Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-07-02

Gus efforts to continue the schools. No
more shall We hear your kind words OF
encouragement, which act 40 incentives
to more earnest work. But long after
our departure from these scenes the
days which we're frightened BY the
cheerful faces and encouraging words OF
school friends shall ever stay with
Ms, Frightening our pathway inward.
Thanking you for your kind interest," In
us. We bid you farewell.
To you, our teacher, We offer thanks
for your kindness and forbearancs with
us. Your work has been q noble one;
and We trust the seeds sown have not
been wasted on barren soil. but will
spring up and yield q plentiful harvest,
one which you will not be ashamed 70
ovp. A short time ago . teacher whom
va dearly loved Wal taken from rs and
removed to another sphere OF life. and
you have taken her place. It u with
sorfowful hearts that We assemble to.
osther on this day, for we know We must
Soon separate; and while walking in that
safe and pleasant path Of school life. We
received in your instructions the chart
of shoals and hidden dangers upon
which so many have stranded and been
destroyed. Never again will you behold
US among the happy ones Who are to be
your pupils; never again can va come a.
children to be taught, but must now bid
you farewell.
Our Principal and beloved friend. We
most sincerely thank you for your efforts
in helping Us onward. You have not
only made US what We are. but. BY the
light Of your example. have taught rs
what va may become. You seem 70 b.
long to us, and with the pleasant mem.
Dries Of school life. the last two years
stand brighter than any others, for with
every step Of progress you have ever
stood by helping onward with kind
words and willing hands. Those days
have now passed, and we must leave
the protection you afford US. We feel
that we have only begun q search for
the grsat and mysterious things which
the Creator has placed in the world.
II is meet that you who toll 10
arduously for the welfare OF Others.
should have your reward. In Us Is
looked for the fruit Of that toll. As .
fitting tribute, VI shall endsavor 10 win
bright wreaths OF laurel for the Gold
Hill High School. Now w are to part,
perhaps never again to DO associated
with you. and in the name OF the class
thank you for your kindness and bid you
q sad farewell.
Our dear schoolmates and friends :
Tonight We have met together for the
las. time in q full and happy school band;
tomorrow thors will be vacant places
which shall never again be filled BY the
same familiar forms and faces. We
leave you sheltered In this safe haibor
while we are compelled to begin the frst
great voyage on that vast expanse called
Life. We start out ignorant OF what
hardships We shall undergo or what
task. master we shall find. Let us meet
and face dangers with brave hearts, evsr
looking forward to . safe anchorage in Q
better land. Dear schoolmates, let II DO
the aim OF rs all to confer honor upon
the High School. for there We receive
the best Of instruction /; there our minds
are trained to look onward and upward,
ever striving to DO better and noblsr.
Now, dear schoolmates, We are about
to leave you. Trusting your school life
will DO as happy as ours ha. been. In
the name Of the Class Of 80, / bid you
goodbye. oil
Dear classmates and companions, It
seems TO be the saddest task Of all to bid
one another farewell. We have been
together for 30 many long and happy
years, sharing one another's joys and
sorrows. Those pleasant times will
come no more, and We must close with
a golden clasp the book Of school lie
and commence to write In that larger
book OF real life. We have finished
learning school lessons, and must
now take up LIES lesson. Within
the last year ono Of our number
passed away, and tonight there Is q void
in our ranks. which. but one short year
ago, was filed by the laughing face OF
our classmate. he IL numbered
among the silent In the "Ciiy OF the
Dead"
"'Tis but q step down yonder lane.
I see the spires from here"
Where the golden sur sheds rays OF
heavenly hope on his last resting place.
Cannot some angel on silent wings carry
TO him even an echo OF % triumph to.
night? L. there not some golden cord
which links heaven and earth and con.
veys to tho shores Of the other world
tidings OF what happens hersa He still
lives, for
"Thers is no death! What seems 90 IL
transition;
This life OF mortal breath
Ia but Q suburb Of the life elysian,
Whose portal We call Death"
Tonight va graduate and o o shall be
separated. but however far apart We may
be-, whatever our sphere OF action may
DO In life, deep In q bright corner Of
memory shall live tho faces OF class.
mates.
We part tonight, to meet, perchance,
Till God shall call rs home;
And from this room we wander forth,
Alonel Alone to roam.
Our hands are clssped, our hearts are full,
And tears bedew each eye;
All, tits q time for fond regrets
When classmates say goodbye"
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Dtstrics CouFt-RisinE. Judge.