Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-12-28
Randolph State Normal

0NulHlSnCtIntnl week at luc II. .. ~. :
!. was very pleasant week and found man.
rejoicing that the work of the last hal
: year had gone on, though ii was unde
disadvantages.
! The exercises of the week began Will
: the sermon before the graduating classes
preached by Rev. G.. w. Morrow OF Nes
: Randolph, Sunday evening, Dec. II. Mu
= sic appropriate to the occasion was fur
nished by the choir, and, after anthems,
| Scripture reading was given by Rev.W. A
Evans, and prayer was offered by Rev.
A. Bates. MIR. Morrow announced hi,
2 text from Cor. xii. 31-"Covet earnestly
the best gifts" A large congregation
gave close attention to the sermon which
followed.
Mr.. Morrow compared the class to the
cruiser Maine, as il was ushered from the
dock down to its new home on the water
/, the scene OF its future trials and victo-
ries. AS the great ship was not complete
till il was sent out upon the waters, so the
class before him was not complete till 1t,
TOO, started out on its life work and met
its rests 70 the ladies who composed the
graduating classes, Mr.. Morrow said: "Be
women whom tine world and the church
will delight to honor. For this, a true ed
ucation is necessary. Your education has
just begun. Education is co-existent
With mans life. 1t goes on wherever and
in whatever circumstances he may be.
Obstacles must be met and conquered.
Do not think you are advancing unless
you meet them. When you reach a noun
tain, go around it, climb IL or tunnel
through it, but do not be stopped by 1t.
Some one has said, III man were to retro
grade, God would have put an eye in the
back Of his head The Greeks were a
wise people and set three posts on their
race tracks, one at either end ard one in
the middle. The first bore the inscription,
Show thyself a man, the second, Speed
on, make haste;' the third, Stop here
So tonight, to you who are in the
midst OF your career, | say, Speed on,
make haste Let that be your determina-
1 tion.
! An angel may be concealed in block OF
marble but the chise OF the sculptor is
needed to bring 1t to light. Education is
the cbisei which releases the angel in man.
Whether an angel or Satyr be created
from the marble depends upon the use of
the chisel. So the result in man depends
upon the perfection of the education. Ed
ueatlon,ito be beneficial, must include the
moral element.
Covet the best gifts. Make yourself
worthy that the school seek you, not you
the school. Do not be contented with a
small school which no one else wants, or
think that your talent is too small.
Times Of discouragement and despon
dency will come when you will need the
help Of Christ. 'One thing thou lackest'
If this help is wanting. Christ's spirit
should dwell with the teacher that hers
may be we'll balanced character and that
she may lead her pupils to higher
thoughts and purer lives"
Examinations in which Supt. NJ. S.
Stone was assisted by Mr.. Guy George of
" Windsor occupied the first Of the week.
Wednesday noon, the happy conclusion of
the examinations was announced, and six
teen faces frightened at the thought of
the certificates in store for them.
Wednesday evening, there was good
attendance at the Il exhibition. The
u. V. NJ. Quartet, which made many
friends here one year ago, furnished mu-
sic FOR the evening.
Miss Reed rendered 'sThe Cow and the !
Bishop in very pleasing manner. The
ease with which she varied her tones was
noticea BILE characteristic. IL was a very |
quiet audience which listened to "Surly I
Tins Troubles" as told by Miss Titus,
and eyes grew dim as the story OF his sor-
row reached its climax.
After music, our sympathy and interest I
were at once aroused in behalf OF the lit |
tie Captive" whose story was recited in /
bright, clear tone by Miss Kelsey.
The trials of the girl who blundered
W hen she made "a Batch of Bread and
Pudding" were portrayed vividly by Miss |
Carrigan.
"The Death OF the Ovid Squire" was |
simply but effectively described by Miss
Wilder. Her easy manner and graceful |
gestures harmonized with the smoothness
OF diction and rhythm.
Miss Laura Kelsey then gave Jimmy |
Browns Sisters Wedding" with fine ap- |
probation of the humor of her selection. /
This irrepressible youngster of modern /
times and "Sohrab and Rustum" formed /
a striking, but not unpleasing contrast. IN I
- fAnc
showed that she appreciated both the
depth Of emotion portrayed and the beau
ty OF expression.
tTrying the Rose Actn completed the T
recitations. In this, Miss Chamberiin
showed to the amusement OF her listeners,
how Samantha tried to allure and charm
her refractory husband and the final sue /
cess of her effort.
Friday morning was bright and sunny,
and the Cong'l church, in which the exer-
cises OF graduation day were held, was I'LL
ed with an appreciative audience.
Wendell z, Stafford, Esq, OF st. Johns
bury delivered the lecture of the morning
on "Whittier." He at once impressed his
audience with the. fact that he had some
thing to say, and could say it in manner
not the less forcib.e because of its ease and
grace. Whittier, he said, is probably
the best-known man in America; every
one knows his writings. There is much
that Is attractive in the mere form OF bis
writings-they are not involved in style.
The words he uses are the strong, sweet,
familiar words-what old Homer called
stwinged words"
Herbert Spencer says that the secret of
expression lies in the economy of words.
Whittier understood this principle and
the best OF his poems are written in the
simple measures that demand short forci-
BILE words. Simplicity in thought, meas
ure and language, combined with Dire and
energy OF spirit, made Whittier the poet
of the people.
Bryant was more sonorous, Holmes more
witty, Lowell more versatile, Longfellow
more refined and Emerson sometimes shot
a shaft higher than any of the Others but z
none of them ever crept so near the popu-
lar heart as Whittier. He was the Quaker
poet, always the child OF the soil. the same
plain, common spoken man, who loved to
sit in the country store of New Hamp-
shire village and turn over the potatoes in
the basket before him, listening to the
talk of the old farmers as they gathered
there.