Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-06-25
LOCAL -NEWs,
An Adnfrabse Addrc-. ,o a,


tic words have been spoken and, the term OF
your novitiste ended, YOU are about 20 psss
from the comrsdeship OF college life into the
great fellowship OF scholars. NJ in the DAYS OF
your youth you have ever fallen asleep under
the spell OF an enchsnter's wand, and dreamed
that life "a beauty, you are nov 60 wake from
that reyefle and md that life n duty. And vet
In forsaking the formative discipline of the
cloister for the harder lessons you are 20 learn
IN the school Of experience, you are not called
upon 10 approach the latter with a saddened
ard downcsst yisage like that OF those who
emerged nom the tabled cave OF Trophonius.
but with head erect snd with heart eiste You
are 10 gird up the lotns OF your mind and take
your appointed place In the ranks, prepared 20
quit yourselves like men IN the battle of life
While IN putting on the harness you are not 70
boast yourselves ~ be that putteth AZ on Won
are Ia free your spirits from the thraldou OF A
craven dependency. In forecasting the future
you are rot 20 much 20 mark the desert sands
through which the path OF yOur pilgrimage NAV
lead a. 10 ~ your eyes on the great rocks and
Jnsider the pleasant bowers beneath whose
shadow You may refresh your sOuls-when over
come with the burden and heat OF the aay
IL within college halls you have been initiated
into the mysteries OF learning and 81 the liberal
arts, Il is that in those mysteries you may and
soiace as well A. support. ~ under the lead
x "stAr-eyed science" YOU have learned 10
stray lar as the solar walk - tis thaf mounted
on her plh'ons, you may learn 90 sotr higher
than Astclpbe In the verse of Ariasto, and
emerging a. intervals from the dust ana din OF
the oly mpic contest. may breathe ~ Will that
serene atmosphere which H. NATIVE aud con
geuisl 20 the ministers and inter prefers of ma
ture. IL the fountains OF literatare have been
ufSealed Tor your enjoyment. 10 D. that these
~atSrs OF life nay follow you IN all your course
ss the stre Am from the smitten rock fo.l,V.a
the lsraeites In the wandering through the
wilderness, Rnc a. you siake yOuT thirst a. these
wel.hesos OF old pOesy aud OF divine philosophy.
you shall hnd yonr souls Quickened with new
energy and animated with frosh z.ai For Won
the waters Of Helicon need never ran dry
For you Psrhassu s may ever abide n the haunt
OF the muses., and for Won the srroY,s of the
academy need never to refuse 20 spread their
sheltering branches, while beneath their shade
you Talk with the spirits of Socrates ami OF
Plato NJ men talk with familiar friends, for by
adoption you are citizens OF the world. aud a.
heirs OF all the ages you have a p.tFtmonial
right TO the accumulated lore OF the past gene
rations. IL for You the muse OF history has
opened her well-tlled volume. IL a. t!at from
her pictured pages you may draw The philoso-
phywblch teaches by example, sni that, trsc-
ing the footprints OF God In the ssuds Bf lime
you may discern the rudiments of that moral
order which has been impressed on tae world
alike for our guidance and for our consolation.
ARD II scholarship has its delights I need not
remind you that scholarship has alsp iis solemn
duties; and these duties were never . ardaoa.
and so eSigent as ~ the present day.
"Heayen doth with u we with torches 10:
Not light them for themselves"
The torch OF learning has been places Ia vonr
hsEds. Lift y high that Others may rrloice la
lts beams, and Iass IL on swiftly In tre race that
those who receive 10 from your hands NAV ind
It trimmed and burning like the lAini.- OF the
wise aud wstchfal virgins.
talents committed 10 your care, bur , sa0rn
your bigh calling a. scholars in your day aud
generation loa viii not forget thai 20 the
strength and beauty oi intellectual culture YOU
are 10 add all those graces and amenities of life
which stamp their possessOrs as gentlemen. IL
Is IN one and the same breath thar the foremost
OF The apostles Jnres us 90 be pitiiu sud % he
coUTteoUs-giying pity TO whom pity l. due. and
giving SonOr 20 all men. You have raAg what
was said o; Edmund Burke, that one csali not
stano with HIM auder the same aTchwsV daring
transient shower OF rain without I,trc giving
that lie belonged TO the elits OF humanity. IN
all TIE rude collisions aud coarse c5u'acts Of
your daily life let IL be proved by yOur words
and by your manners that YOU. too belong a
the choice and master-spirits Of ypgy 4 ge-to
the choice Spirits, II not 20 the mas'sr apirits.
