The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-10-21
ALEXANDER L. HAZARD.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
"A Baton Rouge, Oct. Sd, 1871.

#s u G4 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY.
A@ - Baton Rouge, Oct. Sd, 1871.
u 'EN'L ORDERS, No. 2.
Young gentlemen of the Corps OF cadets
1t is MY painful duty to announre the
death of one of yonr comrades, Cadet A. L
UAv.pp. of the parish Of st. Landry, who
died Yesterday at s o'clock, 80 minutes P. M.
Relieved bv you all for his noble faculties,
~, was the idol Of his family; and to his
font parents his loss will bring a shock,
compared with which our grief can be but
small. 1t is a terrible thing for a youth to
die away from his home, his parents and
his friends-afnong strangers, for such real
", however much We had learned to love
him, we were 10 him. But Gods Will be
done. -,
The officers of the University unite with
YOU his, fellow cadets, in mourning his loss,
and giving expression of heartfelt sympathy
with his bereavcd family. And to pay due
official respects to his memory, let us all
wear the usdAl badge Of mourning for thirty
days. ID. r. bo1D' ooP|
FUNERAL GRAFTON DELIVERED At THE GRAVE
BY CADET c. J. Thomson OF ST. LANDRY.
We now stand here, as witnesses to the
sad realization of the beautiful and forclble
sentiment of an inspired writer, who in one
of his moments of melancholy abstraction
said: "In the mid t oflife we are in death. y
But a few weeks ago, our poor friend ana
fellow-student was among you, apparently
in the bloom of health and the vigor OF his
approaching manhood ; hut all his freshness
was not to be of long duration Stern death
had marked him for his victim, and preoT-
dained that all the nobleness OF his nature
-"must soon forsske itstenement of clay
And vanish forever, to the eternal realms OF
(day."
Among tho great number Of his comrades
there were nono regarded with higher SEN
timen,s of admiration. and feelings of deep
friendship and love than poor Alex. His
was a nature, for its purity aud sociabillty,
to win the good will Of all. In him the
traits. which contributed to make the per-
feet gentleman, were blended with a high
order Of intellect, and firmly established
principles Of morality.
His modesty and amiabtlity, among his
many other qualities, were ever active IN
securing for him a host of friends.
But alas! much as we loved him he is
gone; gone from his parents, gone from his
community, and gone from his friends. The
bright eve, that flashed among you, is now
obscured by the shades of death. The pleas.
ing smile, which thrilled your hearts with
10y, and betokened a friendly welcome unto
all, must never beam upon his countenance
again. And until the grief, which hangs
like a pail over this community, is mellowed
L. .:u.~ ..rn oer L,4 r,.1;-a in ei1anrn- fha
mournful truth that the departed son, broth
or and friend has passed from the honor and
glory dthis world. and now sleeps the
sleep Of the Just, to be awakened only by
the ~reveille Of the final judgment.
And now let me say q few words, in the
name of my fellow: students and beloved
professors. As a student our poor deceased
friend had M superior, and the University
no brighter ornament. As young mar Of
highly cultivated christian virtues, he stood
among the first. His high moral character,
his gen,lemanly department, and his dis
tinguished scholarly attainments have won
for him the admiration and love Of every
one connected with our University.
It is with feelings of intense pain and
sorrow that we bring him back to you.
Not only because of the great loss that we
have sustained in the death of SO noble and
generous a youth as was our beloved relative
and friend; but because he is returned in
30 different a manner from that in which he
left you. Only a few short weeks ago, ca
ger to rejoin his fellow students in pursuing
their academic course to labor and to learn,
he left you with his hopes bouyant, and with
exhilirated spirits.
Little did he think, when he gave to you
the parting smile, which betokened joy and
happiness, that it was the last time that he
would gaze upon his happy home; the last
farewell he would take Of the friends he
loved SO dearly, and above all, of that
mother who waited with joy and pride, her
darling boy as he stepped upon the thresh-
old of this weary world, to buffet the waves
Of Iife's ternpestuous ocean. ss
And now farewell poor Alex. with q tear
of regret, of friendly and parental condo
lence, we dampen the sod which must soon
contain your ashes. May the beautiful,
bright sun ofthe resurrection morn beam
upon you with all his r%efulgence ; and may
your fate be to us an everlasting conviction
Of the frailty and uncertainty Of our ways.