Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-11-28
University of washington and
Lee.-Interesfing Address of
Gen. Iilley.

Gen. Lilley.
The Charleston, S. G., papers publish in
full the address Of Gen. r. D. Lilley, of
Staunton, at the South Carolina Agricul-
tural Fair at Columbia, on the 18th inst.
Gen, T.. has interviewer in his address ma
ny highly interesting historical facts, in
Guiding the one that it was to this institu-
ton that George Washington gave it's first
endowment of $50, 900, and Gen. Lee gave
the last years Of his life. 1t will be found
well worth reading in full as we have cop
led it: y, ,t,+,,x.t.x,,-. .,l. ,x.,
Ladies d, dnd Ge,ltzeshh,e,ss 1T affords me
pleasure to. meet you today, and I thank
you for the cordial greeting you nave CIV
en- me- 4 desire to make my acknbwledg
ments to the president of the fair for, this
opportunity Of addressing YOU, and foT the
very complimentary manner in which he
has introduced me to you. ''7i" 7ni9'7d t''
7 This is not the first time Il havea visited
your State. LIN April, 1861, IL was in York
| vile and Columbia, and arrived in Charles
| ton just as the firing on Fort Sumter ceas
| ed, and was there When the fort sJrren-
defed.a Well dol remember the impress
sions made upon my mind as l passed
along the, line, of, railway, and witnessed
| your gallant men moving, in organized
| bodies, to the defence Of your liberties [
| have never seen a more united people than
| the Carolinians were at that time. .s ,,,.,;s
|, Last Spring I again visited your State,
| and saw your people in their humiliation
and distress. In their poverty and afflic-
| ton, they refused to -yieldato the allure
ments of wealth and position offered them
| by the party in power, and stood firm in
their devotion to principle. Their conduct
as civilians commanded my profound adj
miration, as their bearing; as soldiers upon
the field of battle, during the war, had
| done. m,,,.-.f~ .s,..s
[ came last Spring on a mission in be-
| half of Washington and Lee University,
and was much gratifed at the liberal re-
Spouse of your people to the invitation to
endow in that university, a chair to bear
| the name of your State. A number OF your
! best citizens manifested great interest, in
| the scheme, and the short time 1 was in
the State more than. $13 900 were subscri-
| bed to the fund. am now here to com
plete the fund to $4,000, the sum required
for the permanent endowment OF each
chair. .se4s
| A subscription of $3.50 entities the sub
scriber to certificate with four coupons,
each coupon emitting to tuition and other
! fees for one session in any of the academic
or scientific schools of the university. The
$3.50 in this way entities to what would
| otherwise cost $500 or more. Five hundred
dollars entities to ten such coupons, and
ST. 900 to twentyfour coupons. Payments
may be made in instruments without in
terest, and arranged to come lightly, each
year until such time as it may be desired
| to use the tuition when the balance of
! thesubscription can be paid, and the GER
tifcate of scholarship issued. 5@
A subscription of any sum may be made
and divided into instalments to suit the
convenience of the subscriber. ..F
4 Aeorrect list of the subscriptions, with
the name and residence of each subscriber,
is preserved in the archives of the univer-
| sity, and where a subscriber isa Confeder-
| ate soldier, his rank and command is also
| recorded % a31I Of 34 ~ W 4G
+ The plan is to get chair endowed from
each State with $50 ,O00 ..l qt-o< st.. l.t.,}t-4
THE MIssoURIANs HAVE ALREADY, SUB
+ ssFa r., sCRIBEDe iAst..I aaYs.
nearly $4,000 for the. chair of applied
chemistry; the Kentuckians $4,000 for
the chair of history and political economy;
the Louisianans $4,000 for the chair of
modern languages; the Texans 1926 900 for
the chair of applied mathematics :; the
| Virginians $4,000 for their chair, and each
of these States will complete it's endoW-
ment to $4,000.
In addition to this, the Confederate SOL
diers and their friends are, raising "a fund
for the endowment Of, the presidential chair
as a MEMORIAL tribute to our noble CHIEF
I The university now has an endowment
I of 100000, and an aggregate capital of
more than half a million dollars. Its fl
!. nances have been managed with, such abil-
/ ity, that while the university has expand
ed, and it's usefulness increased, 1t is free
from debt. -}iIts management commands
the entire confidence of the public, and the
| people of the South see that by uniting up
on it they can make it such university as
will meet most fully the wants of South
| ern youth '-'i9ls 1.Uh&, 1tAe{ 5i'5f ~
tits attracting donations in large sums, the
late R. III. rBayly, of New Orleans, having
bequeathed it $4,000 to eIldoW a chair to
bear his name, and W. W. Corcoran, ESD,
| of Washington city, has given it 100000.
d Although3it is upon this solid basis, one
million dollars are. needed to carry out the,
| plans of It's lamented president. I'D,
The proper education of Southern youth
4 is one of the most Important subjects that
occupy the attention of our people. Why
! is it that the Southern. States have ports
| without ships, water power without ma
chinery? Why is it that SO few of their
mines of coal and iron ore are developed :?
It is owing largely to the fact thata1 s,5u {.
soUTHERN5YoUTH HAVE NOT RECEIVED
! THE SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL EDU-
| i4.- -'at''a ~" CATION - .0"i5asssi ST.
required for the development Of these great
Interests of shipping, manufacturing and
mining. The mind power that is wasted
is worth more than all the water power
and minerals Of which we hear SO much,
for what are these worth without educated
| intelligence to utilize them? Why should
the South not manufacture? Why should
| she not build ships and have her merchant
| princes, instead Of depending upon those
at distance ?3i4la} 81. l'%F5 i2'i2 ''' '-j'i.}
GENERAL LEE WAS A STATESMAN AS
WELL AS A SOLDIER,
and he saw that the only hope of our South
ern country was to provide for our youth
thorough instruction in the scientific and
practical branches of learning. He saw
that there was nothing that would contrib
ute more to promote the material prosperi-
| ty OF the South than men well instructed
| in the application of mathematics and
chemistry-ci engineers, mining engi-,
neers, practical chemists, mechanical en-
| gineers, architects, machinlsts, carpenters
and master workmen Of all kinds-men ca
pable of constructing lines of railway, de-
veloping mines, erecting suitable buildings
and constructing within them the most
improved machinery, and Of filing the po-
sitions of superintendent, chemist, machi--
| mist, &C., required in conducting success
| fully manufacturing establishment
| With these views, when he accepted the
| presidency of the university, he urged in
| addition to the literary and professional
schools, the establishment of the scientific
schools now in operation, and others to be
added as soon as the requisite funds shall