Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-26


cation and teachers we are under many Obll-
cations, TO you all we owe debt OF gratitude
for 20 you we are indebted for what we are
now. 1t was you, teachers, that smootheu loi
us the hard and rugged road OF thought ana
implanted In us a desire to excel.
The lessons we learned under your patient
buttons hope will not be loat upon us when
we shall take our places IN the ranks or man
hood. When we turn back the leaves OF
memory your faces and your many kind words
| Will be to us so many rich gems OF thought.
! To you as teachers we say farewell.
And now, beloved companions of the second
class, turn to you. Long and happy has
been our connections as members OF THIS
class, but to-day it must close forever.
No doubt many of YOU would wish that
you were in our places, but do not forget that
! your school days are the happiest days of your
life, as you will find out as you enter life's
busy toll. hope you will I'LL the places we
vacate with greater zeal than we nave done,
| and when you graduate you will do more
honor to the Boys High school than we have
| done.
Then farewell to you as companions of the
second class. A word that has been and must
| be often spoken, but never a farewell TO heart
| or memory.
The response was by Walter c. Hart
ridge, Of b class.
| FAREWELL TO SCHOOL AUTHORITIES.
Miss Susie F. EIkins delivered the fol-
| lowing Valedict0ry to the school authOri-
ties:
Graduation day-the day which makes the
/ falling OF the curtain upon most important
scene in the drama Of our lives-the day when
| girlhOod's little cares lie all behind US ard
| the greater an Xieties Of WON anhoOd draw nigh
/ 70 us-the day 30 long, so anXiously, yet 70
hopefully, anticpated-has at lengMp arrived,
| when we must bid last farewell TO school
and to all its associations.
Standing here amid these surroundings we
realize indeed that BLESSINGS brighten as
| ceptible to kindly influences must be the heart
which does not beat with sorrowful pulsa tiOns
| on such day. The hourly intercourse of
many, many days must cease, the interchange
/ of kindly thought, the ambition which sprin gs
| from friendly emulation, all end to-
| day, and our lives settle. for q
time, into that quiet and uneventful
| period which lies between school labors and
! the mightier tolls future wOmanhOod.
Farewell, a sad farewell to you. honored
| Principal and dear teachers, our revered
| guides through the intricate paths which lead
to knowledge. II we have given your hearts
pain, we entreat you let not any recollection
of IL survive the scenes Of to-day, but let us
pass forth from your presence happy IN
| cheered by the sincerity OF your
| cGmmendaton. May there be room IN your
hearts and memories only for the recollection
! OF our pleasing deeds.
| Aud to you, respected sir, our Superinten-
| dent, we give our thanks equally as we do to
those who have had more direct charge of us.
/ Knowing your pride in your responsible work
it is our earnest hope that we have merited
! only your approval.
| To the honored members Of the Board of
Education we bid q | st, a grateful good bye.
| You, gentlemen, have conducted these
| schools in the interest of Savannah's children.
| During twenty years they have sent forth
| class after class, well instructed and care
! fully prepared Tor life's duties. You deserve.
| therefore, the thanks of your fellow citizens,
! and the gratitude OF those who have
here received their education. We es-
1 TEEN 1t privilege, MIR. President,
| from your hands TO receive our diplomas,
/ the evidences of our success, and of our ft-
| ness for graduation. We shall throughout our
| future lives prize them as mementOes of that
| success.
For ourselves, with all the recolections of
| the instruction we have had, the Indictment
| TO the performance of good deeds, the cultiva-
/ ton OF kind thoughts. and the strengthening
/ Of noble impulses, we leave the school room,
| Tor the last time, strong in the resolution to
| live future which shall be fitting, worthy
result of the unweared labors of our instruc-
tors. May every blessing cheer and brighten
all your coming days. Farewell! Fare well!
GOODBYE TO sCHooLMATEs.
The valedictory to the scboolmates was
/ by Miss Agnes &. Johnson. She began
| nOuncement by the commencement fash
! ion editor OF the News that mud yellow
would be popular shade for essay rib
| bOns this season. She then observed that
/ her classmates had all used white to
match their dresses and had slighted the
| bronze shade. Continuing, Miss johnson
| said:
| lean scarcely believe, my dear schoomates
/ tn 4 stand here one of twenty who to- day
/ VIII quit the arena of school life. Yet IL Is
| really SO. Having passed through the various
| examinations of solid and Hollow GeOmc-
| try" Natural and Unnatural Philosophy
understand, ! am quo.ing from the NEWS
/ school currculum-We appear mere to-day to
! bid farewell 10 our school days. For long
1 years this has been the day to which we have
! forward. IlFOuph
school lie this ultima thule has
ever confronted us; at first dimly. and seen
in the distance, but later, Frightening as 1t
! neared us. and now, at last surrounded by a
golden halo. But now that we have reached
it, and stand in is presence, we find that It is
/ not the end-that the vast world lies beyond.
| We have long been impatient, 1t may be, I'M
| der the bonds of school life, as you are now !;
| but to-day as we looked with unpreludiced
| eye on these bonds, now thrown OF, we real
ize for the hrst time that they arc sllke n
! cords.
But do not think we feel no JOY in our free
dom; that indeed would be unnatural. The
end OF school life must bring to the faithful
sch0lsr grateful sense of repose. But the
pleasure that we feel Is, however, greatly
married by he thought of leaving you, COM
panions, with whom we have had such
peasant relations, and among whom we have
passed 50 many pleasant hours. Your faces
have grown very dear TO us during the years
we have been together, and it is with much
regret that we feel that this Is the last Ii me
! we viii see you all gathered in one group as
| we have seen you 30 many times assembled in
| dear old Chatham Academy.
In the quiet and serenity Of our school life
| We have ever felt that our friendship with
| you has been much safer than any relations
| which may be formed with sOciety's fascna-
/ tons. Her LAY lips smile alluringly upon
| school girls. bus they cannot feei sure OF her
| cOnstancy, for she has as many moods as an
1 April day. Now 'praising and petting, she
/ sheds her sunlight upon all; again, taking
| umbrage at some fanced slight. she turns her
pOuting face away. and VIII grant no pardon
| One finds little satisfaction in such variabl 10
| anu uncertain friendships as hers.
| Can we thon view the neVering Of so "many
4 ties Of early years" to-day with entire pleas
1 ure and sincertyp We answer: MOI Re-
| luctantly do we utter the heartfelt word
/ which will suspend bot tween our happy school
! days and our future life the veil OF memory,
| beyond whose magic folds we Will ALWAYS see
| your familiar forms moving in graceful har-
! mOny
| A0yIcc too often receives a cold welcome,
| but I am sure you VIII heed a loving word
/ from me. In closing, then. let me impress this
upon you: EudeavOr TO make the record Of
/ your school life a true and honorable one; OBJ
\ tam your successes SO that you may feel
| proud Of them, and remember those true and
I lofty words
'''Tis not in mortals to command success,
But wehl DO more, Sempronius, Wen de-
serve itn
And now, dear schoolmatos, the quickly
/ passing moments bid me delay no longer than
| 70 bid you IN the name OF myself and my
sister graduates, sad but loving farewell,
/ farewell!