The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-07-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Valedictory by Miss Mabel Kelly of St.
Anthony School, Minneapolis.

Valedtct0ry BY Miss Mabel Kelly Of st.
Anthony School, Minneapolis.
The following valedictory was written
and read by Miss Mabel Kelly, and
elected merited applause:
The day is done" and the future lies
before lis bidding us so forward with
courage. Classmates, we have tonight
completed the last chapter in the first
book of Our lives. AS we glance back
ward and call to mind the associations
of our school life we see the joys and
trials of those bright days CLEAN through
the twilight of the past
Thus rejecting a feeling OF sadness
comes over me that my soul cannot re-
sist." =
Yes, dear companions, we must here
sever our connections as schoolmates.
Our daily rambles through the halls o.
our dear old school must cease We will
meet in class no more
The tender ties which have bound us
as classmates are broken, but the friend
ship formed through years OF compan-
ionship will grow stronger during each
succeeding year. Our separation to-
night will only cause those bonds
ITO flourish in perpetual bloom
Amid life's sorrow and its gloom"
We say farewell A word which
touches the tenderest affections OF the
soul and causes emotions to spring up
in the heart
We bid adieu to you, our kind pastor,
whose interest in lis as school-chldren
must cease. You have striven to guide
us through the to be ever cherished
paths of virtue and knowledge.
We hope that our future will be one
great effort to put in practice what you
have taught us.
We enter the arena OF the world to-
night to become active members in that
busy tfrong. Each OF us sees her own
bright future. If we have succeeded in
the past we have loving parents, beloved
teachers, and, more than all, our kind
pastor, to thank Ii we succeed in the
future we must look to ourselves for the
assistance, which, up to this, has been
given us by others.
Whether we realize our expectations in
the future, or not, depends TO certain
extent on the use we make of the virtue
and knowledge which we have received
in our "Alma Mater"
Though we arc no longer members Of
dear old St. Anthony school, we will
always cherish many pleasant recollec-
tons OF happy days spent therein, and
when old Father Time will have tinged
our hair with silvery threads and fur
rowed Our brows with care, we will turn
with loving memories to when we were
classmates, sheltered by its maternal roof
and live again those happy days.
eyes, dear departed days, cherished
days,
Could Memory's hand restore your
morning light,
Your evening rays from Times gray
urn,
Then might this restless heart be still"
To our worthy pastor, dear parents,
and visiting friends, I tender, in the
name of the class OF 80, our sincere
and grateful acknowledgment of your
kindness in appearing here tonight.
Your presence is an encouragement. We
realize that it is not to listen to our
feeble attempts at oratory that you have
come, but in the interests of Catholic
education, as guardians and promoters
of the intellectual and moral develop
ment of our school. We know that you
have just pride in our school, and it is
our fondest hope that the light and
knowledge, which comes from an educa
ton received therein, will serve to guide
the rising generations through worthy
labor, to the purest, noblest, fullest man.
hood. 1t will ever be the aim of the
class of 80 to prove that Our efforts in
this noble cause have not been in vain.
One word, ere yet we part. Dear
classmates, who are looking forward
with eagerness to your graduation day,
to you let me speak word of encour-
agement.
There are yet some blank pages in the
history of your school-life to be filled
out. Let those pages be golden. Earn
the record placed therein by hard, ear
nest study, and as you climb up the rug
ged hill OF science to the summit of
fame, let virtue be your guide, for
"Amid
Lies wide scene, you, too, have parts
That fate, ere long, will bid you play
Persevere in the pursuit of knowledge
and virtue with the courage referred to
by our classmate, Miss McNulty.
Do not play the part of coward and
leave school one year or two before
graduation, through fear OF the labors
attached to the honors conferred on the
browning day of your school life.
Be among those who in all ages have
reaped the highest honors of study and
active exertion, acting always under the
guidance of the words of our motto,
"Coelitus mihi vires," my strength is
from Heaven.