The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-06-10
Address of Welcomes. F. e.

Address OF Welcomes. i. e..
The following Is the address of wei.
come delivered by Mrs. }. II. Campbell
10 the graduates Of lSgg:
Mrs. President Young Ladic, of the Cln,,
of'gl.
The task of welcoming you to the
ranks of T. +. e. Alumnr Is a delight.
iul one; We need YOU, and if ylu viii
live up To the standard set you by many
OF the long line on our honor.roll. your
lives will he enough richer To Justify
The assertion that you need ms. This
constant Increase of our numbers. this
annual supersoiling-if you will permit
a homeIy ligurc-by the admission Of
blooming, ambitious young ncophNtes,
IS the llle0 l our organization. Without
These accesslOns We should soon become
a growlhlcss fossil; with them We are as
quick and living as the stream of the
mountain gorgeS-neyer dying, never
drcaying, but ever young. enriched with
the dignity OF age-ever old, enhaloed
with the freshness and divinity Of
youth. 1t is Il beautiful and natural
growth; and Just as the mighty ocean
welcomes the ten thousand streams
and streamlets Of which it has been the
source, and on which it depends for
pefpelnation, SO do We bid you a glad.
cordial reception into the bosom of our
fold.
Let Inc press the analogy to its limit
and beg that you will he rs unseldsh MS
the stream in giving back what ven
have received; if you can create and
thus swell the store To usurious pro.
portions, so much the better for us and
you. II you have received Mlssisslprj
OF good, give back, | plead, 10 your
alma Hdic' and through her to the
world not the %niggardly return of a
local waler-course-be satisfied with
nothing short Of giving the ocean to fine
ocean.
Every day the world is DEMANDING
more OF woman. There has been a long
advance since the musical voices of ihe
Iirst girl graduates rang through Bonti,,
College halls, The change is mirrored
IN The very pronunciation of the word
II we apply the all-preyailing Roman
method. Girls, by the English pronun-
clatlon, used Ia be- UiuHmac InaY-,ao,
purely negative, Boys were aLimui-I
very strong on the final syllable. Hni
Alumni has sottened and rendered ito.ir
ny mat Roman method, remember
10 Alumni, which has a strong gound If
"'' ana IS, perhaps, as close to or, 40
the masculine mind can come I'm
contrast That modest, shrinking ah,uuoc
completely changes its character an,
comes from our lips with q copsciously
positive, dominant ring, alupua, lavi
NeIl-tnlh about has been fair NAV
long enough to pass into an adapr md
we assume 10 ourselves the right in say
IN w. tHA1
'"' "'' Az Jay, ny, ayl. We are I'm,
getting even. Take this for what 10
WORTH Al least You VIII not DENY that
woman condition has undergone ,he
change whether or not We accrr, ,ho
chahge III pronunciation,
seriously, the new woman has Ind
her DAY even the funny man or ,La
nally paper no longer wastes spore in
lalhp"onlng her; but the ani,iion ~
Tue question, like the agitaiinu or san,
PollIlcaI questions, while it has broroL,
up Il quantity of mud, did good service
woman cannot lapse 10 her rnrnoo,
.eVe'; she Is coming To her true estate
'as come perhaps. Is She eqoaI to ,ho
'leyatiOnY WV
lOets, now, are our only prorbo,s
In your T%ennyson you read (
Yet In the long years likcr mus, ,non /
ne. man he more OF woman an, 4
~ gam IN sweetness aud in nornI .nin' !
rose the wrestling thews that thsna, /
Aut world, '''oN X
care, "' !" 'hlIuWhtd y
SGT lose the childliko in the l,rger mind. :
~ W. iaNl she set herself to man :
~ peritut music unto noble words. Z
Mn" '"hIh upon the skirts nj Z
VT side 10y side, full summ,d fl, .u,, :
powers, !" M lhelt :
,,TPehslng harvest, sowing the T,.ho Z
'ell IeVerent each and re,,,a W. 3
,la''nct IN lhdlvidualilics. '"'h, !
'ut IKE each other even as ,,o .
love. IN Those who {
men comes the s%tatelier Eden b,ck IN Z
men reign the worlds pr,o, ,.., I
b, chaStc aud calm, '''"' %pflhals, Z
hen springs the crowni,, Z
kind.r ''oe "i human 3
rms ideal of the poet wc ma. :
'tI 10 ourselves: rrpp,i ~ ~" "i'' "
oule enough Ia III her liza ""u,"ll
oNP''SSlDly noble ldcaly Iy he G",3
ON social trammcls. st,Ii '''td
i,S,aVru by The little selfish miynT n
,ppaIlcleS, iOthings, Ol L., luu'N
AZURE Then, IN this wider a., ,"WrI
which We plume "n,, 'dInrl' 81
p'llV ATTAINED. We shall helm T., 'va nn
! men u race Of |LilliputiarlF ',n'hr
rom az slavery, We slnjy i"ni
INK ruth, liycl luIih. wnr%.S ,i'lh,
; lelI now broad and Clr ''u NE T
,una ol our inture. YOung InI,n'sHol '
~ slhllallhg class, fellow 5In,m"u, "
nrnIS m The half century simnn "I
OF our college. on ,u r',u ,lr
,n,a lhe responsibility nnt nn nS We
',iR ourselves at the Lioh"'1 OF
ARK but oI directing otLcrs~ "'E"'9u'Ee