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

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OPEN ING ' Setting the Tone for 1 984-85 Presidents Bunting and Hoey Inspire Crowd As the ZOO and some fresh- men arrived in the midst of the August heat, expectations for the year were high. Washmgton and Lee's deci- sion to become co- educational kept the campus buzzing from the late summer on into the year and Lisa Birnbach's College Book, in which Hampden-Sydney had a respectable mention as the Preppiest College in America, produced mixed reactions from students, faculty, and administrators. Several rum- ors went around regarding President Bunting's decision to run, or not, for the Governship of Virginia. Happily, for Hampden- Sydney, he decided to remain at the helm of the College. The year officially opened with Cpening Convocation on August 29. President Bunting addressed the crowd largely on the subject of tol- erance. To the freshmen he said: You can take from here nothing more valuable, there- fore, than the habit of intel- lectual independence. Presi- dent Bunting also reaffirmed his belief on the all-male lib- eral arts college but cautioned the student body that our all-maleness, henceforward, will always be our principal defining quality whenever anyone outside our family looks at us, thinks of us, writes about us .... SG President Brian Hoey Very simply, without self-disci- pline, it is impossible to succeed at Hampden-Sydney. SC President Hoey T College President josiali Bunting T President of the Student Government Brian Hoey also addressed the capacity crowd in johns. Speaking on the importance of self-discipline, Hoey stressed to the fresh- men that they become the master-gardener of his soul...' Hoey advocated weeding one's mind, and cultivating the flowers and fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts. Armed with the inspira- tional and optimistic words of President Bunting and Brian Hoey, the classes of '85, '86, '87, and '88 departed to in earnest their weeding and cultivation of their minds. On the other hand, there were other considerations for both freshmen and upper classmen. The new dorms weren't quite finished, so for many excited students, it was back into Venable for the time being. For most of first semester, talk of Venable and new dorms yet to be com- pleted occupied most peo- ple's thoughts, although The Tiger was filled with interest- ing semi-scandals. The year, however, did start with much promise, especially as it was Coach Fulton's 25th year with the Tigers and an excel- lent season seemed assured. 3

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1 985 KALEIDOSCOPE .lull llflmif lalilw Egg? inulllliggryllllilr 1 985 KALEIDOSCOPE 'Q' ...I hate EDITOR John W. Pollock PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Tori Flint TYPESETTER Brenda F. Garrett ADVISOR Dr. Richard C. McClintock PHOTOGRAPHERS Tori Flint Hawes C. Spencer David Blankenship Bill Knox Bruce Carney WRITERS john Maloney Rick Schofield Sean Driscoll Hawes C. Spencer Darren Bums Johnny McGhee Trey Thomas Michael Boudreau TYPISTS Eliza Knox Susan McKinney Kari Gentry Michelle Shewchuk Amy C. Wick SPECIAL THANKS TO: jon Marken Athletic Office, Hampden-Sydney College Development Office, Hampden-Sydney College Admissions Office, I'IampdenfSydney College fMrs. Graves I-IJ Leila B. Thompson CMrs. Lewis HJ Nell Drew The entire McClintock family Seniors who submitted candids Mike MCGinn Q 1985 Hampden-Sydney College Board of Publications. No portion of this book may be repro- duced without permission of the editor. Information may be obtained by writing Kaleidoscope at Post Office Box 655, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia 23943. yearbooks. Welcome to the 1985 Kaleidoscope. From the front cover you can tell that this is no traditional Kaleidof scope. To tell you the truth, I hate yearbooks. They are often times boring, merely presenting a photo summary of the year. Maybe that's what you all wanted, but I was the editor, so the following is what I thought a yearbook should be. I have tried to cover the major stories of the year, while giving a majority of space to the seniors, the ones whom this yearbook is really for. I had a lot of trouble this year with staff and for the most part the book was a pain to work on, but y'know, I had a great time doing it. I hope that everybody likes the book. I am sure that I've left people, places, things, etc out of the book. Some things are in here that I think are of particular interest. Dr. Heinemann's essay on coeducation is excellent, even if you do disagree with his position. Mrs. Thompson's recipe for chocolate punch is legendary and could be useful for future dinner parties etc .... I hope that the new format senior section will bring back pleasant memories of The Hill. A special thanks to Mike Smith of Herff-Jones. He had to put up with one busy editor this year. Anyway, hope you like the book...it took a lot of time. y4.1.J,-70,5604 john W. Pollock Editor 'Q I

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1985 KALEIDOSCOPE The First Days Tl1at's Wfhere l'm Living..? You're standing in this long familiar...? line of largely unfamiliar Those freshmen blues - faces, signing checks for S200 anticipating NEW dorms, here, S10 there, another S10 finding OLD dorms. Antici- for a gun deposit. Finally, pating food for dinner, getting someone hands you a Har- Commons. Anticipating a dee's card good for a free roommate with a BMW and drink and you're on your way a ski rack, meeting a room- to your new room and mate with a Schwinn three- roommatefsj. Sound pretty speed. Boy, those first few days were real interesting. But then the friends form and a lot of that crap in those beautiful admissions publica- tions cloes happen. Maybe these are the best friends you'll ever have. Maybe you will be challenged here. Maybe the new dorms will open in 1984 .... Z2 Nam Numan On a day that should have been bottled and kept for Homecoming, the class of 1988 arrived at Hampden- Sydney, with cars and station wagons stuffed and spirits high. Both sides of Cushing Road and Via Sacra sparkled with chrome and maroon and navy blue and cream as tail- gates and doors opened and dGa 'rd ksi . wma. .1 mwes th-rough Oflm Orientation The Arrival A Surprise Greets Many Old and New Men shut, as students and parents and sisters and brothers lifted and shoved and carried part of someone's life from one world into another. About half of them moved into Venable Hall, where freshmen have lived for as long as memory serves most of us. But-and here is the difference between this and Plbn previous first days of school on the Hill-they weren't supposed to have moved into Venable. Last year's freshmen were supposed to have been the last students staying in Venable for a while, since Venable had been scheduled to stand vacant this year, pending the beginning of an extensive series of III