The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-23
LEXINGTON, VA, July 81, 1917.

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| uA colin after n storm "a IIoicp".n,,
op;ct after the hustle and coni'Sio, % - .tI
commcnccments-a expresses, oi,o ,, Iv,,
into which orr good town has sct.tc co. Wv,
luz, ,,;,h;,, thn mast len days. About MY SUI
w. ,on,a;n and the Virginia military
4 H,;t,,to 10 cnn,iycned by the presence o.
.s,o sn,,ontv cadets. who have gone intc
S"lme ar institute Hill, and whose white
| ,"nIs and other equipments remind us o
,,,hat WE saw in 1861, and dtd not see ii
| 1864. :; ;r,sooa ,,,,,
not even the session Of our county court
serving TO create any excitement. Genera
smith keeps things moving on Institute
Uill. rs he is reGstablishing the gas works,
building large kitchen for the mess hall
and making brick for the "Jacllson Memo
rial Chapel" The cadets who are absent
on furlough have been ordered to return bl
the 9TH of August, at which time the corps
will 20 into camp at the Rockbridse Alum
Springs. The presence of so many " boys
in gray" will be All additional attraction &c
this fayolite resort. We learn that bheJ
will also visit the Rockbridge Baths:
BY the way, your correspondent mas mac
recent opportunity of testing Inc ha,illi -
bile manner in which the latter is kept ny IT,
new proprictors, the Messrs. Brown, OF jar
rats Hotel, Petersburg. We know oil Re"
more pleasant places than the Batls uhaei
its present admirable management;
We are permitted to Gull from the iorth'
coming Virginia Gazette the following
ssThe trustees of Washington Coliese
have received official Information OF Clc uc'
ceptance by Hon. John Randolph iucke,
of the Profcssorship ofLaW, to Which hc "''s
recently elected. ,,,o onn
n
,ority in Virginia, his native State. His pro
fessional and social talents are proVerbEll'
no this he adds much of hereditary rcput.
ton to lend lustrc to the position. ne Il
the son of Hon. Henry st. George Iueker
former professor Of law ut the UNIVERSITY o,
Virginia. some time president OF the Coul.
of Appeals of Virginia, long president ol
the old general court of Virginia, anu au.
thor of Truckers Commentaries lie Il
the grandson of Hon. st. George Tucker lt
Their of Hon. Henry st. George Tucker. lor'
merlv professor of law 1T William and Mary
College. and one Of the old Virginia judges,
and author of Fuckers Blackstone. JIG
is the nephew of Hon. N. Beverly Iuckcr'
late professor of law in William and MARY
College, and some time judge OF the Onltctl
States court in Missouri, and autnor OF
sTucker's Pleadings' and many literary
works of merit. He is also nephew ana
namesake of the celebrated John randolph,
of Roanoke. -, .
neonle of Virginia Acknowledgement OF the
State. and was reelected for each subsequent
term until DISTINGUISHED by the recon-
struction acts. Since then he has held inc
office of general counsel for the Baltimore
and ohio Railroad Company. lie VIII soon
have ready for the press i new eutloh
of sTucker's Commentaries recon
strrcted' and adapted to the laws OF Inc
timcs-a work awaited with much interest
by the profession. =, +,,o
Law School, as now organized and fully IN,
corporated with Washington College, VIII
be Hon. John w. Brockenhrougt, LII. d.,
well and most favcrably known and dlslin-
euished throughout Virginia and the south
rs Il jurist and gentleman. lie Is son Oh
don. William Brockenbroush, OF Essex,
long Judge of the old General Court, and
also of the old Court of Appeals OF Virginia.
He was himself for many years Judge OF the
United States Court In Virginia., when sucil
officers were selected for their ablllty' legal
learning, and personal dignity. lie was Sc
lected by the Legislature OF virginia Us one
of Inc peace Congress- appointed, II pos
sihlc. to Drcyent the tate civil war, and was
also q member of the Confederate Congress.
Judge Brockenbrough conducted the Lex
inston Law School with signal ability.
with sllch instructors, and diploma
approyed and signed by General Robert T.:
Lee, the grnduate of Washington College
Law School would onter on his career with
more than ordinary prestige and lnpentlVe
to success"
We are not surprised to learn that the
prospects Of the Law School for next session
are very lattering. LEXINGTON