"The town has at times extended its close, almost familial, patronage to the other institution of higher education anciently present in Southside: Hampden-Sydney College, lying six miles to the south. Although isolated from the town for part of its history by those six miles of muddy country road, by 1900 Hampden-Sydney had become partner to the mutually supportive relationship between Farmville and higher education. Reporting on a field day that took place on the Hampden-Sydney campus in May of 1903, a writer from Farmville's newspaper observed, "Farmville was there in full force... the teachers and students of the Normal being largely in evidence." Victors among the Hampden-Sydney students were crowned by students from the Normal "with better than laural wreaths": "sweet smiles of approval, hand clasps of delight." The reporter winds up his story with a rousing, "Long live the girls of the Normal and the boys of Hampden-Sydney!" And he- and the town of Farmville- meant it."
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