The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-02
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL---WEDNEsDAY, JUNE 2 1856.

ME
in our land. Can you imagine that
this gifted person is our mods. Isa-
bella?
In pleasant homes, situated in diff.
fe ent paris OF this abroad land OF
ours" reside Emma and the two
| Hates.
Away, far away, where orange flow
| ers scent the air and where Nature is
in all things most lavish OF her
charms, we find the loyelies, of rose
embo Wered cottages Seekers OF
health, in this land OF beluiy and
balmy breezss, find fountains Of per-
pstusl youth, which restore wasted
energies and bring back to cheeks
wan and pa g, the lines OF hath and
life. All thiI g thai can please the
eye or chsrm the ear are here. Toe
whi'e cottages dlttipg the shores OF
this beautiful lake, the dist mt mill,
the simple church, the lit e white.
washed school-house tell OF the village
completeness end suggest peImlnency
in the places of the dwellejs.
Here we find our kind and gentle
Lizzie, loved by all around her, as she
was 10 her school days.
We see in I'M Ieination the world a,
our fee, or, rather, our autipodes. II
is a Japanese pavilion, not a fame ed
one as we have had at cur JapaDe c
teas, but real bona fids japanese
pavilion. There We see our love Y,
di9nified Carrie.
Ia the grand old mountains of East
Tenu essee is famous sort. 1t is
upon the Cumberland table land, the
seat of the University OF the Sou h.
Are any familiar faces there? A
youthful professor with the Cambridge
glwn, comes ross the campus, and
we rec lgn'zs Willie.
Lewis is a prominent Front row
merchant
Kind flisnds yoI have been pstielt
indeed. l know that my pen. pictures
may not be true to nature, and that
the workings OF feeble Imagination
may have sadly wesried you; s i'll, rs
fortu ne-te ling is unsatisfactory at The
best, trust that what was attempted
to beguile you the while with pleas
ant fAncies will not disappont you.
"A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the best of men,"
And, while beg your indulg eDce
for my shortcomings az a forCuDe.
teller, leave the reading Of my own
destiny to your generous interpreta-
ton.
THE vALBDICToRY.
The first honor5 OF his class we're
given 10 Master Willie II. McGrann,
a youth of sixteen, the second to Mss
Addie Nash.
Toe modest effort of the valedictor-
iap, which YVES delivered in a manly
and effective way, is printed in full.
Through the favor OF en- indulgent
Providence the year has rolled round,
and finds US actors Oh the occasion OF
another anniversary; and etn aad
invIncible fate demands that an thor
parting shall he enacted. Tonight,
we leave forever those happy sc9nes
of the tcho ol-Toom, those fiowery
paths over which we look with regret
a. parting, and which We can nsver
more retrace. We have glided over
thess smooth road, hand in haud,
buoyed up with hope, sweeping along
the current OF time, reckless OF the
future, eX ,lting in the past. Tonight,
I ur dreamy and joyous journey comes
TO an abrupt terminus, We pass tor-
r)W fully, yet hopefully, from our b.
love school, Dom, out upon the high
ways Of life. B fore US opeu the
St-rnes: paths OF the world, and we
shall soon enter upon its thorny
ways. Toe du les OF IA will cluster
round us, day by dav, warning
us 10 watch and work by tueir
solemn voices. We each must
occupy come pant in the grand
machinery of the world, whether it
To great or lo3ly. Let US then strive
our utmost TO excel ia usefulness in
whatever position we may be placed,
fulfilling our duty to God, to mankind
snd to ourselves; and let our future
conduc. be such as 70 reflect honor
upon these whose protecting care we
g. nov about 10 resign.
And now, classmat 30, in taking leave
OF you, wish you each and every one
the great s. happiness through life,
and hope that your futures may be
bright in promise; and when OLD age
comes upon you may it be as a beauti-
full twilight, shedding brilliant luster
about you, showing that you built not
your hop9 upon the SIND. To the re-
spected memb 1rs of the board, in say
ing farewell" we desire to express
Que sincere gratitude for the ready
compliance aud zeal which th9y have
sko wn in their du les toward us, aud
for their enterprise and hb9Tality
in al things which might promote our
welfare. Aud especially do We give
heartfelt thanks to our hon'red super
iutendent for his stric' adherence to
duty, the perseverance, with which he
has labored for our benefit, his favor
to each member of the class, and for
the concern which he ba, always
taken, and always VIII take, in our
happiness aud SUCCESS.
To our beloved ca hers we bid a
most sori owful "adleu, ""snd fare veil
goes cut signing" To them we are
under the greatest obligations for the
interest which they have man tested
in us while under their watchful
charge; for the care whit h they have
taken in our moral training as well as
in our intellectual education. Their
msternal and loving tenderness snd
kindness has made our school-lIfe one
bright ptr,od Of sweet recol ections.
We wilt always remember them in
connection with this happiest epoch
of yCuth with the Qeltlest teuti.