The national Republican., 1869-06-30

away.
Tonight we close the door on student life,
but memory holds the key.
Yea, time may keep treasured up for us
brighter destlnles than those we have lived
In the days now gone, but ween none more
tender. With many a golden memory cling
Ing close around my heartstrlngs, with you
bid "adleun TO the beautiful school days that
will come to us no more forever. Fam would /
We llnger; but on, the halcyon student days
have gone never TO return. And out In the
world there are garlands for the brows Of .
yictors. Shall we not reach for themi The
doors OF the new life are open wide, and secl |
on the threshold Hope stands with smiling |
face. We will not stand Idle, nor slt with |
folded hands. Life Is not conservative. There |
Is not single stanstlll element In II. Our |
whole existence is continual progression. |
Every stey that we neglect TO take forward
In the broad way Of progress beaten by the
march of workers, drags us back In the
narrow ruts made by the chariot wheels Of
sloth.
Studies within college walls have made
the philosophy of business familiar science;
we will 90 now into active life and put
school-room theories into practice.
But, beside the worlds work, there Ia q
higher work that we will not forget to do.
We have but opened the volume OF learning;
let us read Its pages.
Your mind Is field where Thought, the
reaper, gathers into shining sheaves the
golden grains Of knowledge. Be ye sewers
OF good seed.
Your mind Is q mirror imagining all things.
Let purity, truth, honor, charity and virtue,
be reflected there, never forgetting 10 the
grace Of culture to add the higher grace Of
goodness. II there are depths Of thought to
be fathomed, there are spiritual heighths TO
be climbed as we'll. We do not forget the
"indwelling soul, :" that when we lay aside
the garment of human life 1t Is to be etcr-
nally perfected through eternal ages.
Classmates Of mine, wish you fame and
light of "that peace that passeth under
standing" shine around your pathways for
ever.
Friends, good night and goodbye
At the conclusion Of Miss Rowles' address.
Mr.. John N. Ehlo was introduced as the
yaledlctorian Of the graduating class OF gen.
tlemen.
ADDRESS OF Mr.. EuLE.
Ladies' and Gentlemen We arc called to-
gether this evening, not only TO receive the
congratulations OF friends, but to perform
duty which the heart always seeks to avoid
that of scyering the relations OF companion
ship with associates and friends-the bond
Of Intellectual fellowship which has so long
cnclrcled US must soon be broken. We shall
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with united hopes and interests, In the COM
mon attitude OF students. A chapter In the
history Of our lives closes to-night-another
opens tomorrow. We will go forth to meet
new and far greater obligations and respon-
sibilities, manfully and without shrinking.
II we arc reluctant to go, II is not that VIC
fear for the future, but that VIC mourn for
the past-thc friends whom we may never
meet again-certalnly never can meet
again In the old pleasant walks We have
been treading together.
Our paths In life, as we 20 hence, will d.
verge not more widely In the literal sense OF
the word than In the estrangement resulting
from differences Of opinion, pursuit and tho
various degrees OF success In life. But what
ever may drive us asunder In future years,
student friends, let there be always between
J us this common bond Of brotherhood: We
{ ,eers students of the Consolidated Business
/. College. That name will recall to us the de
voted and patient labors, the kindness and
forbeaTanco, and the unchanging courtesy oI
a band OF professors and teachers, whose
= peers in this department Of education the
world has rarely seen.
. The magic letters G. D. c. will mean moro
: to us than they will to other men. They
: will be q tallsman to guard us from evil, tC
stimulate us to all noble endeayors, to keel
us true to ourselves, and DIT will follow as
= the night the day-wo cannot then bc false
7 to any man."
: Whatever success may crown our effort
0 | In the business world, we must not forge
;, that here the cornerstone was laid. Let "'
d aim not only to achieve triumphs for our
!, selves, but to reflect honor upon IN lnstltu
y tion that has done so much to prepare nj
q for useful career, and complete Its bene
/ factions by comforting upon us to night tn
J, highest honor in Its power to bestow. Nov
d and then VIC shall pause In the midst Of ou
r labors to glancc down the annals OF tn
!. past aud remember the days when trla
q balances would not balance; when cash dii
bursed exceeded cash received, and all on
70 resources were not adequate to the exlger
m cies Of the case; then the complications
I'd the law merchant, how they taxed our braii
nj and the judicious administration OF Y
s' tion's revenue troubled US far more than q
" management Of our own ever viii In days
N come. But even those perplexitiss we
OF trivial when compared with the difhcul'
ry that stared us In the face when we attempte
nj to gracefully WELD that woadrous instr
mi ment of art and power-the mighty pc
rs Well do VIC remember The flrst time we u
ng dertook To draw the ''llne OF beauty"
lis We arc glad, kind friends, you were n
'se here to see. But WORD IN season mere al
in there from their friends, ever faithful ai
no. true, and the mountains were laid low ai
ess the valleys eXhaltcd.
In. Members Of the college faculty, we ta
our leave OF yoV. When others shall MI o
nil places In yopr college halls to listen to
np struction's charming voice, may we, yo
W. former Students, be not forgotten. We shl
he always keep warm place In our hearts
he YOU Let US ask in return place In 20
div nemory.
zen We bid you farewell, classmates. A f
~ days since we were fellow-students, with
Ny common hope and a common fear before
Tonight we neither hope nor lear. The 60
to Is won, and We are fellow-students but
ow memory. Let us keep this memory 81
we red and forever. Whether we be drift
nat with the onward march Of civilization towa
the West or turn our faces to the sun
)ns cllmes of the South, let us not forget
ms, pause for moment now and then to thi
VIC kindly of those who sat beside us In the C
cgc hall, and breathe to heaven pra,
i've for their prosperity and happiness. Cla
hat mates, farewell.
an Amer music by the orchestra, Protest.
Ith Copp proceeded to award the diplomas
ow the graduating class.
full THE GRADUATES.
Q n The following Is list Of the graduates
en-. Ladies-Doretta +. Gof, Minnie X. Atk
rhe sou and Emily V. Billing, of Washingto
Iar- Mary A. s. Bailey, Iowaj NJ. Lctitia DO
is q of Virginia; Elsie +. Joyner, Vermontj NJ
not lie Rowles, of Maryland.
Gentlemen-George G. Abel, j. DouI
YOU tTNNs ~ huiASg ~ ~ tsoNhNtN
at. Ferdinand Turton, of Washington; f.
and Blakemorc, Kentucky Henry l.. Bryan 9
life F. W. Vaughn, of New York. Theo. q.
this moll, of Pennsylvania John \. Ehle
,an- Wisconsin, and r. n. Tilton, of New liar
urc shire.
ans, After the awards had been made, I
and when all the graduates and the audie
5 10 were full of expectation as to the BRILL
ned farewell address OF Prof. Copp, that gen
the man advanced to the front Of the stage
,dpe said that his address consisted Of six woi
ture as follows; "Ladies and gcntlemen-M
,arn your mark" Loud applause.
lear An lll-bred reporter remarked soto p0tG
the he didn't see what the graduates had b
has taught to write "spencerian," for If p
Copp only wanted them to make their ma
pplc Hon. James A. Garfield was then In
rnns duced to delivered the anniversary addr
hich Mr.. Garfield made q lengthy and eloql
lind, speech, full OF sound and wholesome adv
the ON account OF our limited space we are c
: the PEELED to defer Its publication until ton
i'd in rows issue.
! 10 When Mr.. Garfield had concluded,
n chnipo selpCtiOn. n