Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-06-20

persons whose names have been
handed down for years and CEN
tWics past, and are still mentioned
With respect and esteem, were not
noted for their stores of gold; hut
for the good they have accomplish
cd for others,
Tho oation closed with brief
Mlcdictories, i'll which the speaker
said the parting words for his class
to teachers, school officers, and
associates.
THE PRINCIPALS ADDRESS.
The Principal in comforting the
diplomas spoke in substance rs fol
lows:
Acting by authority of the Board
of Education il becomes my privi-
lcgc to present YOU these diplomas.
II Is Il pleasure to bear this tcst
mony to Your character and dcport-
mcnt rs students. ltis Il pleasure
to testify to the uniform zeal and
industry that you have manifested
throughout your course. No scheme
for the Improvement of the school
! has over been devised that has not
received the cordial support of this
class, But the pleasure which is
felt III according to YOU this well
deserved eommendation, is attended
by shade of sadness; for we re-
member that your presence and
your influence will be lost to us
hereafter; that your places III the
school must be filed hy others.
And now, convened as We are for
the last time in the character of
pupils and teacher, what lesson is
there Of paramount Importance yet
to be taught? Rather, what lesson
Of all those we have learned is it
fitting to reiteratc ON an occasion
! like this; for il would have been II
mistake TO have postponeo impor-
tant lessons 10 this hour. OF the
many thoughts that present them
selves as deserving to be impressed
upon you at this time, but two or
three can be advanced. First, il
! should be borne IN mind that the
course of study that you have com
plctcd is designed 10 make students
| and not scholars IL has served its
highest purpose if it has inspired
within you the desire and the pur-
pose to obtain better culture You
have but crossed the threshold ol
the grand temple wherein arc
stored the treasures of science and
literature. The drudgery requisite
for higher achievements is mostly
over. As you make further oxplo-
rations among the stores of hidden
wealth in that temple, rich re.
wards will attend you at every
step. You already know something
Of the pleasure which attends intel
lectual con4uests. Let ii be youl
aim 20 enhance this pleasure by
new conqnests every lay,
Again, the possession Of mcnta
acquisitions ayails little to the pos
SCISSOR, and nothing to those around
him, unless they are tuned to good
use by a strong will aetuated by
right motives. knowledge is no
power, till the viii of him who hai
il makes il such. Right motives ar,
not always found in company witt
high intellectual cndownents. IL il
a general rule that moral culture
keeps pace with intellectual, bu
one that has many exceptions
History furnishes in the case o
Lord Bacon one Of the most mel
ancholy Of these, 4 man Of keen
est and most vigorous intellect, on,
70 whom science Of this time refers
and 70 whom the science Of al
future time will continue to refel
~ pioneer, and yet one capable 0
prostituting all those superb intel
lectual gifts to the bascst uses foI
personal agrandisemcnt Upon th'
motive that governs the use Of YOU
attainments will it depend whether
they shall be blessing Or 4 curse
To yourselves and those around
you. Let II be your aim to yidicatt
, your claim TO q high moral az wei