The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-26
SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS.

near month past, are now well n'gn over
The country has been deluged with vsledic'
tories of all degrees from airy grace to pom
derous ponderosity; the birds and the
q ,wers, the laughing waters of brooks and
streamlets, and the moss.covered banks OF
the wild wood; the planets and tn. stars
that shine in Gods night; the zephyrs and
sweet eolisn melodies; Roman senators and
Grecian artists; neurological gods with all
the graces and muses., all have been called
upon TO contribute their quota OF gush, and
have been marshalled into line to be slaugh,-
cred by Wholesale and yet out of all the
mass of this sentiment and youthful ttferves-
cence of fancy and dic,ioD, now and then
an original idea crops out, and thought
here and there finds express
sion worthy the earnest attention
of the masses. We like these college
commencement and school exercises We
can sympsthizs with the children and
youths who at the close of their school term,
arrayed in their very best clothes, with hap
piness beamiDg from thoir eyes, and bright
anticipation glowing in their faces ms,
sembe on "the stage" to speak their pieces,
to read their essays and to show to relatives
and friends and to all the world as they
fondly think, what they can do, how far
along they have advanced ia the course of
learning. Who can not share with their
supreme joy? Who cannot feel happy at the
contemplation OF their exuberance OF
spirits as the rich blood leaps through their
veins and their hearts thrill with rapturous
emotions. All, blessed days of their conf
dence and trust, glorious years of
their innocence and freedom from
the tolls, the cares, the responsibilities
of life, let them revel ID sill the sweets with
which they may be freighted! Theo days
and ears come but once in life time;
no grist can be ground with the water
that has passed the mill Wheel and with the
coronet of chilthood and youth upon their
brows, let them enjoy every jewel that
begems II; lot them drink deep from the
chalce whose refreshing tide when once it
ceases to flow never comes back, hut is lost
in tho nevermore--lhe novermore with its
green islands. Its f)wery mesds, i,s sweet
retreats that can never be forgotten, though
lost to sight forever. rs the current rushes
on out into the sea of life, With i,s wives and
its storms and its hidden rocks. We can
sympalhize with the college graduate, the
young man or young woman, just emerging
from the cbrysalis form of student life,
to leave forever alma mater, and
commence life's battle. Ali
the hallowed memories of college compan-
ionship, of the pleasures of the recitation
room crowd fast one upon the other, filling
the heart with strong emotions and making
the brain to throb with their clustering
weight. And then the waters OF that ocean
upon which their barques are just about to
SET sail, spread out before them. Its waves
a.e bu! crystalline ripples; no cloud mars the
sky above; other ssils are seen in the dis
lance snowy white and gis!ening in tho sun,
aud seeming to beekon them on Tho woods
fringed capes and promon.ories seen along
the distant shore, seem haloed with hsppi-
mesa. The breezss are redolent with the
perfumes tina. they have borne upon their
bosoms as they bound along from bllow
to billow. And the Ravens those
bar9ues are to reach, havens of safely
where honor and fame and happiness SUI
preme avail. them. Alb, they are glorious
cities where those hsvens bt They are filled
with proud monuments with
splendid mansions and their
streets and tur;et stones CLEAN with the
radiance ola never tagging prosperity, and
no sun save tina. of Happiness shines upon
It's domes and towers. These are the sweet
hopes that fill their young bosoms, that thrill
their hearts, and it m>ks US happy to know
that all seems so bright to them. But alas
Many storm les IN Turk for these bsrques
and many one laden with the sweetest
dream, that ever blessed a youthful soul, will
be ranied on rugged shores, and many or
hidden coral reefs btsiie the bright islands
tina. smile in the deep, and that by their yer,
smiles and the siren music from thei
outrageous retreats invite thes,
barques to On anchorage. Aud som,
will reach their havens, but will
sails all tattered and prows battered
and beaten, sorrowful looking hulks whel
they make fast their moorings. But we starte,
out TO write something about schools an
schools. Well we have them, not only il
Texas but in every state in the union. Their
are good schools, better schools and even, her
and there, the superlative of schools and, ca
to state, there be also most indifieren
schools: There seems now, to greater Dc
gree than ever before In the history of ON
republic, desire for education everywhere
This desire Is not confined to the rudiment.
tho more ground work of learning, but
reaches up,o the higher orders ofeducatiou
This is evident in every walk of life. Gu
lawyers aspire to be- more learned and 70
nowned in their profession; our physician
think more Of their books. moro Of lec,ur,
and of the dissecting room, take deepe
interest in the history and idiosvncracies {