Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-06-05
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY
Prof. Charles A. Graves Delivers
Address in Chapel

rhOnudy, june oru. n large Rdtu
ering of people from town and coun-
ty united TO make the occasion of in
terest. Professor Charles A.Graves,
LII. D., OF the University of Virgin
ia. long an honored member OF the
Washington and Lee faculty, de-
livered an address of personal rem
iniscences OF General Lee as Col
lege President. Professor Graves |
approached his theme with rev.
erence and devotion, and graph
cally portrayed some OF the charact-
eristics of General Lees life.
Confederate Veterans and Sons OF |
Confederates formed line OF march !
in front OF the Courthouse a little
before IL O'Clock and marched 10
the Lee Memorial Chapel, where
the formal exercises were held,
which began at IL O. clock. Mr.. w.
Z. Stuart, the commander OF Lee
Jackson Camp. presided. and Rev.
e. G. Root made the invocation.
Confederate airs were sung by a
special choir, and after the address
Crosses of Honor were presented to
Veterans and their Descendants by
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mr.. Greenlee d. Letcher, COM
mandant Of Camp Frank Paxton,
Sons of Confederates, in presenting
| Professor Graves, referred to his
long services as professor of law at
Washington and Lee, and at whose
feet had sat many young men des-
tined to become distinguished,
some occupying honored places in
the halls of Legislation, on the bench
and in other positions Of life, one in
particular having become an asso-
ciate justice of the United States
Supreme Court.
Professor Graves made apprecia-
tive acknowledgment of the honor
of being invited to address Confed-
crate Veterans on this occasion, and
began his formal address by the
statement that in the fall of 1865
General Robert r. Lee came to Lex
ingtOn and here found q congenial
company OF men with whom he had
formerly been associated on the
field of battle. Well might Licking
ton at that time, said the speaker, be
called the headquarters of the
Southern Confederacy,- for here
Stonewall Jackson had lived and
here his ashes reposed; here lived
Hon. John Letcher, Virginia's War
Governor; here rested the ashes oil
Judge John w. peterborough. the
distinguished jurist;here lived Gen.
William n. Pendleton, chief OF artl.
lery of the Army of Northern Vir.
GINA; Gen Francis II. Smith found.
err and superintendent of the Vir-
, ginia Military Institute, the West
Point" Of the South Col. John T. L.
Preston, on the staff OF Jeb. Stuart
, later came Col. William Preston
, Johnston, son of the distinguished
General Albert Sid ney Johnston Col.
William Allan, JackSon's chief o.
ordnance; Hon. J. r. Tucker. At
torney-General Of Virginia; Commo
, dore NJ. F. Maury, at the V. NJ. !.
pathfinder of the Sea- Col. John NJ
| Brooke, sometimes called the An
- cient Mariner.
The old faculty at Washington
] College when General Lee first cam,
3 consisted of Prof. John L. Campbell
4 Prof. James j. White, Prof. AleXan
c der L. Nelson and Prof. c. ]. Harris
= In taking up the work of Genera
: Lee at Washington College, PROBES
), sor Graves said he was greatly in
$ terested in the religious welfare {
the students. and because of this in
9 terest he organized the Colleg
Young Men S Christian Association
: He held that students should nc
e disgrace themselves and the institt
n ton they attended by intemperanct
- declaring that 'abstinance is tn
& best safeguard"
J, AS an indication of General Lee
ID close observation of things aroun
W the college, Professor Graves toll
70 how on one occasion that be oil
i served student throw a rock c