The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-16
THE STURDlvANT MEDAL.
The students at the Normal Receive
u Most Pleasing surprise.

The students at the Normal Receive
u Most Pleasing surprise.
AT the exercises Tuesday at the
Normal school, most pleasant sur
prise Yas sprung upon the students.
After Judge F. f. Burrough had. in "a
very happy and appropriate address
presented to the sophomores their
certificates, he continued standing on
the rostrum and held in his hand IA
small white box. He said.
Another pleasant duty has fallen
to my lot. The treasurer of the school.
Col. Robt. Sturdivant, while believing
fully in all educational advancements.
giving to each study its full regard,
considers the gentleness of true
womanAood above them all. He has
provided medal for presentation to
the yelng lady whose department has
been best. The donor of the medal is
a trse gentleman of the old school,
and comes from thar cbivalr09s old
commonwealth. Virginia where the
principal religion Of her manly sons
is respect and reverence for the
geritler sex whose character and good
fame theE are eves. ready to protect
and defe7d from the slightest assault,
like cavaliers Of old. In she full rus{l
of modern isms and ne~ ideas. we
sometimes forget that wesaan's weak
ness is her strength, and that VIXEN
she demands her so-called rights the
defers1ce which is due by courtesy is
gone. We forget that inequality after
all If the priRciple on which this world
is based. Music is dhe perfect and
MISUNDERSTANDING eff uneq ual Zones.
Without the gnountair tops there are
no peaceful valleys, and 90 true
manhood end true womanheod 90
hand in bssnd. If the pedestal on
which We fDlace ou- women, and at
whose feet we burn she incense of our
faith, were overthrown. opr better
manhood too is gene. In manhood
there is srength ard courage to per-
form: in womanheod all tenderness
and patience to erdtre. The Unborn
grace Of gentle womanhood is the
sweetest jewel sba can wear. TO
gild refined gold. to paint she lily, to
throw a perfume an the viOlet, is waste
full and ridiculous excess. There
fore. it were inds I'd most g,ain in iae
to try t. say at length what may be
said in IA few ard simple words: A
gentleUoman il the nOb3aSt work of
God.
''ln s.he chciee of the recipient of
this medal. neither the 6G1or nor uy-
self have had a voice. The facalty
have made sels .tion and am glad to
learn that 80 many of the young
ladier Were almost al par that the
selection has been made with some
degr4c. of diflis guilty. Ye7 cannot all
be winners of the medal: there is q,rly
one, but all of you may have the
qualities for which the medal stands.
Slinkard, of tie city OF Cape Gi,ar-
deau. No, to whom | 2;ve the meIal.
and tie donor and myself beg yea to
remeC1 Der thai while its intrinsic value
Is butSmall Yea: for what It represents il
has Il value greater thar the rar-om
of a fing."
In the small white boIspoken ofwas
a handsome geld medal made frcm d
twenty dollar coin. l. had bar
.acrost the top upon which war en-
graved ''Depo. tment," on the face OF
the dec ''Treaeurer's Medal while
on the diverse side was engraved >.
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Col. Sturdivant has taken mGch
Interest in the Normal ard has always
had Il very warm feeling for che
school, and that ne should have added
to his already long list Of gifts by the
presentation of this medal IS a matter
for mnch sincere congratElation. This
is the first time iR the history of the
school that a medal has been awarded
for department. It is understood that
the innovation viii become a fixture,
and in future the hope of winning this
handsome medal will be a strong
Incentive to the students. The school
is already under heavy obi cations TO
Col Sturdivant. and his thoughtful
ness and generosity in this latest ex-
hibition of his good will and interest
cannot but be highly appreciated by
both faculty and students OF the
school.
stockholders Meeting.
Nntic+. il hereby piyen that A nnas+-