Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-07-07

ing features" of the week for graduates
and undergraduates. -.-
Castleton Seminary Anniversary
and Reunion.
At 1880 q. m, procession was formed
in the Seminary Park, and under the lead
of the Cambrian Cornet Band, marched to
the Congregational church.
Rev E. P Hooker, President of the
Alumni Association, took the chair.
The exercises in the church were as
follows
Prayer by Rev. ]. Phillips, of Castleton.
Music by the band.
The President then introduced Henry
CLARK, Esq, as the orator of the day.
Mr. Clark at once began the delivery of
a historical address, rich in "reminiscences
of the past, tender in emotional express
sion, vxcursive in thought, eloquent in
word. The progress Of his plan led him
to review the history and fortunes of Cas-
Teton Seminary, from its beginning in
1897 down t.. the present time. The main
incidents were fully stated, presenting a
most interesting narrative of an early ed
uc4tioual movement which has, in the
progress of years, been crowned with re-
suits of q most gratifying character. The
present generation will fail to realize the
debt of gratitude due to the wise fore
thought and generous action of the foun
ders of the Seminary, who devised liberal
things, not alune for their own day, but
for succeeding times. Honorable mention
was made II the principals and teachers,
connected with the institution, whose de-
voticn to it, interests gave it a high and
widespread reputation, In concluding,
Mr. Cl,rk expressed his most earnest
wishes for thu future prosperity of this
ri,,, .-'.o,or-d S-niuary, now catering
III on r tre-h ,.,r~,r nf lr"at pr''rui-r. AS
a w'..!., the address w,s , rich treat to
All WI" hr,rd il, and it l. hoped the au-
thor will give it to the press
Music by the baud.
Pu-m, by Hon. W. G. Lodge, Clay mont
Delaware. It was charming production,
AZ the HERALD realers will see by the
f"llowlnL copy:
\ RETROSPECT.
A. the Young brood leave the par=nt nest,
To t.v heir -f-dged wings i'll quest
OF man. an un,u- covered good,
In Aowery mead or shelteeing wood
So We from Alma Ma'er haste,
The Joys Of tn. wide, wide world % taste.
The jpys-for no shade of doubt nor fear
To our eager, confident souls oome near;
The world, TO Us, was a half guessed charm,
It va sunshine all, without cloud or storm,
And +, in he toll and busy strife,
That must be part of every life,
We bee me the sport OF uncertain fates,
Till We seem to forget our old school-mates.
there's guardian set in the breasts of all,
In its own 2 cd time will the pas. recall.
And the memories OF the olden times
VIII steal cn our souls like the far off chimes
OF sweet toned bells; and We tread all DER
The rose-strewn paths of the past once more,
But, a sweeter JOY it is to meet
Those dear old friends, and to warmly greet,
Over the bridge of q score of yeare-
A bridge of joys and sighs and tears!
For it is built of the lives of every one,
And some are missed now the work is done.
Aye, some are missed whose hopes were so high
They were bounded only by earth and sky.
Like the flaming stars with their startling light,
Their great minds flashed then sank in night
The world would be better of them, ween,
But no one knows what might have been.
Could we into every life page look,
Read the life of each as we read a book,
What wondrous volume would be ours
What a record there of manly powers
OF proud success Aye, of blank despair
Not truth but would be written there.
How some went forth in the power of toll,
To win bright gold from the stubborn soil
And some the far off desert trod,
To point stray souls on their way to God:
While others hove passed through ice and flame
In search of that gnis fatuus, Fame.
All me who shall count the bitter cost,
Match the prizes won with the labors lost
Happy the man who sits him down,
Content, in his own ancestral town.
His teeming acres there to till,
Aud the post of Squire or Deacon till.
Amid his herds and household train,
He there Autocrat may reign:
On his own broad lands he may AXE his rest,
And dine every day on the very best:
With subjects all at his beck and call;
Say, is he not the wisest of us all
But our honored Alma Mater claims
Other lives than this, and nObler aims ~-
Aud she points, with natronly delight,
To gallant sons who have led the fght,
And helped in the crowning victory
That set our coored bondm:n free,
To her statesmen, wearing pride of place;
To her daughters, winning, with sweet grace,
The poets laurels, well bestowed.
All ! who of Us that have not owed
To tkem some of life's happiest hours
They deck our memories with flowers,
Leave for the past-else cold and dull,
A sweet sense of the beautiful. s1 .e s-.
They entered IN each ardent race -...
With vigorous will and charming grace,
Nor common h rdships deigned to shun,
But many an honor from us won.
All honor to them may their lives
Be blessed as maidens, mothers, wives;
Their children copy their proud worth,
And from these ella ssic halls go forth
Rich in their Alma Mater sower,
The we alth of knowledge, that is power
| When joined with virtue and with love,
A power the very world may move
Now we the older children come,
To visit our Scholastic home, - s.s
| BY all the tenderest memories moved, ..
| As for mother dearly loved
Say, shall we not, before we part,
For her dear sake pledge hand and heart
For this beloved friend of ours a
Shall we not give our highest powers! .r s..
And nobly woek with arm and brain,
Till she very queen may reign;
O'er the wide empire of the mind,
By metes and limits unconfined
And honored in the throne she fills.
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