The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-11-10
Address
Deioered before the Delta Phi and .qthena,tna
Literary Societies Of .NeloaYb College, Sept.
%, 1910, by THOMAS L. BOND, Jr, NJ. D.

/ Detccred before the Delta Phi and .4theneunl
Literary Societies Of .Neloarb College, Sept.
%, 1910, by THOMAS +. BOND, Jr., NJ. D.
i neat pamphlet, of "a pages, has been laid on
our table, with the above title. In the perusal
OF it we could not but notice, that the leading
effort of the address was TO inculcate the sound
principles Of usefulness. Though beautiful in
composition, and Astounding in eloquent and
striking passages, there is no apparent desire to
win admiration. The writer, while engaged in
composition, to have been strongly i'm
pressed with the idea, that every sentence he was
about to utter should contain a sound and healthy
sentiment. That the occasion of addressing
young, active, and intelligent minds, was not
one for literary tiains vain display. Under
this view, he has produced an address abound
ing in suggestions of the utmost value to the
young man just entering upon his term of re-
sponsibility. OF the many beautiful thoughts
and images which arrested our attention, as we
turned over page after page, we will present the
reader with two The following is picture Of
the preceptor's interest in the student after he
leaves his Alma Mater.
ne spartan moCher equipped hef son ana
led him TO battle then left him to the chances of
the conflict. But FROM some near eminence she
still watched the ebb and flow of victory, and
amidst the rush of combatants ever kept her eye
upon the white plume her own hands had placed
in the helmet of her boy. SO from the re-
tirement OF these halls, these friends of your
youth VIII long mark your career amidst the
perils and the high enobling duties of life, and
long as you bear unsullied on your brow, the
pure white plume Of virtue they have fastened
there, so long will they feel honored by your
deeds, and reckon themselves rewarded for their
cares"
And this presents, graphically, the scene of
college commencement:
e a college commencement has always been
an affecting scene to me. Whoever looks deeper
than the suface of things viii find here food
for much reflection, and will meet demands for |
all the sympathies Of his nature. How beauti- |
full and tender are the emotions suggested by |
the mothers look of complete, unsuspectine |
happiness, as she gazes upon her manly boy! |
How do the deep,fountains Of affections, we'll up |
IN unison with the almost unrestrained fondness |
oil the sister, whose eyes, sparkling with pride |
and gladness, are rivetted upon brothers form.
How many stern truths, and how mach painful |
experience are Swallowed forth in the grave, and |
anxious countenance of the father, whose careful
thoughts withdrawing themselves from the pre-
sent, are ousily anticipating the future history I
OF ms son! And then how strongly do the feel |
ings oil these respected men, (the Faculty. claim
our regard and appeal to our sympathies Per-
haPs among all the deep and varied emotions
that STIR IN the bosoms of an audience like this.
none are more ardent or more tender than those
which struggle for utterance in the heart of the
instructor"