The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-10-08
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ADDaESs o. ". G. MCGOWAN, ESQ.
DsSsss ~ Alnnsi Il tks uaavsrsity of the
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would b an affeetation ia ne =, not to
-ssksosls1 the pride I feel at having
bsss seksd 70 sdd ypSsSo9 sbis. oops-
80. bas xkIIaf fsel rs& u lie bonos
yea Asve dcse me, and deem it privilege
SKlpHNR115gps4 am q the s.~e slime
seeeselaissd 70 ask your forbearanoe. I
havs hed istlepr 40 experience in the line
q spssck-maEing outside Of my profession,
ssd feeling the natural difidence and en-
ssrrsssment that follows experience, I can
ssly bespeak your kind indulgence.
II does, my friends, give me much pleas
ure to be here. I have to look back
through the vista of bus eleven short years,
and all the scenes rise fresh before me, and
"rhe masne. of til. soai. touched BY : leuisms- lem
brsnce,
Trsmbles to that pole.'
But time and distance in this oonsidera-
tion have little place. The memories of
schools and college days arc as fresh and
green and delightful to the gray hairs Of
rips sldsgs, d Il the stdsnt and impulsive
fire Of enthusiastic youth. Time cannot
tsrnish nor distance dim; but all, young
and old, meet here upon an equal plane,
aud hold 4 ooumou shsritags Of grateful
memories ID these Alumni reunions.
Tho swestestr word in hnman language is
Home, snd aH the 'highess and uoblest i'm
pulses OF generous heart cluster around
that blessed nsms. "A perfect homo where
the father rules in wisdom and the mother
reigns in love, is not only the hope Of ma
t'ons, but'the very bedrock Of civilization
itself and no climate, no space, and no time
can efface> or uproot the memories
that home influence aud q mothers
love haveyplaessd, sinT'theyhuman hesrt.
Is there = sssne supon earth so tonder, 10
gracious, 20 happy, SO joyous, 40 beau
tiful as family reunioui When the
members Of scattered house forget for the
time their struggles with the world and
gather from. far aud near al tho old pater.
nal homestead, live over the days of youth
aud revisit the hauuts Of CHILDHOOD per
hap, the only break in chain of sorrow
and trouble, and there, apart from the sn1-
iety aud'the wear and tear of tho daily
battle for bread "a D. =
'sAlix sobristy with wine TYER. E
And honest mirth, with thoughts divine"
II Athers'be- uuailoyed hsppiness on this
earth, surely 'tis there snd, chen. Did you
ever think how closo akin TO these senti-
ments are che sfselisG51.. ,sa- have for our
lima Aassr and shsse Aisasni reunions T
Our Mater first, our alma Mater second.
Home influence first and college influence
. closely following second, develops the
mind and moulds tho character of plastic
youth, and as the twig is bent so grows the
tree. There is to mo a strong and striking
parallel between family and Alumni re-
unions. They are interviewer as parts of
. symmetric whole. Our natural mother,
the fountain source Of all that's good in
man, begins the work which, If properly
followed up by college influences and as,oci-
ations, will send forth to battle with the world
q smember Of society armed and equipped
in character as we'll as intellect, and, rs
Lord Brougbam says, it will be his own
fault if he looks back upon this place with
repentance or with shame and be we'll
assured that whatever time, aye every
hour, he spends hero. in Improbable idle
pess, will rise up against him and be paid
for BY years Of bitter but unavsiling re-
grets.' gt sac rt
1 wish tonight, however, to speak to you
briefly, and in plain, practical manner, of
some few Of the Sprominent and important
questions that confront US at present and
demand solution in tho. near future. Rut
fourteen years will elspse and We eros, the
thrsshold~ Of tbs -,-.-4e,-s........ ..-s.-e----.
y~v TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Most of you, the Alumni ofthis institu-