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earth, so poisoned with sin and blood and
with woe.
Fourth. We consider next the depart
ment of life which comes under the head
of the pursuit OF pleasure; and would
have you to understand in the beginning
that this is not necessarily an ignoble
pursuit. 1t was for the Joy that was set
before him that the Master came, endured
the cross, despising the shame. We can
not eradicate from our own the desire OF
pleasure any more than we can free our
selves from the need of food. II is part
of our life, and we do well to give atteu-
tion to it. But what would you think OF
one who lived only for pleasur', of one
who had no hi CHER aim, no other use
for their Gjd-giveh powers, no other
affections than those which employ them
selves in seeking qualification of appetite.
Would you not say OF such life, alt is
failure, il Is ignoble, it is unworthy of
womanhood?" But / ask, cInnot life of
pleasure also be made spiritual? Is not
the Apostles Interpretation OF life still
true? May you not in the very pursuit
of your pleasui so preserve the purity of
your minds, so give heed to the nobler
opI ortunities OF life, so employ the
aspiring powers OF your hand, as that you
will scatter joy wherever your influence
goes, and through it all point men and
women To the joys that do not fade ana ~
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beauty AID truth Il I'd character, and y 'e
for yourself what the spiritual mind is in
this realm. An, lofty, indeed, is this
d department OF life, for the searcher after
truth can say, as the noble astronomer
said, looking beyond the stars to him who
made the stars: "Oh, God, | think thy
thoughts after thee" " Now, as we look
back through life, according to our own
conception Of it, AZ we see it from the
midst of these conflicts, is it not true that
spiritual mindedness gives minds a force
and dignity to truth? Bat this is not all
of life; to be spiritually minded adds a
new element to it. We find there is a new
sphere of activities in the very conception
which Christianity gives 10 us the pos
sibilIty of service To our fellowmen. We
learn to be like our great EX implar,
whose special title was "thc servant"
We learn like Him To take upon our pnny
shoulders the burdens of the world, and
by q 1d-like power we IifJ the world itself
to loftier thinking and holier lives and
heavenly aspirItions. Then there is added
also this other element-that of n loving
aud blessed relation to Almighty God.
Hive you noticed that the apostle adds t ,
this definition of life these words: "Apd
peace; to be spiritually minded is life and
peace" Oh, some day as you struggle and
moan under the burdens that press you
down; as life with its endless irritations
presses down upon you, racking every
nerve and making your heart ache with
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the words of this same APOSTLE, when he
says She that liveth in pleasure is dead
while she liveth.' Young ladies allow
me to address some special words OF
warning and exhortation to you on this
subject. | warn you, the habits, aye, the
eternal destiny of the young men with
whom you are thrown IN life are largely
in your hands. IL your life and character
be true and pure and sleadfast, there will
constantly eminate from you an influence
which will make them truer and noSler
and grander in their upright manhood.
The power of woman in society has never
ben measured. Her lifting and desc
Grating influence is beyond all estimation.
gladly state my belief that we are
indebted to woman for the most that is
good and desirable and refining in our
society today; but / also charge them
with the responsibility OF a great deal OF
imDurity aud wickednesS of the younp
men, and old m IN too, of our Ii.n- and
country; and proclaim my belief That II
IL in the proper and natural sc up. nf the
inf renee To lift the standIrJ nf ,."rIi'-
manIyness AMI To LN'r .:hlY r'.""vi.
socieLy, purg' ~ nt may ar all Il the
..|Is, which like the subLleaL Il poisnns,
IIi)eates every stratum OF II. LIT me
#ort YOU. Ii the circumstances or your
|l.A brin; it TO pass that YoIr field of
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II lane two miles from town, made rail
fires and cooked roasting ears. After
this frugal .s'breakfast" we marched
into WarrensbuIg, but the "feds" had
left, on their way to Lexington, and we
lost no time in following them.
On the 11th of September. 1861,
Prices advance guard ran the ''feds"
into the fortilications, and the sscon-
feds" advanced To where Wentworth
Academy now stands. They expected
the order to sscharge," but received an
order to fall back. We fell back to the
old fair grounds and rested and
recruited week. During this time
hundreds of men had come from far
and near to see the battle and to take
part in it, their arms being squirrel
rifles and shotguns.
