Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-12-29
MOORHEAD.
December 8, 1898.
Dear EDITOR SHEAF:

"Santu Claus" has also made his
annual visit and is now far on his
homeward way, having left children
behind happy and content with the
many or few presents, as the case |!
may be, but who, nevertheless, are
satisfied and grateful alike. Il is in !
deed worth while to mediate over
the happiness wlirh is brought al
most to every home at this time OF
the year, when want and comfort
stand Tor II moment strangely pitted
against each other and compared
one with another. Joy and sorrow,
'ortune and misfortune, misery and
plenty stand out in strange contrast
so real and SO impressive, now, espe-
Gladly when tbs winter, the time OF
death and desolation, is half past
and when the year that We have
been living is fast drawing TO Il close,
giving US an opportunity to plan
Nnder the most auSpcious circum-
Stances, IL better and more profitable
mode OF living during the neXG year,
whether our life has been OF the
lighter y" the darker nature. Yes,
christmas is connectel with us in
| thoughts like these though they are
shortly interpreted. And now eau it
Ue otherwise when We consider that
We are Keeping this day sacred III
meulury OF the dawn OF Il new era
upon mankind, an er:L during which
man should become liberated, nent-
| ally spiritually as we'll as physically.
1t mas taken a long time to realize
this but we may rel Dice as a nation
that we are the first people who first
made Il reality Of this truth-we are
tree in religion, free in thought and
speech, free from any rule over our
| own selves. This is a fruit OF Chris
tiauity and may the time soon come
when other people may take Advan-
tage OF our experience.
1t is: but natural that a person
! writing to- his friends, as 1 am sure ]
/ do now, should tell what comes un-
der his Immediate attention; and 50
you will purdOn me Tor saying
something about the school which l
AN nding.
We, as all schoolboys and school
girls are now doing, enjoy va
cation much ionSed for by many
who unlike ourselves have parents
and in most cases comfortable
home to greet them a.cheerful wei
come. We have a most pleasant
school, the pride OF Us all, wherein
are teachers Of practical purposes
and We dare say of practical ends.
! Sometimes the students are not so
practical as they might be and re-
suits are we'll foreseen. The school
Is growing larger every y ear and has
! now outgrown itself. The large and
spacious assembly room can mo
longer comfortably seat all who
come here to get knowledge and in
spiratiuu to a higher and nobler iiv-
ing. But room is however provided
! and as We have noticed the faculty
as u whole extend u warm and hear
ty welcome to everyone. AIR. L. &.
Lord, us everyone knows, is the pre-
sident OF the Normal School, an ed
ucatOr OF the first rank. and his ad-
miuistration OF the school has been
productive OF great and good results,
uone OF which has escaped the atten-
ton OF the outside world. The
school is to lose his services next
year and it is y loss which every stu
dent keenly realizes. Butit is not d
loss merely. to this Normal School
1t is loss which the whole state
may well regret. His influence in
the destinies of this commonwealth
Internationally at least is greater
than anyone OF US would admit. Bel
chat as it may Our state is not SO
generous to the: really worthy as
some states are, being DIS size is yet
unuer the bane OF politics and what |
is called 1public sentilnent" iii regard