The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-01-24
Em ADDRESS 0E WnaQElE
To fae lfemJeFs oI' tEs l0ia LegisltiiCe 5ssep'- bp, oa ae oceasioa ef fAetr plsi' 70 fas Ffos cot Free dcalemg, Jan 22a0 1879,
 BY MISS CARRIE WILKINS.

GENTIEMEN To me has been allotted the task, and tO which I find my feeble efforts limited and inadequate, of weicon- Ino ycu within the walls Of our public school Had this task been more properly and wisely left with one more capable oi appropriately transmitting to you, Gentle men, the pleasure your visit, at this time. gives the pubic school children Of Pres cott. it would have afforded inc infinite qualification. l. was the province however of our excellent and much esteemed teacher to direct that |, in my poor way, should tender to you the greetings of my school mates. Therefore, I say, with all sincerity that our distinguished friends and visitors are welcome.
 It is little more than a decade since the first school was opened in Prescott. Then log cabin, rude in Its make, sutticed as a place for teaching the bOon of kHowiedge. Steadily, slowly and safely our public school system has advanced, and to-day Arizona Is blessed with good schools throughout its extensive confines. From the rude log cabin of ten years ago, We now have planted with sure foundation ss fine scho<l building as Is generally found m frontier countries. or In tlte Nest, where tue rudiments of Knowledge are taught and the foundation og our future life k being formed, the formation of winch, imagine and hope. is even more important than that of this mighty structure, which Is quite the pride of the pupils of our school. Our town and the Territory at large, ,rs advan- cing with the strides that American prog ress furnishes all over the land The locked doors of the mysterious vsnlts where lies
 T ], ftT are gradually being unboited and swing back on their hinges unveiiing to the view of inc honest miner un.0ld treasures, and giving credit abroad to America as the treasure box of the world.
 Gentlemen: We have but to turn our ever restless vision to either point of the compass. and we behold wonder the shining ores here the fertile vai!eys, there tue iocks and herds grazing upon tne waving grasses, and in the distance, steadily approaching the iron horse. which comes gliding along over the iron bars hat arc fast forming 2, band around the land If tnc Noateznmss. The nomad tribes of tac Territory are re- cedng before the advancing columns co Americans. and no longer the cry of deprc- datiors. murder, and tales Df herr-r aIe heard ifOW lhs valleys or hills rescc seems i0 prevail, and onward forward i, the wdchworl of the Ameri an pioneer. We have schools nud churches everywhere within the bounds of our lich gerutHs |. Newspapers. the lever tirorsh which 5, disseminated the political, moral aud pua- lie sentiments of ali classes, are numerous in many of the iloar.shmg towns il tHe various counties of tEc Territory, and cur cye-y step scems Co De attended with ,Ge onward march oi prosre=s. Ihc uua and sjX-shooter are laii away as CEBeces iy iGr dement's in onr every day ia3ars. Peace. plenty and prosperity have taken the p'age ot' war. desti;utiun, hlrdsBips and aif-rs- tias.
 Bat, fuends, why should we not zo back -fii further ii tory te.caes us taai iu inc oiden tmt, tts trnIug p iSs iaa common school, was thing uakLoaa- There Era books in ihe world, hUt every one had tu loo wrj.tea by hand. and iaa clitis ,f a book in those Gays haruly ever exceeded one crpv. Arizona stands to-day far m advance of thc whole of tae O!a World four hundred year. ago. First, 'n X. D. l444. Faust came Co thc iil ht. IT. was the inventor of movable types. These types, in wcouen baud-press, ssn- volumes to the people in the Eastern Hemisphere, school, were established, and tue aIt of Faust had much tn d' towards advancing and cnlightening the inventor mind. The Westward march was taken up. The art oi Faust was nourishcd and carried with the moving myrisds of pioneers who took pos session of tbc West. From go broad cX- panse of wild, romantic domain. continuing inland lakes and laughing rivers, prairies flied with Ianumcrable lands of cls, and bU,ia'o, gad inc mountains sheitcring the waichful and suspicious desr has formed the grea:est, most formidable nation known Co civilized man. And few scores of years is only necessary to transform the iuiidel. tha lilndoo. the Hotteniot and thc Cannibal into Christian people, enlightened in all the inventions and art., and amoeg them may ngrhaPs be iogndi etea "iaw magtfsa
 Wo have had, in the pa.i, Our Washing ion to lead our aimIcs on Co victor, and our Franklin io wrench thc lightning from she clouds and hold Il in abject ohsdieare tothe c-m;asnds ofm an Then eaiae Watt. fua iutcnts.g Nt sEDss.s cAZinos. causing revolution Ot no small moment with thc machinery kings. Next Morse came forth and linked the nations together with ths magnetic wire and led the knot of eimul- taaeous thought and thus we have. from the olden lime, marched l,iD,e tLe banner pf psoggess gnlu Wc arc vcrgiGg upon thc last edgr of thc nineteenth century, when shraRgA the gFcst knowledge which is heing through the teachings of our colleges and public schools. we find the shining heroes whose inventions have hcpn the means of g-asping ih. ,.es, tedious ussgcs 4 Cd. psgt, sBa paitIne the same sB tl.e wheo.s of lime that move with tbc ease and agility nf the eagle la tic a.s--beisg forgotten. and we now lehoid ga Eiisoa sitting ia the parloss of the filtb Avenue Hotel. New York. ce1vcTsing vi;h his friends ia. the fsii If lal.ls,... a. aita tac plc tise sels T.clin.ng ia iar.fessy Cha.r- lssE @t Lsag Brunch. Bat cgut.cmeH. ajrrsiy have la'rs3ed guoa yeur paricacr Wc m e, iu iHe Paaic School Hal of Pras- c.li. across yaut'rr wc baFs aar tea.f- bsloE. sHr tiaivlug iovE vc8 'l. e. taFi-
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