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

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' ,::5,:-,!. .63 I 1 ' .1 . 'Hi ' i cf i If ,' , I H Q Mainphen-Svihnigfa Glnntrihutinna in Uhr iguhlir Svernirv HIC VRINCIC ICDXYARD AC.-XIDEIXIY was opened for students -Ianuary l, 1776, prior to the Declaration of Independence. lts foundation is attributed to the intellectual and religious energies of the descendants of immigrants of Scotch and Scotch Irish blood who left their native countries and settled in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and portions of Virginia. Its name was changed to I-Iampden-Sidney in May, 1777, in honor of those whose principles of political liberty which had been sealed by the blood of martyrs. The Legislature of Yirginia, in the year 1783, issued its first College Charter to Hampden-Sidney, which charter has never been amended. The College of XYillian1 and Mary had been chartered in 1693 by the British Crown, as its name indicates. and it is a signihcant fact that our Legislature should charter this College born in the midst of the American Revolution and baptized with the names of two of the most illustrious patriots who lost their lives for daring to defy the usurpations of the Crown and in defense of the same inher- ent rights for which our fathers fought. Hampden-Sidney from its inception has been strictly an American institution. One section of its charter makes especially interesting reading at this time. namely, And in order to preserve in the minds of the students the sacred love and attachment they should ever bear to the principles of the present glorious Revolution, the greatest care and caution should he used in electing such profess- ors and masters, to the end that no person shall be so elected unless his conduct manifests to the world his sincere affection for the liberty and independence for the United States of America. The names of the charter members of this College were alone sufficient war- rant for bright hopes for its future usefulness, including such men as Patrick Henry, blames Illadison, VVilliam Cabell, Sr., I'aul Carrington, Everard Meade, -Iohn Nash, 'lohn Martin, Thomas Reade, .Ioel Wlatkins, XVilliam Ilooker, Thomas Scott, Sr., -lames .X'len, Nathaniel Yenable, all of whom were among the founders of this Commonwealth and defenders of its liberties. To the student there has always been an influence, strict, personal, intentional: the Rev. Dr. Thomas XY. Hooper, in an address before the Literary Societies of this institution, called it lVIll'UllXL'IilI1IS intluence, and illustrated how it had acted as one of the silent forces in the Societies and the College. He described beautifully his personal feelings experienced on occasions under similar or kindred intluences I quote his words: I stood, one day. in the crypt of St. Paul's and looked upon the funeral car of ?V?.'f '7Wi7T , T' S' TT' ,gs X ,, I fgggjf-,ig 1 7 A Page Tfweniy-four