mr. Robert Henning lVebb CA. B. of IQOI and A. M. of IQO2. now a student of Harvardl, written on the retirement of Dr. Mcllwaine. It so well summarizes the inlluence of the man that it merits quotation all but in full: lVIy Dear Dr. IWcIlwaine:- Ever since I read in the papers the account ofyour resignation from the presidency of Hampden-Sidney I have been intending to send you a few lines expressing my sor- row at this change in the old and familiar regime. You have been connected with the college for so long and have been so intimately concerned with its interests and affairs that you seem to me a necessary and integral part of the whole place, and the dear old college, which I love so well, will never seem the same to me without you as its official head. I only hope your successor will be willing to devote to it such hard, persistent, and loving labor as that which it had the good fortune to receive at your hands, I feel sure that there is not one of your old boys who does not share my feel- ings in the matter. We all owe you a great deal, and we are all grateful for yourin- fluence upon our lives. By your ability as a teacher, by your counsels as a friend. by your admonitions as our spiritual adviser, by your interest in us collectively and in- dividually, as students and as men, in the classroom and out. by many other means, you endeared yourself to us and made for yourself a place in our lives which seldom falls to the lot of men to make in the lives of others. In short, you proved yourself a friend we shall not soon forget or cease to love and revere .... It is a great pleasure to me to feel that I shall carry with me, through all the successes and disappointments of life, your kindly interest and good wishes. In 1901 Dr. IVIcIlwaine, without seeking it in any way, was elected delegate from Prince Edward County to the Constitutional Convention of Virginia, it being under- stood that if he would consent to serve, the opposing party would put no candidate into the field. The Board of Trustees also recognized his eminent fitness for this public service and consented to his release for such time as the Convention might hold in session, which proved to be a year. The Convention was composed of the leading I7

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3Bott5 nn 1fit5t jfuut 61ZIa55t5 to erauuatf Thiitbtr 3lBr. Bttbarh jliltilllvatnt. Glass nf '84- 4Bp Ritbatn XB. Lantastrr, 93. Q. ln the Sophomore and Junior years this class was a large one. But more than halt' of the men, and some of the best, dropped out and left the Senior class of 1884 with only ten members. Of the ten one is dead. The remaining nine are still living and have done well. This was the first Senior class taught by Dr. Mcllwaine Here follows the list in order. XVILLIS H. Bocock. Professor of Greek at the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Born -lan. 4th, 1865, at Halifax C. H., Va. Entered college 1881. Phip. First Honor. After leaving college has studied at University of Virginia CGrad in Latin and Greekj, University of Berlin, and in Greece: a teacher at Midway Academy, Charlottesville, Va., McGuire's School, Richmond: Prof. of Greek at Hampden-Sidney, 1886-89g Prof. Latin and Greek, University of Georgia, 1889-94g Prof. of Greek, University of Georgia, ISQ41. Lit. Deg. A. B., B. Lit. of H.-S. C., Hon. A. M. of Davidson, N. C. Contributor to various periodicals. Married on July 25th, 1889, Miss Bessie P. Friend. Two children, boy and girl. ALEXANDER L. BONDURANT. Professor of Latin in University of Mississippi, University, Miss. Born Buckingham County, Va. Entered college in 1880. Phip. Since leaving college has studied in University of Texas, University of Virginia, and Harvard University. A teacher at Round Rock Institute, Texas, and then at Univer- sity of Miss., first as Assistant Prof. of Latin and Greek, then in charge of the schools of Latin and Greek lafter Prof. A. Hoguel and since 1896 Professor of Latin. Lit. Deg. A. B. of H.-S. C., A. M. of Harvard. Contributor to periodicals and author of historical and critical papers and reviews. Unmarried K Fl. PETER CUNNINGHAM CLARK. Pastor of Presbyterian Church, Bluefield, W. Va. Born Washington County, Va., Aug. 7th, 1862. Entered college 1881. Phip. Since leaving college has taken regular course at Union Theol. Sem. Since 1887'has been continuously in the Ministry. Ordained by Montgomery Presbytery in 1887. Has never left that Presbytery. Served the following fields: Rocky Mount and Piedmont churches, Franklin County, Va., 1887-913 Fincastle, Glen Wlilton and Gallatin, in Botetourt County, I8QIfQ71 Bluefield, VV. Va., 1897-. Lit. Deg. A. B. and A. M. of H.-S. C. Married Dec. 11, 1887, Miss Sallie M. Horne. Seven children, of whom six are living. In nineteen years of service has missed only three Sundays on account of sickness. D A. C. FINLEY. Superintendent of the Davis Collieries Co., Harding, YV. Va. Son of Rev. G. VV. Finley, D. D. Entered college 1881. Phip. Has been in rail- road and civil engineering work since leaving college, and has steadily risen to his present important position. Married. One child. 19