Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-20
A school in which thy youth ma,

CfteQ
"Or give me death!"
here where the moon. the stars and
Keep watch and ward DER Lexington.
tell thy sons lest they forget
The tale OF how their fathers met,
On what Is holy grounds!
And claimed the right from kingly
hands
To live in Anglo-Saxon lands
AS men unbound,
. tell 1t here as freedoms sun
Looks kindly down on Lexington!
III.
The lordly walls that stand complete,
at last
Builded strong for coming time.
Are linked with all the unforgotten
past,
Rich in memories sublime.
we BRING to-day, the old traditions
here,
Find for them. Q Friends. place,
for art and wealth have nothing half
so dear,
Half so full of tender grace.
We bring the cherished thoughts Of
one whose name
Honor stoops to carve in stone,
or one who knew no avarice of fame
Seeking principle alone
Truth and equity combine,
Who felt the splendid majesty Of law,
Sovereign by right divlnel
A thinker keen OF subtle mind, but
True in thought as true in deed,
A statesman strong, who never bent
PASSIONS gusts. nor altered creed.
Virginia's child. his heart did seldom
You'd this vale. his native sod.
The many loves were his, of friends, of
home,
Love of country. love of God!
His gift. the elouquence of speech that
seems
Souls. as winds the trees. to sway,
10 sweep conviction home, as noun
tainS streams
All that bars and stops the way.
In courts. in halls of state he could
command
Mastery of thought and grace,
Or gain the people when he came to
Man with man and face to face.
His gift. the gift of humour mlrth and
Made his life perpetual spring.
Inc Spirit which was his as child. as
fingered when his youth took wing.
lie chose the sunny path, In good and
Ill.
Striving other paths to bless.
He would not let the snow his glad
ness chill
Winter make his laughter less.
His gifts the gifts OF faith of hope. of
love.
Christ and God were ever near!
His soul had seen the visions far above;
Perfect love had cast out fear
His mind had wrestled with the prob
lens deep.
Whence and why of life and death,
Yet like a little child he fell on sleep
Trusting still with latest breath
o. Alma Mater! keep before the youth,
Who shall seek this school of laws.
The kindly thought of one who loved
the truth.
Friend OF every holy cause!
Here. where he brought the fruitage
CLEANED In life.
Sharing mind. and strength and fame
With those he trained for service, train
ed for strife.
Breathe and gently breathe his name.
BEVERLEY DANDRIGE TUCKER.
or Norfolk. Va
THE EVENING EXERCISES.
lie Udy y exercises ClOSeQ Win the
annual address before the alumni as
ISOLATION in the evening in the Uni
versity chapel by Hon. John w. Davis,
Of Clarksburg w. Va, who is gradu-
ate of the University class of fs999,-snd
who had for his subject 1.-The higher
education" In speaking of Mr.. Tucker
as a teacher Mr.. Davis said that, be-
lleving the duty of the lawyer. as well
as the Judge. to be the maintenance of
truth and right and the suppression of
falsehood and wrong. Mr.. Tucker
taught this as the primal lesson. He
believed 1T to be 1.-The lawyers duty to
study we'll the Federal Constitution and
to keep constant watch and ward over
its inviolable sanctity."
UPON the conclusion of Mr.. Davis
speech the members of the two rival
crews. Albert Sydney and Harry Lee,
marched up either aisle to the stage,
where the Pinllney prize cup was hand
ed to the Albert Sydney crew.