A Tigers Christmas
Published 12:32 pm Tuesday, December 5, 2017
- Posing for a photo on the steps of Venable Hall after its lighting Thursday are a group of students and staff that made the event possible. Pictured are, from left, front row, Jordan Williams, Dean Richard Pantele, Steven Dvornick, holding the trophy of the winning fraternity in the Christmas Lights Competition, Parker Smith, Andrew Marshall; second row, Andres Garcia, Craig Burns, Sue Carter; third row, Garnet Crocker, Arthur White, Aaron Dawley, Sean Gustafson; back row, Ivan Woodruff and David McElrath.
Several Hampden-Sydney College (H-SC) Christmas traditions took place last week to help usher in the season. In the early evening Thursday at Brown Student Center was a tree lighting and community carol singalong. Later that night was the fourth annual Lighting of Venable Hall. That event featured a poetry reading, performances by The Acousticals, a brief speech from President Dr. Larry Stimpert, the announcement of the winners of the fraternity and freshman Christmas Lights Competition and the lighting of the hall.
“I think a big part of the small-college experience are these traditions, and this Lighting of Venable Hall is a wonderful tradition,” Stimpert said after the event. “Students come together to make it happen.”
The Venable Hall lighting event was presented by the H-SC Rotaract Club.
