The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-05-18
Resolutions of Respect.

A meeting of the Local Alumni Asso.
citation of W. s. L. University for the
Counties of Allegheny, Bath and High
land was held at Clifton Forge, May, 9Th,
1893, Hon. Lyman Chalkley presiding.
On motion Of Rev. E. w. MacCorkle, a
committee consisting Of Rev. E. w. Mac
Corkle, John L. Duncan and James A.
Ford was appointed to offer resolutions
concerning the late Prof White. The
committee reported the following reso-
lutions:
WHEREAS, the sad tidings OF the
death of our former beloved Professor
James Jones White, has reached The
ears of the members OF this body
Therefore. be Il Reso7eed. l. That we
realize keensy the utter inadequacy OF
| formal resolutions to convey any tru6
sense of our deep and lasting apprecia,
tion Of his worth, in life, or the heavy
and irreparable loss, sustained in his
! death.
His sphere was SO extensive, touching
as it did, not only the University, but ev
ery interest of the State and Church as
WCli, CIlssu llIS dGl'ttI buiG VIII NC SC1tiy
| felt. Whether we think of him as the
affectionate head of christian home, as
a faithful and beloved University Pro
fessor, or as an useful and honored ell
der in the Presbyterian Church, with his
profound influence and widespread use
| fulness, the loss is irremediable.
3 Nor are we Indifferent to the loss
sustained by each one of his old students
to whom he was q warm personal friend
To us therefore, this event is in a pecu-
liar sense personal sorrow. And we know
that it is the same to our fellow Alumni
scattered throughout the length anC
breadth of this broad land. And in thi:
hour, as the majestic form of thai
prince among men rises before them
their eyes will be wet with tears, as they
remember that they will see his face nc
more Nor can they recall those features
now rigid in death, without intense sor
row. For they never can forget what
he was to them. His judicous counsel
his unvarYing interest in, and untirins
devotion to their welfare. not molly crap
pied them with houks of STEEL" but
brought them under everlasting obliga-
tions as we'll. The genial bearing, the
robust and straightforward manliness o
character, the blameless purity of his no
BILE life, the transparent consistency off
beautiful christian career, is a priceless.
legacy to them all.
3. But to our Ala Mater, with which
he was SO closely Unidentified, and or
which he lavishly expended his best eff
forts as well as his best years, does this
blow seem severe. Having been SO neal
the two illustrious Presidents of the Uni
versity, first as the confidential counsel
lor of the elder General Lee, and after
wards the same to the younger, he die
much by his broad and liberal views, a.
well as by his sagacious Judgment tx
shape and direct that policy which has
since made her so distinguished. And t.
him is due in great measure, the success
of the effort to rehabilitate Washington
College after the desolations of a civi
war, and to him largely belongs the cred
it of that splendid career which ha
crowned her later years as Washington
and Lee University.
4. While the sorrow in the home is ont
with which a stranger, intermeddletf
not, yet we cannot withhold our sym
pathy from the stricken inmates, ant
hereby tenderly convey our heartfelt
sympathy to the wife and children, ant
we would tenderly and affectionately
commend them to that God who is thu
Judge of The widow and the father Q
the fatherless.o