Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-24


all the eloquence of Cicero resolves itself into
a mere collection of words and grammar put
together Ia the most puZzling form. You
wonder II, when boys, these worthless we're
compelled to labor among the roots and stems
of Sanscript or Assyrian, or that long forgot.
ten Aryan tongue said to be the mother Of all
Languages. About this time you find yourself
growing slightly idiotic. You are undecided
a vero agrees with a trapesoid; whether troy
weight is used to weigh an ancient Briton, OF
K equals works of Milton. But enough-in
pity we refrain-we will no longer harrow up
your feelings. when the time comes you
will acknowledge that 'the half has
not been told you" After passing through
all this tribuaIion, may you, as the end and
reward of your labors, ind, as Butler says IN
Hudibras, that you
"Can speak Greek
AS easily as pigs squeak,
and that Latin to you
SIS no more dificle
Than to black bird tits to whistle"
Last, but not least to our fair co-graduates
OF whom we have had occasional refreshing
glimpses. to cheer our toilsome way, not fare
well-our lips refuse to form the words-but
EAU revoir."
The response was made on the part of B
class by Master j. Ripley johnson, as fol-
lows:
To your tender greetings. your affectionate
words. brothers of the graduating class, the
good will of my classmates has selected me to
reply. We thank you most heartily for the
parting words you leave us, and reciprocate
most truly the warm feelings OF regard that
mark this school separation. The courtesies
and sympathies of school life are too pleasant,
and the ties of two or more years Of associa
ton are too strong to be lightly severed. or il
severed, to be easily forgotten. IT'S true these
years have dropped into the past; but their in
huence, we trust, runs far into the future. 1t
10 MI nj than these animal occasions
give and receive these tokens OF interest and
regard. To store up among the precious things
OF memory your words or friendship and fare
well to grid I'D ourselves by the knowledge, now
we must now come to the front, and then,
after one short year more of preparation, pass
out in our turn into the wider, sterner field of
life. Your larger experience, though but a
little more extended than ours, gives to your
parting words the dignity of advice You,
better than any others, know the difficulties of
the heights we will have to surmount. the OBJ
Stacles with which we must grapple. perhaps
the adversaries that will lay us low before we
attain the open summit where you now st and
Even in this day of triumph, perhaps there
come to you recollections of days that were
not triumph and these memories enable yoI
now that the end is gained, to turn to US with
a more real and true sympathy, and to hold
out to us the hope OF like success. Very
sweet to us. your younger brothers, are the
memories that come sweeping over us
from the years which together we have passed
in our school life. To-day the outward tie is
dissolved. When we meet again you will be
no longer with us. The places you now occupy
will then be ours; but the real tie will not be
broken, your faces will be still before us, your
voices will sound in our ears, for memory and
friendship are stronger than absence of time,
or distance of place; and, more than all, what
ever victory for the good and the true you
have won here that will be your heritage to
us. to bear on through our final year, and leave
to those who follow us. Standing on this sum-
NIT, or rather resting place, which you have
now reached, you pause to look back upon the
ground you have already conquered, ere b. &C
ing yourself for the struggle still before you.
