Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-06-29
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Woodstock is one of the oldest towns in the
Valley-established by law in March, l76l,
then in the county of Frederick. Since the
war, considerable improvement, in the way OF
erecting new buildings and repairing old ones,
has been made.
Capt. Raymond Fairfax, Capt. John Stump
ter, and Capt. j. S. Haller have been promot
ed to Passenger Conductors on the Virginia
and Tennessee railroad, and will take charge
of the night trains on the lst Of July.
A telegram to the Wing from Lexington
SAYS: "Gcn. R. +. Lees war horse Travel
or died last night with lock jaw, caused by
injuries which he received last "Wednesday
evening"
The Shenandoah Herald says Flour mad
dogs, We have been informed, were killed upon
the streets of Front Royal on last Tuesday,
Fortunately no one was bitten by them.
\ severe hail storm passed over the section
Of country near Goshen, in Albemarlc coun-
ty, on Monday, which did great damage to the
growing crops.
Rev. John McGill, Roman Catholic Bishop
of Virginia, will soon visit Lexington to arrange
for building church at that place.
On Saturday,in the election for town officers,
in Charlottesville the Conservatives gained 4
decided victory
j. p. Nelson has been appointed depot agent
at Woodstock, in the place Of ). ii. Days,
decd.
EPISCOPAL THEOLOGICAL SEMlNARY.-A
correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch gives
the following synopis Of the address OF Rev.
DR.. Packard delivered at the Episcopal Thco-
logical Seminary hear this place, few days
ago.
The Theological Seminary commenced It's
long career of usefulness on the 18th of Octo-
Der, 1929. The first recitation was held on
that day in the lecture-room Of st. Paul 5
Church. Alexandria, the first and then
only professor, Rev. Rcul Keith, 5. i.
D.. and was attended by twelve students.
As far back as 1915, Prof. Augustine Smith,
president of the College Of William and Mary,
had proposed to the Bishop and Standing Com
mittce of the Diocese, to inaugurate depart
ment of theology in connection with the college,
and for 4 year or two something OF this sort
was attempted, but with so little promise, OF
success as to prompt the transfer OF the effort
to more eligible point. =,
From its convenience to Maryland, whence 1t
WAS expected many students would DC drawn,
Alexandria was selected. In 1927 the seminary
was moved from Alexandria to three miles west
of the city. Sixty-one acres of ground, at Il
cost of 81, 900, were bought, and one building
was erected at $4,000 more. At this tune
there were twenty students lrol. Meth
first colleague was the Rev. DIR. Wilmer, faith
or of the present Bishop OF Alabama He was
succeeded in 1895 by the Rev. Mr. Morris as
Professor of Pastoral Theology. DR.. Keith
remained as Professor Of Systematic DIVINITY;
until his death in 1872, when he was succeeded
by the present venerable and distinguished
Dean of the Faculty, the Rev. VIM. Sparrow
D. d. Besides DIR; SparroT's present collc'-
cues. Drs. May and Lippit have been among
the professors. Both of these gentlemen are
dead. The late Bishop Meade, if any one
man could be 50 called, was the founder OF the
seminary and few who knew him can tail to
remember his devotion to its interests and his
constant and efficient efforts in its behalf. The
place of the original buildings is now supplied
by three extensive and elegant halls for Il board
ing department, lecture-rooms, prayer hall,
reading-room, and chambers, of handsome APP
pcarancc, and spacious tlrc-proot libra
ny chapel. The Dodge endowment OF SlOO,OOgg
received last year, now places the support OF
the institution beyond elm barrassmcnt.
The seminary has 4G3 alumni, including ~
bishops and 80 foreign missionaries The only
three foreign missionary bishops are from, this
school-two Of them Nirginians. Ofthc alum
nj l24 are deceased. The survivors are labor
ing in almost every diocese inthe United States
seventy in Virginia alone.