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

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Bl--lvinnoy. iaw partn--rs. anal among tho analitors of spoon-hos in tho Town llall nnul tho oonvorsations in sooial om-los ali-4-nssing tho situation anal its rolnotlios. tho hoy l'anlns, now grown to nnin's staturo. though still too young to ho a votor. must havo ln-on ullo of tho lnost intorostotl: anul no nlonlit what ho hoarel fnrnishoal snh- joots for ilohato hy tho stnalonts at thoir wookly un-otings. for ho hail ontoroal oollogo whon it was still unalor tho gnielanoo of tho rovoroel Atkinson. in 1872. tho yoar his half-hrothor. t'nshing. gratluatoel anal oh-von yoars la-foro l'ago. a ntuoh yonngor hrothor, was a tnatrioulant. Su luis this family. liko so many uf tho gontry of tho Sotltll Sith-. fostorul tramlition anel kopt loyal In this olel sn-at of loarning. llo hail also tho aulvantago of ht-ing root-ivonl as an innnato in tho honsoholal of Professor llollaulay. Morton the-n hoing a hoy of oight yoars. 'l'ln- olass In whioh ho holongovl was a largo ono. hut apparontly littlo ainhitions of at-aeloinio honors, as only nino of tho forty won- gratluatoel that yoar. l'a-rhaps a favorito pastinu- of tho oollogian of fornior ilays whon tho Thoologians. slttoo ostahlisln-al in lliolnnoinl. haul thoir llolllo on tho Yia Sat-ra-making oalls on tho fair sox to oinharrass tho lnoro sorions oonrtship of tho Solninitos -will aooonnt for many valuahlo honrs lost ,mil .liplonlas lost with tholn. lt must ho saitl. howovor. that a nninhor uf thonl inaalo oaroors of alistiln-tion in aftor-lifo. Aftor four sossions spout in pursuing tho onrrionlnln of that tlay. young lrving attoneloel tho Stato Vnivorsity. taking tho oonrso fitting hint for his oltosvll profos- sion anal ashling a thirtl to tho ll. ll.s of tho salno kinship anal surnanto thon prao- tioing tho art in noar-hy oountios, llr. l'artor Irving of Buokinglunn and llr. Vharlos Irving of Ann-lia. 'l'ho town of llanvillo was his own tirst tiohl of soryiu-, hnt ho soon rotnrnoal to Farlnvillo. rooallotl hy tho failing hoalth of his fathor. who in his lattor yoars was Jntlgo of tho t'irm-uit l'onrt of his ilistriot. For a oonsialor- ahlo poriorl following ho was assooiatoal in praotioo with his fathor-in-hnv. Dr. John Nash: hut whon tho .luilgt-'s nhl partnor. Vaptain Mm-Kinnoy. hooalno tlovornor of tho Stato, untlor his auspi:-os tho Dom-tor fonnvl a wivlor tiohl in the l'apital l'ity, wlioro his ilovotion to his profossion. his skill. his tino prosonoo. and his kindly mannor won him a host of friontls anal a largo oliontolo. Whilo living in Rioh- moncl ho hail atlilorl to his tlntios a profossorship in tho I'nivorsity l'ollogo of Molli- oino tloaliug with tho llisoasos of l'liiltlron. anal tho otfioo of Soi-rotary to tho Stato Boartl of lloalth. Thus fortnno hail tloalt with him. whon ho rosignoal this position of prolninonoo anal tho proiniso of furthor aulvanoontont for tho sako of an invalid son who nooelocl froor air than that of tho orowilotl oity. anal oann- haok to Farin- villo to tinil a warm wt-It-oino from his formor townsnlon. hoth as frional anal physioian. Although his profossion of all profossions is tho most highly spot-ializoal. yet tho family nlfwtnr is as llllliSllt'IlS2llllt' tts oYor-Ilto gmail tl0t't0r.,' IIS ttl0llt0l'S anxious hut u'utltl'ot'lo1l. oall hiin. Still his praotito is now lnuoh simplitiovl and his rosponsihility largoly that of tlispatoh in gotting his pationts to tho proper hospital with its applianoos. its oxports anal its nnrsos. llowovor, ovon tho gonoral praotitionor has hy natural hont ofton his own spooial oqnipmont. and llr. Irving onjoys a stato-witlo ropntation for his snooossful troatlnont of ohihlrt-n's diseases- Payr T-'wrlav

