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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1920 THE KPQIL 1' OICOPE tozo tion t-dneation nas presented by at representative ot' IIatnpden-Sidney. and that at prot'es:'or ot' tlte t'oIlege sat as a lll0llllN'l' of the body, lint il is possible In be even more pointed in a statement of the serviee IIantpden-Sidney is now rettdering in the field of l'ltristian work. In re- sponse to an urgent appeal, presented before tlte students of tlte College a t'ew years ago. six eonseerated young men went forth gladly to do the Mas- ter's servit-e in the ntoutttain regions ot' one of our States. They spent the tnost ot' tlte summer in hard work, walking great distant-es over tlte ntoun- tains and sntTet-ing many int-onvenienees, perhaps enduring some hardships as good soldiers of tlte l'l-oss, tltat they might teaeh these people tlte truth and help to lead thent in the right way. And they reeeived tto tnentionable eovnpensation for their faitltful toil and their labors, for they had regard to llle reeonipense ot' tlte reward. They wettt about by day attd by night. teaeh' ing and helping. in the spirit of glad and willing serviee. And this. too. they eall the llatnpdenASidney spirit! lt' it is asked what llainpden-Sidney is doing today in the edueational world. the easy and signitieant answer is, that it is sending out annually, not olte or two, but ntany young ntelt as teat-hers: and the report eontes baek that these nten tnake good teaehers. There ntust be soniething serious a.nd impressive attd gripping about tlte eharaeter ot' tlte work done at this Col- lege. for tlte statement has often been niade that the training a student re- eeives at llantpden-Sidney tits ltitn to beeonte a leader and teaeher of others. t'ertainly it' the ealls for Ilatnpden-Sidney men as teaehers is to be taken as a sign, they tnnst be in demand--ntttst be eonsidered worth while-for in the past few years speeitie requests t'or graduates of tlte College as teaehers both in sehools and in higher institutions ot' learning have been tnore than enuld be mei, lint Ilainpden-Sidney is also devotittg its best energies and efforts to giving a good edneation to young men who do not beeotne teaehers or minis- ters, bttt who go baek to tlte farm and to the business at home and make useful eitizens. These young nten, with others like thent, are to heeonte the guartlians and eonservators of things fundantental in ntatters religious and eivil, and tlte strength of our free institutions, of our edneational system. ot' the t'hureh itself, humanly speaking, will be in proportiott to tlte number of mm, of this type who are put bat-lc on tlte farm. and at tlte desk, as well as in tlte pttlpit and in tlte sehool room. These, then. are the things for whieh llantpden-Sidney still stands attd l'm1r Tturnly-four