The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-25

Book for penmanship in senior depart
ment, drawn by Miss Katie Langan, OF
| Wichita
| Gold pencil for drawing, drawn by Miss
| Fleeta Smith, of Guthrie, Ok,
| After the honors had been conferred
Miss Grace Guyton delivered her farewell
| address to her fellow students and, as can
be seen by reading it, il is splendid and
touching expression of her sentiments
and sympathies. During its de-
| livery, without the aid of manuscript,
the entire class was saturated in tears and
many of them sobbed aloud and could
hardly control their grief for Miss Guy
! toms sympathetic voice and loving words
touched the safety valve of their loving
hearts allowing their pent up sorrow TO
escape in tears. It was evident that the
good sisters of the academy were cultivat-
ing the heart and impulses while they
were stirring the heads with knowledge
for never before was such tenderness
manifested at the separation of a class.
Her illusions to the kindness of the bishop
and the gentleness and love and kindly
consideration of the sisters were simply
grand and caused fresh effusion of tears
to flow from almost every pair Of eyes in
the hall. A well-known gentleman, a
protestant. too told the EAGLE reporter
that he never in mis- life saw more touch
ing and effecting scene. Miss Guyton's
address is as follows:
A STRAY LEAF
There are moments of dependency in
the lives of all when clouds of detection
cast their shadows round our souls, dim
ming, if not obscuring, hopes radiant
beams 1t matters little how trifiing the
cause that engenders this gloom for the
shadows of the mind, like those OF nature,
oftentimes arise from trivial sources. A
tuft of grass will as effectually screen a
violet from the sun as a more pretentious
canopy. Wearied alike in mind and body,
feeling that on earth nothing longer has
the old, gay, happy aspect, has there
blown across your pathway torn and
faded leaf containing the beautiful
thoughts OF master mind? Thoughts so
fitting to your mood that you clearly per-
ceive the hand of God in the coincidence
Great, perhaps, in their simplicity, they
drive away your fears, reawaken hope
within your heart. animate your courage,
and with fresh vigor you return to
tasks robbed OF much irksomeness.
Later, when the giant Despair
again threatens you, the beauti-
full sentiment rises to your aid and
proves an effectual barrier against every
attack of your formidable foe. 1t may have
been your sacred privilege to read from
the sealed volume of another's life, and
finding therein a leaf beautiful and pure,
you resolved that when your book Of life is
finished it shall contain many such. Our
school days, dear girls, are, we often hear,
the happiest of our lives; they are the
leaves on the perfection of which depends
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the special advantage of having been
placed where education of the head and
heart go hand in hand, where we are
taught that the quality, not the quantity,
of life's pages should receive the first con-
True, each leaf of ours had its
misformed letters, misspelled
words, and often large black blots marred
the beauty of the page we hoped to keep
SO white. Then followed moments Of sor-
row and almost despair, but kind hands
came to the rescue, helped repair
the injury done, reformed the misshapen
letters, endeavored to remove the ugly
spots, and dried the bitter tears that
threatened to destroy the good remaining
Then with renewed hope and confident
that the same loving sympathy would be
ours in every difficulty, we began anew
the TRANSCRIPTION of our task, determined
that no effort on our part should be lack
ing to complete leaf faultless and beauti- |
full. With my school days, the preface of |
LIES volume closes. On every page are |
inscribed sage maxims and sweet counsels |
day by day from lessons taught |
by well loved sisters, whose noble, self |
lives have been for me a living |
example OF precepts inculcated; there too, |
II golden characters is written my heart |
felt gratitude for the lessons they have |
with tirelesS patience, instilled into my |
youthful mind. Often in after years my |
thoughts shall revert to the dear dear ones |
1T my convent home; in spirit | shall |
hear again their kind advice and long |
most earnestly for the happy days too |
quickly flown. To many a mistake avoid |
ID l shall point with gratitude and say,
sisters teaching helped me there My |
nope, my prayer, loved sisters is that |
when my book of life is finished, clasped, |
all through it may be traced a character |
air and spotless AS your own.
At the conclusion of the exercises |
Bishop Hennessey spoke to the class and |
season. He said that during twenty years
Is pastor of ST. Johns church., he attended |
many similar occasions, but he never saw
he exercises of yesterday excelled, if. in
iced, equalled in every particular. You
iave covered yourselves with glory, he
aid, and you have not only
effected credit on the good
,lven up everything on earth, homes,
riends, fortunes and all, to cultivate the
minds and hearts OF young ladies, but you
AVE reflected credit on the good city of
Wichita, within whose borders you have
,een given this fine education. Il is the
purpose of the church TO teach not only
ciences and arts, but to cultivate the
carts and the conscience; for it is not a
of the sciences and arts that
m 90 n fs /
he teachings Of the mind and heart that
Till enable you TO enter"
Taking the exercises in their entirety
hey were too beautiful to describe They
fforded fine subject for the rd-painter.
He PROGRESS OF THE WHEAT HARVEST.
The harvest field incidents this season
ave hardly been less amusing than per-
lexing. Such was the additional acreage
lat even the machine manufacturers and
callers were caught unprepared for the
emand. Many OF the larger wheat grow
IS had to have from two TO six self-bind-
s each In many localities there has
cen no time since the ripening OF the
rain that it was possible to get into the
eds with machinery on account of the
ater In other fields the mud rendered
.ur and six horses to each self binder
scesssry. and then incidents are reported
which the machine simply slid along in
lie mud there not having been sufficient
action 10 revolve the intermediate
heels, arms and belts IL is said that
lite a per cent of The average of this sec
on will be lost for an opportunity 10 har- (
st, but we guess thu picture Is over ;
avn. The truth is that the quality Of !
.e wheat and the stress OF the times com :
ned will evolve ways and means OF har 4