The life and letters of Robert Lewis Dabney . en years and three months old—tall and slender,swarthy in complexion, with dark brown hair, and fine darkeyes, rather deeply set under a fine brow, and dominating astrong and attractive lower face, with firm mouth and strong-chin. He was somewhat wanting in ease of manner, and pos-sessed little grace of movement. He entered the sophomoreclass half advanced. At that time there were two sessions inthe college year separated by vacations of about one montheach—a session from November to April, inclusive, and asession from June to September, inclusive.
The life and letters of Robert Lewis Dabney . en years and three months old—tall and slender,swarthy in complexion, with dark brown hair, and fine darkeyes, rather deeply set under a fine brow, and dominating astrong and attractive lower face, with firm mouth and strong-chin. He was somewhat wanting in ease of manner, and pos-sessed little grace of movement. He entered the sophomoreclass half advanced. At that time there were two sessions inthe college year separated by vacations of about one montheach—a session from November to April, inclusive, and asession from June to September, inclusive. Having passedthrough the summer session of 1836. he returned in Novemberfollowing for the winter session of 1836 to 1837, and thenagain for the summer session of 1837. During these sessions he completed the college courses ofmathematics, physics. Latin and Greek, as arranged at thattime. The courses in the departments of mathematics andphysics were ably taught. The languages, on the other hand,seem to have been taught with less m! ^f< While Student at Hampden-Sidney. 31 Young Dabney, as we learn repeatedly from his letters of theperiod, began his college career with aspiration to become alearned man. He tells his friends at home over and over againthat he has determined that study and attention shall not bewanting. He was nervous throughout the first session as tothe reputation he should make that session. He felt the import-ance of doing well from the start. In a letter to his mother, ofthe date of August 20, 1836, he says, It is said that a studentis almost certain to stand throughout his whole course just ashe stands the first session, and if he gets a bad name at first, itrequires the greatest exertions to get rid of it; and his habits ofstudy will be very much the same as they were the first session,so that this is by far the most important part of my seems to have put forth painstaking eflfort on every branchof his studies, and to have applied
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