Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-25

and estonished men.
Surely" says one of our true-hearted
women writer's, lit can not be right to stand
still ever one ought to be growing in mind
| and spirit Years are not given one for moth
| ing:n and they are not / As to the servants
in Holy Writ were committed the pounds and
talents to be rendered again with usury. so to
each one OF us have entrusted time and talent,
each TO be duly accounted for when our life
| lege and duty to cultivate our higher selves,
| and make of our mental lives the very NEST
we can. We should not only doubt but we
should satisfy our doubts by our own re-
| searches; thus our belief would not only be
STRENGTHENED, but we would cherish opinions
| OF our own. and have more faith in them. All
| OF our literary men started from this
same point, and hundreds of them
have made for themselves names of
renown-nsmes indelibly imprinted upon
the memory of man, though they have
long since passed away. 1 might cite you TO
our own Franklin who. in the loVly calling of
clipping wIcks for candles began his career,
| but by stocking his mind with useful knowl-
edge, his prudence, integrity and genius ad-
vanced him, step by step, up flames high
but forbear.
And now, schoolmates, let us strive to be-
come great, truly great in our respective avo-
cations; let us value our opportunities and
endeavor to prove ourselves worthy of them.
REM mber,
''The childhood shows the man,
AS morning shows the day.
While we are planning for ourselves brilliant
futures-for I'VE figure to ourselves the thing
we Ike we must not quite forget those who
have headed us thus far on 'Ife'S morning
march" How shall begin and where shall
end? What can say that has not been said
before, by some one standing where now
stand; with the same feelings rising In his
heart and to his lips; the same hopes and aspi.
rations; the same desires and aims? But.
although nothing original can be said let us at
least render the warmest thanks to the County
Commissioners and the Mayor and Aldermen
OF our city for the support Of our grand school
system and the interest they have taken in US;
to the Board of Education for their splendid
organization and skillful management of our
great plan of education. for their pleasant
visits and many words of encouragement. We
have always applied ourselves to our task with
reeoubled energy after one OF those ENJOYABLE
visits from our much honored President ard
| his staff We inscribe your names in letters
of gold on our memories, and there shall they
still be found. when years, long years. shall
have rolled around. To our ever faithful
Superintendent we'd say few parting words:
ever ready to lend aid to teacher
and pupil; always kind and oblig-
ing, although strictly adhering to duty.
puncrually calling on the first of the month"
for our tuition fee
We render cordial thanks to all our teachers
for their unwavering zeal and patience, for the
steady effort they have made to render us what
we ought to be. "To live in hearts we leave
behind is not to die, - and we trust we shall by
them all be long remembered, as their names
and deeds will ever be cherished by us. From
our last teacher and Principal we part with
unfeigned regret The good impressions made
upon our minds through, your Instrumental
we go through life, in every time
Of trial, will we recall some piece OF advice
which fell from your Fps. kind preceptor, and
be assisted to overcome all difficulties in our
path. Looking back on what has been accom-
plished. let us take as watchword. mi
desperdndttn1' and thus go on till we become
as those i'll whom persuasion and belief have
ripened into faith, and faith became passion
ate intuition.
AND now, we have advanced another most
| trying step, even to that of bidding adeu to
our comrades who are to remain little longer,
who have steady pace with us all along the
way-who have toiled with us day
have shared many an hour Of
hard study, and enjoyed many half hour of
pleasant intercourse. It is with the deepest
emotion that we think of parting, but the edict
has gone forth-we are to be thrust out from
the walls that have so long protected us, each
and every one searching out for himself =
course through paths entirely rev, and
through a country of which the half has not
been told MS. We endeavor cheerfully to
break the link, and resign our place as first
class In the heart OF our teacher to you. May
you find the duties devolvng upon you as
pleasant as we have ever proved them to be.
We commit to you, as our predecessors did
Principal reposes in the first class. Remember
he will look TO you for help. zee, therefore,
that you set example only for good before
the other classes-encouraging the despond-
ent, strengthening the weak, and protecting
all, as far as you can. from wrong
We thank all our friends present FIR their
kind attention and the interest they have mani
Tested. Now,
What Is writ is writ,
| Would it were worthier.