On the 18th of September, 1861, the
battle of Lexington began, the first shot
being fired by Rains division, from
their camp on a hill two miles south OF
town. This hill is Just west of Eden
view church. The shot was answered
in the fort, camp was broken, the line
of march was taken up, and soon the
town was occupied by confederates,
who drove the union men into the
breastworks. Part of Bledsoe's battery
; occupied n hill near the residence OF
7 Mr. Fred Meet. Charley Wallace took
/ one gun down the lane, passing the
residence of John +. Cheatham,
striking the Irish Town road, and
coming up Third street. Here he
found pickets and sent shot umong
/ them, which made them scamper for
safety.
! The Notifications were at that time
considered very strong. There was Il
ditch about six feet wide and six feet
deep, partly filled with water. On the
inside dirt bank arose about seven
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spiriJualized in the power OF God md IL e
influence of his spirit. In the firss plat e
his business life, itself, takes on spiritu al
qualities. lie is honest and dill gent, and
he consecrates his business to nob!er
purposes; through this relationship, his
very calling, he serves men. He makes
these provincial activities the means by
which the world is lifted toward God.
lie changes his material goll into the
life takes hold of HEAVIER. With one hand
he lifts the powers that pertain to his
occupation-busy. alert, active; with the
other he reaches up with faith to God and
unites the earth to heaven. To be
spiritually minded, for him, is life.
Next, we consider the duty and re!a-
tinns of domestic and family life. These
are, young ladies', in which the sphere of
your lite will be thrown; you will make
homes, you will discharge the sacred
duties of wife and mother. You already
gIorfy homes with your sisterly presence.
What ii wondrous and sacred sphere this
is! We hardly dare pry into its presence
even from the sacred desk. But see that
mother. the cares of life are continually
upon her. The cries of her children are
always in her ears. Endless irritations
press upon her and rack her very nerves.
She bears the responsibility of comforting
and quIeting AT d upholding her husband
in the midst OF the burdens of his life.
A. old age comes on, she is worn out with
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feet above the level. 1t was seven feet
through at the base and three feet thick
ut the top. The Notifications also had
smaller trenches and ear.hworks inside
of the outer works. The line of the
fort on the south was about where the
front fence of the college campus now
stands, running east tol Seventeenth
street; thence north to the residence of
j. A. Price; thence west with the brow
of the ridge half way to the residence
of TiltOn Davis, where it ran northwest
to the brow of the bluff; thence south
on line fifty yards west of the Davis
house, to a brow of the hill, where il
turned east and followed the ridge back
to the point of beginning. Northwest
of the college the old breastworkS are
yet visible, but in every other direction
they have disappeared.
The little training received by the
confederates in the march south, in the
drill at Cowskin, and in the battles OF
Carthage and Wilson's Creek was OF
great advantage TO them IN the siege
of Lexington. They were not yet
drilled and trained soldiers, though
they knew something more than they
did before they started south. The
officers and men knew each other per-
sonally, and it was no unusual thing to
hear a private discuss an order from
his superior officer. General Price was
known everywhere as "Old Pap;"
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its woe; this tumult beats around you
like au ocean in the storm, you may turn
your eyes to heaven and find in response
to the pr yer that you send, a peace like
that which came upon GIIilee when He
hushed its turbulent waves to calm, you
find the gift of Gods love, sweet peace.
And the last element of life which L men
tion, which is added to it by the spiritual
mind, is permanence. The life OF the
business man is for three score years and
ten; beyond there is nothing. The life of
the society woman il all too short at the
longest; beyond is nothing. The life of
the seeker OF knowledge leaves him
having only gathered few grains from
the endless beach of the ocean, but the
life of the spiritual man or woman is an
ageess life. lie does not fear death; he
stands at the very grave of death, and
shouts, "Where is thy sting? where is
thy victory?" Nae; death is his friend.
