Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-06-07

1 your dAugntero neo0 INC hh 40 y -.
| culture, and development to! wmcl = n.s
| been characterized, especially unoef "
present successful administration. Hoping
| that the prosperity of the past may continue
in your midst and crown your great enter.
| nrises with success, and that the cause OF
liberal education may flourish among them.
We now bid you farewell
Honored Board of Trustees and its highly
| esteemed President. We are deeply infer.
ested in the history Of the Wheeling Female
College from its commencement Ii hes
been, and is now, q great blessing to teis
| community. There was Q time when us
prospects looked dark and gloomy; but with
| your influence and cooperation, under the
! administration of Miss Taylor, it has be-
| come what its to-day, q great success ana
the crownipg glory Of Wheeling. 1t IS one
of the remarkable characteristics OF the
age and this distinguished from all past sSes'
that men Of capital like Astor, Girard, Peter
Cooper, and Peabody, make princcly do!s,
tons, to establish great Libraries ard ourd
up Institutions of learning for the hoeta'
education of the masses OF the people. IL
was the. same broad, public spirit winch
founded the Wheeling Female College. we
know that the College is of no ~pecuniary
advantage to you. In founding it you s.cri'
feed thousands of dollars for the pubic
good. And this places you side % SIDE
With the great benefactors Of the Nineteenth
century.
Gentlemen Of the Board of Trustees, you
shall not lose your reward, multitudes will
rise up and cali you blessed, you shall y
known BY the generations to come, by the
good which YOU have done. And l assure
sou that the class OF 'S5, as we'll as all the
oilers regard you with great esteem and
veneration. We reluctantly bid you q sad
farewell,
Who but God, who sees the end from the
beginning knows what a day may bring
forth? Only a few weeks ago, and our liter.
airy sky was full Of sunshine and brightness.
Alas little did we anticipate then the dark
cloud which oyershadowed our Commence
ment, and mas enveloped this community IN
a gloom which could only be excelled by the
death of our beloved President. Death
would have removed you to heaven, where
many OF the hundreds OF your pupils have
gone, and are now waiting for your coming.
Bat this change will take you to the East,
| the very cradle Of Education. to take the
| control Of another Young Ladies College.
1t is needless for me to add, for the whole
community feels il, that our loss will be
| their gain. The years loaded, as usual with
their mingled Joys and sorrows, hopes aud
| fears, will roll on, but when We part with
you at this commencement, We part to meet
no more forever on these mortal shores. So
with fearful eyes we bid you God-speed in
your new field of labor. We cherish the
hope, which ever mitigstes the sadness OF
the hour that, we may meet again, if not on
Earth in Heaven, where the eye weeps not
and the friend dies not ard the bitter part
ing ne ;er cones. Daiing the decade that
you have been with US, great and mighty
events have been crowded together in con
~pecIion with the College. Some Of which
touch the eternal shores. For the first time
IN fifty years, death visited your own home,
and took away o loved mother, whose dust
row reposes iu yonder beautiful city OF the
dead, awaiting the resurrection morn. Aud
you yourself were sorely touched BY the
band of affection, and for four or five dark
ard trying months, we're laid aside from
your noble work. Mary thought tha. the
end had come. But 10 answer to prayer
God brought you back from the sides OF the
shadowing valley, because He had more
work for you to do. We did cherish the fond
hope that that work was to be done here,
and that you would finish your days with us,
But now God has called you to work tor
him in one of the Oldest States in the East,
Zone which has sent forth its educated women
TO be a blessing in all parts Of the land.
IL is hard for US to give you up, to sun
der the teLder ties which q decade Of years
has formed in educational circles, and
the other various walks Of life and useful
ness. In locking for the last time on the
Ohio, our beautiful river, you can say with
the Poet:
"FIow on cold river TO the sea,
Thy tribute wave deliver,
No more by thee my stsp shall be
Forever and forever.
Wit hearts filled with deep sorrow, we bid
ycu, beloved President, q sad, u last fare
we'll.
To the Faculty.
Beloved Teachers, in all the coming
years, and the changes which they bring
with them, we shall never forget
YOU. When cast down and responding, be
cause of the difficulties which confronted
US in our studies, and which seemed to US
at the time, dark, frownipg, and unsur
mountable. Like the children of Israel w
were discouraged, because Of the way
that led 10 the Promised Land. But you
a. mpathized with US, and encouraged US in
this battle with difficulties, and it is through
you we won the victory which we celebrate
here to night. You showed US the Promised
Lind of Hope, which doomed before III
in the future. You said, Press on
Press on. What others have accomplished
you can achieve. And thus you filled III
with noble aspirations, and impaired TO III
an uplifting influence, which has carried u:
triumphan,ly over all the difficulties of oui
COLT g days.
Beloved teachers, We owe you a debt o
gratitude which we can never discharge, TOT
you have conferred upon US benefits more
precious than gold, more enduring than time
You have opened to us the great treasury o
knowlsdgr, new worlds OF thought, and en-
ioyment. No language can express thu
depth of our gratitude to you. We will en-
shrine you in our remembrance for ever
And We pray God, that the blessings whicl
you have conferred upon US may return u
you as q harvest Of blessing, multiplied
hundred Told. Sadly, reluctantly we par
with you, and bid you an afectionate fare
well.
To the Juniors.
Dear Juniors, the hour Of parting ha
come, and / must say a word to you before
utter the closing farewell. Your rscor'
for the last year is one which has filed c
With admiration and JOY it hss awakene'
in US and in yours teachers great expecta
lions With regard TO your future. You
motto is 'Probaine." 1t is well chosen
May you realize it IN all its f~ullness. A
much as We regret the retirement Q
Miss. Taylor from the presidenc
of the Wheeling Female College. be
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