Arizona republican., 1898-06-16


 sitions.
 After years of fruitless and heart sick solicitation for aid in this enter prise, after offering, in effect, to one monarch and to another the gift of a hemisphere, the great discoverer touched upon a partial success. It is truly melancholy, however, to contem- plate the wretched equipment with which the most aggressive and far seeing man of his time started on a voyage of discovery.
 Nc chapter of romance equals the ill., terest of this expedition. The most fascinating of the works of fiction which have issued from the modern press have to my mind no attraction compared with the pages in which is recorded the first voyage of Columbus. What courage he must have had on that memorable voyage, surrounded as he was by superstitiOus mon, to face an unknown sea!
 It is not necessary to tell how, after many weary days sailing, without the sight of land, with his officers and crew almost frantic with fear, Colum- Jus had a brave heart, and an encour- aging word for all; and when his sail orS in despair exclaimed:
 Now must we pray,
 For To. the very stars are gone.
 Brave adm 'ral, speak;
 What shall we say?
 His answer was, "Why say. sail on.
 sail on, sail oni"
 They sailed. They sailed. Then spoke
 the mate:
 'This mad sea shows it's teeth to-
 night,
 He curIs his lip, he lies in wait
 With lifted teeth as if to bite.
 Brave admiral, say but one -Ood
 word;
 What shall we do when hope is
 gone?"
 The words leapt as leaping sword.
 Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!"
 Thus. pale and worn, Columbus kept his deck, guided by that all-conquering that power to press for ward, to remove all impediments, and that power to win where another would fall.
 As is often the case, genius seldom finds it's reward here on earth.
 After four voyages he who was at first received with the shouts of ap- multitudes, and escorted by tie nobles of the land to the throne of his sovereign, was brought back to Spain in chains.
 "The man, the courage, the deed" and then the result-Columbus, the .ather of America! A new world of untold riches and resources. that was destined to be the soil in which the seeds of liberty were to be planted there to flourish and there to spread nut in it's efforts to envelop the whole civilized world. A new world des- would throw off the yoke of tyranny, avenge the assassinated, feed the hum gry, drive the oppressors from its shores, and whose motto is Liberty"
 Friends and classmates, we are launching our boats on the great un- known sea of the world. Many perils will beset us, storms ruffie the sea and toss us about, but we have world to discover, mssion to perform. May inc example of this man give us cour- age to guide our boats safely through ike storm.
 We, the class of '98, present to you, Mr Buck, as the representative of the honorable board of education of this school, the bust of him who has pro- yided a field for the development of the highest civilization of the world. and the perpetuation of liberty, of one whom all America delights to honor. Place it high in your halls, where all may see it, and learn this lesson of patience and perseverance.
 This is the farewell address deliv- cred on Monday evening by William R. Price:
 When the first gray mists of the intellectual dawn appeared above the horizon of our being, slowly, how slowly it arose and settled in our soul IS resolve to acquire an education and assume our places in this world, n some worthy sphere of action. With what pleasure we anticipated our en- rance to the normal. What long md successful campaign our imagi- native minds pictured to us on the field ,f learning. What bloodless battles md unparalleled victories we expected 0 gain.
 Alas! how different and yet how similar. The rOdQ Has Deeu TOuSu duu broken in places and we have stum- oled; hidden dangers have been turk ng here and there and we have all put given up in despair; and yet we ,vercame them and were strengthened hereby.
 ~In turning over memory's volume see here and there page which bears he title, pleasant school days. but per laps there is no page in mem 3ry's great book winch bears more ivid picture, or one more pleasing han does the one which bears the title, Normal School Days
 "Now that we are about to leave .hese halls and are about to depart to ,ur respective homes, the memory of he dear old school days comes flood ng over us How sweet are the recol- ections of the hours spent in these the instructors, our school mates and classmates, they. too, are dear to each one of us.
 "A golden censer swings in the tenn pie of life, making holy it's halls and graceful it's corridors. This fountain If or1r well heinz is duty