Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-06-10

Ouctlon, ana III this Miss Lizzie was nOtlca-
| bly, proficient She entered into the spirit
of her piece from the start, with an earnest
zest, and her articulation and annunciation
were faultless and impressive.
A delightsome duet, ''voices of the
Night" was given by Misses Lille Rodgers
and Nettie Thomas, the piano being skill
fully handled by Miss Mary Henderson.
Speaking of the exercises generally, they
were indeed most excellent and more than
satisfactory. Some of the loveliest floral
! tributes imaginable were bestowed upon
each of the participants, but the brilllancy
of these tributes was bedimmed by the
RIGHTEOUSNESS and loveliness of the
budding and blooming blossoms from the
many happy homes of our city.
ADDRss BY MR. SANFORD.
The graduating class were at this juncture
called up and arranged in front of the stage,
and Mr.. Z. j. Sanford, the Jealous and
efficient president of the board, addressed
them in few remarks, imparting valuable
advice and words of encouragement, which,
if needed by them, cannot but result ben
efcially. He spoke as follows:
Young Ladies and Gentlemen Of the
Graduting Class:
With the exercises of to day your connec-
ton with the city schools of Knoxville, as
scholars, will terminate.
For weeks, months, and most of you for
several years, have worked very hard to
reach this end, having responded faithfully
to the morning and evening summons of
the school bell, letting neither cold, heat or
storms prevent your answering each day at
roll-call.
Commencing with the short and easy les
sons in the lower grades, you have been
taken along step by step, to the more diff
cult problems and harder lessons in the
higher classes, being guided by earnest and
faithful teachers, whose lessons you no
doubt thought generally very hard, often
entirely useless, and always prodigiously
long
But in spite of all tribulations and
discouragements, which every school child
has, and no one but school child, when
school child, can fully appreciate, you
have persevered and continued your work.
You have just been given rigid examina-
ton, and the creditable manner through
which you have passed it shows you to be
we'll worthy of receiving the highest testi-
monials within the gift of the officials of
this school. Your teachers and superin-
teDdent have recommended them. The
board of education have awarded them.
And to me has been given the pleasant
honor of placing into your hand your di-
ploma, showing proficiency in scholarship
and an honorable graduation from the city
schools of Knoxville. Although you to day
bid formal adieu to the class room, and have
doubtless ere this said a hearty good
bye to your text books do not for mo-
ment imagine that you have nothing more
to learn. For while it is probable that
dreams of difficult problems and hard Latin
will no more disturb your midnight slum-
bers, neither will the fear of tardy marks
cut short your morning maps, yet your
school days are not yet over. You have
much before you to learn.
A distinguished poet once wrote;
''All the worlds stage and all the
Men and women merely players"
He might as truthfully have said
All the worlds a school and all the
Men and women merely scholars.
Yes all of life is a school, with lessons
often hard, very discouraging, and often
very long.
And as each one of you for yourselves
were obliged to work out your own difficult
problems and hard lessons III the school YOU
are now leaving, SO it will always be, even
though you should be especially favored
with friends, family or fortune.
You must continue to depend upon your
own energy and industry, if you would
make yourselves worthy of your opportuni-
ties.
The next lesson for you now to learn is
how best to apply what you here already
learned, in this school to your benefit here
after and to the welfare of those around
you.
70 this end the axioms of this school
should serve you good purpose; therefore,
be earnest in whatever you undertake.
Be never marked absent where duty has
called.
See that no tardy marks can justly be
charged against you
Keep your grade very high.
Let deaaerits with you be an unknown
quantity.
Be always prepared to pass good cram
| mutton.
| Do these, and be as faithful to your
| duty as citizens as you have been in
| the classroom as scholars, and you can
rest assured the community in which your
lot Is cast will be proud of you as citizens,
as we to-day are of our graduating class.
DELIVERY OF DIPLOMAS.