The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-01-01
UIoc EaiIp Hrolllorette.
ENGLISH LITERATURE.

Ana many people by that way might pass:
And one might see the grass, and one the
IA -o one alone the daisy in the grass.
SO. on the pages of q written book
Though they to all may beauteously
shine
vet everyone with his own eyes may look.
And one alone the. writer's thought divine.
..But whether books be meadows fresh and
green.
or whether they but cultured gardens be.
whoever rambles through them still must
Only such flowers as he has eyes to see.''
In trying to pursue course of
study alone, perhaps without the
necessary references and text books
to properly elucidate the meaning
of what we study or read; perhaps,
too, laboring under the disadvant-
ages of lack of educational train
ing in early youth, how many of.
MS have felt and know the truth of
these little verses! How many of
us, liz passing by the meadow
fair to view," have missed the
rapturous joy of seeing the beaute-
ous whole, simply because our in
tellects have been neglected! Some
times we have seen the grass,
sometimes the dew and often
we have missed the daisy" en-
tirely; because
CLEAN
Only such flowers as he has eyes to see."
How necessary, then, it is for us,
when we find ourselves unable,
from any cause, to grasp the deep
er meanings of those master intel
lects, who have toiled amid diff
culties, and often dangers, and
have left their labors a rich legacy
for coming generations, to have a
teacher, leader, competent, fully
equipped in every way to stand at
the helm and guide our frail barks
as they glide Ger the ocean of En-
glish literature. knowing this,
we eagerly grasped the opportuni-
ty of becoming members OF Mrs.
Barry's literature class. And in
Mrs. Barry we have found teach
er cultured, able, refined and con-
siderate. We follow willingly
where she leads, knowing that un-
der her guidance our footprints
will be found only where the fair
est flowers Of poetry bloom and
historical facts lie thickly strewn
around. We have wasted no time
in unnecessary meanderings. She
has mapped out with skilled accu-
racy each lesson for us, and we
have gone straight to the heart OF
it, knowing when we went what
we were going for. and what we
were expected to bring back. And
then, when we have brought oul
little store of learning and laid il
before her, she has given US in re-
turn, out of her own richly fur.
nished thoughts, beautiful and in
structive lectures, making plair
whatever we failed to understand
in the lessons, and inspiring us tc
nobler efforts in the future. Hel
reading of Shakespeare has beer
especially beautiful and impressive
she has read from the treasured volume
The poem of our choice,
4nd lent to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of her voice."
Our lessons would have been in
complete without these lectures.
The literature class was organ
ized a year ago last September with
from 20 to 25 members, since
which time 1t has met regularly
every Saturday afternoon, except
during the summer vacation, an6
it continues to meet at the present
time, with unabated interest. We
cannot say we have gone over such
a vast amount of ground, but what
we, have gone over has been vel
titled; the seeds we have sowr
have taken root and propagated
We have walked through the gar.
dens of Old World literature