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

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X KX fx .27 1 ,' fill T' 1' 41 A A I AI,-and . 7 hitnriul There are those who are wont to criticise, some favorably, others in no such pleasing terms. To both, the stalf feels that some explanation of the current edition of the Kaleidoscope is due, partly in justice to them, partly in defense of our own feeble efforts. Apologies may be necessary, 'but they are not forthcoming from a group of students, who, in a self-confident spirit so characteristic of many college men, feel that they have done their work well. The editor, however, knows that explanations are due and makes them unreservedly. Our work has been accompanied by many disappointments and a like number of pleasures. The small size of our student body, in the beginning, was a source of much uncertainty as to the publication of the year-book, but those who have remained with us have responded nobly to our every request. During the compilation of the manuscript we have elected three business managers, a cause -of much confusion. The late start which the staff made in its work, due to the confusion incident to the war, has caused a decrease in the financial returns from the advertisements and consequently a forced reduction in the size of the annual. The withdrawal from college during the session of several men, who have entered their country's service, has forced us to break the uniformity in the arrangement of our photographs, military pictures being unavaila'ble in several instances. VVith the exception of the introduction of the military feature, there is no material difference between this and former publications, despite our cher- ished hope that the book might possess originality. VVe have tried to do well the work com- mitted to our hands,-we hope you approve of our efforts. The annual is the work of the entire staff and to them as a whole any credit is due. Our debt of gratitude for literary contributions is due to Dr. A. M. Fraser of Staunton, Va., Dr. H. Tucker Graham of Florence, S. C., Dr. A. J. Morrison of Hampden-Sidney, Va., and Lieutenant David A. Haller, commander of the Base Hospital, Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill. Mrs. S. B. VVithers, Mr. E. F. Neal and Mr. Roland A. Thomas of New Orleans have given their hearty co-operation by furnishing us with art work. To the Hammersmith Engraving Co. of Milwaukee a special debt of gratitude is due for their helpful advice and material aid at all times during the year. Dr. A. W. McWhorter of the Faculty has rendered valuable services to the entire staff. Page Tfmenty one

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That the office to which the generous confidence of the Board had called me was in good old English sense, 'fa cure and not a sinecure was clearly under- stood. Indeed no work that is really worth the doing is easy of accomplishment- or ought so to be. Trusting, therefore, that difficulties might be met and vexing problems solved as they emerged, I endeavored to give to the College through nine years of manhoodfs prime the very best service I could command in head and heart and hand. However much may have been wanting in skill and wisdom, I feel sure that nothing of loyal and devoted effort was omitted by me. Winter and summer I toiled for the upbuilding of the College, and enjoyed but one real vacation dur- ing my term of office. Such strength of body and of mind as I chanced to have has been during these years so interwoven with the life of my Alma Mater that, as the English Queen is reported to have said of Calais, so might I say that when life is ended the words Hampden-Sidney will be found graven upon my heart. It was clearly realized at the outset that the two special tasks that confronted me were corrective and constructive. Unhappily there were old sores not a few that must be deftly handled, a note of optimism must be substituted for an all too prevalent and pernicious pessimism. Grave troubles had marked the past half dozen years of the college history. There were not a few that questioned the possi- bility of overcoming the effects of these unhappy and accumulated experiences. There was no inconsiderable amount of apathy among the friends and Alumni of the institution, coupled with an enormous amount of uncertainty and discourage- ment. The report was widely current that the College was slowly dying, and students hestitated to enter an institution of which these things were being cur- rently reported. People of means were still more reluctant to contribute their money to its rehabilitation. Very much of this was due to a misunderstanding of the real situation, but it is always difficult to fight an enemy who has taken to cover and declines to come out in the open. My first efforts then were directed toward clearing the atmosphere and attempt- ing to create ,a friendly and sympathetic attitude toward the College on the part of the public, and there is good reason to believe that these efforts were successful to a marked degree. Within a few months the college plant was thoroughly overhauled and put in modern and up-to-date condition. This was perhaps the most effective way of silencing the rumors just mentioned. Institutions, like individuals. that are in arficulo morffis, or that are planning to remove to what is regarded as a. more Page Tcuenty three