The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-05-08

SuggestkOns as to Mleml OriaI
Trees.

trees were planted OH ArDOr Dd,'
or on day chosen by the an
thorities for that service. Gen
orally the schools took an activ,
part. and ebeautiiel the pla,
grounds by planting shrub ant
flower and .ree.
American poets generally arr
the favorites to whose memory
the Trees are planted. AT Ian
caster noted educators were chos.
en..whose memories it was sought
to honor and perpetuate.
We believe that more than po.
ct or statesman, the educator
lshauld be remembered in t ese
|sckool melnoriai tree plantirS
services, and that these Of tilis
generation, whose lofty work is
seen and :telt around us, should
be the fayorites in this ;estimo-
nial of frightened intellect and
purified heart. -
Our Logan school grounds
should be adorned by trees
planted by Logan children in
honor of Logan educators. .-as.''
We need not tAname an the
teachers Of our school entitled IL
this tribute of affection from
gratrful pupils.
Anannonnced purpose on the
part--of $snr school children to
plant tree OH the play grounds
in memory of John Hoplcy,
would warm into active helm.
lands that have long since ceased
TO leaf the lesson books. but
whose. best thoughts and whose
purest impulses of maturing
years, found kind and tender
culture from that old school
master.
Rev. Hart, once a teacher, al
ways an educator, a man who
has done more THAI: any one IN
Il
a,r midst 10 plant and protec,
the trees, whose every day work
in m nistering to the higher life
of child AS well as adult merits
from his pupils of that broader
school an which he teaches, /;
rnemorial'tree from approaching
hearts, under the shades Of whose
gratefully growing branches. a
tender Joy would delight his de-
clining years.
Professor McCray, whose busy
life has been devoted to the edu
cation of our children and who
has lived among us to see the
pupils of his school grown to
adult years, honorable men, pure
women, golden fruit from the
harvest of his weary years, de
serves NOR. than poet or states
men an expression from the pm
pills of the Logan schools. ~ ~
Indeed all our teachers who in,
their untiring care have brought
our school to an enviable- point,
OF perfection, and who possess
the affection of all their pupils,
should be remembered in a me-
mortal tree upon the waste
ground around the building
where their labors eItea are.ealy
cheered by the purpose to do
good, and by the good their la,
'borse develop in the minds and
Hearts OF the children.1sss.s :
Let us have some tree planting.
yet. 1t is not Too late.
Growing up each year with
the expanding intellect Of the.
pupils. the MemotiaI Trees xe;
suggest, strepgtl,ning In fb%'
and fourishing IS to!isge sepae
ssating the sturdy virIpesa and
the graceful accomplishments Of
teacher and child, will
laugh in the summer sunshine,
With no typifying tears only
from the drops Of the passing
summer shower that brightens
with. JOY the faces from which
they fall. !. i.sa
Let us plant some trees /; they
will grow whilst we sleep, and
will be a more loving and a more
enduring monument to the mem
ory of those we honor, than the
proudest granite nousolerlm built
by human hands below the sun.
Mr. Lem C0nfod of Enterprise,
who is one of our best citizens