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

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:nop jrrlr: tux ozcorr: snag primarily. upon tlu- traditions ot' IIaunpdt-n-Sidnm-y, howl-ver rirh and 1-lu-r- islu-d, nor spt-ak so mum-h ot' its past ida-als, as high alul nohlt- as they havi- ht-Q-n: for tht- past, it' it has st-rvt-d its purpost-, liowt-vcr gloriously and well, will not ot' itsl-ll' snllivt- for tht- prt-st-nt nor furnish a guarantee for the futurl-. 'I'raditions. it is trnt-, are an inspiration. and ideals tend to lift ont- higln-r. ami 1-ortainly tlu-rv 1-ould hc- no dt-sire e-vt-n for one monn-nt to dis- paragze tlu- glorious past ol' llampdt-n-Sidney. The story of its hirth and 1-arly yt-ars. ot' how it has taught and wrought, dt-4-ado upon det-adv. of how it has st-nt nu-n into tht- army ot' its 4-ountry. chosen lu-:xders into the service ot' the statt-. 1-oust-4-rated and ahh- servants ol' llod into the ranks of the miuistry, would. if rt-1-orded, make a rolumt- as thrilling as romana-e, as ani- mated as hiography, and as profound. almost, as sam-rod history itself. But if thvrt- wt-rv not also a story of prt-sent st-rri4-4- and plants for future growth. tht- story ot' what has ht-en at-liit-ved mig.-:ht wt-ll ln- left to otlu-r times to tt-ll. Tha- past of Ilampdt-n-Sidney not-ds no trihutr ln-rv-that is sm-1-ure: it is with tht- pri-st-nt that we have to do and it is about tht- future that we are thinking, The vt-ry prope-r aml prat-tit-al qui-stion. tht-n. that vouu- to our minds are-: What does Ilampdt-n-Sidney stand for today? What is llampden-Sid- nay doing now? Are ht-r worthy traditions ht-ing continued? Are her ideals still high and trut-1' Still rt-udt-ring a rt-al. an indisponsahlt- survive? ln answt-r, I think it may he said that llampden-Sidney still stands for tht- things that are worth while in t-duration and in life. The tinn-s have t-hanged and c-dum-ational standards. whilt- gm-nt-rally aclvant-ing. hart- In-vu variously modified and tln- old ordvr has sulTered many shot-ks, often for good. souu-times for ill. And this Southside Virginia College has not bt-on unrvsponsirt- to tht- lift- ot' growth and t'll3lllf..!0 about it: hut tlu- atmosphere of a 4-lu-risht-d past is still ht-rt-, tht- 4-onditions of plain living and high think- ing art- still lo lw found in its quiet and unostt-ntatious surroundings. and a 1-ertain inch-linahle 4-harm ol' plat-0 and people still tells sweetly of those otln-r days, hallowed hy the nn-moi-ies of true and rightt-ous men, and madm- illustrious hy a vulture not ft-iggnt-d, a gt-nf-rous dl-votion to letters and learn- ing, and a trut- rt-1-ognition of tho virtut- of sound st-holarship. True to its traditions, Ilampden-Sidnt-y still insists that the mind is more than matter, that spiritual valut-s are more to ht- dt-sirt-d than mum-h material gain. Quit-tly and modt-stly it may he, hut earnestly and dt-rotedly, it has ln-on taking.: its stand. in tht-so latter days ot' t-oinnu-rt-ial supra-mary and so-called utilitarian t-nds. with those who have not forgotten the- vision, whose hearts art- strong. and whose- aims art- high aml pure. I'm1r T411 nly-Iam iq 1 L .

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