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

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.c .gcgcgggis '7-QQgLLIQi77l , - L, X71 , John Hampden Chamberlayne Bagfby M.A., M.E., P1-1.D. 'itfgiliyvgis HYSICAL Science in some form has held an important place in the cur- 'ff' riculum of Hampden-Sidney College from the beginning. The early rec- ! qv ords are too incomplete to permit accurate statements regarding the ' tenure of office of each man or the subjects assigned to him. But, at 1' A.V' least, from the coming of Dr. jonathan P. Cushing in 1819, Natural l We va- Philosophy and Chemistry constituted a distinct department. Some of Sig the heads of this Department of Physical Science were men of marked ability and of unusual attainments. Among the most eminent, of course leaving out of account the present members of the department, were, perhaps, President Cushing, the reorganizer of the College and a man of nation-wide repu- tationg john VV. Draper, physician, chemist and writer, F. NI. Klettauer, the ver- satile scholar and the skillful surgeon, Joseph R. VVilson, scientist, theologian and teacher, best known as the father of our late President, VVoodrow YVilsong Lewis L. Holladay, the Christian gentlemen and moulder of men. As the successor of men like these, there came to Hampden-Sidney in 1892 a slender young man fresh from his university work. This man is still here. He is no longer slender, but shows the sturdy frame and deep chest of the Chamberlaynes. The dark hair is now gray, and the smooth-shaven face of thirty-two years ago is now covered with a beard close-cropped and white. This does not mean, however, that the subject of this sketch is an old man-though the immature and frivolous doubtless consider him old--for Dr. H. C. Bagby was born some months after the close of the war between the states, the day was July 20, 1867, andthe place was Nliddleburg, in the Hne old county of Loudoun, where burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, as it gradually falls away into the foothills of Piedmont Virginia. He is the oldest living son of Dr. George VV. Bagby and Lucy Parke Chamber- layne-the father the most conspicuous and forceful writer of the Virginia of his day, the mother, in a more contracted sphere, known as a doer of deeds, as an organizer of schemes for the relief of human suffering, one who will long be remem- bered for her work in promoting the preservation of Virginia antiquities Ccolonial, antebellum and Confederatel, and as the embodiment and representative of the civilization of the old South, whence she sprung and of which she was a part. The Bagby family remained in llliddleburg for a short time only, then moved to Gordonsville, Virginia, for a brief space, and in the early seventies took up resi- dence in Richmond, Virginia, where the father continued his literary work while dis- charging the duties of State Librarian. In passing, it may not be amiss to state that our professor was named for his uncle, Capt. john Hampden Chamberlayne-scholar, soldier, orator, editor-who did things worthy of note in many spheres of activity. His friends-and they were many, for he gripped men to him as with hooks of steel-fondly recall the courageous spirit of the brave young captain who arose from a sick-bed in Petersburg, rode to the Crater, rallied broken and disorganized Southern troops, and led them in a desperate and successful charge. Having passed through a starvation period at Johnson's Island, he returned home and devoted the remainder of his life, mainly in the field of journalism, to the cause of decency and good government in his native state. For a time connected with the Norfolk LUIl!1lIlHffl', and with the Petersburg Index-Appeal, I4 l ,ll 1 4.1 ,,.. TL- - L. L Lf .L :gigs AJ, ,ggwgvg I

