Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-06-02

dcrs.
From our origin to the present time, we
have passed through many pleasant and
some exciting times such as incidentally
pertain to similar associations, but we have
maintained steady and unfaltering course
through all the changing scenes of our on
ward progress. Many of our members es-
pecially the members of school have re-
NAMED with us but few months, but we
trust they have left their impressions
amoug us, and in passing away will not
soon forget us and their many pleasant
associations here. That our society has
been the means of difFusing much light, cs
pccially among the young people of this
vicinity, of spreading much useful infor
nation around us, of stirring up a deeper
feeling in intellectual pursuits, and live
licr zeal in scientific investigations, | think
cannot be called in question. 1t has stim-
ulated our pcrceptivc faculties to increased
activity in observing the common things
of life, it has brought our conversational
and oratorical powers into more careful
and judicious exercise, it has tended to de-
velop our reasoning powers and enlighten
| our minds in various ways, in becoming
acquainted with the world, and especially
have we been benefited in becoming more
familiar with these rules and regulations
of legislative and deliberative bodies,
which are sanctioned by usage and have
been confirmed by the accumulated expc'
ricnce of the past.
Our object / trust, has been to learn in
its widest gnifcation-to learn things
which will be useful to us in various de-
partments of life. Some of us may have
fallen short of the great object of our asso-
citation by not laboring to effect it, and
may have attended our meetings for mere
pass time and amusement or for the sake
of being in pleasant company without en-
tcring into the spirit Of the work and SO
far as we may thus have been lured from
our great object by idle curiosity, or de-
sire to crafty some peculiar notion, taste
or desire not recognized within the aims of
our organic laws, we may have failed in
perceiying the good result we ought to wit
ness, or OF keeping up that lively, abiding
and constant interes: which is the soul and
prime mover in every noble work, and es.
pccially in one of associated intellectual
labor. TO permit cyclids to become heavy
and our senses drowsy, and then conclude
that the world is half asleep and is at best
devoid of life and interest, is poor way
to exhibit our wisdom or our judgment.
Where the high purposes of our society
have been felt and have prompted us to
action, | trust the results have ever been
) Of the cheering Illuminating, pro grcssive
character that we have anticipated and is
proof of our strength and our stability.
t One grand feature Of our society, and
that to which perhaps it owes more than
| any other for It's past success, is that part
r OF its working machinery which admits the
sexes upon perfect equality, and seems to
require the presence and the labors of both
to make every thing harmonious and sue
| cesstul. This feature has been highly
: commended by prominent persons who have
; witnessed it, and we know that it is nc
, longer an experiment, but successful re
t ality. True we do not always bring out
a in our discussions and in our business af-
4 fairs as full and as general an expression
4 OF opinions and arguments from the ladies
= as is desirable, but many have, no doubt
S been enabled to overcome their natural diff
f dence, to break the ice of custom which
= has bound them beneath the surface, and
.. to stand up in vndication Of their rights,
f their dignity and their independence
They are eligible to all official positions.-
: Many of our most important offices are of
ten filled by ladies, and even in the alb
scncc of the presiding officer, his duties
have beeh discharged by them with entire
confidence and success.
r The gentleman who now fills the Presi-
dental chair, and whom We might as ap-
!; propriately call the Honorable gentleman
from Serene, as the members of Congress
t speak of the Hon. gentlemen from New
, York or Mississippi, is the goth President
in order from William Tie first down to
. Paryln tue hSt. Ofthese 20 Presidents
three have been elected the second time, so
that in reality, we have had 26 different
, Presidents and also in accordance with the
5 democratic policy of rotation in office, the
other officers have been literally distribu-
ted among the members of the society,"
Another peculiar feature of our society, is
= the weekly visit and inspiring influence OF
our little Emblem, with its motto full OF
meaning and its extensive range of essay
t ed thought. The first motto of the "Stu-
dents Emblem" was that of the coat OF
! arms of Kentucky, "United We stand di-
, yided we fall; but the following more ap-
propriate was selected, viz:
"a pebble cast into the soa
. l. f'lt from shore to shore;
thought from the mind set free
viii echo for ever more
, Z II