The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-11
H1GH scnoon AND ARBoR Day.

plants and h0WerS-tne joint Worh OF the
Emersonian and Crescent societies. After
the order of exercises the school. under the
direction of Prof Shull, proceeded to plant
trees in the campus. There were many
visitors present, among them Mrs. Burd,
Lease, Kincaid, Dunn. the Misses Pink
ley. Sisson, Sara, DR.. Stevenson and
others. The first tree planted was by the
third year class, and the address by
Charles Lease. and was as follows:
Genial sunshine. babbling brooks, fra
grant flowers and singing birds all COM
bine to beautify the earth and make it
fitting abode for mortality ana prepara-
ton for immortality. But without the
trees whose soft foliage shelters US III
childhood, and whose broad arms IN man
hoods day wave heayenward ABOUT Us,
life would indeed be robbed OF many
beauty and the earth become monotonous
and drear Our hearts swell with hope as
we look upon the strong young sapling
emblematic of steady growth, and gaze
with pride upon the particular trees whose
broad arms wave blessings on the land.
aud then our thoughts go back 10 other
times, when the grey-haired sIres OF today
were laughing boys and consigned 10
mother earth the sapiings and seed, that
are a nations guide and the JOY OF her peo-
pie. For man great and gooo IN lie,
honored and revered IN death;
man Of and from the people,
beloved, revered by them, whose
mighty genius played upon the neartstrlng
of the soul, and woke to life and stirred TO
tears, the slumberiug chords OF love aud
hate and hope and fear. A mirror for
humanity, an artist true ana 9ranO we
name this tree, Lawrence Barrett. Tnat IN
its shade, as in his fame, may dwell the
calm and healing of weli-spent years
branches
other DAYS shall come the happy children
of a HAMMER time The white light OF
morning shall fall softly over youth ana
tree, the MONDAY sun pouring down
through happy boughs shall smile upon
them as they rest, the red cloudS OF even
ing arching low to the horizon shsli sheo
an amo,e on Child and tree, and as they
gaze upon its sheltering arms filnglng soft
shadows on the land, they vii! say OF those
VINO consigned it today TO the sunshine
and the rain, They builded better than
they knew" And to commemorate the
name Of one loving in form and every deed,
q teacher beloved by all whom death
relentless claimed too soon, we name TINS
tender vine Florence Allen, emblem int
type of her pure and gentle womanhood)
Of plenty, the fulnesS OF Code eternal years
are hers Emblem OF peace, no Earring
notes of discord shall ever mar the quiet
of her heavenly home. It's cilnglng arms
shall remind US of the faith and love or
this Christian girl, who rested secure III
the promise that for her has been fulfilled
| Come unto me, and | will give you rest.
Leafy bough and luscious fruit shall re-
mind US of the good she accomplished here,
and clinging tendrils shall bind her mem
ory to our hearts, bidding us emulate her
example, and whispering softly we Shall
meet again.
Tree and vine, the throbbing heart of
nature claims YOU as her own. Storm and
calm: sunshine and shadow, henceforth
are thine Oh! Mother Earth, receive thy
children and, as their roots strike deep
| into thy mighty faithful bosom, so may
good deeds take possession OF our SOUS,
| and as through thy fostering care, their
| leaves and branches shall spread upward
| TO the SKY, so may our lives. serene, pursue
the shining pathway to the stars, that
when in after years Rolian melodies are
| played by unseen fingers In each lea1y
| bough, the sweetest refrain that shall TALL
upon listening ears shall be, Ibey VINO
consigned US to the sunshine anu tue oe"
| lived not in vain.
The second tree was planted by the
senior class and the address by Miss Nettie
Sladen. She said;
! We, the class of '91. plant this tree to
honor the day and to propetuate our
memory. May it live and grow spreading
| it's branches far around, to represent the
| future success of those who plant 1t, and
NAV it show how our work Will extend
| beyond our little home sphere. In short
| time we will bid sdieu to our school-
/ mates, school ties will be broken, but may
this tree ever remain a monument or .tAe
haDDy DAYS we have spent together, al
| though we may never have the DEMENT'S OF
the shade NAV il be cool resting place
! for some weary traveller and cheer MIN IN
| his sorrow. We plant the Della VI
| Smoke" not alone to..celebrate the day, but
| because we love the elements OF nature
| The groves were Gods first temples. The
ners0n who loves to ramble among trees
| shows a refined character. Those VINO re-
| main behind and will watch this trees de-
velopements. year by year as 1t stands
/ the storms aud blasts CT winter, and grows
steadily on though mighty swayed az
| times, you may learn lesSon-to sIahd
| firm through each trial, and may.you pc
come all the stronger for every difficulty
surrounding.
The third tree planted was by.theCrescent
society and the president ClaudGe Gray,
made the following address:
We, as young people, all live for the
| future Our hopes, our struggles, ana IN
| fact everything we do IS done that our
| future may look brighter to US. only as
we surmount the difficulties o! today can
we calculate upon their being brighter TO-
morrow.
| What we do todayis done more for those
who shall come after Us in school work,
| and especially those who shall carry the
banners of the Crescent society in the
! future.
Two forces shall be working in the
| society from this time on, first, VIII be
| the constant onward and upward move
1 ment, which has always been the motto oil
our society; the other, THIS SILENT force
here upon the campas.
OF course the tree will not De expected
to develop as rapidly as the society, Dut
| while the society is recruiting three months
OF each year, this crescent Will hold the
fort, raising its head higher and higher.
/ looking with eager gaze for the return oil
/ his fellow cresceuts at each September;
and when il has become the monarch OF
the campus. we, who have planted It, Will
return one by one TO visit the old school
again and we will look with admiration
and love upon this most honored tree
fancy see a picnic party seated around
this tree and a young damsei gives an adj,
dress upon the history OF this society and
son1e al its most honored pilgrims, and in
speaking of them she will refer TO them Is
4 Dr. Coen. Deaconsss Mckay, Attorney
Taft. Rev. SIsson, President Brown and
/ Governor Parkinson. and az the close OF
her address she VIII give these beautiful
lines:
l.
We may maze our lives 81 7i'Ia-
Ard departing leave beE-14 =
( FOOg3-.ntS = the sands O. ttIIe
Then another crescent VINO Is Away:
ready for any emergency VIII a. the c.ose
OF his remarks give the following:
Lives az poar neg al reDiH1 -.
/ Honest Eo.i don't sta7c chAacs
The more so-k sc 1zd oeal-1 a
Larger patches OF our pats
Il is our fear although not or desire
tina. this tree will spread is roots and al
sorb ali the nourishnent Of tie ground
thus causing indirectly the death OF a.
kindred trees. but, II suca should &c th'
csse forge. is -udeness and remem De-