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6 f V y E' ' Faculty J. B. AIASSEY, A.B., B.D., D.D. Professor of English Biblf A.B., University of North Carolina. 1900: B.D., Union Theological Seminary. Va.. 1903: Moses D, Hoge Fellow, Union Theological Seminars, Va., 1903-'O-l: Student Summer Session. Columbia Uni- versity, 19203 D.D., XVashington and Lee University, 19203 Professor of Bible, Philosophy and Psy- chology, Hampden-Sidney College, 1919-'23g Present Position sin:-e 1923. SAMUEL Macox REED, A.B., M.A. Professor of Mathrmatifs osaosmxoo A.B., Univcrsity of South Carolina, 1906, M.A., columbia Univcrsity. 1922: Instructor in Greek and Mathematics, Preshytcrian High School. Columbia. S. C., 1900-'02 and 1904-'05, Instructor in History and Mathematics, Rowland High School. Rowland, N. C.. 1903-'04, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of South Carolina, 1905-'Wig Instructor in Mathematics and Science. Peacock Military School. San Antonio. Texas. 1908-'l'l9: Headmaster Donaldson Military School, Fayetteville. C., 1909-'lfig Associate Professor ot' Greek, Latin and Mathematics. Davidson Col- lege, 1916-'20: Present Position since 1922. H. B. OVERC.ASH. B.S. Professor of Biology X B 'IF B.S.. Davidson College, 19153 Professor of Mathematics and Science, Catawba College. 1915-'17: Student University of Virginia, Summer Session. 1917: Adjunct Professor of Biology, Davidson Col- lf-ge. 1917-'lS: IT. S. Army. 1918-'19: Prof:-ssor of Mathematics and Science. Palmer College. 1919-'2Ii: Professor of Biology and Chemistry, Cataxvha College, 1920-'22g Graduate Student Columbia Uni- versity, Summer Sessions, 1921 and 1922: Present Position since 1922. D. KIAIJRICE ALLAN, B.A., M.A. Profrssor of Philosophy and Psychology 2 cc, T K A B.A. and M.A.: Hampden-Sidney College, 19163 Graduate Student University of Virginia, 1916-f'1'l. and Summer, 1917: Instructor in Physics, Chemistry and French, High School, Charlottesville, Va.. 1916-'lS: Liaison Otlicer with French Research Division, Chemical XVarfare Service. U. S. Army, 19195 in Charge of Science Department. Central High School. Lonaconing, Md., January, 19l9eJune, 19203 Graduate Student Columbia University. N. Y.. Summers. 1919 and 1920: Acting Professor of French and German, Hampden'-Sidney College, 1920-'21, Graduate Student, Harvard University. 1921-'23g A.M., ibid, 19223 Present Position since 1923. CHARLES S. SYDNOR, B.A., Ph.D. Professor of History and Polilifal Sticnfe - K E, qw B K B.A., Hampden-Sidney College. 1918: U. S. Coast Artillery Service. October to December, 1918: Instructor in Mathematics and Latin. High School, Rome, Ga., January to June, 1919: Instructor in Mathematics. McCallie School. Chattanooga. Tenn.. 1919-'20: Graduate Student. Johns Hopkins University, 1920-'23, and Ph.D., 1923. DAVID C. XVILSON, B.A., M.A. A.B., Princeton University, 1904: A.M.. Princeton University, 1910: Professor of Greek, 1Vhitworth College. Tacoma. XVashington. 1904-'0G: Teacher of Greek and Latin, Broadway High School, Seattle, 1Vash., 19015-'09: Graduate Student Princeton University, 1909-'10: Professor of Greek. Tarkio Collcge. Tarkio. Mo.. 1911-'12: Graduate Student University of Chicago. 19133 Professor of Latin, Sterling College, Sterling. Kas.. 1913-'1-1: Associate Headmaster and Principal, Moran School for Boys. Seattle. XVash.. 1914-'22: Phi Beta Kappa. 1923: Graduate Student Assistant in History, Johns Hopkins University, 1922-'23g Present Position since 1923. VVALTER HERMAN BELL, A.B. Professor of French 2 T A.B., Randolph-Macon Collcge. 19225 Instructor in French, 1920-'21, 1921-'22, and Instructor in Latin. 1921-'22, Randolph-Macon College: Student French School of Middlebury College, Summer Sessions. 1921 and 1922: Graduate Student Jolins Hopkins University, 1922-'23: Present Position since 1923. CARL D. LAWS, S.B., A.M. .flssislant Professor of Mathnnatits S.B., North Georgia Agricultural College, 19215 A.M., University ot' Georgia, 19225 Present Position since 1922.

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, 11288153-1 ,--5. .-giY f - . 'r--1'--r s. e if os' - he established and edited the Staff-a terror to evil-doers, sparing not the rod of reproof and criticism where wrong and corruption reared their heads. The young boy, now our reverend colleague, was peculiarly fortunate in having an old-fashioned homey a home of refinement and cultureg a home with a background of all that was best, intellectual, moral, socialg a home in which the fifth com- mandment was still law, and in which a sense of personal responsibility was incul- cated. He was fortunate, too, in the companionship of his father, who gave direction to his reading and molded his character and tastes. Visitors to the State Library in those days can still remember a little boy curled up in a corner, oblivious to all that was going on around him, engrossed in reading some book of travel or adventure. He was fortunate, also, in enjoying the privilege of meeting his father's friends, a group of cultured gentlemen, who were ever ready to give of their Stores of rich experience and varied knowledge. Among these was the scholarly and eloquent Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, the Right Reverend A. RI. Randolph, who recognized the boy's splendid promise and delighted to have him as a com- panion in his study. The boy was fortunate, moreover, in his school opportunities. For five years he attended a dame's school, that of bliss llflargaret H. Lee, who had a hand in training many of Richmond's young people of a generation ago. In 1881, he entered the school of IXIr. Thos. H. Norwood, a school in which superficiality and shams were not tolerated, but which stood for thorough scholarship and for the development of manly character. In this school Hampden-Sidney men for years had a monopoly of the mathematical department-Peyton H. Hoge f1876l, A. A. Little C1880j, and J. H. Davis CISSSD, being among the most successful of lllr. Norwood's assistants. In the fall of 1885, young Bagby entered the University of Virginia, then the foremost institution of learning in this country save, possibly, johns Hopkins Uni- versity in Baltimore. In june, 1888, after a brilliant career as a student, he received the llIaster's degree-in those days the coveted goal of undergraduate effort. In college, he was a marked man, not only because of his class room record, but also because of the prominent part taken in the general intellectual life of the Uni- versity. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, of the Jefferson Literary Society, and of the Eli Bananas-the leading social organization in the College. He was the first editor of Carbs and Cuffs, having associated with him in this work men since famous in various walks of life-Albert Latady, of lNIobile, Ala.g C. L. lllinor, of Asheville, N. C., one of the leading specialists in the country in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: VV. S. Cockrell, of the Supreme Court of Florida, George Gordon Battle, prominent leader of the New York bar. Inheriting his father's literary taste and gift of expression, young Bagby took great interest in the University Illagzzzinr and was an influential member of its staff along with L. C. Baker, G. G. Battle, Alfred Byrd and others. For two sessions, 1888-89 and 1889-90, lllr. Bagby was instructor in the Uni- versity School in Nashville, Tennessee, owned and presided over by Clarence B. VVallace 08801, and, while so engaged, took work in Vanderbilt University. Re- turning to the University of Virginia for the session 1890-91, he won the degree of lwechanical Engineer in june, ISQI, at the time hoping to be able to devote himself to this branch of engineering. Later, however, this avenue seemed closed to him, and, in the fall of 1891, he accepted a position with the Life Insurance Company of Virginia and worked in the home office of that company for a few months, resigning to become assistant in the Department of Physics of the University of Virginia, of I5