The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-18
BY MISS JOSIE QRIEL HORTON.
Shall we meet again?

| small We meet again
Inc hour of parting has almost arrived
Inc last lesson has been recited: the we'll.
worn books are laid aside, and now ere we
part the thought shall we meet again arises
In our hearts. The joyous peals OF laughter
are hushed, and the unfinished song dies
away upon the lips. Our life together here
mas been one of pleasure sweetened by the
wholesome toll of our daily tasks. True.
sometlmes those tasks have been difficult /;
sometimes our foot steps taltered and our
hear.s grew weak as we staggered upward on
the rugged hill of knowledge. But our kind
teachers were faithful to their chosen trust
and tonight, as we for the last time assem-
Die, those trials and troubles are forgotten,
ana only the roseate hue of the happy school
hours cluster in our memories. There is
peculiar sacredness about the last hours
spent in any loved spot, or amid dear ones
from whom we are soon to separate Too
swiftly the precious moments, laden with
their burden of sweet memories fleet away
and bring us to The stern reality that the hour
OF parting is ut hand.
Away, amid the Rocky noun.
tains, upon its highest emipence
q, little spring gurgles forth, and its waters
there divide; on the one side the waters flow
down IN arrlppl'ng, shiyering stream, through
brake and bner, which sings on its wsy
until finally its slender thr ads minele with
the waters of swiftly flowing river, enters
upon the surging bosom of the broad Pacific.
On the other side tiny streamlet, glides on
inlu sun and shadow, through NOISY glen
ana fertile meadow, until its silvery voice ia
iosI on the hoarse sounding waves of the
atlan'ic. Ihese streams were parted al the
FOUNTAIN mead and are forever lost to each |
otner' Shall 1t be thus with us? From this |
oay are our steps to be turned in different |
pathways Already one of our number has
winged ner way over the billowy ocean, and
tnere amld the grandeur and besuteous scenes
OF the old World, seeks further knowledge
III pursuing the tleeting shadows of her
CHOSEN ana well beloved art. But though
ner chalr mere is vacant tonight, the memory
ten in our hearts.
10 our good president and kind teachers
we " can only express our heartfelt gratitude,
our Undertakings: Though but little
over year has passed since our
ma I our Alma Mater, during that brief time
no uas engraVen upon our youthful minds
many Soluen precept, and instllled into our
hearts love tor the good, the pure, the beau.
aim; one bright little form that for a brisf
'pace was lent from heaven to earth Aitted
is way back to the bosom of the God who
gave 1T, leaving grievng father and mother
% mourn the loss of their little one. who
'orne aloft by angel wings, is now lifted
'boye earth, with its tolls and tasks. lows and
orrows. Our faithful teachers. too. have
abored hard for our success though when
hey Will return, refreshened bv rest and e
ecreation 10 the midst of home and its loved !
mes we will not again greet them still our e
houghs shall go onward with them in the I
'reat work in which they are engaged. From i
ur schoolmstes, one and all, we bespeyk a [
indy remembrance. AT times we NAV NOT
ave been all we should have been. for the I,
esn Is very weak, and unkind words some. o
mes TALL too readily from hssty Inns. hut we
SIX forgiveness for all that NAV be mast.
ONE faces that once greeted us here are miss.
'g, ana two green mounds in the graveyard 4
lark the resting place oftwo of our number q
nom GOD took to himself. Only a shorts
me ago their bright faces were with IA. Il
ma ana gentle as We knew them to be- m
ne,r ives on earth seemed preparatory to n
fe'ln heaven as they stand upon the shining &
lore o the great Bey nd, where no tears ara ~,
ed' no sorrow known. We do not wisb =,
EN- back, but tears dim our ewes when wa a,
lnS OF those whom they LETT lonely and s.
solate And now we would ask. that q
men !, our places are filled by others, will y,
u think of us kindly and remember us As NJ NJ
wing friends? And, dear patrons. of YOU N
G. we ask one boon. Our Young All ma 81 s.
ater.is struggling to gain sure and perm..
mt basis. Willyou, by your patronage and of
arty cooperation, so aid her that with the in
nerous culture and broad Christian founds. nj
n upon which rests her pride and glory. a.
may become an institution peculiarly
spted tor the education, both mental and
raj tor all the daughters of the Lone Star
.te. That star will shine with renewed o.,
tire as she takes her place in the galaxy Of D,
Ter states with the proud knowledge that e.;
the daughters other vast, almost hound. W.
domain, she provided the means bv s so
zen they VIII be so fitted for life, AS to ~, NJ
ONE earnest. working, loving women, ~ =,
q. y you would have us thus; If GU wish ci t
to discard the foolish, the frivolous. the S Sr
and the selfish, you must 40 MD ~ a.