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

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He entered on his work with a strong' hansl, a hrave heart, a cleterininetl pur- poseg he was a niaster anml knew no fear, anfl soon hail the eorilial atfeetion anal eo-operation of l1is faculty antl stutlents. ln his intercourse with hoth, his every aet was inspireml hy the highest sense of honor, antl this was always through life, one of the niost striking features of his el1araete1'. He utterly ahhorretl any- thing low or hase or niean. tlreen's wortl of honor was worth more than the soleinn oaths of niost lnen. While I was a stutlent, there were associatetl with hint in the Faculty Charles Martin, Vharles S. Yenahle anil Joseph ll. NVilson. Martin was genial, jolly, 1-olieky, hut tliploniatie antl wise in l1is day anfl generation-to his ettorts, ahly seeonaleel hy llr. Green, the Vollege is inilehtetl for the scholarship plan anfl eighty thousantl tlollars. Yenahle, then ancl always, every ineh a gentleman, was a positive terror to boys who were not up on math. I ani sure he territietl nie out of two inches of lllf' growth. No wontler that he has risen to such ilistinetion at the lvniver- sity uf Yirgrinia antl in the I 'onfetleratc Army as the great I,ee's right-liantl inan. XVils1 rn was tall antl liantlsoine, a elassie taee antl graceful form, an intellec- tual athlete, uf class lllllllltftl' one, always well to the front in all things, honoretl hy the Southern l'reshyterian Vhurch, anml now for years past its witty anml genial statetl elerli. Ubc 1bomc Circle at 1bampOen:SiOncQ. Mrs. Mary Green, the tloetoi-'s wife, or, as the hoys ealletl her, The Queen, was a wonian of retineinent, culture, athnirahle tact, antl quite a general i11 the lll2l1l2lg.1'l'lllL'lll' of atiairs. .X wise antl astute eounsellor, to tone tlown the exuher- anee of the inipetuous tloetor, a helpineet to hint, not only at llUll1G, hut in all his otlicial tluties. ' Two mlaughters eoinpleteel the honie eirele at the presi1lent's house. The elrler, Miss Julia, a graceful, vivaeious, sprightly girl, with strong' antl Vlg'Ol'UllS niinml, literary tastes antl talents: her father's pet eoinpanion in his long ritles and walks, the helle of the Hill. anfl the speeial athniration of inore than one stu- clent. Afterwartls she heeaine Mrs. Mathew T. Scott. The other, Letitia, a little girl in short tlresses, very kintl anil genial, affec- tionately ealleml Tish hy the hoys, until the Queen issuetl her positive pro- hihition, then she was Tish no longer, hut Miss l.etitia, until she heeanle Mrs. Yiee-Presitlent A. lf. Stevenson, honorenl and helovemlg four fllIll'S eleetewl presiilent of that. nohle Society, Ilaughters of the .X11lL'l'll'2lll Revolution. As hushanml anml father, his heart went out in tentlerest fontlness to these low-tl ones: hut their spiritual anml eternal interests were to hint of ll11lSf supreme eoneern. 28