Hampden Sydney College - Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Hampden Sydney, VA)

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lniun Eljenlngiml gB11Ii1Il'l1'1I. HISTORICAL SKETCH. The Union Theological Seminary is in its origin a development from Hampden-Sidney College. During the administration 61779-17875 of the Rev. John Blair Smith, private instruction was given in Theology to such students as presented themselves, one of these being the eminent Drury Lacy. For a while, also, theological instruction for Presbyterians in Vir- ginia was provided by the Rev. William Graham, Rector of Liberty-Hall, in Rockbridge County. While Archibald Alexander was President of Hampden- Sidney College Q1797-18063, supported chiefly by his friend and whilom colleague, John Holt Rice, he induced the Hanover Presbytery to raise funds with a view to the sustenance of a Professor of Theology and a library. Archibald Alexander left Hampden-Sidney for Philadelphia and became the chief' instrument in founding the Theological Seminary at Princeton in 1810. It was left to john Holt Rice to insist on the necessity that Virginia and the south should have a Seminary of their own for the education and support of their ministers. Meanwhile in 181 2, Alexander's successor in the President's chair of the College, Dr. Moses Hoge, had, at the instigation of the Synod of Virginia, undertaken the regular instruction of a class of theological students. This circumstance Hxed definitely the location of the future Seminary in Prince Edward County. Upon Dr. Hoge's death in 1820, a layman and Episcopalian succeeding to the presidency. plans were now formed to enlarge the theological department into a separate a11d fully equipped institution. It was the master mind and indomitable energy of Dr. John Holt Rice that pushed the scheme forward to successful issue i11 the face not only of the greatest difficulties, but also of much open hos- tility, many misrepresentations and active jealousies. Declining the Presi- dency of Princeton College, which had bee11 tendered him, he was enabled after several years of travel and collecting, especially in the North and in New England, to erect buildings and to open the new institution in january, 1824. His pioneer literary undertaking, The Ei'llIItgVL'fI.t'lI! and l.I.lllll'lzf':l! Jllagazfnc, QRichmond, 1817-1828j was used to foster the sentiment, as it aided every enterprise looking to the welfare cf Virginia. In 1826 19