Death is an angel of lighil Death comes
with angel bands! Death comes to bear
him to his home! ID. ath ushers him
into life! The Christian looks forward to
death as Browning:
was ever a fighter, so-one fight more,
The best and the last!
would hate that death blndaged my
eyes, and forbOre,
And bade me creep past.
MOI let me taste the whole of it. fare like
my peers,
The heroes of old.
Bear the bf INT, in minute pay glad
LIES arrears
Of.pIir, dart; ness aud cold
For sudden the worst iurns the best to
the brave.
the b'a"k minutes mt end,
And tn rlrmtnt'N raRe, the ii nd voices
InnL rave,
Shall dNinGi' =, shall blend,
Shall chan :e, shall brcome first, peace
out of pain.
Then liz hit. then thy breast,
o thou suui OF my soul! ! shall clasp thee
agar,
Aud with God be at rest!
give You psalm of life:
F"r"noc II and aflernoon and night Fore
noon
Aud att rnorn and night! Forenoon
aud what?
TIE empty song repeats itself-nn more.
Y rh that ~ lite. make that forenoon sub
That afternoon a psalm, that night n
IrIN-r,
And Inn. is corqrered and thy crown is
won.
The ch"ir and congregation joined
in singing aud were IiSmiSSc. by The
bcnedicii"m 10y Rev. Mr.. bishop.
The choir WAS composed of a number
of the Young ladies from The cullrge
with their vocal teacher, Miss Inhnsun,
aud Mr>srs VI. IL. ChilcS and \. w.
Smith.
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Aull Seminary prol erty. Verify the
boys began TO look like soldie.s with
their guns and blankets, and the war
seemed 10 be Il reality.
About the middle of May, 1861, Kcl-
ly's Irish brigade arrived in Lexington.
They had been run out of st. Louis
They were exhibited and drilled in our
streets, and we gazed in wonder and
admiration at the precision of their
work, and at their wonderful capacity
to drink whisky. They were petted by
our people, and all things were free to
them. We had an idea that they were
giants, and the federal government
s'would have a time" whenever it
came in contact with Ke!ly's brigade.
We started south about the 25th of
June, imagining ourselves an army,
and wondering where we would be able
10 catch sight of ''fed.'' We knew
nothing of the plans of our officers; we
knew nothing of war; we were poorly
clothed, and the worst armed lot of
fellows that ever went to war. Some
had old revolutionary flint-lock musk
cts; some had the ancestral squirrel
rifles; some had wornOut shot guns; a
few had pistols, and few had bowie
knives.
One hot afternoon we had to double
quick about five miles TO get across a
bridge over the Marias de Cygnes river
before the ''feds'' got there and headed
us off. We burned the bridge and
started forward, marching across prai-
ries covered with water, sometimes
three feet deep. We then realized that
we were not hunting for the ''feds."
On the morning of July 9th we
double quicked about six miles to get
in position to receive an attack by the
'.feds." We chose our ground and did
not wait long until we saw them
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these ceaseless and perplexiug cares, the
white hairs come too early, the brow is
furrowed too soon, the flesh is lost from
the check; even home life alone has made
a wreck of her. She too at the end will
sly. "This has been Living dea tn aud was
not worth the effort But think of that
life with spiritual power. The love that
unites her to her children, the golden
chain of sympathy that binds her to her
husband, are cares by which, as she
ascends the way of holiness, she draws
them with her. Her home itself is a
sanctuary. her tuition prepares not only
for this life, but for the life TO come. Her
marital life grows nobler, and holier, and
liker to the life of heaven. She has
learned the secret of life as the Apostle
def ne1 it.
Third, we consider socIi relations ar d
duties. Iapprehend that this will be the
realm in which you young ladies will find
fullest scope for your powers, perhaps,
largest results from your life. This is a
marvellous world that we are introduced
to in society. There are noble elements
that demand society. There are wonder
ful opportunities in that life. Influences
widened until they reach the utmost
points of village, state, nation. race, that
you will excite in this marvellous world.
But suppose you have lived only for
soc ETY.. You will simply .hav' fulfilled
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Cameron, and our much loved Jonn +.
Ryland. Here were gathered such
boys as Slayback Clemens Mark
Twain), Steve Elkins and hundreds oi
others vino have written their names
high on the scroll of fame.