Feeling this most deeply, with a parting
health to you, gentlemen of the Board, Super
intendent, teachers, schoolmates, we bestow
upon you all the last parting word-the last
parting glance-Valel Vale
Glass could not have selected better
representative than Master Cam, who made
the response. His self possessed manner,
clear, ringing tones, and correct gestures
| impressed the audience most favoraby.
His reply is worthy of publication, and we
give 1t in full:
RESPONSE TO vALEDIcToRY.
Comrades Of the graduating class we will
ingly step forward to fill the places left vacant
by your departure, trusting that. as the class of
80, we may hold up to our successors as you
have done, q record worthy of imitation.
Heartily glad we that in making this
change we will pass under no strange sceptre,
but only be more ent rely under the rule and
guidance of one whom we have already learned
to love and revere-one who knows well
how to combine dignity with gentleness--how
to impart knowledge nd at the same time to
| win hearts Year after year the halls of
learning all over the country echo with innu-
merable valedictories and responses from boy
| orators and sweet girl graduates = Every
| thing that can be said would seem to have
been said, and we may, not unreasonably,
claim your indulgence for lack of origina ity
Indeed, if we followed the dictates Of boy
| nature, we would, seiziDg your hands with
| cordial grasp, simply say. Goodbye, old fell
lows; take care of yourselves; hope you have
a good time" But as this would be entirely
inadequate to the dignity OF The occasion, we
must offer you something more elaborated
few pearls Of thought gathered from wise
| men-a little good advice which we beg that
| you seniors viii not disdain, because we have
had no experience of life.
AS well refuse to follow the directions of the
| 10 hna a .nffl
| upon its one leg and Travelled the road to which
| it points.
After to-day you win form part Of the crewd
always assembled ct the foot Of that ladder
CT life" Of which we hear so much.
To ascend even half way will require activity,
persistence, boldness and decision.
| No easy task lies before you, for in this latter
| half of the nineteenth century, Carlyle
truly says. THE race Of life has become in
| tense. the runners are treading upon each
others heels woe be to him who stops to tie
his shoe strings"
But, boys, when you mount even the first
| round of the ladder, let the world hear from
you, and at each successive round, take off
| your hat and hurrah Don't be too modest
Society is too busy to run after you, and beg
that you VII letlt nave the beneht or your
abilities. 1t is said that the world owes every
man living; if so, it must be acknowledged
that the collection of the debt requires no
small amount Of dunning
To draw attention to your merits, blow some
kind of a trumpet it only penny whistle. IL
you don't hold on and push and climb with
| grim 0eCornllnaJOn SOMEBODY elSo VIII CHINO |
| right over yop-you will be choked or and
| crushed in the struggle.
| To encourage yourselves, look up now and |
| then and see how much elbow ROOM thu Sc
| fellows. at the top of the ladder have
| watch how they haul in the hundred-thous- |
and dollar fees and the twenty-thousand
year practices, and the piles Of stocks and
and bonds
They had their share of climbing, though;
not MANY up there were hoisted by golden pull |
! Ieys or had their lives ready made" for them |
| Somebody says 1: make your pie before your |
| fortieth year catches you, or you will be q |
| struggler to the end of your days" To do this,
| though, you have no time to sow those wild |
| oats" of which We hear; some |
| people may say: "Oh that |
will do a boy no harm-he will settle down |
after awhile" But there are some crops that |
exhaust the soil, and our advice to you is not |
1 to enter upon that branch of farming. Others |
| say, Boys are so thoughtless-You cannot ex-
| pect to be otherwise they do not reslizs the |
| responsi bities of life." Listen to what Ruskin
| SAYS on this point Il have no patience with |
| people who talk about the thoughtlessness Of |
! youth" indulgently. When man has |
| done his work, and nothing can any way |
be materially altered in his fate let jest with |
/ that fate If he will, but what excuse can you |
/ find for wilfulness Of thought at the very time
| when every crisis Of fortune depends on your |
| decsionsf youth, thoughtless, when all the |
| happiness of his home forever depends en- the |
| chances or passions of an hour! A youth, |
| thoughtless. when his every action is founda- |
| ton stone of future conduct, AMI every imagi- |
nation fountain of life or DEATH Be thought |
less in any after years rather than now. Re- |