Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-12-18

of dollars, but if you children shall have i'm
proved your time and be ma ie wise and good
men and women it viii not be deemed. as
money misspent, but will repay many fold the
whole investment.
He did not like. however, the words Of one
Of the songs, "Get out Of the way with youl
| old School Houses" He. remembered one
old, red School House, with feelings of plea
sure. II did not look out over great city as
this did either, but out over fields and woods
! and streams, and when these things were men
toned, it touched tender chord" in his feel
ings, and all the glorious "reminiscences Of
those days and scenes came thronging back to
him But those old dmgy, rude School Hous-
es produced useful men and women, and so
can these, fine. and elegant houses, If the
scholar SO will
On previous occasions much was said in re-
gard the fitness of the names Of these public
Schools. When the name of jefferson Is
mentioned am reminded of recently learned
irN regarding his devotion to education, his
fondness for children, his love of the domestic
circle These even surpassed his ambition il
public life. It will make his name hereafter
one loved and revered by the American peo-
pie. On his death bed, in his will. he said his
epitsph should be-not that he was the "Au-
thor Of the Declaration of Independence -
or that he proposed the first act Of religious
freedom for the American people--but thath he
xSs the Author Of the system Of public ed
ucation!'' This was what he felt most proud
Of in his dying moments. We have named
this building, then after him, to perpetuate the
name Of one who deemed, SIS we do, the most
important thing for the nation, Was the educa-
ton Of its youth
Rev. Cyrus Brooks said he did not know
what he was expected to say, hardly, and he
had not expected to say anything. He want
ed the attention Of the children particularly to
what he would say, though. The School
Houses of olden time had been mentioned
contemptuously, slmost, and yet what excel
lent men and women they made and they led
the way, too, for these new and finer ones
Ho knew of School Houses that even Mr.. Tay-
lor's was palace to, almost But fine school
houses do no good, unless the children them
selves study TO take advantage of it. They
have chances which we had not, and we feel
glad Of il You will be thankful, TOO, when
you grow up, for the privileges you enjoy
But, look beyond your manhood or your wo-
msnhood Remember that there is here
afteI-that
at is not all of life TO live,
Nor ell of death 20 die."
You are framing yonr character nov for enter
nifty itself
The children owe the fact Of their advantages
10 their generous parents--to the liberia! Board
of Education--to the spirit OF enterprise that
prompted the building Of these School Houses.
But they must look higher---and feel gratitude
TO " Him from whom cometh down every good
and perfect gift."
Mr.. Ludvign, editor Of the Stats Zeitang,
DihiC z ltH NSL StiVSCL sCsAAH. ho, oASh w
could not well hear, on account of the noise
made by dismissing some Of the children at
the time, and his distance from US.
Horny j. Horne, Esq, Of the Board Of Ed
ucation said that he deemeda good edihce ne
cessary for School, but he considered good
material for it more necessary, and to look
around on the happy and intelligent faces OF
the children here, he felt convinced that it ex
isted, and that in twent, or thirty years from
now, St. Paul would have an intelligent pop
ulation
Mr. G.S Bescltine, Principal Of the School,
also made a short address hoping '',nt pArc:sti
~. guardians Of the scholars would interest
themselves in the welfare ofthe School, and vis-
it il frequently. lie then addressed the schol-
ars, urging them to embrace and profit by the
advantages they possessed. and fit themselves
for the parts they would be compelled to act
on the stage Of Life.
After few remarks by Benz Drew, Esq,
Principal Of the Schools, in which he said he
hoped ere long to see a High School erected in
the. City ,sthe exercises closed