The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-20
YALEpIcroRY AnDHEss.

! vALEnFCrORY Address.
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"There IN no music in this life
That sounds with happy Laughter solely
But / as Its chord ofmelancholy."
Ever in the cup ofjoy Is there mingled
q drop of bitterness. Amid the bright
! snticfpations Of the future there fingers
sad longing for the tender associations OF
the past. Hopes glorious anthem il
echoed by the sad, sweet strains of mem.
ory's d,rge; welcome b answered
by afsreWeil." We have reached
] the goal towards which our gaze has
been turned through so many years OF
patient labor. The future, with faint
and misty outline appears before US
tinped as with the roseate hues OF morn
ing light. Toit We extend greeting.
On the other hand the past, the "gone
forever" looms up TO our tear-dinmed
vision clothed with the richer and more
mellow, but less refulgenr CLEANS OF the
sett,bg sun, As we thus look back many
tbinps once dark and obscure now have q
silver lining. But to the past sad fare
we'll.
Casting or eyes over the scenes 50
familiar, we realize how very dear they
are to us. Our prosperous city, enriched
by the grand old hills, who.e woods once
resounded with the whoop Of the red-man
and the howl of the Welt; our noble Ohio,
TO us the river of rivers, which, flowing
so cesselessly, now calm and sunlt now
turbulent as the storms gather and break,
so forcibly reminds US Of life; our villages
of the dead, the resting places
of those near and dear to
ia. all these we love and we know with
what sorrow we would bid them all fare
we'll.
To the jewellers in this land, to our
friends and tho friends Of our Alma
NJ alter, we would express our apprecia-
ton of the many acts of kindness which
have frightened our onward way. We
thank YOU all for your presence tonight,
and for your kind attention. And as we
pray God to bless you we whisper fare
we'll.
To the Examining Committee, what can
we saw? We must confess that at times
we have thought of you with dread and
apprehension, considered you, perhaps, a.
a bug-bear. But you have our warmest
respect and affection. Once more shall
We be examined in that last day when
the Lord cometh to judge the quick and
tho dead, but never again shall we meet
YOU in this relation. 1t is with sincere
sorrow that we would say to you farewell.
To the Board of Trustees, we would ex.
press our gratitude tor your
interest in our welfare, for
YOUR untiring zeal and indefatigable
Industry, and promoting the best interests
of our College. 1t stands a momento OF
your work and proof of your great in
terest in the dissemination of knowledge
and the development of the intellect. To
YOU we would tender an affectionate fare
we'll.
To our honored President, from whose
hand we shall receive our hard-earned
honors, we would say much, but the
tongue refuses to perform its office. Ian.
guage can never tell the wonderful
influence which your many words OF
kindness and encouragement have exert.
cd. For more than twenty five years
YOU have stood at the helm of our Alma
Mater. But for your indomitable perse-
yerance, more than once exercised, our
college might now be numbered among
the things which were. "May the great
God abundantly bless you" is the prayer
of our class, as we bid you kind fare
well.
To our beloved principal-but our lips
tremble as we would forever sunder the
ties which have bound US together. Al
though but one short year has winged its
way since first we became associated in
the relation of teacher and taught, yet We
have learned to love you. You came to
us in our dependency and raised us
from our gloom. For this We fret loved
you. But as day by day we have listened
to your voice as you guided our footsteps
in the way OF knowledge and truth, we
have come to regard you with far
deeper love. You have faithfully
performed your work. You have
instilled noble principles into our
minds. You have endeavored to aid
US in laying broad and deep foundations
for future usefulness. You have urged
US on ward in our work. You have re-
ioiced with US in our joy. You have
sympathised with us In our sorrow. For
all this you have our love and gratitude.
For every word, look, act and thought OF
kindness We thank you as we drop
farewell. But to you this is
time of rejoicing. Tonight you give
to the world the first fruits of your
labors in our city. The first fruits,
but may your labors continue
and may your toll be crowned with
abundant success. Tonight we part
shall 1t be forever? o, no! for we shall
meet again "no more to sever in that
bright land where love is undimmed BY
thought of farewell
Nor would we pass with careless fare
we'll our honored and noble Faculty.
Two of your number were known and
loved by us in former years, yet this