In 1861 the "sesesh" element strongly
dominated in Missouri; and Lafayette,
Jackson, Clay, Ray and Saline counties
afterward became known by such
appellatives as "Rebeldom," the
"Little COnfederacy," &c. Lincoln was
scarcely inaugurated before active
preparations were begun all over the
state, and especially in this vicinity, to
take Missouri out of the union and link
her fortunes with the confederacy.
There were no railroads IN this part of
the state; there were but few telegraph
lines, and all travel and most of our
news was by steamboat, on the river.
And, strange as it may appear, the
people were about as happy as they are
now, and "news," fresh from St. Louis
in four or five days, was not considered
''slow." Lexington beng river town,
and the largest town between st. Louis
and St. Joseph, was II point of great
Importance.
Among the first acts of hostility was
he capture of steamboat at this
place, which was carrying supplies TO
ort Leavenworth- A few rifles, two
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are fourteen members of the faculty
and they are all specialists in their
departments. 1t would be idle to
partlcularize, and n vase of words TO
speak of the merit of one or all
individually. The statement will pass
unchallenged by all who know the
standing of the faculty, that it is one
of the strongest in this we tern country.
1t is a symmetrical faculty. Not
strong and powerful in one school and
weak in another, but strong and
efficient in all the various departments
Central College is in charge of
president who is himself an educator,
and in the selection of his faculty he
has demonstrated the fundamental
principal OF his management, thorough
ness of work m every department.
With such a faculty and in such a
school young woman will find
advantages eXcelled nowhere in the
west. The fourteen noble, educated
Christians at work in Central will rank
with any faculty almost any where.
The lNTELLIGENCER is disposed 10
say much more concerning tins faculty,
but lack of space here forbids. Much
could be said of it. Too much that is
good could not be SAID. We trust that
those MelhOdists of Missouri in whose
hands this paper should fall will make
such inquiries about the college, its
faculty and its work as will acq'Iaint
them with the value of Central College
and as will lead them To Il e realization
of just what the Methodist church,
South, in This state posspSspS in the
e fnr 4 .lnn f,f
Young ladies.
The faculty for the coming Year Is
constituted rs follows:
Il. NJ. Williams. \. NJ
Philosophy.
Miss F. l.. Prosspr. A. NJ,
Oady Principal
English Language and Literature.
Edgar ID. Watson. A. NJ,
Mathematics.
j. f. Pritchett, 4. NJ,
Latin.
Miss Louise Nardin, A. T.,
History and Economics.
Miss Claudia Silver, A. NJ,
Modern Languages.
c. II. TrowbrIdge, A. b.,
Sciences.
Miss Annie Golden, A. b.,
Elocution, Delsarte and Physical
Culture.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Director,
(nOt yet elected)
Miss Stella II. Jennings,
Piano.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.
l.. F. Myers,
Shorthand, Typewriting and
bookkeeping.
The primary department has been
abolished, but Miss Madeline Bywaters
will prepare n class for Central College
under the direction of the president.
This arrangement is made 10 accom-
mOdate local patrons.
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coming with glistening guns and
cleaning bayonets. The fight was on.
We whipped them, and did not half
try. We drove them through Carthage
and routed them everywhere. We had
heard the cannon roar; we had smelled
the smoke OF battle; we had seen men
torn down by cannon shot; we, were
now soldiers.
General Price had no further trouble
going south. We drilled for some
time at Camp Cowskin, and then
started to Springfield. On the 10Th of
August the battle of Wilson's Greek
was fought, General Lyon was killed
and his command whipped. This was
real battle. All of the preceding
night the confederates had 'laId on
their arms" expecting orders to march
on Springfield. A cold, drizzling rain
fell all night. At daylight on the
morning of the 10th we found that the
federals had marched out to attack us,
and the be oming of cannon served rs
our reveille. The fight soon became
general, and the roar of musketry and
the whiz of minnie balls mixed with
the thunder of artillery and bursting of
shells. Charge after charge was made.
