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

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A T DR. W. TWYMAIV WILLI VMS III! rintffiWitiifrfflifii

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E I) I C II For seventeen years Hampden- Sydney students ttirough Callegq iCliurcli liave enjoyed the friendsliip of one of the abiest ministers in ttie Presbyterian Church— a gentle- man o{|earnest Christian character, a modest and inde- fatigable student a genial friend upon the campus. Graduated from the College with first honour in 1903, in whiEl year he also edited the Kaleidoscope, and from Union! theological Seminary in 1909 with highest hon- our, he returned as pastor to his Alma Mater in 1924 and soM gained the unbounded devotion and admiration of all ' Jhe Hill. The staff of this volume takes real pleasuii Hn dedicating this book to William Twyman Williams. D.D., Pastor of College Church.

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H A 1 P 11 F fM n L V i: D L L E G E AsTirg-inia was first settled hv iTiembers of the ChurclTof Eng i land, and the emigration of dissenters not encouraged, it was more than a hundred years ere they were found in any consider- able numbers. Some years previous to the revolutionary war, the Hampden Sydney College. Cushing Foundation Rev. Samuel Davies, of Hanover count) , in conjunction with others, formed the presbytery of Hanover. The principal mass of Presbyterians then in lower ' irginia was in Prince Edward and the neighboring counties, among whom were some French Huguenots. In a few years, as they increased in numbers, they determined to establish a seminary, to be conducted on Presbyte- rian principles ; Willianl and Mar} ' , the only college in the state, being fostered particularly by tlu Episcopalians. The academy was accordingly establish( d in Prince Edward, at a point conve- nient for the Presbyterians of Virginia and North Carolina. This institution was founded in 1771, and was called the Academy of Hampden Sydney. It was chartered in 1783, and received its present name from those two martyrs of liberty, J. Hampden and A. Sydney. It was established, and has ever been supported, by the private munificence of public-spirited individuals. It has an elevated, healthy, and pleasant situation, one mile from the court- house, and 80 from Riclimoad. Although the institution has had to encounter many diliiculties for want of funds, yet it has gen- erally been in successful operation, and has educated upwards of 2,000 young men; many of whom have been of eminent useful- ness, and some of great at)ilities More instructors have emana