Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-01-26
LEE AND JACKSON DAY.

dCKSon day last Friday alter.
noon, in Confederate Hall.
The Program was as follows:
i Prayer by Rev. J. R. Van
Horn.
! Hymn. How Firm a Founda-
! tion."
! Address by DR.. w. S. Ham
mond.
DIR. Hammond said in part
The War has been over nearly
fifty years so why should we revive
the memory of an event SO distant in
time? Indeed there are those who ad-
wise us to Danish every memory of it
as far as possible so that there may
be complete union of the two sec
tions which half a century ago con-
fron ted each other in deadly strife
While we deprecate the revival CT
sectional bitterness as m ,ch as any
yet We still emphatical!y believe that
what was good in the great fratrcida
conflict should be remembered, yea
should be perpetaated in song and
story and sculptured stone. Every
nation Of the past that has amounted
to anything has always had a lively
regard for its heroic past and has al
ways stood ready to accord honor and
praise to the heroes who made heroic
history. To the Greek throughout
his splendid career the 1liad was ever
| a source of inspiration. The death
less song of Homer thrilled the heroes
of Marathon and Salamis and the |
young Alexander made this epic his
daily companion. The deeds of
Achilles ever urged him on in his
victorious career.
In our own land the impartial stu !
dent Of history will ever look upon |
the story of the War Between the |
States as constituting our American |
Iliad. AS the years advance we will
look back to Lee ard Jackson and |
their immortal legions as our chiefest |
heroes.
The legislature of Virginia and |
other states have shown wise and |
proper regard for what is great in |
our past by dscreeing tn 1t this birth
day as day on which We pay our
tribute to our gre atest Laen."
The speaker here dwelt upon the
careers of Lee and Jackson showing
the points of striking contrast and
points of similarity between the two
great chieftains of the Confederacy.
In conclusion, Dr.. Hammond show
ed how the career of Lee suffered no
anti climax but drew to its close with
increasing splendor:--
"Gustavus Adolphus died in the
full tide of fame and victory on the
field of Lutzen, his untimely death re-
gretted by all after ages.
The Great Napoleon would have
ended his career worthily had he died
sword in hand at the head of the Old
Guard on the fatal field of Waterloo.
A less worthy ending was his. He
who drove kings from their thrones
and changed the map of Europe died
complaining exile at ST. Helena
In our own day, had Paul Kruger
died, meeting the British, as he at
one time promised, with the Bible n
one hand and sword in the other" he
would have enrolled his mama among /
the immortals. Instead, gathering
together his earthly belongings, he
skunk away to safe asylum in south
ern France where he died peacefully
in his bed few years afterward. He
bartered the martyr PATRIOTS crown
for few troubled years of earthly
life.
The tragedy of an anti-climax to
his great career confronted Lee at
Appomattox. He was spared this
fate. In the last five years of his life
as he devoted himself to the "educa-
ton Of the sons of his old companions
in arms, his exalted characte shines
forth with a splendor unequalled on
aay of the great battle fields of the
War.
AZ eventide the sun burst forth with !
glory that its noontide splendor
had not known"
My Old Kentucky Home"
was beautifully rendered by an
octette consisting of Misses Cary |
Funkhouser, Helen Bro ddus, |!
Mamie Williams, Florence |
Broddus, Emily Walton, Alice
Coffman, Gertrude Funkhouser
and Mrs Morrison.
The Jackson Medal, for the
best condensed life of Gen. Jack
son was bestowed by the Presi-
dent of the Shenandoah Chapter |
upon Miss Maud Orndorff, of the i
Cedar Creek Valley.
There were twelve competitors
from the Woodstock High School, |
for this prize, and we are inform- !
that there were a number of ex-
cellent papers, which were really
deserving Of a prize.
The President of the Chapter
appointed committee to prepare
a petition to the Legislature to
Establish at the University of
Virginia school for the higher
Education of wo man.
Dixie was sung by the
lOctette in a MANNER that o1ea Sed