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

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Dream Wreck My love and I went sailing High on the heavenly maine My Love to seek new isles of joy, And I, to lose or gain A hope, a dream so thrilling-sweet, It seemed akin to pain- That sometimes waked, and sometimes slept But always waked again. Earth was a map beneath us, And heaven stooped dear and nigh- Now is our kingdom come! my Love Exultedg Now we fly: Yon glory-cloud just gonef' she cried, May be, is God gone by. Or some bright earthly dream, I said, Come true, here in the sky. It was not mine: for gently She sighed, and shook her head, And ere my stammering tale was done, I knew my hope was dead- The brightest dream on earth, for me, In heaven had vanished. And o'er the misty mountains, And back along the seas, High o'er the pillared smoke that clomb From green clumps that were trees, Our wide wings brought us down and down To earth's uncertain ease. But of that wondrous journey Two things alone remain- For her, a glory-cloud gone by, For me, an endless pain. For Love's rich galleons wrecked that day High on the heavenly main- For hopes that once would wake and sleep. But ne'er will wake again. WiLi.1AM Hi1RxLi Wooos Zl

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When I left the Seminary I presented him with a new Bible, and twelve years after I revisited the Hill, and drove from Farmville in Walker's hack. On the way he entertained me with the changes that had taken place, and then, as if to show that there was something that change had not touched, he said with manifest pride, ML Bridges, I have that Bible you gave me twelve years ago, and it is just as good as new. Nearly nineteen years have passed since that last visit, and in that time change has been at work. Improvements have been made, and the old building has been made more comfortable in every way, yet if I were to go back, I would be like the old women in the Lincoln County Poor House, a new building with electric lights and steam heat. Yet the old women are unhappy there, because there is no open hre into which they can spit when they smoke their pipes. I would miss the old chapel with its pine benches, carved by successive classes: its bare and stained wall: and even the mud would be missed. But, above all, I would miss those dear friends whose faces are coming to-night out of the dim past. I would miss the old associations, and I would especially miss that spirit that enabled us all to turn our faces to the rising sun. You young men of the present day may have fairer buildings, more professors, and a larger number of students, but I seriously doubt whether the output will equal that of those days of low living and high thinking. Rev. J. R. BRIDGES, D. D. The Queen of Love 0 Queen of Love, I worship thee: What more canst thou desire of me? A smile from thee makes darkness light, And changes into dawn the night. In all my dreams I see those eyes, Those eyes of brown, Utopian eyes, More lovely than the stars of night, And brighter than the day's sunlight. I love, oh, more than I can tell, Those eyes wherein the angels dwell: And as this love I can't conceal, To thee, O Queen of Love, I kneel, And offer thee this life of mine To brighten or to darken thine. J. M. CROCKETT. 20

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Hampden-Sidney's Contribution to Theological Science The supreme test of an institution of learning is the fruit it yields in capable and trained men fitted for the work of C,od's world and Cod's Kingdom. Splendid buildings and costly laboratories and encyclopedic libraries and scholarly teachers are all means to the end of producing efficient and worthy manhood. An educational plant costing millions of dollars might well be less effective in making men whose creation would be justified by the service they rendered, than some renowned College less rich in dollars but more rich in sons with the wisdom and character which are the marks of true culture. By their fruits ye shall know them. The splendid eminence of Hampden-Sidney is determined for her by the thousands upon thousands of young men who, during the century and a third of her existence, have imbibed the spirit of this venerable school and have wrought into the work of the world the contributions which their scholastic mother made through them. The historian of the College would find wide scope for the exercise of his art in tracing in every field of human activity the influence of the men trained here to carry into every walk of life the Hampden-Sidney spirit and culture. Especially in the inseparably allied fields of education and theology have her sons made marked contributions which shed lustre on the ancient seat of learning where they were prepared for this service. Theology is a science requiring trained capacity, and it is'impossible to separate the record of theological work from the schools, colleges, uni- versities and seminaries where theology has its native home and necessary haunts. A considerable section of the history of education in our country must be written if we would trace in completeness the service which Hampden-Sidney has rendered to this cause, and in no other way could we obtain a full view of the direct and indirect contribu- tions made by the College to the still higher cause of theological science. A partial list would show that her students or former professors have had large influence at Princeton. Davidson, Union, Westminster, Centre, Washington, Franklin, Richmond, Hanover, Randolph-Macon, Jefferson, Austin, King, South Carolina, Davis and Elkins Colleges, at Southwestern Presbyterian, Central, Transylvania, Washington and Lee, Syracuse, Western, Howard, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins Universities, at the Universities of City of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Vermont, Tennessee, Virginia, The South, Mississippi, Cincinnati, at the Virginia Military Institute, the Vir- ginia Polytechnic lnstitute, and to cut the catalogue short, at schools and seminaries both male and female, almost numberless. Her representatives who in these and other institu- tions were teaching. for example, philosophy, as Dr. Blanton at Central University, or Crreek, as Prof. Hogue at Washington and Lee, were making solid additions to the valid 22