The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1894-12-27
COLLEGE NOTES.
KIN TAKAHAsHI. 'es(
y. A. PESLAND. IS Editors.


examinations had been passed, our
minds Were prepared for just such
treat as the Bainonian Literary So
ciety gave us. At seven o'clock Co
lumbar Hall was filled with an intel
ligent and appreelative audience, and
the exercises began. Mrs. Prof.
Wilson, the pr residing officer, announ-
ced that the Literary feast was ready
and asked Prof. Newman to give the
invocation. We then listened with
pleasure to an instrumental duet CIV
en- by Misses Lulu Koch aud Helen
MINIS. Next came recitation by
Miss Minnie Swan, subject, "Green
Mountain Justice. Following was
al essay given by Miss Laura Pen
land, subject, "Fame acquired by
Acts of Duty" We can give only
extracts of these essays. She said, in
part. Sever since the creation of
man, there has existed longing for
applause and renoun. This applause
We call "fame". Our first parents,
in the blooming garden of Paradise,
striving for something higher and no.
bier than they than knew, realized
their desire, then fell, leaving as a
monument of that desire, reproach
and death for those who should come
after them. Still, to all, fame is a
soul-stirring sound, and the blast of
its trumpet, even the fainter notes,
arouse all the energy within a man,
and nerves him to do and to dare any
thing that he may win its sweet ap-
plause.
We have read Of the ambitious
spirits whose names and exploits fill
the pages of history, who sought to
elevate themselves by the degradation
of others, and sacrificed not only
their own principals but also the good
of their fellow creatures that they
might satiate their thirst for possess
ion. The wild passions Of these and
Others have justly been condemned.
Their escutcheous have mouldered
from the walls of their castles. Their
castles themselves are but green
mounds and shattered ruins. The
place that once knew them, knows
them no more. Their monuments
are only the empty renoun of then
" boosted names. Theirs was not true
glory. The laurels that crowned theil
brows were not ncbly won. But,
there is a mider desire for fame which
every one at some period Of life po
sesses. The bosom of the poet thrills
with the hope that his thoughts may
touch the heart, live with in the mind
and endure from age to age.
The soul of the, artist stirs within
him, as he sees with his minds eye
generations admiring the faithful de
llneation in which there are as many
beauties as in the flowers that blusl
in forests and meadows.
The painter longs that his picture
may please the eye with all the beau
ties which he has seen.
The statesman strives to reach po
litical eminence; the collegian, to wiz
a "double first" the child, to be hea(
Of class. Nor, need these aspirant
for fame envy others their success
but, furnished with encouragement
they exclaim, "Others have accomp
lished it, why should not II" Al
that man. has done, may do. Thus
they press on, and succeed as far a
He in whose hands are the issues o
all things, sees fit to grant them thei
hearr's desire.
The glory ofthcse is sought through
no special motive, although not al
can be famous as lawyers, statesmen
and divines. not all can accumulate ;
fortune, yet, all, by faithful pertor
nance Of duty, can live lives that vii
be known and honored of men
Then, let us fix the eye upon the priz'
that is the greatest for which we cal
labor. Let lis be not ambitious o
title, place or ceremonial respect, bu
of true honor and glory and the pei
lection of our nature. awe may say
one, build within life's fleeing hours
monuments that shall last forever.
If such grand possibilities lie within
reach ofour personal action, how i'm
pOrtant thot We dicchor1a f,;thfullv