The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27

ing school gathered in that department
yesterday afternoon to hear the ad-
dresses attendant upon the graduation
exercises. b. r. Jayne, chairman OF
the training school committee, presid-
ed. City Superintendent Howell made
the first address, which abounded in
brilliant thought and valuable sugges-
tions.
Surrounded as I am today by all the
evidences of spring, her flowers ana
vernal beauty, l should be Influenced
in my choice of seasons to favor spring,
hut l am constrained on this particu-
lar occasion to say that of all the sea-
sons, ! love the autumn best, for in
autumn l find a reproduction OF all
seasons. Autumn teaches me that ma
ture reproduces herself, that nothing is
lost, that there is no annihilation of
sunshine and energy. What can be
more beautiful and significant than a
sunset in autumn? The day goes to
sleep mantled in crimson and gold and
all the glories woven in the loom of
the wear shed their lustre, rejecting
back to heaven from mountain side and
valley all the tints of rainbow and sky.
In an autumn sunset we have the trans
6guration of mountain, wood and dale.
In spring and summer the verdure
and foliage are one monotonous express
son of green, but in autumn the Grim
son hues are alive, all the tints that
| have been latent in leaf, plant and
| flower, all the rays of the sun which
| have been absorbed for the season and
cherished for time in the heart Of
nature are out in grand array. Even
the sturdy oaks which have been ap-
parently insensibe to the wooing of
the warm rays of the sun in summer,
| display in autumn on barklet and leaf
| all the glorieS of the spectrum. Be
| yond question, autumn is the season for
| reproduction, every ray of sunshine
| that has crept mysteriously into cellu-
| lar tissue for the generation of life,
! finds its way out again in autumn. 1t
| is the time when the laboratories of
| nature open their doors and reveal the
| fact that all things useful and beauti-
! full are imperishable. | use this figura-
| tive language today for purpose; you
may be compelled, my young friends,
! to walt long time for results in your
| professional work, but in every life
there is an autumn when the world
| vii mirror back to you all that has
emanated from heart mind and soul.
THE TWO SEASONS.
/ In the immaterial world or realm of
, mind, as in the physical world or realm
| of matter, there is a time for sowing
and a time for reaplng. but the seasons
| in the two worlds are of different
| lengths. The husbandman sows his
seed, sees ii grow and gets an immedi-
ate harvest. The Vintner trims his
vines, presses the fruit and drinks his
wine before the frost of age, or even
| winter Chlls his blood; but those who
| are spiritual huSbandmen, those who
cultivate the virtues of mind and heart
/ must need have patience, for the sea-
sons in the realm of mind are longer
than the seasons in the realm of mat
| ter.
To be successful TEACHERS then, you
must learn to be patient, and know in
your deeper consciousness that the time
legitimately required for the produc.
tion of an effect in art or science, body
or soul, measures the value and worth
of that effect.
This is an age of speed. The earth
has been girded with iron bands, anC
the lying Chariots of trade set the
brain in a whirl Steam, with its
| gigantic power, sets the elements al
defiance and sweeps the ocean with g
stride. Electricity Outruns the sun il
his daily circuit. Such is our inherit
ance today But We must not forge
that all these grand achievements arr
the results of the ages piled mountain
high; they are the century products o
our best minds; they are valuable be-
cause they represent the intellectual
DEVELOPMENT Of decades and centuries
The pace set by the world today mus
not deceive us, Things which COM
quickly are of small worth work is tn,
measure of all value, and it is a fai
presumption to value things accordns
to the time spent in their development
Wax will mold easily in the hand ant
take any form desired aabaster vii
Il
is more unyiclding still and must b.
cut slowly. The diamond, harder thar
flint, must be shaped by the emer.
wheel, task of great labor ant
patience. But when the work is al
done and the samples set aside, VIII
will question the superior worth of tn
diamond? Its value lies not so muc
in it's intrinsic worth as in the worl
and time expended to bring out it
light and lustre.
ROAD JUST AS LONG.
We may talk as We please abUu
= modern methods and short courses an
the hot-house cultivation of ideas hu
= | the road to learning is just as long to
day as it was in the days of Plate
Socrates and Aristotle, and the god
now as in the time of Hesiod plac
sweat in the pathway Of excellence.
/ Education implies work. The huma
intellect grows only by self-activit!
! If we desire TO bring our mental power
, to the highest degree of efficiency W
must work them for the great law G
mind is exercise. AS teachers, / be
seech you to recognize no theory {
education that puts premium on idle
ness or offers free-pass inducement
over the royal road to learning. a
astra per aspera 0hrough difficulties
: the stars) is the only safe motto fC
ambitious youth. Learning by stud
must be won, twas ne'er entailed frol
son to SON." A boy may have his foo
digested for him by pepsin, to give h
stomach an easy time, but nature Wi
!. have it's revenge.
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