Kaleidoscope . business as met several professors, and as they passed, we guessed their thoughts. Whatson of Hampden-Sidney can ever forget that matchless sunset scene a short dis-tance beyond where Dr. Latimer lived? Whoever has once stood upon the browof that little hill and watched the sun sink behind that wall of forests, will neverforget the view that met his eye. You stand, so to speak, at the center of a circlewhose semi-circumference is marked out by the horizon in the distance. The viewis unobstructed, and the horizon is outlined against the evening sky by the forestsand
Kaleidoscope . business as met several professors, and as they passed, we guessed their thoughts. Whatson of Hampden-Sidney can ever forget that matchless sunset scene a short dis-tance beyond where Dr. Latimer lived? Whoever has once stood upon the browof that little hill and watched the sun sink behind that wall of forests, will neverforget the view that met his eye. You stand, so to speak, at the center of a circlewhose semi-circumference is marked out by the horizon in the distance. The viewis unobstructed, and the horizon is outlined against the evening sky by the forestsand hills as sharply as if it had been cut out with one sweep of a huge sickle. Itappears as a great wall in the form of a semi-circle, behind which the sun is slowlyfalling, flinging a gulden light upon all earth and sky. Often have I stood withmy dearest college friends and beheld this sunset. I see it vividly now as I write,and with it are associated some of the sweetest and most inspiring memories of mylife. 54. The glory has departed from Beech Falls. It has had its day. In otheryears it was the favorite retreat of the college boy and played a great part in thestudent life of long ago. Beech Falls was an enchanted valley. Cupids dwelt inevery leaf and grass spire, and captured every one who entered the sacredprecincts of that glen. A charming woman, while speaking the other year ofthe times she had had at Hampden-Sidney, said six proposals were made to herwhile strolling near the falls. She accepted one. It was, she said, in its palmydays a beautiful place, shaded by beech and other trees, and every foot of theground was covered with a carpet of the greenest grass. A brook of clearestwater sang its way over the smooth rocks. To the west was a large hill, whichkept off the sun, making it cool and pleasant on a summer afternoon. This charming woman was not pleased to hear of the sad decline of BeechFalls. The cupids, I told her, were still alive, and were now residing at SigmaCh
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