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Er. IHEILIILIE .APII1Pl.i1I5 Jlruing IXQHE Hllllllfll of 15114 was deilicated fu lir. Hoiton Holladav. the first pliysician to the C'olleg'e otficially so desigiiated. and it seenis l,'IlllllL'llflV ni? 11 1 ' jet? 35+ appropriate that the volunic for the 1resent year should ill like 1111111111-1' ,, . lx l carry tl1e nanie of Dr. Paulus lrving. now acting' in like capacity: for 1fv,Q?. while i11 length ol' service tl1e fornier L'l'lUllfS. with but a brief interval. the whole period of l1is professioiial life a11d the latteris tenure of office l1as as yet conipassed barely a twelvt-111o11tl1: illlll while the contrast i11 the state of Olll' co1111t1'y during these two periods is even greater. the iirst one of unbroken peace. save for the brief tiurry of tl1e war with Spain. the second. however short. IIIOIIIUIITIOHS i11 its whirlwind of far-reacliing' cliangesz nevertlieless their association with Hainpden-Sidney is i11 niany ways niarkedly siniilar. both being aluxnni, though not classniates. both of families represented i11 its history for the niajor part of a century. their fathers like theniselves being Zllllllllll. one also long a 111e111ber of its Faculty. the other of the Board of Trustees. lndeed. it would not. be easy to find two llOllSE'S more intiniately connected with the lllSflUlflUll. for Uaptain Irving's first wife was a daughter of President Cttsliing. and the Rev. Albert Holladay was President elect i11 1856. Even as early as 18051 we find on the roll of students the name of Paulus Aenielius lrving. a lloctor of Physic. too. like his descendaiit of to-day. Sprung front ancestry proininent ill the social and political life of the Coin- nionwealth. the subject of this sketch was born at the Deanery. the faniily seat of his branch of the Irvings. sit11ate in Cuiiiberlaiid Ctlllllty, near Cartersville. a village on the south bank of the Janies. lvllt-11 tl1e boy was tive or six years old. his father. Captain Francis Deane lrving. was serving 1l11llL'1' Stonewall Jackson in the fanious Valley f'a111paign. if not witl1 l'r11ssian etficiency i11 drill and illtf goose step. yet with all the ardor of a tr11e Yirgiiiian. fighting tl1e iight for self- deterniination as it is the fashion to call it now. Coining the surrender of Apponiattox. the war with bayonet and b11llet over. the Confederate officer returned to civil life. taking' up again the practice of the law, as arduous a calling as the country dot-tor's. with jouriieys i11 the saddle from court to court in all weathers, tl1e county assizes of those days holding every inonth. It -was in tl1e unhappy time of Recoitstruction. when another contlict was waged. especially bitter. in what is k11ow11 tl1e Black Belt. where carpet-baggers from tl1e North. the second horde of hostile invaders. thronged a11d tl1e votes of the newly enfranchised negroes were a nienace to social order and the decent ad111i11is- tration of the laws. The problein had not bee11 solved when the fillllllry' at the 'Deaneryl' removed to Farniville. There on election days tl1e town presented a Scene of rare excitenient. even the Presbyterian Divine is said to have gone arnied. and the casting and counting of ballots was a ganie known only to tl1e i11itiate. Among the proniinent citizens of the place were Captain Irving and Captain Page Elmer:

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wisely conservative, yet as Secretary ot the State Medical Association he is in close touch with the many advances being made in the healing art. In another sphere of action in which again we see the past and present inter- dependent and interwoven, and where Plato like Hippocrates, may still give valuable points to the heedful, Dr. Irving has served the public not so long nor so conspicu- ously, indeed. yet his interest, keen and abiding, in the welfare of Hampden-Sidney College has made him a living force on its Board of which he is now the presiding officer, and there is no measure which he believes is in line with its true develop- ment that has not his hearty support. It was only the emergency created by the great war and the drain upon the country' for surgeons to supply the armies that induced him. now a sexagenarian, to add to his regular practice the duties of College Physician. His acceptance of the office was providentialg for the epidemic known as the Spanish Influenza soon in- vaded the community and so rapid was its dissemination that in a week's time the Doctor had many cases under treatment. making it necessary to convert the new Gymnasium into a. hospital and call for volunteer nurses to assist. But so prompt- ly was the trouble taken in hand and so skillfully were the patients treated that only one death resulted in something like two hundred cases occurring among the students and the rest of the community. No wonder then, that the Stal? of the Annual seeks to do him honor and to commemorate services given so freely and in such abnegation of self in that period of stress. Loyal to his friends, clannish in his devotion to his kin, as becometh his Scottish blood, a public spirited citizen, and a staunch churchman, long may he be spared to his people and his State. HENRY C. Bnock. :ggi-,V In 1 ,gl-59: - I AI Q Page Tlzn teen