Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-28

IN the new branches we took mp we most dis
liked the study OF Latin. It's due 70 the scI.ooi
curriculum, however. to acknowledge lhas
this was because il was the hardest study, ana
as such studies are the best discipline tus
study Of Latin deserves Its place IN spite %
chiidrcn's objections. How II did al nrst tIg
our Datieuce and stagger our application:
But after becoming somewhat acqualnteu
with il and making progress from day 70 Gay;
in spite Of our complaints. the blIaS arIiNeu
| for as to review Whist we had gone over. ~
was certainly laborlous work, but am happy
to say that we passed very credltaDle e1anl-
nations. each and all OF US. Ihen loAoMe1
| the long looked for and well-deseryed Vaca-
ton. and after resting our minds ana pOules
for three whole months we returned 20 schoOi
with renewed yigor and tresh resol9i ~ r
first wear / will not enter into details, nor
will space permit me more than 10 ailuoe 70
our steady 10 Ine ns1s ss W. sradHaiIv
and successfully on by the kind interest," snu
devoted instructions OF our teachers. We iOi-
lowed the school curriculum, anu ea1n se@a
won without favor our promOtlon. Mhat
blessed thing this compulsory school routine
and school attendance seem to US now
Twelve months ago we TeacheU tlc n u
Graduation Class, and to-day our career mere
The year has passed quickly. and has
brought with il the success we hoped LOT, its
events have been the usual mlngilng OF us
appointed and gratiied hopes OF the pleasures
aud the pains, OF last scn0Ol year. me
saddest event aud that which has lett the
i
death Of a dear classmate in the early weeks
OF the school year. She shared the studies OF
the graduating class, and enjoyed, with hef
afectiOnate heart, its social pleasures anu
friendships but one short mont IA ana IN the
first week Of November, diphtheria win us
subtle power took away her lie. ! ne re-
solutions. commemorative OF our OeloNsu
Young sister, stand on the records OF the
| Arnold Society; but the memories OF heT
| classmates and school fellows Will never Ior-
get the name and character OF Ella Nugent.
Now that we have reached the end OF these
| long wears, we cannot but feel satisfaction IN
| the results OF our labOrs for they bring US the
| feeling Of a victory, and the sensation OF re-
| lease. Though our class disbands. and we fall
/ apart as individuals, yet we nave, each one,
/ work to do. The past OF our school days as
gone. We must now think of the present and
| The future; OF the life that is opening BEFORE
/ us so bright and so buoyant, each ana every
/ one OF us must feel the change that Is begin
ming to take place in us. We al know mat
/ our school girl feelings and tastes VIII now
| change and grow more mature ana our Tree
/ and childish gaiety must now pass INTO more
| reserved and womanlsh demeaDor. But While
/ we bid farewell to-day to the past scenes OF
our school life. are we sure that we shall be as
| happv as we have been in the dear and we'll
/ loved Chatham Academy
With the class history the first part OF
| the programme was concluded. The
/ school sang. "Sweet Visions of Child
| hood" alter which a brief intermission
was taken, and the audience, which had
remained quiet and appreciative during
| the exercises, engaged in CONVEX
sation and comment. At the eX-
piration of the intermissiOn the
| Superintendents bell summoned
the class to their places, order was re-
| stored and the exercises were resumed.
| The original essays were continued. Miss
Annie Lee McLaws told the story of "Our
Heroes in an essay worthy of its fair
author. Master Alfred Simon Kohn read
one of the best essays of the day on EN-
ergv'' and the great results it has accom-
plished in the worlds history. Miss Cle-
| liza Peronneau Elliott traced the history Of
painting" and its development and pro-
gress as the gem of all arts. Master Charles
| Walker Saussy elucidated the question
of 'sTaXes," which, with death, are two
things that man always meets. His essay
| was local in its bearings and general in
its conclusions. Miss Carrie Belle Watts
read the last essay of the girls class on
1.-THE Dude" Her production was
humorous of necessity. Its style was
| descriptive, and in pioturlng the detested
element of society which the young lady
had taken as her theme, she developed an
ability i'm composition that stamps her as
a writer of more than ordinary merit.
Her effort was appreciated by the audi
ence with hearty applause.
Master Samuel Oppenheimer wound up
the ESSAYS with an excellent paper on
Life"
THE vALEDICToRY.
