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

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narx and to l'hristianitx xx ere prolonged lllllll his eightx- seeoud xear. liven in 1381, he xx as serving as lihrarian. ln this eapaeitx he spent several hours each dax' cata- logtiing nexx hooks and lxinding olvl ones. The loss of hooks so disturlxed hi111 that lie devised methods for eutting doxxn on the numlwer of misplaced and lost xoolts. The account of his death is a most fitting trilxute to llenjainin Nloshx' Smith, the man xx ho saved Vnion Seminarx in her hour of desperate need. lle xxas lxuried in the Seminarx ljl'1lYt'Xlll'Cl on Via gllfflln in llampilen-Sxdnex, Virginia. .Xfter llr. Smiths death the fourth outstanding man of the Seininarx, XValter XV. ihluore, took upon his shoulders the task of running the Seminarx. Dr. Rohert l., llalwnex had alreadx' resigned his chair of Sxstemativ l'llt'HlH11X and gone to the liniversitx of Texas in 1393 xx hen llr. Nloore first fame to the Seminarv. l'nder Dr. Wmith, XValter ixlonre had lu-gun his teaehing as assist' int professor. lt heeaine evident at once that he xx as an effective teacher and destined In lxe a x'erx great teacher. lle came in the vourse of a fexx' years to he one of the greatest teachers of modern times of the llehrexx language, investing a studx usuallx' esteenied tlrx xxitli positive l'l'I1lI'Il'l.U ln 1393 Dr. Moore Iwmlx the responsihilitx of admin- istrating the Seminarx as xxell as conducting his vourses of llelxrexx. XYhen he arrived at the Serninarx' he dis- eoveretl several grim facts. lfirst, the facultx' xx'as xxirh- out exeeption tottering on the edge of the grave. Secoml. the physical plant of the St-minarx' and the finances were desperatelx' inadequate to attract the ministers and men xx hich it xxanted. 'l'hrough llr. Moores efforts the Board of Directors purrhased a tract of land in the Ginter Park st-vtion of Richmond, Virginia, xx here, in 18118, the Semi- narx xx as permanentlx' removed. .Xlthough Dr. Moores reasons for moving the Semif narx to Richmond xx ere the lxest, there xx ere some people xxho feared that the students xxould fall prex' to the temptations of the hig city. Dr. Moore foresaxxr the need of the advantages of the Citx' and recognized the need for a more modern plant and independent facilities. There xxere others who felt that ministerial candidates xxith anxthing hetter than a cold tulx on the floor of a hre plate-heated room would he out of place, lloxxever, the exrellent qualities of Dr. lNIuore's leadership pre- vented the students from heing corrupted and they soon lxecame aceustnmed to taking life xx'ith Il fexx' more xxorldlx' comforts such as hot-water haths, etc, Some interesting statistics xx'ill illustrate Dr. Moore! administrative genius. YVhen he arrived at lvnoin Semis nary i11 llampden-Sydnex' he found: 1, Six lxuildings and grounds valued at Stlopoo, hut sold on removal for a smaller amount. 2. lfour professors offering one course of study. 1. lfortx'-eight students Coming from ten states and eighteen educational institutions. 4. :X productive endowment of 35.25.3595 yielding an annual income of approximatelx' !li1g,I55. As he left it, in llinter Park the Seminarx' was com- prised of: 1. Ifighteen huildings and grounds conserx'atix'elx valued at 1li1,:6o,ooo. 2. Nine xrofessors offerin f l:lVe courses of studv. L . Q. Une hundred fifty-eight students coming from txxentx'-six states and countries and fiftx'-seven edura- tional institutions. 4. .-X large productive entloxxment of 51,213,671 yield' ing an annual income of approximately 556403, NValter XV. Moore was elected the First President of I'nion Theological Seminarx on May io, 11304. llis s ecial 1 ualifications for that orhce had been dem- l . - . onstrated hexond all possilxllitx of doulvt hx' the manner in xxhich he had assumed the leadership thrust upon him in the crisis of moving the Seminarx' from llamp- den-Sxdney to its present site. No more delicate :ind difhcult task ever confronted an exet'utix'eg lxut Dr. ixlimrt' handled it xx'ith such unerring judgment, such fillflillllll eourtesx' and such consummate skill that, as one xxho opposed his efforts xx'rote in later years, 'no scars xx ere made that could not he healerlf And it would talte a microscope of huge dimensions to find any scars remaining today.

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I IAMES E. KINARD, AB. I Dum of tfve Colfegc X 4 .A FX PAUL TULANE ATKINSON, AB TreL1,vzn'er of the College