Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-08-15
A Reunion.
For the Sentinel


Nh. EDIToR You were a boy once your
| self, at least it is reasonable to suppose that
such was the case though how long or how
short a time has elapsed since you have passed
that state of incipient manhood, we feel a
delicacy in stating or even hazarding guess
But now that you have entered upon the
stern realities Of liic and are doing your duty
as you see the opportunity, amid the heat and
din OF lfe's sternest conflicts, does your mem
DRY never carry you back TO the days when
you were ''collcge boy 2" Does the longing
to clasp the hand Of old classmates, and recall
to the memory the merry, careless days, long
gone by, when you trod the classic halls of
some Constitution Of Learning" never take
possession of your soul We feel sure that
you often do think of those bygone days, and
always with pleasurable emotions.
You can appreciate our feelings then as we
stepped into the waiting-room of the City
Hotel at Frederick, and saw clustered here
and there through the room, the preacher,
doctor, lawyer farmer and merchant, each for
q time deserving his occupation and coming
there to reunite with the maryland Reunion
Association of Roanoke College, Here the
weary man of business found relaxation, and
the careworn look faded from many face
around whose temples strcaks of silver hair
were to be seen. To the younger members of
the Association the latter were as much objects
of vcneration as our worthy President even
For were they not the Alumni of many
years standing? Had they not already passed
through the 'heat of the day." and having
climbed higher up the Chill of fame" could
look down complacently upon those who were
just "toiling over the roughness of the first
ascent?'
Here too was to be seen our dear old Presi-
dent, Doctor BlrrLE, who stood with smiling
countenance, and outstretched hands greeting
heartily each member as they came up.
There was no change in the Doctor since we
saw him last, except that we fancied his hat
was somewhat shiaier than in olden times.
Perhaps the Doctor had sprueed up a little, or
'got on dixie las We used to call it, for
the occasion.
After refreshing our thinner man with a
bountiful rcpast, we repaired TO 'Kemp's
IlalP' to listen TO the speeches delivered on the
occasion. The Association Address was de-
livered by VIM. MuNcAsTER, of Montgomery
county. Seldom has it fallen TO our lot TO
enjoy so fine an address as that which was
prepared by our Mr.. NJ.
1t showed US clearly thatwe should live for
the present and future, not for the past, and
that amid the tolls and disappointments of real
life, the literary tastes so well cultivated during
his college career have not been suffered TO
fall into disuse.
He was followed by the Doctor, who could
not resist the temptation to touch on his favorite
branch (Metaphysics). However it would not
have been the Doctor, we know, without at
least reference to something of the kind
Dear, kind, old Doctor, how patient you always
were with our shortcomings. How willing
you were to forgive our practical jokes, and
how anxious you were to make us what you
yourself are, good christian men, and yet
how far some of US have come from being what
You wished us.
All things must have an end, however, and
10th as we we're to part, the good-byes must