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

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been interested in the College of Hampden-Sidney have known well the 127 mlmiza 1 E ff- 4' 'K R - D :SV f mf' 0 , N ell filf- Q ':?Q:i it Burtnr illinrtnn Qnllahag 0i0 MAN is best knowm by the name that has come to be his. Dr. Holla- day's full name was WALLER MORTON HOLLADAY. This name WALLER doubtless goes back into the past of Virginia to a very early time. One of the greatest of Virginians was named Little- ton Waller Tazewell. Morton has been a well-established name in Southside Virginia, fespecially in the counties of Charlotte and Prince Edwardl, since the early part of the eighteenth century. The name Holladay is associated rather with middle Virginia, north of the James River, but for more than three-quarters of a century those who have name of Holladay. In the early thirties Albert l-lolladay, of Orange County, fone of the first graduates in schools of the University of Virginiaj was Professor of Ancient Languages at Hampden-Sidney, and some thirty years later, in l856, was chosen Presi- dent of the College, dying within a few days after his election. ln l855 Lewis Little- page Holladay, of Orange County, fl-lampden-Sidney, IS5 31, became a member of the Faculty of Hampden-Sidney College, and until his death in l89l, continued in the service of the College as Professor of Chemistry and Physics. ln length of tenure, this term of office is certainly unique in the history of Hampden-Sidney. Professor Holladay was a man of extraordinary balance of mind, able to enjoy a quiet life to the full. He did a great deal for Hampden-Sidney-much of his influence could be defined and much of it could not be defined. Shortly after coming to Hampden-Sidney in his official capacity, Professor Holladay married Miss Morton of Buffalo, a plantation near the Appomattox river. Their son, Morton, was born April 23, IS64, the last year of the war. There was an old tradition of medicine in this branch of the Holladay family, Professor Holladay's father and grandfather having been physicians. Morton Holla- day, after a neighborhood schooling fpart of it at the excellent Prince Edward Academy at Worshaml, came to college at Hampden-Sidney, was a member of the Philanthropic Society and the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and was graduated with the Class of ISS3. He chose medicine for his profession, and went to Kentucky for his training, in the Louisville Medical College. He took his degree there in l885, the youngest of a class of fifty, and the first honor man of the class. Spending a year as interne in the Louisville City Hospital, where his ability was generally recognized, he settled at home, in Prince Edward County, passing the examination of the State Board in September, l886. Morton l'lolladay's instinct for medicine was pronounced. It is related that his father said to him, I should be glad to see you a country doctor. A seasoned philosophy of life was in the words. 7