Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-07-12

The horizon Tor ten years had passed away,
and Washington was about 10 close his Sec
ond presidential term. rhsn chosen few
OF the students Of Charlotte Hall School
met Feb. 72, 1871, for the purpose Of form
ing debating sscietY, The result was the
organization Of the Washington Saciaty.
That IL vas 10 be an association for the inu-
tual Improvement Of IFS members was guar
anteed BY its fitis-ibe washington Socie-
ty." There Is, despite all that Is said, much
In a name
NO sound : breathed so posesat 70 coercc
And 20 s,0neilate. as their NAMES who dare
For thai sweet mother land that gave them
Nobly 20 die. nobiy to de-
Thus hath Tennyson sung and truer words
were never moulded by the lips of man.
Who can tell how often and 10 what ex-
tent the example Of Washington has mould
ed the character and destiny OF the young
members Of this Society thar has borne his
ever memorable name SO lopgs The great
and COED stretch hani through sill the
years, and kinile generous purpose; and
what more perfect model could the youth
of our land initiate than the life of the .sfa-
Their Of Cur country" God has given the
Great Republic Of the West many gifts, but
none greater, grander. better than this man
the pattern ofsxcelling nature.
The Washington Society continued its
useful career without successful rival un.
oil Nov. %, 1895, when the Stonewall So
ciety was founded by the younger members
OF the school, who sought their ideal in a
man admired in every cline where the
spirit of resistance TO arbitrary power has
found resting place; man whose mem
ory is as imperisbable as the rock. fibbed
hills he fought for; whose name never fails
TO quicken the flood in every true South
ern heart; whose fame mellowed by the
stealing hours Of time, win carry down to
the last syllable of recorded time, the glory
of his dear Dixie land-the great, the good,
the peerless Stonewall Jackson
The two Societies worked side by side with
out conflict for Ave years. when proposition
of consolidation was made by ore party and
accepted by the other. And so, on Oct. "a,
1871, the two associations became one under
the maine of the Washington and stonewall So
ciety. The wisdom and traditions of the one
were welded to the youth and vigor of the 9TH
er, and the union has proved happy one.
We are, fellow member, young though old.
The blood of o. wears runs through our veins,
and IL has the freshness, the life, the sparkle of
youth. There is resting upon us OF the pres
ent sacred duty to keep bright the record en-
trusted TO our hands by those who have gone
before US. Remember that the reputation of
old Charlotte Hall IL inseparably linked to the
w. and s. s., and that no shadow can fan upon
the latter which will not include the former.
Let IL not for shame be spoken In time to come
that we did aught to contract the ever-widen-
ing circle of her influence And when we have
gone from amidst these familiar scenes let the
good associations that cluster about the recol-
lection of the hours spent in the old w. and s.
S. develop and expand into generous impulses
ripening into works of charity towards our fell
low-men, doing our part In bringing about
that dev0utly to be wished contamination, 50
earnestly sought by the poets
..Then let US pray that come Il may
As come IL viii fog a that .
That sense and worth DER a. the earth
| May bear the gree and "a that:
| For n that. and a that.
It's comm yet for a that,
That man To man the world DER
Shall brothers be for a that"