Ihough tue type Of your Cbiyalry be no longer
fashioned after the model set by SIr Phiiip
Sydney, you may, with him, show 70 all around
you the beauty OF "hish thoughts seated in a
And that you nay DO this there is needed
something more than the dignities OF scholar
ship and the reiinemenis of lite. To these you
must add the GROWING ornament o. that meek
and quiet spirit which Christianity alone can
impaTt. &c IL the Christian scholar and the
Christian gentle man who make the highest
style OF man. There is nothing thai sanctihes
IN the mere possession Of learning any more
than in the mere possession OF power or of
great natural endowments. And at the fur
thest possible remove from the sugyity and
generosity OF demean0r which I have COM
Dended stand ''tbe pride that apes humility"
IL Is only when the fruits Of ripest culture and
ness are seen 10 spring from Christianity as
their central stem, that each adds 10 each a
couble charm, and that they all combine 70
weave precious coronsl for the adOrnmeut OF
the highest and the purest manhood. There
was time when u gentleman was known by
the Gusrierings on his shield. Let your title to
nobility be seen in Gods image stamped on
yoar hearts. Whatsoever things are true;
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever
things are just; whatsoever things are pure;
whatsoever things are lovely; Whatsoever
things are Of good report; ii there be any
virtue, and n there be any praise, think on
these things" for by so doing you shall win
Tor yourselves the triple crown awarded TO
the scholar, the gentleman, and the Christian.
The DELEGATES FSRsIrUEx-A sx,zrer
UNDER ENECUTIoE.-This morning an execu-
ton having been issued in the case of :. M
Wight against the District of Columbia, il was
placed in the hands of Bailif O'Nesl, of the
marshal's Office, and that officer proceeded TO
the hall of the House of Delegates aud made
the levy, taking possession of the furniture and
effects of the House as follows: 81 revolving
chairs, 81 arm chairs, Speakers desk, and 3
members decks, stoves, clock, > water COOL
ers, lot OF carpets, y spittoons, II lamSrequins
appraised by Messrs. wm. Boron, G. A. Kuhn
and VIM. Il. Ssyre at 1.023.25.
DECREE OF DIvoRCR.-To-day Judge wyIie
IN the Equity Court made a decree diyOrcing
John Harris from the bonds of matrimOny with
Betsey Harris. The petitioner states that they
married IN this city in Septic Hber, lSGs, and
lived together until lSs0, when she deserted him
without just cause, and has ayowed her inten-
tols never to live with him again. He charges
that in 1872 she committed adultery with one
John Britton. MIR. ). ID. WilliamsOn appeared
for plaintiff, and Mr.. Cruikshank took the ties.
umoDy.
ST. PETERS ScHooI.-TLe annual examsna-
don and distribution OF premiums o. 81. Peters
Parochisl School took place last evening az
O'Clock IN the school building, on street be-
tween Sd and ith streets southeast The
exercises, consisting of singing, speak NJ, and
recitations, were quite entertaining AND drew
forth warm eucOmiums from the lar ge number
Of visitors present. Father Boyle sW srded the
premiums ard addressed the pupils.
How SoME YoUHG LADIES AMUsE TaEw-
skLyss.-"His BODY will be preserved on Tee tn
his friends arrive" Whist a gbastIy realism
there Is in the sound! And vet it Is the last
sentence of love story-one of those love
stories that only become known 10 the world
through the Intervention of that gri "a funcJi0n-
airy the coroner, the Rhadsmsnthus of our
modern life. Wiley was from Boston AMI lived
in San Francisco, and he loved very desperate-
ly, IL seems, a certain Miss Jennie Short.
They were engaged 10 be married, aud Wiley
bad In his eyes the golden mirage OF a happy
future with the woman he adored. But, 20 use
Miss Jennie's own phrase, "the charm had
passed with her." She had got over it. Itwas
"a youthful folly INDUCED in 10 pass away the
ina vl1 flx--D AMI fho q hal