Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-18
RICHMOND, VA, TUESDAY. JUNE Is, 1895.

US and work out our salvation. The man
who might take the iron-ore from the
hills make il into iron. fashion II INTO
boilers for engines. would be using Divine
material, and would b. leaning at every
step on an omn!prcsent God; but none or
IL could be done without his added skill
and determination. True. indeed, Is 1t al
the while. that In sense God does tni
work. How many things are waiting IN
the world around us for our touch. 10 add
themselves to our stock of material, like
the steam, like the unseen rays OF the
spectrum that paint our pictures for US.
like the electric current that does 81
many services for us. How much truth
forever revealed from Heaven awaits IN
be heard and Appreciated. nike some
peasant girl who has sung In vain TO
her own home. but at last Is discovered
by some stray visitor 10 the hills and IL
gwen To the world. How much In our
selves struggling TO assert Itself, until we.
TOO. shall become a Washington. Les.
Faraday. a Darwin.
ARE SCANT AND NARROW.
Those who boast that they are self
made differ from the rest Of self-made
men. as a rule. IN the narro~ness Of the
scheme Of their lives and in the scarcity
OF the material used. The best OF then,
nave lbuintl tH"lT fdiis IN-dflN dtltdb
and have been the most earnest advo-
Gates OF the better way. In land o.
plenty all turned over 10 US we may be
poor. | remember a home In the West
the home OF rich man-which con-
sisted of three rooms with dirt floors.
He did not know how 10 live. So In
higher things we need a guide To lead
us to the benefits OF life. All things are
ours, out We do not always know how
to get possession Of our heritage. How
much IL costs sometimes to secure our
own. There may be a true manhood
but poorly enriched, and with but limited
opportunities FOR service. dug-out may
be called house. as well as the great
home which Vanderbilt Is building near
Asheville. 4 vessel may be rightly called
a ship. and may reach her destination
I'm time. although II Is not driven By
steam, and may not have the comforts
ard safety Of a modern ocean-hyer We
may be said to travel even II we move
along In stage-coach at six or eight
miles an hour That life Is indeed sub
lime that gathers its material from star
ana sun and ocean depth and flower and
secret places OF earth and angel home,
and tom the secret heart Of God ma
terial made for that individual soul, and
IL alone builds up It's material according
10 Aiit liel OF 'Jtais ana NIi'H bIfn0
with all It's treasures. to the hungry and
dying.
MANY MACHINE-MADE MEN.
"There are machine-made men, and not
, a few manufactures OF them. We may
If we Will submit 10 others TO decide our
movements and our thinking for US
taking each step as we are told. How
many OF MS are influenced more than
we think by that monster called public
opinion. Many blessing has II withheld
from man and delayed, for centuries
many others, II WAS Gods purpose that
TO two men should be alike. Enough
resemblance was there to be 10 make
Il possible for them 10 live together
and love was TO make each ones life
the property OF all the rest. Men were
not to be turned out like the common
prints from the single plate, but were q
be the result OF toll. like that OF the painter
or scuiptor-each man the Working out OF q
distinct ideal. In religious. political. So
cal, Industrial life we must be indie
pendent enough 10 do our own thinking
In all these things there is sense in
which we may say there ought TO be as
many creeds az there are men. IL is
remarkable how many are the uses OF
every creature Of God, and how many are
lis messages. \ piece Of marble-the
chemist pours his acid on and analyZe
IL: the Peologist learns its history as a
part Of the earth's strata: the artist cuts
il into thing Of beauty; the builder
puts it into the house he Is building. 81
truth speaks 10 each man its special
message Take hold Of IL on that side
from which IL addresses .yJu. md thus
make 1t your very own. Know no Law
but the law Of right, and follow custom
only so long az It helps you to serve
your God and your fellow-man.'
THE MEDALS PRESENTED.
The Peabody medals were delivered by
Roy. W l.. Wright. ID. D.. who briefly
explained their origin and significance
Miss Msrcie ChappeIl and Miss Grace
III were equal. FIRST. and the silver
medal was presented TO them conformity.
Some future arrangement viii be made
as 90 the division % the prize. The Pea
body medaiIists were:
Silver Mcdal-Misses Marcie Chappel
and Grace Hil. Post Graduate \.
Bronze Medais-Misses Hulda Singer
Senior \; Maud wash. Junior A. l.; Nora
Stern. Junior -. I.
In the absence Of Captain T. ID. Starke
Major j. II. Capcrs, presented the cooking
medals TO Miss Marguerite ". Prosser
gold medal. first prize. Misses Mamie h.
Morrissette. Emma l.. Lorraine. b-tu-
T.. Angel, Florence :. Pcple. Mary d.
Moore, and Nirgie ;. Jackson. silver
medals; first prize.
Miss Emma '. Mcndy. gold medal
second prize: Misses Florence NJ. Wits
and Nelae ID. spence, silver medals
second prize.
Hon J. Taylor Ellyson presented the
diplomas and certificates and the ex-
ercises closed with the distribution OF
flowers among the l19 graduates.
First-Honor Roll.
The names Of the graduates in the
high school were printed Sunday. The
first honor list is here given:
Post Graduate Blouse Turner, Nellie
Spence Ethel Carlton. Carrie Gray, Mary
Neale, Nirgie Jackson. Alberta Parkinson
Mabel Porter. Genevieve Sharp. Resale
Pet;is. and Kate Hundley.
Senior Il. Minnie Osterbind. Heller
Werner. Lucy Wash. Jul.ette Waller, Ju
liza Blckers. Mamie Jennings Edna Gold
Ada Chalkley. Lalla Pollard. Gordon
Friend, Blanche Capitaine. and Eta Lo'
yenstcin.
intermediate 4. I.-Alice Wingheld
Binnle Wallace. Nellie Luclle, Ida An
derson. Lee McBain. Cora Hessel. Well
ford Lorraine, Day Lee. Willie Neaie
Nettie WAGNER, Annie Schaaf. and Her
bert Mullen.
Intermediate B. Shirley owen, Mary
Mccarthy, Garnett Gulick, Helen Fleet
James Sweeney. Ralph Binswanger. MAUD
Wilkinson. Harold Bloomberg. and Fanny
TalafeTrO.
intermediate r. I.-Lucille Carlton.
Junior A. Inland Wash. Mamie
Adams. Maria Gwathmey, May Parkinson
Mary Tolsr. Laura Burch. Lorena Atlee
Ala Jones. Edith Jones. Edna Mozart
ney. Ruth Burton, Lorette Dawson. Nan
ME Tignor. Jessie Farmer. Edith Merrill
Rehie Friend. Linwood Peters. Ann;
Welsh. Taylor Robinson. Rosalie Held
Willie Sc,hwarzschild, Flossie Atkins
John Lundin Clarence Miles. Annie Kin
sey. Melville Wright, Maud Newman
Lula Bass.
Junior \. II.-Marie Lishman. julia
SDence.
Junior A. III-Lizzie Glazebrook. Eli
HAYES. Earle Allen, Parthenia Hunter
and Robert Michaels.
Junior r. Mora Stern. jamie Coleman
Merlot Harris. Lucy Armstead Leila Nh
Ter Lillian King. Ezra Ellington. Pop
Nash, Annie Carter. and John Swortwout
Junior B. lI.-Aubin Terrell. Ella Chllds
and Saul Angle.
Junior Il. IiI.-Rosa Eubank, Sallie Les
ter. and Martha Davis.
Iupinr u w lillian Jenkins. Will.