Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-24
Address

NhfLtNFa sAAA " ANNst ~ AAN AA-s-A--
iion Of Professor Scales seheal,
Members ofthe School, Ladies ana
GeAfitmrR frankness demands oi
me to confess that tho compliment
passed upon me in being selected as
tho organ of the cause of education
on this charming occasion is not
ungratofGl TO me. But, rs an ac'
compartment 10 the solioiludc fell
for tho success Of the occasion, ihost
unieigncdly do ! also confess, that
my inadcquacy properly TO meet
and respond TO its expectations is
| Painful TO mo,
Was IL laughing Tom Moore who
said that "cloqucnco was in the
feelings?" lfeloqucncc had respect
only 20 the feelings, am sure you
would bp overwhelmed or enrap.
turcd with shower of beautiful re,
flcctions to night; but when il is
remembered that utteranco has
much to do with the manufacture
and expression of this inspiration
TO genius, with the most unaffected
sincerity do assure you that my
hopes are far from sanguinc.
In attracting attention TO n proper
cducation-a subject Of central and
vital importance to the individual
and the Coirmonwcath, if words
could be brought under rcquisition
rs rich and touching as are the sem
timcnts that yield inspiration to
my emotions now, | shSlld Charm
and win your spirits as if your cars
were being saluted by the airy
strains of the Eolian as its strings
are smittcn by the magical fingers
Of the night-winds. Fould send
you all homo tonight smacking
your lips, for very pleasure, over
the entertainment and profit Of the
evening. Truly, Dallas has gath
cred here her "bcauty and her wit,
her piety and her poetry" if not her
"chivalry," and if "soft eyes" do
not "look love to eyes that speak
again." at least, call seem merry rs
marriage BELL" and it would de-
light me to produce generous and
fitting address.
1t is said that before going to bat
tie, the ancionts were accustomed
to propitiato the muses. that better
success might be awarded them and
that their bloody oxbloits might BE
chronicled and pcrpctuatcd to their
honor. 1dolatry aside, and accept
ing only the poetry of the legend,
would it be amiss to invoke the aid
ofthcsc inspirers fpocss, cloquenco
and song, rs we most devoutly do
the presence of the All-Fathcr, that
utttrancc, commensurate with the de-
mands of the hour might be admin
istcrcd, and that the orators lips
might distil tho very honey-comb
of words-words of truth and love
that might go dancing down the
dcclivity of your ovcntful future
and often whisper of duty, home
and heaven.
l have delivered, | trust 1 may
say without ostentation, q goodly
number of public addresses, but no
class imposes such difficulties as the
class that on this occasion has called
us together. By common consent,
and by the patronage of the schools
themselves, they are regarded as
times for the Illumination of little
grandiloquent thunder-times for
hanging festoons of gaudy flowers
about the heads Of an audience,
which memory must treasure as
fading flowers call sccntlcss and
dead" Not regarding them in this
light, indeed, esteeming the direc-
ton given to the sentiments of this
throng at this hour as of vital in
terest to this community and the
cause of education generally, the
task is assumed and tho labor be-
gun, believe me, Under far more
trepidation than ordinary occasions
ever inspire.
"Don't view me with q critics eye,
But pass my imperfections BY"
And / shall proceed to announce,
that Education" from "e" and
"duccre" is made to signify the
drawing out of the training and
disciplining of all our powers
physical, mental and moral; it in
wolves the idea of development, in
The use of means and methods, to
all these powers and in the highest
degree possible to them all. And it
is worthy of remark, that the edu-
cation of the mental and moral Of
man is not possible where the phys
ical is left without the restraints
of salutary discipline. The body
must ever be regarded as the dwell
ing and the soul as the temporary
the better the house, the
more comfortable the occupants
Many a youth, forgetting this rela-
ton, and regarding his body as
and the mind as every
thing, in his misguided and ruinous
has gone home from
Academic or College life a mere
shadow-broken down in health,
with no physical forces to expend
over the further Development Of bis |
sickly waifupOn the breeze
Of his circumstances strand,
asaiIs ripped and compass lost,
midway life's tumultuOus ocean-voy- I
age.
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