Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-11
STATUE or MCCONNELL
UNVEILED At UNIVERSITY
Memory of Graduate, Who Lost Life
In French Flying Service, Is
IiOnorcd.
MEMORIALS UNIQUE FORM
is First Attempt of Sculptor to
Portray Warrior of Air, Fighting
In His Planc-Finals Exercise in
Progress at charlottesville.

Especial to The Times Dispa,ch.l
-. HARLOTrESvlLLE; VA. June 10
management calendar at the University
OF Virginia. The board % visitors
- the insiuution met ~ $50 and at
III o'clock there was business meet
ing of the General Alumni Association.
In Madison Hall The alumni luncheon
at $50 Was followed by tho l9l? class
presentation and unveiling Of the mo
mortal TO Lieutenant Aviator James
Rogers Mcconnell. 10. OF Carthage. y.
G. who los; his life flying in the La
iayette Escadrille March 70. 1917. To-
night. from TO 10, graduates. alumni,
faculty and invited guests attended
Alderman.
At the alumni luncheon. at the Com
mons. the welcome 70 The graduating
class was responded TO by Robert Fred
ericiI Baldwin. Jr., OF Norfolk.
Inc 1871? class exercises were held on
abe north from. OF the Rotunda. The
class poem was read by Arthur Kyle
Davis. Jr.. Of Petersburg, Va. and the
class GIT Z, 70 the Cn!vers!ty was pre-
lottesville. The gift consisted of a
sum OF money. to be used in the crec-
zion OF q memorial to the memory OF all
Ihe. sons o: the univcrs!ty who have
lost their lives IN the service o! the
allied cause. Farewell! was said by
pDunton Jacob faiherly. Of Wierwood:
ring and drank from the loving cup.
Unwilling Exercises.
The exercises in connection with The
unreiling of the Mcconnell Memorial
occurred near Peabody Hall. the statue
having been erected on the Knoll north
Of the old chemical laboratory. The
memorial vas presented by the Rev
Robert Williams, OF Princeton. y. j..
university, BY Major .Armistead VI. Do
oie, member o! the law school fac
ulty who left America early in the
war on the STAFF o: General Croukhitc
and has just returned from France.
Inc vei! was draws by little Clara and
FANNIE Heck. twin daughters Of the
late Professor William II Heck. Curry
Meinorial Professor OF Education in
the university. wreath. presented
by the Seven ,S9ciety.. Vas placed on
ne statue. the result .: a nation
vide campaign Of the friends Of Nc
Eonneil !" place fitting memorial Of
she famous sculptor Gutzon Borg!um.
OF New York. \ bronze OF great dis.
,:nGtion and dignity. ii depicts McCon-
nell dying in his plane. and. being the
hrst attempt Of a modern sculptor TO
portray the warrior IN the ar, lighting
IN an airplane carved in marble OF
bronze, has created much interest in
arr Circles.
Already Honorcd by French.
In this CONNECTION i may be re-
called that the SiHty-nfth Regiment OF
Infantry. Fgench) erected az Vile
10 Mcconnell. built from the stones III
the village. which was reduced TO ruins
french troops also erected "A column
on the spot where The av!ator's ma
chine fell. Faillouel. The Germans. be-
fore they left. put rough wooden
cross over MccOnn.ll's grave which IL
just BESIDE the road about 100 meters
from the deep hole in tho ground where
ms machine landed
Tomorrow the hnal exercises OF tho
hinety-'o urth session and the confer
ring OF degrees viii take place in
Cabeli Hall. The address 10 the grad
yates Wall DC mad. by Swager Sherley.
CT Louisville. Ky. former Congress
man and a graduate III the law SCHOOL
ot the university, class OF 81
C1nss SmniIcr Than Usual
The graduating class Will no, be , {
!arSe as usual this commencement ow-
ing TO the fact that The fourth Wear
medical men were awarded their d.
plomas on March II las;-thc concIu-
sion OF The medical course having been
FASTENED by war conditions, which in
duced the university 20 omit the sum-
ner vacation for the graduating class
IN the medical Department. TwcntS.-
hNc received their shecpsHius in March
ana the majority OF them are now nil
ing hospita! appointments in New York
philadelphia. Boston and other big cen
ters.
Following the cnnfct-ior -. d.