The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-01

cast there we can find food te 1 winch our l9t Is
we we may All oStein by hs excellence
dYnned Sne am interests Of goodness and truth viii he
make successful Journey through life we snail an
Immortal feature Of ioveSesm SS moulding ST1 them into an
SxPE Se ends Se % U ssPs S6bS ss S9ggs aa
consecrated spirit with 50 noble lite in view 10 be
real hero battle Of ie sSeSsq5 Tse sga RS mSSe him
b w eve % th err M and
smiles Of faithful God, and view the termtnaton nf
eternal existence as merely the entrance upon an
higher and pureT llfe as ioretase Of heaven The
petual sunshine, not crcumscrbed by the limits of
gathering strength they flow, until they strits
upon the urhermost shores OF eternity. ITS silent
power than any sermon book, and the Immune.
ra6is veins OF OF pyne m light and @ truth It opens along
their products and gory GOD IN rich And penteons
and death passing from glory to glory"
Think truly, then, and thy thoughts
Shall the worlds famine feed.
Speak truly, and each word of thine
Live truly and thy life shall be
A great and noble creed"
THE vALEDICToRY ADDRESS, BY ROBERT H. SMITH.
Gentlemen of the Board of Trustees:-when the
her darkest days: we count her happy that she has
sent President 10 81 preside over her; you have oaed
with other men of large means and large hearts In
Of professors has been largely ncreased costly build
i1gs have been erected you have added new courses
OF students has been doubled For this glorious
our tribute % Of thanks and pTaise. The names OF
Parder, jerks, aud Anderson are known and
America is studied. The sons OF Lafayette delight to
apd abdT nof OF All hoSred eho% GM
We delight to remember all your selEdeDial
shall be fragrant win the sons of Lafayette while the
rock stands on which she s founded. As we nave
united our rejOcings with your rejOciugs for
past and our hopes with your hopes for the future
are Today proud Of our Alma Mater. and feel that
though never be aDle to add 10 her glory,
she will effect honor upon our SUCCESSES.
in raising lafayette to her present position justly
deserves The heartfelt praise yf all those who
lous In the work to which you were called, you
more than even the most sanguine had anticipated:
while you have found liberal beRefactors, who have
has been vauble, all grateful hearts will grant
and nntiriH1 zeal instI @
an interest for Lafayette in the minds of countless
most abundant evidence OF that interest, we dJuot
not That even yel as uLdeniabe manifestations will
be given. The rise OF our Alma Mater Will Rsso-
ciatsd with your name and upon you especially Will
you have taken in hand has been accom- mpsned,
may length OF years be granted you, IN when you
under your Efforts, and receive sOmewhaT of a
Gentlemen Of the Faculty:-Few ties are more
sacred than those that bind the teacher and the
ened by long intercourse with you, AS the time is
now at haAd when we must bid farewell to scenes
grown SO dear and to Professors that have merited
such high respect II nds % US s not free from sorrow,
witness t6at you have devoted Yourselves most
turn we can make, will be the proper use OF
to us with SO much lab The course Of nstrnete3
is soon hnished and we go forth to employ it in diff
career, you may have marked the course of each
IL IL s s5d heren ~ rs we nope to follow
say farewell, we can but express the wish that the
meet. ''''D 1''''So may oi'en'lnneS
Citizens % Of East0n;-We should fail perform an
your kindness towards us. These green mountains
are not the only attractions here You have
received ~ on us nDo Ss frlends; you haye welcomed
the pleasure you have afforded us, and the
dent wearied with excessive study no one can tell
how the associations OF friendship ana of home sus-
notralily Of your men of wealth. They have gene
rOusy responded to the call for contributions has
been made by the friends Of the College The
OF so many ofyou at these exercises cannot be other
lerest in Lafayette. But we must bid farewell TO
Easton and 10 you. Let us at leaving, express the
hope that we may again return and minge in like
and let assure you that il the hope should
Sa cherished,
College Nj ates:As we take our leave of you we shall
doubtless bid adien TO some that shall never again
be permitted to greet this side Of the And yet
what could give US greater pleasure than to happen
we have been separated long years. Gladly would
we return to our college liie and review the scenes
that yet fingered in our memories. We would feel
that we were living over again those days OF inter
chance to meet you, we shall in our memories dedi.
cate place to each Of you. We despise the who
loses sight of the friends of youth when the vesture
of manhood has been put on. Though we are widely
separated from you busied with the duties of active
HE, we snail yer be SO absorbed as to forget the
rhp.G hours that we whlled away in company with
you, when each opened his heart and cOntided o
The other its most sacred secrets, always finding
sympathy where sympathy was wanted. and a heart
full Of Joy when kind Fortune mad shown her favor
ing hand And though there have at times been
slight YET they should % now % be ,sr TOR
eternal friendship. Wherever you may go our eyes
Will follow The path OF each of us Is delineated
though we cannot trace 1t. But what joy would lt
give 10 know that all terminated ID that lana Where
Ciassma a more interesting period in lives
than this should IN vain attempt 70 point out II
enc when an Te sned s sboSos snS
| or disheartened by some misfortune, we
will naturally run CIwaTd sSUd once no. Spe sns e OF
fIee air, AS we started home aud looked back over
college lie, does the wish come up that we could
have been msmproved2 If so, 1t is now too late TO
recall them They can but teach us their real value
| been so constant and our lRbors so similar that we
seem to constitute family Each one has made his
was in need of assistance AtOur entrance into college
we In numbers OF the original number, there
| and decreased. There was time when II was the
largest College. One classmates In the far West
gagged in the study oflRw; another In that OF medicines
another, ia business; another have already lost
sight Of and the catalogue runs. But there Is one
his college course he was enpioyed by the Govern
| ment in the Navy Yard at Washington. He was thus
disease, which aifeoted his brain and in one short
| week he was pale in death Ia the country; on Lhe
hill, the place OF his burial is marked by plain sia1
| of marble, on which is written, Sacred TO the
memory Of Edwin d. STEM" His character was ire
Proaehable; his talents were superior He was De
and dear TO the hearts Of all his friends From hls
early death, 'et us be wise and take heed" The Day
delight we tancied we should welcome IT'S ADVENT