Download or read book The Record of the Hampden-Sydney Alumni Association, Vol. 16 written by Hampden-Sydney College and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-05 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Record of the Hampden-Sydney Alumni Association, Vol. 16: January 1942 American Universities and for an equal period of time, those in charge of the College Administration have sought to meet the requirements laid down to entitle the college to this rating. Being a small college, meager in endow ment, limited in library facilities with the physical plant lacking in many desirable features, these things have presented the chief obstacles. We suppose it is necessary to fix some arbitrary rules or standards in this direction, for one can readily see that without adequate equipment an institution does not afford the student the means and opportunity of persuing his studies to the best advantage. However, the fact should not be overlooked that with the right kind of student and the right kind of instruction, these handicaps can and are Often overcome, SO that the graduate emerges from such college or university far better trained and equipped for his work than many who have had every kind Of advantage with which wealth can provide an institution. This being true, it is gratifying to know that within the past month the college has been placed on this approved list. Those who pass on the question, after looking into the Character and quality of the work this college is doing, have decided that Hampden - Sydney merits this rating. As the record has Observed about other standards which different associations and organizations have set up, they are somewhat of a blueprint and this blueprint must be followed to a large extent. However, these standards should not be unyielding, but should be varied when the out - put brings the results that the standard as set up is meant to produce. This is as it should be for the result sought is training which a college can give. The out-put the quality of the men the institution turns out - therefore is the real test. It is indeed gratifying to the alumni and friends of hampden-sydney that its graduates, notwithstanding certain material handicaps, have reached out and attained those things which merit placing the college among the leading institutions Of the Country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.