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

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THE CAMPUS

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JY i a' 9 f . A' f-Uhe I 1Q1Ze1cZoscopej A college, founded by Hanover Presbytery and for fifty years presided over by Presbyterian divines, was now in the hands of a layman of Episcopal proclivities, who, though devout and reverent, was not, at that time, a member of any church. A young man, only four years out of college, was to occupy the seat of the aged Dr. Hogeg a Yankee saddler was to discipline and train the sons of proud Virginia planters. Results were eminently satisfactory: wisdom was justified of her children. The course of study was reorganized and greatly enriched: new professorships were established: old buildings were removed: Cushing Hall, the Steward's Hall, and a new church were erectedg the old era had ended, and physical conditions in broad outline became what they are to-day. By 1830, the whole system was pulsating with life and Hampden-Sidney was the equal of any American college of the day-North or South. President Cushing, in ISZ4, organized, at Hampden-Sidney, the Literary and Philosophical Society-Dr. Rice and Professor Marsh being his coadjutors. In I83I, this Society was enlarged into the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society, which-reorganized in IS47-became the Virginia Historical Society. , But these incessant and arduous duties proved too much for a body naturally frail. ln the spring of 1835, Mr. Cushing was forced to give up work, and set out for Charleston en route for the West Indies in search of health. But he was too weak to go far, and was compelled to stop at Raleigh, N. C., where the end came April 25, l835. -W. H. W1-HTING, JR. U01

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VENABLE HALL