Nevada County picayune., 1890-07-09
BY IRENE COULTER.

casiOn Is based upon one single word the word Adieu. have chosen it for it's seeming appropriateness to the occasion upon which we have met, and its use in assisting me to discharge the duties assigned me upon the program of these exercises. Its use and signilication is so appar- ent to all as to obviate the necessity of deiination or explanation and l hence, pushing these aside, l shall attempt briefly to so apply it, here and now, as to bring out three i'm portant points as follows
 The recollcctions and reminis- icences of the past; the sentiments and associations of the present; the hopes and prospects of the future.
 For the past eight months we as pupils and teacher have been asso- ciated together in all the pleasures and hardships, duties and responsi- biitics, failures and successes, of the school-room. From the young est to the oldest, from the least to the greatest. we have each and sever ally borne our part in the work that has been done; and now that we have met together for the last time to take our leave of each other 1t Is certainly beiitting that we spend a few moments in reviewing the ground over which we have travelled. With most if not all of Us this is pleas ant duty.
 On entering the first term of the present scholastic year, we, as pupils, represented nearly every phase of school life and common school work. We had all ages, from the little boys and girls of six to the young ladies and gentlemen of twen- ty, or more years. and in these a variety of talents and temperaments unsurpassed by any similar number of pupils. We also entered grades ranging from lst to 9th, in which might be found any line of study ' from the little ones in their a, b, C 5 to the older and more advanced in 1 the higher branches of English liter raturc and mathematics. Among our teachers variety was little less marked, especially in respect to age and experience in teaching. Some of them had taught but little, and therefore had much to risk m the undertaking; others were more skilled and advanced in the work and we had others who stood in the very front ranks of the profession. Thus it was that the work of the year opened with its numerous em- barassments and disadvantages. But as the weeks and months have come and gone, the work has con tinued to increase in proficiency and magnitude, and results the most satisfactory have followed from time to time. So that now at the close of this session we can look back with pride upon what has been accom- plshcd, and as we humbly trust with proper appreciation recount the blessings that have crowned our la bors with so large q measure of success.
 next call your attention to the sentiments and association of the present occasion.
 To me, and doubtless to you, this is a most enjoyable gathering. For the past year we have been assocla- ted in all the diversity, not to say romance, incident to school life. Amid all of it's pleasures and sor- sows, cares and aaXietiss, labors and rewards, we have stood side by side, with our faith plighted in the interest of common cause, and have per sistently followed the onward moving tide that has brought us to the happy associations of the present occasion. Here we meet to bring the earnings of the year and the trophies of the field and lay them at each other s feet. Here we meet to compare notes and profit by what each other has learned. Here we meet to grasp each others hand in the happy greetings of pure and enthusiastic friendship. Here we meet to take leave of each other to meet no more, it may he, until brought together n the great congregation of eternity
 What thought, and how It should impress us,
 As look into your happy faces and note the evidences of joyous hearts. recall many of the genuine