The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02

God forbid that we should fan, in
this, to discharge our duty. 1t was
the mission OF Greece to contribute
art, science ana literature. 1t was
the mission of Rome to give US law
and teach the lesson OF obedience.
me mission of Isreal was to give the .
world a sacred religion. She failed |
God raised up the Genties and Izreal |
became extinct as "A nation. shall we |
fail to accomplish our task in the |
| present problem ? If we refuse who |
knows the fate that may betall this |
nation This IL not a matter of pleas |
ure, but OF duty. not one of business
| policy, but of principles; not one OF
will but Of conscience. Then let us
/ plant the tree of liberty in every soil,
and may the people OF this great Re
| public never he content till the
stars and stripes float below no other
banner save the King of Kings.
Gentlemen of the Board Of Educa-
ton: We know you have been back
OF this school, faithfully guarding her
material interests and guiding her
with undiminished prosperity. School
boys may seem reckless, thOughtless
of the source of their good toings,
but beneath the source surface gayety,
most earnest of men. May you ever
be ahle To look with feelings of heart
felt satisfaction upon all your Efforts
for the advancement of those who are
enrolled upon the register of these
schools, ara especially upon this band
whose lot it is nOw To bid you long
farewell.
Kind instructors: / deem it the
most hOnored OF my present privileges,
that | am permitted to address a few
words TO you with whom we have
formed sucn pleasant fellowship. You
have given us new spirit OF mind,
new mode of thought, "A new vision OF
:, light and it is our purpose to be
worthy OF them To you has been
given the task of impress ing directly
upon our minds those truths that
shall develop the truest man and
womanhOod of each nature and the
empldutirg in each brain and heart
+ the germs OF knowledge whose per-
feet growth snail form lives of sue
cess, and whose fruitage be the
browning of well spent lives. We
thank you for the many sacrifices you
have made for US. for the lite labor
you have embodied in your teaching
And now in the name of my class,
! " llb'O DlOuA w
he, / bid you farewell hoping that
your memory of US may be a. pleasant
as ours shall always be of you.
! Members OF the under graduate
, body: To you we commend the in
, terests we have hitherto cherished
together, knowing that your enthus-
> iastic loyalty for our alma mater is
, none less than ours. We would vain
commit to your sacred trust the old
. school house, but no more shall your
feet trod those halls of learning, no
, more shall that Ginning bell call you
, to the old assembly room where we
> have so often met. 1t is our honor to
, be the last class to graduate from the
!. old school house, it is your honor to
. he the fret high school to assemble in
. the new, the gTander, the greater.
q We do not envy you in your good for
q tune. No, but as we move Off this
stage of duty and you come forward
n to fill the places we now fill, ii is our
!. hope, that you may ill it more worth.
a lily than we. In the mazes of the
a future and in all that awaits you in
the life to come we bid you GoJspeed
. and fare you well.
Glass mates:-We stand together
+ for the last time, our fare we'll must
! We eDOhtn. I1OM Inutu vi V,
- how much of hope is bound up in
a those two syllables farewell. In
these manv years we have learned to
A know and to value one another, we
4 have formed the unrivaled friend.
a ship of High School life. THE eve.
: ming we are nearer together than ever
! before. Somehow every thing in
n school life tends to make classmates
!. love each other. There have been
a things in our natures that might have
q kept us apart out i'm the world, but
n together day by day as the weeks
!. months, and years went by, and as
the cOnventiOnalities of living were
a thrown aside and we came in contact
~ with the different sides of each one:
q natures we found manliness, gentle.
a ness, earnestness, and reality, while
>. the world with lite colder gaze could
a see nothing but sham.
But whether or not we are saying
y good bye to one another, we are say
i ing good bye to old school days, they
a at least will never come tack. Let u'
part therefore with earnest feelings
n not with any false sentiment, neither
let us underestimate the sacredness
= of this hour, ties beyond al measure
,. of value are being severed'for ever
lney may NOT concern Otners, they
# are ours. Each life of us bears the
a impress of every other life and the
/ union of such influences are indesol
~ liable for ever. | can wish for moth
ing hig her or happier for us, thar
a, that through our ives in joy and sor
"a row, in highest sunshine and deepest
4 shadow there may remain with each
a one of us the consciousness of duty
well performed, of suffering nObly en-
+ dured, all of life faithfully lived
. Farewell and as the word ofreveranct
" parts us may we go forth to labor re
q solved to play the part of the scholar
v the man, the woman.
q Explanatory.
3. A week ago the REGISTER mailed
:, to an engraving company at Kansas
,s City photographs ofall the members
4 ..,se l. e.,