Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-12

Wbere're we rest upon this EARTH
Reme wheeT his 81" our motto and our flower
Forget me not
To us so very childish and impatient
This day does seem the emo OF HI our
And lie iS'7 lies stretched before us rose
bedecked;
But there are thorns. ,,,,. ,,,a
Dear ones. tits not the end OF troubles we
have reached, ,.- .s,,,,
For i'm the distance there are pldceu
hard, stony ways
IT'S the beginning Of what our hands
For INTO INTO each is given her course to form.
And following in it TO perfect her soul;
And pleasure may -, a,ao.
Lead some to seek cool, restful shades
And TO dlsdain the solemn call or duty,
Through mountains drear to fields OF peace
and beauty.
And may sweet hope, descending from on
high, ~
TO sOothe our sorrows, 70 IePiVS' " ''s'
When we shall find .-..,..
Ourselves in Turing pathways straylng'
Amid the brooks and flowers that theh ar
Come Se' dwell with US. you will not regret
delaying"
And when in those old halls, we all shall
meet again, o.
After much JOY much sorrow anu iiuOi
with pI many broken dreams, with many
| happy CLEANS
| OF love divine, 80 49,, 80. o,,r+lo
| That then our lives, ike thls Sweet sSH'''
which humble. in meek lowliness doth
And that our hearts as pure as true, may
| in our bosoms swell.
Ava NOW 70 one and all we say farewell!
With gratitude and deep regret we leave
our College Halls, for we have much
| 10 do
In this great world, 49,. .o,oo,,r, ,
| And going forth from tnese protecting
walls. we will remember
THAT not through Fame or Glory, Happl-
| ness is won; - .,,,,,,
II is the inner knowledge of our Work
well done.
WHAT FUTURE HOLDS.
pecause Of the uncertainty, because oil
the enchantment which distance lends
the future is full of beauties. 1t was MISE
Iucv Alyce Taylor whom the class chose
10 tear away the veil Of days and years
TO come, and reveal what each COM
panion should be. She said:
rhe era of electrical inventions IS Du'
fairly begun. We have CALCULATED II
wonder over the telephone, stood speech
less before the photograph, and mar
yelled at the disclosures made by the
X-rav machine. But it is by none o.
these electrical inventions that the clos
ing wears OF the nineteenth century vii
he made memorable. What, then, car
If be Surely, all will agree with me
that II is Edison's latest Invention
| the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" This wonder
ful machine, fashioned after the patteri
OF a sleepy-nollin chair, has the mos
powerful electrical contrlvances for con
trolling the ear, brain, and eye or an!
ono who. desiring TO know the mysterie
! | az the future, may yield himself 10 IL
strange influence.
How opportune and BETTING was TIL
, | machine in aiding me TO execute tIi
: Iaborious task assigned me or peerlnl
into the future OF my classmates.
, when, a few days ago, l seated mysel
Ga This chair-like machine and gave my
self up TO it's power, my DrAin sTe'
4 dizzy for some time; then 1 seemed I
) think strange thoughts. see visions. an
e hear mysterious sounds and voices. a
arst the sounds seemed 10 be only
confused babel OF voices. and l though
Q surely must be overhearing one OF on
'es ciass-meetings; soon they becom
: more distinct, and plainly heard VOC
|, savin: "Our beloved Virginia mas adde
( vet another laurel TO her wreath by fun
nishIng the first great woman states
| man.
4 ..The progress of the new woman ha
: brought her 10 the front In politics.
$ well as in other things. and Virginia
G ever eager for leadership, especially
v Cuba, has furnished that free island
e goyerness- general In the person OF on
/ own class president-iIarriet Rudd."
= AN EGYPTIAN BEAUTY.
q Then I drifted into a kind Of revert
Is or dream, and the vision OF dark-haire
Egyptian type OF beauty, Katharine Fo
n ter. came before me. / saw this visio
OF her In various places-in n
- church. on the street In the conce