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THE ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL,
THE "OLD BOYS" REUNION.

ARCADIA, Mo-, July 2sth, 1885.
In accordance with the day appoint
ed, quite number of the old students
of the Arcadia High School met a
Fort Hill Church in this place.
G. w. Farrar, ST., called the hous
to order, and after stating lhe object o
the occasion, proceeded to business
First in order was the election of /,
chairman.
J. L. Thomas, Of De Soto, being
nominated, was unanimously elected
who on entering upon the duties of th'
Office, made few remarks in reference
to the reasons for a reunion of tht
Alumni, the most important being tina
we may place upon record the name
and history of our old and much loved
Alma Mater. After an appropriate
and very pleasing address to his ole
associates and classmates of more thar
thirty years ago-making mention O
many of the little incidents of those
School days, and the many and varied
scenes through which many of us had
passed since that happy time, he also
referred, in a beautiful and touching
manner, to our lam ented Farnham and
his tragic death; who died some years
since from the bite of a rabid dog
After expressing his heartfelt thanks
for the honors conferred upon himsel
in electing him to the position as Chair
man of the Alumni Association of AR.
cadia High School as it was in the
past-proceeded to business. First in
order was the election of secretary.
G. Q. Bergman being in nomina.
ton was duly elected.
After an appropriate song, with mu-
sic on the organ by Mrs. E. G. Barrow
of Dallas, Texas, with a hearty ming
ling of voices throughout the audience,
Professor Walter B. Trumbull, of Earl.
ton, Kansas, one of the first teachers
in our school, offered up fervent
prayer in behalf of those present, and
also for those who were unable to at
tend, prayinU Gods blessings upon the
occasion, and thanking Him, for His
kind Providence that had followed us
for so many, many years, and had
permitted US to meet again.
Song: HE Leadeth Me-" etc.
Next in order was an address by
Rev. J. e.. Bergman.
Subject: A Brief History of Arcadia
High School.
HISTORY OF ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
naen-It is with feelings of no ordinary
character that / meet you, and greet
you, here to-day. The best chosen ex-
pressions that are at my command are
utterly inadequate to convey to you
the thoughts and emotions with which
this occasion fills the mind and heart
of one who in years gone by sustained
to you a relation. not very different
from that of father. And as am hap
py to know that some of you, if not all.
have been sensible enough to assume
parental relations, and to learn from
personal experience what it is to real
ize the loves, anxieties, and RESPONSE
enable you to enter somewhat into the
secret chambers of a heart still all
aglOw with something of the same love
and hope by which my best endeavors
were prompted in your behalf, when
you and I were much younger, and
knew much less OF life's problem than
we do now. If we have not been very
upimpressible observers. very inattent-
i've pupils in the school of experience,
we have not failed to learn that, when
o,1r aspirations and efforts terminate
i'm selfish qualification. life is a failure,
and that he whose chief aim in life is
selfindulgence, or self aggrandizement,
has mistaken the often trodden way to
disappointment and sorrow, for the
straight and narrow path which leads
to success and joy.
"No man liUeth unto himself" and
the attempt to do so must meet the
retribution due to violation of the
laws which should regulate our con.
duct towards others. Actuated by con.
siderations such as these, began in
esrly life, in my boyhood indeed
though in q very humble way, to use
what little of talent / had with view
to usefulness. My first experience in
a public capacity was in holding meet
ings in a log schoolbouse for exhorta
ton and prayer for the benefit of the
negroes of the neighborhood where
was raised, and for such of my young
associates as saw fit to attend, and a.
the age of eighteen years entered the
regular ministry. Having an oldel
brother who had emigrated to Mis-
souri, and settled where the village o
Arcadia now is, 1 was induced by him
with the consent of my parents, te
leave my loved Kentucky home and