The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1864-06-28
TO TEACHERS

JSl " SOiHS u A4uSA AO4 INC AVDe tilusS OF
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Tonight, six happy, hopeful hearts bid
farewell forever to sehooLdaysy and their
many many pleaJant associations In
taking leave of those who have so long
been our mGntal guardians and iiustruel
tors tits but fitting that we should give
expression to that heart felt gratitude and
esteem with which their earnest and S If
denying labors on our behalf have not
failed to inspire US. r-f r0 a~a-sr at ri
A great oOuqueror could weep bitter
tears over the loss ola single day We
might bitterly lament the loss of many
days. Buried in the past are their golden
opportunities; buried their high hopes
aud noble aspirations aLo t amid the
shades of buried years p Not sol tl.eir
living deeds, nor yet the good in them ac-
eomplisbed. ra -.a-4 ~ 81
''As. if fengraven. with pen of iron grain, i.
And laid in ainty rock they stand un-
changed Ha
Written on the various pages Of the past.
If good, in rosy characters Of love;
If bad in letters of viudictivo fire"
Tomorrow has no surplus moments,
which by redOubled energy and aud dill
gence can be made to atone for yesterdays s
neglected duties; yet We may learn from
the past lessons Of dearly bought expert
enee which shall stimulate to zeal and
e1ergetic action in those moments which
yet tremain within our power.
Under your competent and faithful in
structions, we have undergone that men
tai discipline so necessary to Intelligent
beings dstined for an intelligent exis-
tence; but while the head has not been
neb blected, the heart mas received that
culture infinitely more exalted and
worthy Of an immortal nature
We have laid the foundation of noble
superstructure. What that structure will
be, remains alone with ourselves, whether
the miserable hovel, adequate only to the
purposes of protection, or the fair and
beautiful temple, beautiful in itself and
irradiatiug a glorious and holy influence.
By no act or effort Of ours eau we COM
pensate you for uaWearying labor and
untiring patience so freely bestowed-your
reward is from a higher source-but in
the silent chambers of memory We will
ever cherish, as sacred, your remembrance,
and the inestimable benefits received from
you.
We would not say farewell'-it is not
a pleasant word, but one suggestive of
"blighted hopes" withered joys and "bro-
ken heartsP--so often sung by poets.
These same poets are a very delightful
class Of people. They beguile for US many
a weary hour, and delight US with many
noble and beautiful sentiment. but thew
entertain astonishingly impracticable and
irrational views of common life and its ev-
er pressing duties.
We are about to 60 forth into an untri-
ed world; yeta real and an earnest world.
We should not iRdRlge in the poetical al
lusions of "sUndered hearE-strings," .di-
Yergent pathways" and all the pretty SEN
timentalisms that poetical humanity is
heir to, but, instead, we tender You the deep
sincere gratitude-the Rnalloyed affection
of true and honest hearts. Mind NAV act
upon mind though bodies be far divided
for the life is in the blood, but souls com
municate unseen, ana the heat Of an ex-
cited intellect, radiating to its fellows. doth
kindle dry leaves afar of, while the green
wood around it remains unYarmed."
TO CLASSMATES.
To Classmates l would say but a word
for brevity is sometimes a virtue, as well
as patience,
To night We, Who have spent many
hours Of pleasant study agd happy con-
verse together, must part-sach to assume
new duties,au to continue in various ways,
that education but just begun. which will
not be completed till the weary earth-worp
body is laid in the dust, and the spirit at
last finds rest.
What we are in this world, depends in
a great degree upon what ethidk We may
be. We must be contentto give labor as the
pEics Of every valuable acquisition to
toll patiently uphill in pursuit Of knowl-
edge. Distinguished we may not hope to be
Lives Of great mon all reminding US
to the contrary, notwithstanding; but
good.-yes, that We you'd be. Let our
watch h-word be ever q Onward g in the
humble path Of duty, and We shall receive
as our reward, crown whose brightness
nevfades; whose beauty never withers.