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

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1 4 C. A. was assigned a room on the second fioor. and a large Assembly room for the use of our ow11 and visiting athletic teams was provided. though the furniture. ordered twelve months before. had not arrived when I left thc Hill. The remain- ing six rooms in the old building were titted up as a student dormitory with water and other conveniences on each Hoor. The gymnasium was erected on the south side of this building. and was made an integral part of it. The interior measurement of the gymnasium is 90 x 46 ft., with a clear pitch of 20 ft. to the trusses. The gallery which encircles the build- ing provides liberal space for spectators. and enables them to view the games with- out interfering with the players in any way. This gallery is also constructed as an indoor running track. The building has ample light and ventilation by day and two chandeliers give abundant light at night. It was my constant effort to make these improvements serve also as profitable investments, not only in the matter of attracting and holding students, but as a means of turning much needed cash into the treasury-an administrative policy which, though adopted by the Board with many misgivings, worked out to their entire satisfaction. For when the Trustees discovered that this form of invest- ment proved more profitable than any other, long faces and dubious comments gave place to approving words. During my official connection with the College contributions amounting in round numbers to 860,000 in cash were received by the College, and an additional 5B15,000. in solvent pledges came into the hands of the treasurer during that time. Besides all this a large legacy was left the College by a generous-hearted elder of the Virginia Synod. The executor informedime that this legacy will amount to 5F125,000., though the money will not come immediately into the possession of the College. As president, I was definitely informed of a number of other legacies that will come to the College in duepcourse of time. l have no doubt that these bequests constitute some of the direct and fruitful results of the Endowment Cam- paign, which has been recently conducted, and while the immediate outcome of this canvass was somewhat smaller than we had hoped for, the ultimate returns will exceed the largest expectations of the President and Board. On August 1, 1917, the total assets of the College, exclusive of buildings and grounds, amounted to fB218,336. It may not be without interest to indicate the increase in the income of the College during my connection with it. The figures given were officially reported to me by the Treasurer and Curator. Page T enlyf e

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favorable lot-ation. do not spend large sums of money in plant and equipment at the old site. Moreover, the buildings were in a dilapidated eondition. and llamp- lll'll-Sl1lIll'y Ulbllltl no more lllllll' to vtlllllwtl' with prosperous lllSllllllltIllS lllllll il had ll llIlFl'Hl'I1ll'4l its plant, than an army ean hope with the old Hint loek ritle to rope with a rival armed with magazine ritle and maehine gun. l'ushing llall was made over from top to bottom and a badly damaged building was transformed into what a University professor, after eareful iuspeetion. frank- ly pronouneed the best. dormitory in Virginia . Every pieee ol' woodwork in the building was removed, and the unoftieial roster of the institution for eighty years gave plaee to new doors, windows, tloors, wainseoting. and stairs. Steam heat. and aeetylene gas were installed both in t'nshing llall and in Mc-llwaine llall. l'orehes were added at the South entrant-e of eaeh of the four passages. without marring the aneient appearanee of the building. and yet adding vastly to its attraetiveness. Later the Students' t'Iub was renovated aml made attraetive and eomfortable indoors and out. A system of granolithie walks begun in the sunnner of 1008 through the at-tive labors of l'. T. Atkinson, '07, have been greatly extended. and add immensely to the neatness of the eampns as well as to the eonvenienee of students and the eleanliness of the buildings. ln 1008 a small tank loeated in the loft of t'ushing llall supplied that build- ing with water. livery now and then that genial friend of every student and loyal employee of the t'ollegt+ B. S. -proved a little too generous in his opera- tions at the pump house, over-ran the tank. and gave to the Fourth Passage resi- dents an involuntary showerhath. 'l'his tank was removed and a modern 25.000 gallon tank was ereeted just west of Cushing llall. lu 1903 the eommunity was dependent upon wells for its water supply. No eollege residenee possessed a bath- room. Xow every residenee owned hy the l'ollege is fully equipped in bathroom and kitehen to the great reliel' ol' the housekeepers aml the eomfort of the eom- munity in general. Most of the private homes on the llill are also tlI11llly supplied with waiter from the eollege plant. Perhaps the best of all these improvements from the student point of view is the new gymnasium. The old president's house. for long years praetieally empty. seldom swept and never garnished. has been remodeled. The entire basement has been eonereted: a splemlid heating plant. with ample fuel spam-, installed: a large well-lighted dressing room. together with a bathroom liberally supplied with show- erbaths. lavatories. and every modern equipment. have been provided. The Y. M. Pngr Ta rnly-lnur

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