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

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Inauguration eekend Inaugural Weekend, a special celebration for Hampden- Sydney and its new president, josiah Bunting III, provided the start of 1978 football weekends on the Hill. Russell Kirk began activities on Thursday with a Hampden Fellows Program that supported the liberal acts cur- riculum as leavening the lump of large universities. The fol- lowing night, the Richmond Sinfonia honored Bunting with an Inaugural Concert in johns Auditorium. Saturday morning broke hot and clear as representatives from 110 colleges and univer- sities gathered with spectators at Hundley Stadium for the in- auguration ceremonies. An au- dience of 2500 listened as Bunt- ing lauded the benefits of lib- eral education for preparing students for citizenship as well as for a profession. At 12:00 noon everyone gathered under the trees at Winston Hall for a buffet before the Hampden-Sydney vs. Sewanee football game. ARA Slater proved it could stand the strain of the extra visitors as it hustled the diners in and out so they could be reassembled at Death Valley for the 2:30 p.m. game. Bill Newell was too much for the Tennessee visitors as he hit 11 of 15 passes for 119 yards f and two touchdowns. Frank Fulton, Bob Calcote, and Tim Maxa keyed the defensive play with each intercepting a Sewanee pass. The final score: Hampden-Sydney 27 - Sewanee 3. The halftime activity was perhaps the most exciting and certainly the most unusual event of the afternoon, as five members of the Hampden- Sydney Sport Parachuting Club jumped from a height of 5000 feet, formed a human ring above the College, and landed gracefully on the football field. Saturday night the College Activities Committee and the Inaugural Committee presented the big band jazz sounds of Woody Herman and the Thun- dering Herd for a black tie dance. The event was attended by about 300 persons who swayed to the mellow jazz sounds until early Sunday morning. Shep Haw R, . -4 iv

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Parents and Friends eekend Hampden-Sydney's faithful found themselves back at the Hill one week after the inau- gural celebration, as the Tigers entertained a visiting Madison squad for Parents and Friends weekend. This ever popular early fall weekend revolves around carefully planned par- ental visitsg most notable those parents of first year students. After a long night of frater- nity parties on the circle, these expectant freshmen rolled out of bed, at what must have been an unwholesome hour, in order to greet their parents in a state other than one of dishelve- ment. Although the weather was cold and wet, it did little to dampen the spirits of the par- ents as they attended the An- nual Meeting of Parents at 11 o'clock and a hastily arranged luncheon in Gammon Gymna- sium at 12 noon. Later in the afternoon other spirits were used to keep the Hill crowd warm as it watched a muddy defeat at the hands of the Dukes, 21-16. Saturday night a small, but hearty crowd attended a C.A.C. sponsored dance at which the Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose played. A few parents were seen venturing into the gym, but most retreated after hearing a few songs reverberate off the barren concrete walls. Unfortunately, the event ended before it really got started be- cause of new ABC regulations. y'- f' Miw ',--- Those who still wanted to party, however, were able to squeeze into the basement of the Theta Chi house to listen to the Showmen until the wee hours. Shep Haw