Master George A. Mercer, valedictorlan
of the Boys High School, delivered the
following farewell address:
After an association of three years, embrace
ing one OF the most important periods in our
| lives, the members of this class are about to
sever those ties which have so closely bound
them together, and to pursue those separate
paths of study or business which shall conduct
| them to their future career. The responsible
| duty, at once pleasing and sad, is devOlved
| upon me OF recalling the pleasures and adyan-
| tages of our association, of bidding the final
adieu and of indicating the promise of the
/ future, its hopes, its demands and its OBJ
| legations. When, three years ago, we came
| together in all the freshness OF youth, we
| hardly realized the value of time or The i'm
pOrtance of study. The first simple tools
| with viii Oh we were to begin the work OF
| achieving our destinles had only been placed
| in our hands, aud we held them with feeble
| grasp, and with an untutored purpose. AS
the period of our association heightened, we
began to estimate their use and application.
| Kind, patient and skillful instructors directed
our feeble efforts, and stimulated our tagging
/ energies. We learned how to measure our
| selves with each other. Mutual esteem Of
| each others abilities induced mutual
| respect and emulation, and in our
/ mimic world we first began to
realize the great truth. that in the larger
/ world, to which we were Fastening, the mans
\ place is the place that by his energies. abili-
/ ties and worth he shall make for himself. The
/ studies that would have seemed very irksonle,
/ il regarded only as encroachments upon hours
| that youth dedcates to ease and play, under
| the influence of wise instruction and of hon
orable emulation, become pleasing task; and
as our minds expanded to a proper realiza-
/ ton Of the necessity of knowledge,
/ its acquisition grew more easy and
/ delightful. For this result, classmates, we
| are somewhat indebted to ourselves, to the
| earnestness OF our own efforts, to our own
desire to acquire knowledge, and to achieve
/ distinction; to that mutual stimulation OF
each others energies caused by class contact
and honorable emulation. But young as we
| were, with efforts unframed and purposes
| unpointed, we could have accomplished little
without the patient direction OF our wise in
structors. We thank you, respected instruct
| ors, for your paternal care, your faithful
| cOunsels and affectiOuate Instructions. You
| have opened before us those ways of wisdom
which are full of peasantness and peace.
| You have warned us of danger when dangers
| beset our path; you have removed obstacles
when obstacles impeded our progress: you
have corrected us when in error and cheered
Us when discouraged. You have tod us OF
| the bright rewards of knowledge and virtue,
| and OF the fearful recOmpense OF ignorance
/ and vice. In the name OF my companions,
| thank yOu-Warmly, sincerely thank yOu-for
il all. Our lips cannot express the gratitude
that glows within our hearts, To you we owe
~ debt of gratitude we are hardly
vet qualified to repay. We can only
efforts, and that TO your honorable names
may be added a new lustre, to be reflected
from the distinction some of us may be des
tined to achieve; that the tiny seed which
you have so industriOusly sOwed, though long
dormant in our natures. may at last develop
into beverage and fruitage which shall crown
your years with gladness.
To the President and members of the Board
Of Public Education, we express our acknOwl-
edgments and return our thanks for the ad-
mirable system of public instruction you
have maintained in our city. We hope
that the usefulness of our lives
will supply living proof OF the
utility and benefits of your plans and of your
labOrs. And now. beloved companions OF the
second class. | turn to you. Long and happy
has been our connection as members of this
school, but with this day it must close forever.
No longer shall we sit with you in the school
room 70 listen to the voice that woos us to be
wise. .N0 longer shall we sport together.
OtherDcenes. other society, other pursuits
await us We must part, but parting shall
only draw closer the ties that bind US. And
now, as we leave this class to give way to
yOu-for il is just life-like-when we have done
our work on earth-of necessity. OF labor, of
love, OF duty, like the silk worm that spins it's
little cocoon and dies-we too depart. And so
il is here, when we have gJne through all the
courses marked out by our kind instructors,
we depart and give way to you. and hope
you will fill the position left vacant with
greater zeal than we have done, pay more at
tentiOn TO your studies and listen to the adj
vice OF your kind teacher. and when the time
comes for you to graduate kindly trust you
will do more honor 10 the school than we have
done.
And now, classmates, the time has come to
say farewell. IL Is a sad word, and yet not
wanting in hope and promise. The pleasant
association which has bound us together for
years must be severed; we will pursue to-
gether no longer the pleasing prosecution OF
the same studies, and we must now climb
separately the steps of knowledge or struggle
with the eXigencies of business. The mutual
contact OF mind with mind, the generous
emulatIOn the delightful concurrence Of