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

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1807 1820 1821 1827 1828 1830 1843 1844 1845 1850. 1852 1867 1873. William L. Venable, appointed a Trustee. Richard N. Venable of Committee to draw up and cause to be published a statement of the condition-wants-designs-prospects and public utility ol this Institution. Minutes of the Board of Trustees, on the death of Col. Samuel W. Venablez Hampden-Sidney College has lost one of her firmest supporters, and her Board of Trustees one of its most efficient members. Nathaniel E.. Venable, appointed a Trustee, Richard N. Venable of Committee to prepare a history of the College. Richard N. Venable of Committee to inquire into and report the practicability of purchasing the buildings of the Union Theological Seminary. Charles S. Venable, appointed a member of the Faculty of the College. Nathaniel A. Venable, appointed a Trustee. Mr. N. E. Venable reported that John Lee, LL.D., of Hartwell flfnglandl. had presented to the College a medallion bust of John Hampden, also a marble copy of a monument erected in Chalgrove Field in June, 1843. Professor Charles S. Venable of Committee to draw off a perfect list of the honorary and regular members of the Philanthropic Society. llVlinutes of the Society.l Leave of absence for eighteen months granted to Professor Venable to visit and improve himself at the universities of Europe. Samuel W. Venable, elected a Trustee. Samuel W. Venable of Committee on the endowment fund of SZOQOOO. lrlihese facts, chosen almost at random from the Calendar of Board .Minutes ar very good evidence of what men of the name of Venable were to Hampden-Sidney College during the first century of its career. To enable the College to enter upon the century beginning with the year 1900, Major Richard M. Venable, of Baltimore fa great- grandson of Nathaniel Venable. See Feb. 1. 17753, presented to the Board of Trustees of Hampden-Sidney College a great part of its plant as now existent. Major Venable was a benefactor of the College in other ways. Dr. Bagby, in his sketch published in the KALEIDOSCOPE for 191 1, remarks: ln wiew of the number and variety of his gifts, of their aggregate amount, and of the varied and widely different uses that they subserve, it must be held that Major Venable was the most sympathetic and far-sighted of the friends of Hampden-Sidney College, and the largest contributor to its development in its life of 135 years. l 11

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Ilirirf SLIIIIIIIZIYQ nf ltrzmuus fur Ihr iirstmuul nf thi' Nunnr Islrnahlr Quit npnu GDM I777. I782 I 783 I790 !79Z I 796 I802 I805 uf Ihr ituilhintgsi uf Ilgr Olnllrgr Girnup. 47 '15-2.355 wi Qbjijkj .sag . . . Q3 1775 RESBYTERY thought it expedient to seed e circular to the several members, appointing a Presbytery pro re nala, at Cap- tain Nathaniel Venableis, in the county of Prince Edward, on Wednesday, this first day of February, l775. Being met according to appointment, the Presbytery upon inquiry find that there is above 51300 already subscribed for the establish- ment of a Seminary for the education of youth. On the next day, the Presbytery, after viewing several places shown them by the gentlemen of the past, agreed to build an academy-house, and a dwelling-house for the superintendent, at the head of Hudsonis Branch, in Prince Edward county. Captain Nathaniel Venable and James Venable appointed Trustees of the Academy. Nathaniel Venable, one of the Managers of the Hampden-Sidney Lottery. Samuel W. Venable, appointed a Trustee of Hampden-Sidney Academy. Charter Trustees of Hampden-Sidney CollegefNathaniel Venable, James Vent' able and Samuel W. Venable. Abraham B. Venable, appointed a Trustee. Richard N. Venable, appointed a Trustee. joseph Venable, appointed a Trustee. Richard N. Venable and Samuel W. Venable of Committee to draw up and forward an address to the President of the United States regarding a number of shares in the james River Navigation Company. Richard N. Venable and Samuel W. Venable of Committee to procure to be imported for the use of the College such a Philosophical and Mathematical apparatus as they may judge most suitable at present for the College. Richard N. Venable, appointed to collect the monies lately subscribed to establish a permanent fund for the use of the College, and to invest the same in the stock of the Bank of Virginia. 10

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Svnrivig Eife in Anrivut Zifinwa Hiring Biurrs Zliartii frnnt Ihr Etrrnrhs. QT! Q HE items given here are of great interest. The fact is established that the Union Society had not much tenure of life before ISOO. The ques- Q E tions for debate before the Societies show pretty well the changes the L country went through from l789 to IS65. It is well to know that the P5 Societies were once of such paramount importance, and that they met at N2 M9 iipsr one time in the morning. It is edifying, indeed, to reflect that the Societies 'S EEE 1' were at one time spelled in one form-that is to say, the members were required to attempt to spell-and that now and then members were disciplined for un- seemly behavior in church. The items regarding the public celebrations of these honorable bodies should be carefully studied: it is from such manifestations as these that the historian learns the bases of diplomacy and what Liberty really is. It is a question whether it would have been for the best if, as early as 1813, the Societies had consolidated their libraries with the college library. At commencements there was xocal music in I837.1 UNION SOCIETY September 22, l789.-David Wiley, President, lames Cockie, Vice-President: William Williamson, Corrector: James Jones, Clerk: Edward Henry, John A. Morton, Henry A. Watkins, William Watkins, Edward Ward Cwfreasurerj, Blake B. Woodson. September l0, l790.-A'Next exercises to be speaking orations intended for the exhibition. April 26, l79l.-Diplomas issued to John A. Morton, William Williamson, Thomas Poage. David Smith, and john Campbell. September I6, l79l.-Diplomas to John M. Wilson, Andrew Brown, Cieorge Bibb, William Watkins, James Jones, and Moses Waddel. September 21, to Samuel K. Jennings. September 21, l79l.-As the members of this Society are to be addressed on the day of the public exhibition now approaching, in a separate manner, they are to appear in the College Hall distinguished with the badge of a blue ribbon tied around the left arm between the wrist and elbow. December I6, l79l.-s'Whether is spirits or tobacco most beneficial in the effects on the human body? -Debate. Decision for spirits. January 6, l792.- Whether has the importation of negroes into America been hitherto advantageous or disadvantageousP -Debate. Decision for disadvantageous. 12