Evening star., 1934-08-05

the school he marched out TO become
Gen. StonewaH jackson, one of the
great geniuses of the Confederate
military. His spirit hoyers over v.
NJ /. today as certainly as his
bronze figure stands on the parade
ground there.
Oddly enough. II may seem to some
visitors, Stonewall Jackson is not
buried at his old school. His body
rests beneath a handsome but simple
stone monument in the little cemetery
few blocks down the street from
the institute. As you enter the Gem
etery, the jackson monument towers
from a circle straight up the path
from the gate. You'll naturally walk
directly to It, so on your way back TO
your car. look along the right hand
side Of the path at a modest family
burial plot almost hidden by the trees.
A stone there still bears the name
of Gen. jackson, but another stone
has been added. carrying the intelli-
eence that the military leaders body
which once was buried there since
has been moved.
Lexington holds still another
Southerner-Robert E. Lee, himself.
In a simple little brick chapel which
he designed, Lee is entombed on the
campus Of Washington and Lee Uni
versity. Drive your car through the
double gates at the foot of the gently
sloping greenSward and you'll come
upon parking place beneath great
trees. Then take one of the foot
paths and wander over the ground
which Lee hallowed by his presence
as he lived and worked in the res
toration of the institution when he
was Its president following the Civil
War. Go. not too directly, to the
little chapel, edged into the side of
the slope. At the doorway you'll be
required to donate a quarter to the
fund now being collected for the
building of a more elaborate memorial
to the great leader. Then walk into
the little auditorium. Almost the
first thing your eyes meet will be the
recumbent marble figure of Lee in a
niche behind the rostrum. You'll see
the flag of the Confederacy there
with the figure, and whether you hail
from the North or from Lees own
South theren come a tightening of
your throat.
Lee Statue is Famous.
The statue that is Lee-one of the
truly great American sculptures-was
fashioned by the hands of Edward
Valentine. That cleaning white fig
ure, depicting so faithfully the fea-
lures of the great Virginian, silences
any tourist group that approaches it,
for somehow it signals the near pres
ence of Lees body.
But Lees actual burial place is In
a plain vault on the ground floor of
the chapel just behind the crypt in
which rests the marble. With his are
the bodies OF members of his family.
Just across a little lobby in the
basement is the modest little room
that was Lees office when he was
president of the university 1t has
the appearance Of waiting--a few
minutes perhaps, or overnight-for its
occupants return. Papers remain in
naturally untidy little heaps on the
table. A basket reposes carelessly
beneath the table. 1t is Lees Office
just as he himself left it the last
time he used it. In other rooms ad-
joining the office are exhibits of Lee
relics.
Personal things, such as his gloves.
his toilet articles, letters from his
own pen, clothing he wore-obiects
which have been preserved by mem
bers of Lees family and By his ad-
mirerS-are on view.
Perhaps the most striking exhibit
is the skeleton of Traveller, Lees
famous horse which carried him
through his various campaigns and
astride which the general rode into
Lexington to become president of the
university.
Lees presidency of that institution
was factor which contributed much
to the worlds appreciation of the
Confederate leader after the Civil
War. Appreciated by the worlds OBJ
servers, Lee received scores of fiatter-
ing offers in the way of remunerative
positions. Many of these admittedly
sought to trade upon the mans name.
ana each, in turn, was turned down.
Then 1t was that Washington College
asked Lee if he would accept the
presidency and aid in restoring the
INSTITUTION from the wreckage of the
Civil War, Here was field in which
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