The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-24
LEE MEMORIAL
 MASS MEETING
School Of Journalism To Be Founded At Virginia
 Institution

Dr. Henry Lewis Smith, president of Washington and Lee university, and one of America's foremost orators, will address a mass meeting in the ball room of the Tutwiler hotel, at o'clock Thursday afternoon. Dr.. Smiths subject will be, 'The Great Vision of Lee"
 Front seats at this mass meeting will be reserved for members of the local camps of the Confederate veterans. The membership of the Birmingham chap ters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and representatives from the Bessemer ana Ensley chapters will be present.
 Dr. Smith will give his first public interview concerning the final settle ment of the Lee Memorial chapel con- troversy in this address.
 Settle Controversy
 A little chapel at Lexington. Va, built by Gen. Robert E. Lee, and now his final resting place, has been the center of storm of strife for two years. The United Daughters of the Confed- eracy, at Dr. Smiths suggestion, under took to rebuild and fireproof the orig inal structure as their patriotic tribute to the memory of General Lee. I'm mediately a storm of dissension arose. Many chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and friends of the Confederacy objected on the grounds that this would be dissertation. Presi- dent and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson recent ly sent a letter to the authorities at Washington and Lee strongly opposing any change in the historical and sacred little chapel. Many of the newspapers throughout the south took up the sub iect and made it the object. of endless editorial controversy. The matter was finally settled and disposed of at a meeting of the board of trustees of Washington and Lee university with the president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy commit tee at joint meeting last Saturday.
 Pioneer Work
 In addition to dispelling any doubt that now exists about the chapel ques- tion, Dr. Smith will also outline the pioneer work of Gen. Robert E. Lee in the field of journalistic education. While president of Washington college, General Lee founded the first school of journalism in the world. This was don, in 1869 when the classics of Greek and Latin were the only subjects taught in the American colleges. Yet General Lee, with far seeing wisdom, recom- mended courses in practical printing and journalism" Today this school is being re-established by the Southern Newspaper Publishers association, and campaign will be launched in Bir- mingham at an early date for $15,00O toward this fund.
 Explains Course
 In speaking of this campaign before United Daughters of the Confederacy luncheon Monday, w. Carson Adams made this statement ''The drive for the Lee school of journalism does not conflict in any way with the Community Chest idea. The Community Chest fund was raised for local charities. It in. cludes g Birmingham institutions as its beneficiaries. The fund is paid out to these institutions for current ex penditures during the year. The Lee School of journalism fund is for capital investment. The income only will be used The drive for the Lee Memorial School of Journalism fund is for capita to the citizens of Birmingham alone 1t appeals to eEert southern city, boti as q memorial to General Lee and be cause of it's need in the sonth." Mir Adams also said in closing hi. address -Tie Lee Memorial School oi Journalism fund appeals primarily te the thinking man CT woman. It has no direct appeal to the civic pride oi home interests. It is movement to- ward q higher plane of thought and within itself a movement of education for the newspapers in molding public opinion and to educate the public as