Gen. Lyon was killed. The gallant
Weightman was shot through the
body, but continued in his saddle till
another ball struck him in the neck,
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THE FACULTY.

Too much cannot b. said in favor of
the faculty of Central College. Pres
ident Williams has surrounded himself
wi.h most excellent corps of
instructors. The words "mOst excel
lent in this connection mean exactly
what they say. As is well known
Central College is doing college, not
preparatory work. Compare, if you
please, her curriculum with that of
any of our recognized standard schools
in he state, our much and meriloriOusly
praised University or that of Central
College at FayeIIe. Compare if you
please her courses of study with that
of any female college west of the
Mississippi river. Comparisons are
said to be odious, aud so they are
uflimes, but Central's authorities will
bear what odinm may fall 10 her by
the result of the comparisons above
suggested.
A high grade curriculum demands
naturally high grade faculty to
instruct the pupils i'll the subjects
thereof. Central College faculty meets
the demand and meets 1t we'll. There
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causing instant death. The loss on
both sides was heavy, but the confed-
crates Coined a signal victory.
The day after the battle the confed-
crates marched into Springfield, where
they rested a few days, being supplied
with good ratiOns, the first they had
received since leaving Pappinsville,
two weeks pr, cedIng. Then came the
welcome order, "On to Lexington!" "
Gladly the troops started on the long
march.
And what a march it wasl 1t seemed
to rain every day. The wagons were
continually stalled; the soldiers were
ragged, and often, after marching all
day, would 90 10 bed on the ground.
without supper. When we reached the
vicinity of Warrensburg we were told
that a detachment of "feds" were
there, rObbing the town. We marched
all day and all night through a stead,
downpour of rain, with nothing TO eat
Next morning at daylight we halted in
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thousand five hundred pounds of pow
der and few percussion caps were
captured, and ut that time the news
was sent abroad that great deed had
been done. Many things which then
appeared great have dwindled into
nothingness compared with later
events.
About the first of June the Lexington
"troOps" marched TO the 'Blue,' near
Independence, where little scrimmage
occurred. About the Goth of June they
were back in Lexington, getting ready
for march south. The first distribu-
tion of arms was made just about where
the water tower now stands, and the
first distribution of blankets occurred
IN building now part of Elizabeth
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OLD BATTLE GROUND.

Central Female College is situated on
the most commanding spot in the old
fOrtihcations, where occurred the
famous battle of Lexington. 1t stands
where once stood the old Masonic Col
lege; in fact the north ell of Central is
today the Masonic College of 1861,
only shorn of ITS once imposing front
and hidden by building so much
larger and prettier that the old build
ing looks shabby and insignificant.
This building, which now looks so
small and dingy in comparison with
"New Central" once had 4 reputation
as an educational center which was
scarcely second TO the reputation of
Central today. Here were such teach
ers as Patterson, Shaver, Schenk,
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LEXINGTON. MISSOURI.
of the Home of Central
College.

Lexington, Missouri, is 4 city of
the greatest educational center in the
state, having three female colleges and
an excellent military academy for
young men, besides II well regulated
High school, business college, private
schools, etc, etc. The city Is located
on the bluffs of the great Missouri
river, in The cen er of the most
beautiful, hcalIhlul and fertile part of
the state. II Is II city of churches, and
is noted for the culture and refinement
of its society. The location is healthy,
the surroundings wholesome and the
citizenship Intelligent. Her people are
church gong, God fearing, education
loving and progressive people. Every
thing combines herein To make this an
appropriate place for such institutions
OF learning.
Lexington is of cay access from all
parts of the country. 1t has three
railroads and is in communication with
two great trunk lines across he river.
Many new enterprises are being started.
As place IN which Ia live, educate
vour children aud invest Nour money
Lexington can offer greater induce
menls than any city Oi lis size in the
west Its beautiful residences and
shady streets make it a fine place in
which to live. Its colleges offer an
education TO your children, and its
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COMMENCEMENT

magnificent coal fields, unlimited
supply of sand, potter's clay and good
railroad accommodations make il an
excellent place To locate factories. In
brief, Lexington is great place in
which 10 live, make money, educate
your children and be happy.