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

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and felicity, and in the role of presiding officer it may be said that Dr. Graham is one among many. The difficult task of introducing others he has reduced to a fine art. His sallies of wit, his playful puns, his good-humored thrusts, his courtly compliments, and his graceful platform manner are familiar to all. And not only on the platform, but in personal intercourse as well, he never lacks for a reply, and when there is a sword-play of wit, woe betide the man who leaves an exposed point in his armor! Nor does anyone delight more to see his friends and to entertain them in his home. Many of those who read these lines and numerous others besides will bear testimony to the cordial hospitality they have so often enjoyed at the hands of President Graham and his family, and will doubtless recall how on more than one happy occasion at Penshurst the social hours, swift-wing'd , flew by. Thus the history of Dr. Graham's administration at Hampden-Sidney is being made and written. And as he is permitted now at the expiration of six years of service to review with gratification the work he has thus far undertaken and accomplished, so may the later years of his career afford him occasion for an even larger measure of pride and pleasure to look back upon the achievements of his administration: and may all his fondest dreams and most cherished hopes for the greater future of Hampden-Sidney, in his own day, be abundantly and gloriously fulfilled. And now in conclusion, touching the dedication: To the staff and the students, a compliment happily conceived and gracefully bestowed: to President Graham, an honor worth winning and a tribute most significant. .. A. W. MCWHORTER. I 1 2553 EI 'WJ p 22 -2' ' 2: J 5' 0 my f 15

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Such a statement is eonugh to have recorded of a period even longer than live years, and no further comment is needed. But if it were, these words from Samuel E.. Osborn f'0lJ would certainly be sufficient: Dr, Graham is doing a great work and by his splendid efforts is raising the standard all along the line. Or these words from Chas. D. McKinney, Esq., of Atlanta: We are rejoiced to note the signs of progress everywhere about the 'l'lill', and the general feeling among the Faculty, the Trustees, the students and other alumni, that the institution is now doing the best work of its career, and that the era of its greatest usefulness is just ahead. Dr. Graham is an ardent lover of the old college with its record of achievement and its legacy of traditions, and he is also an earnest and enthusiastic believer in its greater destiny which he is convinced still lies ahead. The noble history of the college and its many fine associations are very dear to his heart, and it is his cherished desire to see his venerable, but ever youthful Alma Mater prosper and grow in usefulness as the days go by. It is not necessary here to speak of all the characteristics, personal and official, by which President Graham is so well known to the students, his associates and friends generally: the mention of two or three only will suffice for the present sketch. One requisite which he brings to the work of his office, most valuable for any executive head, is the determination, when once he has conceived the necessity or desirability of a certain course, to carry it through to successful completion. Coupled with this are two other requisites, not less valuable, his uniform equanimity and his splendid optimism. l-le knows how to exercise the virtue of self-control, and he can oftentimes, under the most trying circumstances, smile cheerfully and hopefully. That he is a high-class optimist anyone will concede who has gone with him through an athletic season at Hampden-Sidney. l-le never loses faith in the excellence of the home team, and when others have given up in despair, he is still able to account satisfactorily for the latest defeat and to predict a victory for the next time and the cup itself at the end. l-lis unfeigned and unfailing interest in athletics, by the way, serves not a little to bring hirii into closer and more helpful touch with the students. He loves and eagerly follows all the athletic activities of the college, and were it consistent with presidential dignity and the rules of the league, he might, with little persuasion, almost be counted on to make a good line man in football or an out-and-out championship pitcher. As it is, he is still an excellent match for any man of the tennis court, where he both follows and sets the pace in the fastest company going . The students know of his love for good athletics, know that he is with them in defeat as in victory-and appreciate his interest in this side of their college life. There is also another fact about their president which they know and do not fail to appreciate. Whenever a man gets a broken nose in football or a spiked ankle in baseball or a back-breaking blow in basket ball, he can be sure that Dr. Graham, almost as soon as he learns of the accident, will be at his bedside to sympa- thize, to advise and to help. That Dr. Graham is an experienced speaker both in the pulpit and on the platform need hardly be mentioned, for he has on many occasions, in this capacity, spoken for himself. But it is not every public man who knows how to preside with dignity and ease 14

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