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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I know nothing about Wabash other than the name, but I wouldn't agree with that characterization about Hampden-Sydney.
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You wouldn't? This amuses me.
I'm not saying Hampden-Sydney isn't a good school, but to compare it with other similar schools that once attracted the same population it did and made late-in-the-game decisions to go co-ed, it's clear that H-S doesn't attract the level of students that comparable institutions did and I'm guessing its student body isn't as high-caliber as it was in the past. As comparable institutions, I'm thinking Washington and Lee and Davidson, which are both traditionally conservative southern LACs who decided to go co-ed long after many other major institutions did.
It also amuses me as someone who knows a little bit about H-S student life, but that's a whole 'nother thing.
For what it's worth, Washington and Lee required freshmen to wear beanies as well, up until maybe the 1940s.
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