The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-05
OWN or SUFFOLK

race-the immortal and ever loved and to
be loved. Gen, Robert L. Lee TO you let
field, for he is no longer there God grant
| we may never again have another such
var but follow him in the school room.
| Sons OF noble sires follow on TO the work
| OF teaching and learning. The church and
the school are our hope and safety--our
our eHceslent ana neneTases principal tf
| Through these days and through all these
Years he has been benefacfor TO this
council OF men can estimate. II is an
honor to any man to have held on so long
ana faithfully In this restless age. when 40
many are craving new men, every few
years, In the pulpit. ut the desk and every
where. Oh. feel like taking off my hat
| to any battle-scarred veteran. who stands
| Mt the post of duty, refusing to he put TO
sleep by batteries. or to surrender to the
| frowns of men. One day you will erect a
should do thnt) but to noble hearted men
who will display the work and honor the
memory of our useful townsman the ana
| BILE gentleman. the consistent Christian
the faithful teacher Col. Joseph King
All his subjects crown him king this even
Ing.
Again: recall the boys of that period.
MY memory could take TO II gallery or
autographs of the typical boys OF that
day ! remember some who We're honor
able and true. who, after many struggles.
at last In carly business life yielded to
disease and passed up the shining way to
.he SUN penn, i and think of some
could get angry, but who were mentally
| lazy, yet they In after life made useful
men. Among them all distinctly remem-
Der myself: l would neglec, my studies
for the girls. | just loved the girls. and
all the King teachers in old Virginia could
not have prevented it, ! recall one dny
after school. this dear old teacher near my
side. called me to him. and asked If | In
tended TO pay more attention to the calico
| ticket, which had taken or to my Latin,
| English and Mathematics? | replied:
| thought the former would aid in digesting
the latter His lips at once assumed that
phthegnomonic North Carolina green per-
simmon quicker. and he retortcd: ''rhink
you had better get little further from
calico kits yourself before you visit the
| but felt not less than 81
But ulweys loved and respected my
tS%ensri on Loved some some of my studies.
| right for the sake OF my dear old grand
father McClenny. with whom ] lived.
1itener Went wrong. In short, was boy
you, as the old darRey did when arrested
Tor iarceny-he wishing to use the word
court" He said You see. Judge.
can't tell YOU all about myself, but i Just
throws myself upon de ignorancy of de
court"
Our school in Suffolk was then, as 1t Is
now. miniature world to the boys.
young or old, there we find human nature
the same. either I'm germ or fruitage. The
same passions and prcjudices, principles
anu powers ut work.
Touched as with the finger OF God those
days stand forth amid the years of past
time they are as the mountain tops rising
over tho mists of oblivion; they are pos
sessions which will never pass our reinem-
brances, I'LL we cease to remember at all.
IF had studied my Bible huff SO faith
fuily for the last twenty years as have
human nature, | would not be IA better
man Tonight. regret that have not
Tonight, we give thanks for the work
hniI l,y. Il
noble teacher: we give thanks to the peo-
pie OF this community who have 40 nobly
we give thanks for tho noble men who
hnvo hero laid the foundation OF useful
lives. Tonight we sing our memorial
songs; now II is song OF battle: now OF
suffering: now of triumph; now of trial
now of hope and courage and consecra
ton to the highest life-work. lying upon
OF our children. We sing you into Suty
into Service. into Victory, while each OF
us at this shrine of learning. would lay
upon its altar our Offering OF hearts, loyal
to all that Is true and NOBLE and beautlfu
and good.
And now in one chorus let all join in this
sacred pledge:
~ live for those that love me,
For those that know me true
For the Heaven that smiles above
And waits my spirit, too:
For the cause that needs assistance,
For the wrongs that needs resistance,
For the future in the distance,
For the good that can do
And my comrades. when the curtain
rolls back, and the last act I'm the drama
presents itself; when the shutters are
closed and the door bell is muffled: when
physician consults with physician and
nurses tiptoe through the room; when
loved ones bend breathlessly over your
bed and would gladly give you their
breath which you are gasping for. God
| grant there may be no bitter struggling
remorse In your souls: may your spirits
not grieve over wasted life. but may in
| expressible joy fill those hearts, as mem
| DRY takes you back to your school days
| at this dear old academy: and may your
| noble lives. enrolled in the nantes of our
| own Washington and Lee and Jackson, be
| perpetuated forever.
| BALL GAME POSTPONED-Owinc
to the delay in the completion of West
| End Park. as a result of to-day's CO.
pous rains, the game which was sched-
uled to be played there on Friday af-
ternoon between the home team and the
| Olympics. of Norfolk, has been post
poned. Under suspicious conditions the
park may be finished in time for the
game to occur on Saturday. II not
everything will be In readiness for a
pretty exhibition OF ball playing about
the first OF next week.
BOOKS AND RAILROAD PASS
FOUND-James Jonakin may find IL
to his interest to correspond with Rev
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