What have you gained in this preparation
time that will give you an earnest OF success
hereaftery knowledge, made your own by
true and steady effort-and better still, the
power of effort, even when the "time and tide'
which wait for no man" seem against you ;
and the trust and fellow.feeling felt among us
here carried out and worked out among fell
low men; and schoolboy honor deepe aed and
intensified into that highest sense of honor
which breads nothing so much as the slightest
stain. TheFe, we trust, are some Of the good
things you carry with you. And passing into
the wider world, whether Of college life or at
once into the dusty, crowded highway of bust
cess, you carry with you our affection, our re-
spect, our earnest good wishes for your sue
cess-net only, or chiefly what now
a-days seems the only idea of sue
cess, a large fortune, made perhaps, by
some sharp speculation in stocks or bonds but
scribe it may require an almost unknown
tongue. and yet tongue which anu certain
your hearts will quickly interpret-the success
which comes from noble aims and earnest en-
deavor; a life so spent that the world may be
nobler, purer, truer for your presence. To
that height may you attain, and if the way be
long and rough the moors be dreary and the
woods be dark, remember that
HE that creeps from cradle unto grave,
pnskilIed save in the velvet course of fortune,
Hath missed the discipline of noble hearts"
After this the school sang to good effect
"Chiming Belle"
vALEDICToRT TO TIE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES
Was delivered by Miss Hattie H. May, who
worthily and gracefully performed the task,
as follows:
Graduation day, the day so long anticipated,
so eagerly awaited as the eliminating point of
our school career, has at last arrived. One
year ago. on similar occasion, we, then girls
of the "B" class, were assembled here to wit
mesa the like service in which we are now en-
gagged, and as we heard our sisters express
their sorrow at parting from all that bound
them to their happy school days we smiled
and said when we graduate our hearts will be
too full of joy to admit the lghtest cloud of
sorrow, or shadow of regret But now that we
are ourselves graduates, no more to be harass-
ed by the study Of proSy and embarrassing leg
sons, but feeling that we are in the eyes Of the
world that we are no longer bread and but
ter school girls'' but actual young ladies, we
cannot suppress the sincere sorrow that fills
our hearts as we come to bid you a long fare
we'll
Nothing so helps a school girl In
the pursuance Of her studies and
in the enjoyment of school life as
the kind encouragement and ready sympathy
of her teachers, and. truly, these, especially
since our entrance into the High School, have
been given us in no stinted degree. We may
not have properly appreciated them at the
t.xxtn lAsNIr
unvarying kindness and patience shown to-
wardsus, we cannot but feel grateful TT il
wonderful how blessings brighten as they take
their fight" The lessons, once SO irksome,
appear so much pleaSanter now. end the con-
viction forces itself upon our minds, that in
the years to come we shall recall our school
days as our happiest and best.
Bright anticipations Of the future, however,
mitigate our present Sadness and we cannot
entirely regret that today brings us to the
threshold Of a new career. 1t is natural for
youth to look only on the bright side Of the
picture; and is it to be wondered at if the joy
in our hearts outweigh our sorrow, when we
realize that we are let loose from school, not
for day, but forever To-day is the turning
point IN Our lives. Henceforward we will
have a new field OF occupation, with new
duties and new pleasures, and although the
future may hold for many of us heavy cares
and much sorrow, We will neither anticipate
nor court the gloomy prospect. We cannot
oiyine what IS to come. The veil that shrouds
happy negotiations paint it 10 glowing colors.
When did youth ever anticipate aught but
pleasure?
Neither too elated at the bright future as it
seems before us, nor despondent al the too
probable clouds that must sometimes sadden
our vision, let US strive TO welcome both the
duties and discipline of life.
But must not forget the parting words to
those who, in the past four years. have in any
manner or degree ministered to our eauca-
ton.
To you, our dearly loved teachers. whose
patient service, kind instruction. and fond en-
couragement have frightened and made
happy our school life, the thoughts of our
hearts viii go back in gratitude forever.
To you, esteemed Principal, Yhosa patience
and devotion to duty Wa perhaps only now
come and our pleasant relationship ends for
ever, the farewell word falls slowly from our
lips.
To you, our genial Superintendent, whose in
terest in our progress Fouged our ambition
and stimulated w to greater endeavors, our
hearts shah always feel grateful.
To you, gentlemen OF the Board of Educa-
ton whose efforts have been most earnest in
promoting our intellectual advancement, and
who sustain these High Schools with so much
zeal we shall never forget our obligations.
We are sorry TO note the absence of the re-
spected President OF the board, whom business
has prevented fsem being present here to-day.
His place is, however, most acceptably filed
by the popular Vice President, from whose
hands we shall be proud to receive our diplo-
mas.
To-day, full of life and hope. we ''begin the
world" and assured of your hearty "God
speed and best wishes for our happiness, we
once more bid you--not goodbye" that is
too sad word of parting-but the fond and
sweet Saxon benediction, Fare ye well"
She was followed by Miss L. L. Adams, in
the following capital "Valediotory to School
mates ~
Shall Ia credited IL I say the valedictorIan,s