Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-07-02

ing Tie duty assigned to me Oh this occa-
sion, 10 direct for a mouaept tour Attention,
and theaiieaaisrcf Shosc wlt witness Mcsr
ceremonies, to the inestin4 bic worth OF
good tcachinc. as II relates p the public as
well as to private welfare.
From the beginning Of civilization on this
continent to the present hdlr, all wise and
good men have agreed as tdan axiom never
to be called in question, thai the indispensa-
bic guaranty for the pcrpe,kitv of our free
institutions is to be found only inthe public
education of all the chilslrk Of the people.
More-t1s~n NO hundrc1 years 3s~ amid
| the/fncui forests. about the innermose\ \re-
Ct Jscs Of Massachusetts, Bay. it was cnactd
ina public law-ncyer to be repealed wlilc
the spilit Of orr immortal ancestors sui
yivcs-that all the youth should be lnstru}
ted at the public expense, in an English alH
in a ca,sical cducation. With far ~eeijg
wisdom was it then ordained that those
children which yon instruct today. 1hd
such 4, these, al over the land, and in<ov-
cry generation, should be as a myriad 0r-
got''les uphoding the glorious l'sseeof the
Republic forever ukse
I stop not 20 recount m dignity, the
grace. the siaec, the infinite NQnsolations
which ciuca,ion dliifu>es through all tie
homes Of the people in private lie.<
/ Ia your dllly-X4si. you viii repeaA the
most vaysHfe part ofnpr history. iolfwill
cAhiListhe spirit, and tAecute the purb pose
Of W ancestori BY te:thing these y4uth
hyf TO appreai'ic, 10 Ioy ard to traninit
rse beautiful ;ns.ituIns that have jomc
flown to Us from tffec.edins general IONS
I II remains for me in Tie name Of ~ ~
the authority Of the Sehool Board tyEroSent
0 Won, each. certsicasc which Ala, been
Nevarei for all WHO honoryyE complete
Assyur,c af nstyqctiolAips the Training
Dcpafrre~s~s ..l4ss zbs<ehpert High school
Mr. Melville: Yot have the honor Of be
ing The Gfi to comli -.o the elias ;cal course
rcsesibpd hy the High school Ard it is
Rot ff ;he salrpoE Eofidc ceremony that wc
mari ~ c(cnt 4 worthy Of rab:c ..,,,.s
It /, mattsr/fiu-t p'iae HAT o,'r l'is'
legitimate in7 nee upon the r'larati. asl
interests Of ~, community - .he KEY
,'ona in oa|'as ia e.eil) eniA'irte system
of local puyic ednration. Cf.'antl' cin-
inatins What, Fsr IS cNccllex in character
and in seIolarl,ip from the We. schonls, II
is <a~taJ Jed ~ tie whole lur} cot on educa
,ionai yfsources, and it Is tif csae; measure
OF all c intellectual prosrtss We mike in
ON SCHOOLS
] W. often obsersel 4 pleasant rela-
t'at 'het have existed be, ,ce" you and the
II have e"lo... II ha,. N,.-s..e,i. y. :..i
you have pursued yof studies .'rsnd |
doubt not yea VIII coitinue to regard the
-ehool ~ which YOU ilate passed 'hesevea
30 ple-sant'y ana 50 I 9'sii,auly ish some
thng of the affection 3se to an Alma Mater
May tIl.> most excel fnt school continue to
md out, ycar aitef year, an increasing
number of pupils whf Shall 'isvc completed
the cla,si, cour>c, b. that as err beautiful
city increase in we'd IL. in nu,nbprs AID in
influence. i. Shall tavc chat also which Is
better than amy or Il of ilese-a people re-
fined with gcnerot4 culture.
Your clas>matc,5M Squircs, had nearly
completed with You his Ella steal course,
when, with pa:riJc impulse, he took arms
ansi marched, aud il nov marching to 'hc
front Of the :ic.el bf var under The oriou-
banner Of the R{puhI.s.-
Efpa....-,- ---i,sf nd the few reQaning
Ykeks that ere wanting TO compile his
fourse
If he does not return n--fo. from thar j I'D
.of STRIFE any hlur may bling us the tews
that shall pierce our hearts rs with the fharp
Nry that our very brothers lie dyipk-his
Ame shall be held in perpetual hov6r in the
>Apol where he Yas nuriured.
In<-sa..rg himself TO bis <euntry in the
hour of her peril la.1st. esn -'eat n the pa
trio;ic a,lor that slows on every page of
that classic literature he has studied with
YOU in tie schOol. As when the opaping
chasln through the Forum at Rome seeAed
about to cn.uif the Eternal City, and We
Soo;ilsavers declared that if the peoHc
wished the Roman Commoi,weal to
everlasting. yAey must devote to the chas,t
wha, csAstitutNl the prfn cEal strength q
the Roman ptople, and Curtus, heroid
yovf,- thinking nothing mo,c valuabl@
tan his valor a a his arms, threw himself
6to the chasm !; SO do our noblest youth ii
fSlav. taught by bat heroic literature, which
for two THOUSAND years ha, instructed am
delighted the vi rid; throw themselves irfo
the c!lasn whic( horrid treas m is making
that this our Re public may endure for9er.
UnLe a derorSm est pro patria mo,|
Aud row. By the authority Of thy)6chool
Boar,l, pie,en; I<sssstaais certiiiY6 which
mAxS one per;yd of YOUR i2tbKectual pro
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