The Kaleidoscope of 1933, Vol. 39 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Kaleidoscope of 1933, Vol. 39William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States, was born at Berkeley, in Charles City County, February 9, 1773. He was the third and youngest son of Governor Benjamin Harrison, 3 man who most effectually aided those better known today in carrying his native state and country through the trying storm and stress period of her history. The son proved himself, as the years passed away, of his father's mettle.About 1787, as yet merely a lad of fourteen years, the subject of our sketch entered hampden-sydney College. If superficially considered, it would seem quite remarkable that one so young was sent off to college. This seems, however, to have been the custom in the good old days of the eighteenth century, when men lived to act, not to study. The cause was very probably twofold. First, educational advantages in most of the counties were not good, and second, the curricula of the colleges were not then above those of our academies.One other interesting question arises in this connection. Why did Governor Harrison choose hampden-sydney, in the western southside, in preference to William and Mary, especially since Berkeley was but a few hours' ride from Williamsburg? It may have been due to the weighty in¿uence of John Blair Smith, who so ably directed affairs at the college during these years. It may have been that Governor Harrison was in¿uenced to become a patron of the young, vigorous college to the westward by his friends, many of whom were on the Board of Trustees, for surely a school that boasted Patrick Henry as a director was one to be trusted.As to his college life we know nothing, as almost no record has been preserved. I dare say he lived the happy life of a hampden-sydney boy. I dare say that often, as he sat through the long, dreary winter days beside the comfortless campfire, waiting for the In dians to come up and be whipped, his heart returned to his friends on the Hill, and that he longed to be a careless college boy once again.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.