The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-04-30
Jonathan Peter Gushing, Fifth Hill
President, Laid In Final Resting
Place at College Church Cemetery
His Descendants
present During
Ceremony Sunday

on Sunday afternoon April IS.
tfe remains Of Dr. Jonathan Pc
ttt Cushing. fifth president of
FampdenSydney Colleee. came
q their final resting place at Col
Ege Church Cemetery
\ On April 25 one hundred and
sineteen years ago, DR. Cushing
aied in Raleigh. n c.. where his
remains have lain until. through
The efforts of the Reverend Robert
5Bluford. pastor of the Western
Boulevard Presbyterian Church,
: Of Raleigh he was at last
brought home
The ceremony at Hampden-
sydney was conducted by Rev
Bluford, a graduate of the college.
I Glass of As. Among the many
present were direct and lateral
\ descendants Of Dr. Cushing the
Rev. and Mrs. w. c Marshall and
Mrs. Nellie Brydon Murrie of
Lvnchburg Mrs Benjamin l.
Johns, Of Farmvillc. and Mrs
Mary Marshall McCulloch, Of
4 Winchester
A new stone marking the first
resting place of Dr. Cushing has
been laid in Raleigh, N c.
Part of the tribute paid by DR.
Cannon to President Cushing
reads as follows
Although born in New
Hampshire. and educated at Phil
lips Exeter Acadmy and Dart
mouth College. his life work be-
came identified with the state of
Virginia and especially with his
college
Came South
For reasons of health and
with the hope of pursuing the
profession Of law. jonathan Cush-
Ing came South in 1917 PauSing
In Richmond he called on Dr.
John Holt Rice. who persuaded
him TO accept, temporarily at
least. tutorship at Hampton
sydney This began, under ten
uQus circumstances, the relation
ship that was to last until the
death of MIR Gushing eighteen
years later, during which time he
1 advanced from tutor to president.
His appointment was
noteworthy not only because OF
his extreme youth twenty eight
years of age but also becauee
he was the first layman and the
first non-Presbyterian to serve
In such capacity.
Modern Ideal
II has been said of President
+ Gushing that he approached the
ideal Of the modern president in
that he was essentially a practical
man Of business talent. as well as
an inspiring teacher and able
scholar He labOred ardent
" and successfully to raise the
endowment fund he overcamc
the many obstacles encountered
in the construction of the new
/ College building Cnow Cushing
Hall Also. in 1884. the Thco-
logical Seminary was established
as an institution distinct from
the College.
In the academic life of Hamp-
den Sydney. President CUSHING
mapped out new courses
AS a result for his cnthu-
s.asm for his adopted state. he
played an active role in the foun-
dation in 1881 of what is today the
Virginia Historical Society
Such constant activity and I'M
firing effort ultimately weakened
what had been strong constitu-
ton, and after the winter of
1884 49, he was obliged to seek
rest and sunshine far to the south
Of Virginia, However, his travels
were cut short at Raleigh. There
il was that death came. on April
25, and there he was buried And
now. after 50 many years he is re-
turned to the scene where he
worked and taught and butt so
we'll for the future
THAT Hampden- Sydney should
be his final resting place is only
his right and lasting honor TO