Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-09


bered in the University, where he was
both a student and professor.
A few words about the early years OF the
University may not be out-cf place here
Tie discipline Of the young men was u
difficult matter; and perhaps 1t may &c
said that foreigners would fail here.
am not Of opinion that they did fall, and L
believe that they did as well as native pro
fessors would have dome, and even pettef:
There must be some rules Tor all places OF
education, and l have always malntalneu
that YOU must enforce rules rs long as
they exist. Those who know me may re-
member what II quiet, harmless young Tel
low I seemed to De; but no man was more
resolute in Furnishing by expulsion viola
tions of the great rules Of the University,
and persistent neglect OF academic duties.
| IF any man is living WHO suffered from
| this strictness, | believe that he will adm, it
that the professors were just and impair
| tial. [ remember one NOBLE young man.
| and even his name, who continually broke
| all the rules about attendance at lectures,
| though | often warned hun OF the conSe-
| uuences. He was at last sent away and
,ipon nv report of his neglect. Before he
went away, he admitted that he Was justly
punished. Such youth may have made
an excellent man, and | hope that it WAS
SO. Whatever the people thought OF our
discipline, land believe that even those
excellent men, the visitors, thought that
we were sometimes too severe,) l have not
the least reason to regret anything that L
| did. I did what 1 thought Was best for all.
On the occasion of one great disturbance
| the visitors met, and well remember
CHAPMAN JOHNSON
speaking to me and another professor
whom / do not name. We were greatly
dissatisfied with the state of things. [
shall never forget that bright, intelligent
face; that slow, deliberate, and persuasive
voice of this eminent lawyers. L con-
| clude bv saying that before l lett the Uni
versity there was a great Improvement.
There was more work done, better order
kept. and | can say that during the last
wear of nv residence | was quite happy.
The difficulties of the professors at the be-
| ginning were such as any man Who knew
| Virginia at that time might have expect
ed, A little training was all that was
wanted. | believed and | still believe.
| that never had more youths OF good abb
Iities under me, nor youths more capable
| of being made good and useful men.
| During Gessner Harrison's life | occa-
| siC,nally heard from him, and also from the
| dear friend to whom | send these lines,
ana whom [ still hear from. | have lnfor-
nation that the University Of Virginia'is
| now a successful place OF education, and /
trust and hope that it will always be i'm
| proving.
:. One Of my most pleasant Iemembrances
of this country is letter which | received
from
GENERAL LEE,
written very short time before his death.
IT. is a letter in which he thanks me for a
| COW of my second edition of the tranSla-
| ton of Marcus Antoninus, which sent
! to him. The cause of my sending 1t Is
| sufficiently explained IN q note at the be-
ginning of tie book. My admiration OF
| this noble Virginian is unbounded. lie
was a good man, and a soldier such as the
world has rarely seen. The youth OF ar
GINA can never find better example fol
| them to initiate than General Lee, who is
one of the last Of those illustrlous men
whom Englishmen ought to venerate as
! much as their own cOuntrymen.
! GEORGE LONG.
FL. 7ett,riler, ESQ.,, Greene Springs, Ala.
The reception given the older alumni by
their Younger brothers was always hearty
and enthusiastic, and Professor William
| b. Rogers had most cordial greeting. LII
the course of the very eloquent speech
which he made he said that the University
of Virginia was really the only CnttersHy
| on the continent, and that ale and lar-
ward are only now beginning to approxI-
mate what the University WAS twenty-five
| years ago.
F., The name of DR.. GesSner Harrison,
whenever mentioned, elected the warmest
| applause, and many loving words were
spoken of him by his old pupils.
The ROUND LAKElN. " CAMP MEET
| ING.--The fraternal camp-meetIng at
Round Lake, New Y ork, which was opened
last week, has so far proved Il very inter
esting gathering, large numbers Of persons
attending from all parts of the country
The correspondent Of. the Albany car
gus" writing July 2, says
The morning broke bright and fair, Civ
ing promise of perfect day-:lnd rarer
even than "a day in June" are some Of the
! July days at Round Lake. The freshness
and purity of the air here strikingly con-
trasts with the heat and dust of the city
streets. After preliminary exercises the
sermon was preached by Rev. s. Y. Leach
of Bal tiInore, and was confessed by all !,
most mastery effort-clear in statement,
| SkillfuI in arrangement, beautifully illus
trated by scientific and historical illusions,
and very fOrceful in application. The
text was Daniel II. 8: ''They that be wise
shall shine as the brightness of the firma-
ment, and they that turn many to right
eQusness DIS the stars forever and ever"
| The theme was soul saving" its gran
denr. methods and rewards. Bishop James
followed with a very earnest eShortation
/ to any nneonyerted persons present to
seek immediate reconciliation with God,
and such was the fervor and action of the
bishops address that great solemnity rest
| ed upon the congregation.
| The STATESMANSHIP NEEDED. -Sena-
! tor Bayard, of Delaware, at the University