Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-05-29

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tempt to convey to you half we feel;
stiffness speak for me. But though
We say goodbye to your immediate
attention, we will cherish your pure
teachings always, and yours shall be
| the central pictures of our school-days,
around which all others shall cluster,
but as background. Will it be vain
| to hope that sometimes In the lull of
action there may come to you recol-
lections of your first senior class2
That your lines may fall in pleasant
places in the long future to come, and
that your lives may be as peaceful as
."The tides of usic's golden sea,
Setting toward eternity"
is the strongest wish Of your class, as
they bid you sad farewell.
To you, our SUCCESSORS, we hold out
the hand of good fellowship. 1t is true
that we sorrow at giving up the privi-
leges that have been for us alone so
long, but we yield them with hearty
good will, and have hopes for the fu-
ture Repay, ask of you, the kind
ness of your teachers, the blessings of
your school days and the interest of
your friends with the noblest actions,
dictated by your own good hearts.
May you honor your last year more
than we have, and may that year en-
rich, elevate and ennoble your hearts
and minds. Farewell!
know not how to address you, my
classmates. We have been together
so long in plans, pursuits and pleas
ures, and have been so happy in this
unity, that it is hard for us to separate
and pursue our separate pathways.
But there is time for all things, and
the time for this association in school
is past and we cannot recall it. After
one brief glance at the days we have
found so pleasant, we must turn our
hearts onward, for there are many
things to come. The ideals that we
have erected and made fairer each
year, are far above the storms that
sweep DER the bosom of the earth;
with no dust to settle upon them, no
change to deface them, they stand
very fair and beautiful to us. Keep
them so until we have elm bed to
them and can say, "I am satisfied;
have reached my ideal.n Let us work
at this, as we have worked together
in the past. 1t is unnecessary for me
to speak of the ties that bind us to-
gether; we know that they will suffer
no breaking, and we feel that what
ever may be our different destinies,
that we will return with pleasure to
our school days ton the hill" Though
we feel that
"Seyen of us to-day shall learn
That we love each other better,
As we from each other turn"
1t is said ''the morning and the eve-
ming made the day." Now is the
morning of our day, and through its
rosy light we look forward to long
lives filled with heroic deeds and
happy hours, each rosy from the re-
flected hue of the East, where we
stand. Let us resolve that when the
day is closing and the work is done,
we may stand together in a roster,
brighter light than this at the West
roster than this, because our glorious
dreams will have become glorious re-
alities; bright, because those waves of
light shall be
"The first foundation of that near, new day,
That shall be builded out of Heaven to God"
Farewell!
A shower of bouquets and hearty
encore attested the appreciation of the
audience for Miss Peeps eloquent pro-
duction.
DR.. Lucky then delivered an address
to the Graduates, in which he review
ed the most interesting portions of the
course of study just completed, and
delivered most impressive charge for
their future welfare. The address was
concluded by the presentation of di-
plomas to the several members of the
GRADUATING CLASS,
Misses Jessie Peel, Addie Gates, Yda
Adds, Lille Milliken and Mary
Thomas, and Messrs. Henry OMel-
veny and Henry Leck.
Certificates of promotion were then
presented to the members of the inter-
mediate classes. The pupils of Miss
Casad's class were first favored, and
then followed the classes of Miss Blk
by, Mr.. Sake, Miss Palmer, Mrs. On
stott and Miss BengOugh.
The promotions to the Senior Glass
were as follows: The Misses Nellie
White Ollie Gibson, Mary Chauvin,
Philippa Edwards, Eva Myers, and
Mr.. Everett White.
THE DOwNEY MEDAL.
DR.. Lucky then stated that some
time ago Governor Downey had
proposed to award gold medal
to the member of the Senior Glass who
sustained the best weekly written ex-
aminations during the term. That
honor he declared belonged to Miss
Mary Thomas. The medal was then
presented to the young lady by the
donor with neat little speech, and
the medaln scholar received the
honor amidst torrent of applause.
The exercises were then closed by
singing the following gong by the
class: