The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-20
THE ROUGH RIDERS.


Graduation Grafton Of Miss Emily
Townsend Sanford at Danbury High
! School.
Below is given the graduation Grafton
\ of Emily Townsend Sanford, class oil
1900, Danbury High school. 1t Is enti-
tied 1.-The Rough Riders" and was
/ awarded the prize. The young lady 8
| grafton has an interest here, as she Is
, a granddaughter of the late David ana
Emily A. Sanford, of NeWtoWn, and a
niece of the late Isaac H. Townsend,
professor in Yale Law school, and Is re-
lated to u. s. Judge William K. Town
send and Mrs. Eliza M Beers, of New
Haven.
Among the many marvellous deeds,
brilliant achievements and memorable
victories with which American heroes
have frequently dazzled and amazed
the world, the successful charge OF the
Rough Riders upon the Spanish trench
es of San Juan hill stands forth unri-
vailed in the history Of the nation.
Stubbornly resisting an unseen enc
my, sdeterminedly returning ball FOR
ball, ever advancing, never retreating,
amid thick flying bullets from tree top
and trench. in the intense heat of that
tropical July day, these brave, intrep-'
id heroes rush upward through shot
and she'll regardless of all save only to
follow their leader, and carry the for
tifcations above.
when can their glory fade?
o, the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered
In times of intense public excitement,
when elements of discord are rampant,
there invariably spring into prominence
characters which dominate and Lead
these are the Rough Riders of the
world. Valorously, courageously, with
the same indomitable herosm which
characterizes the modern rider, they
valiantly charge the trenches before,
for the woe or the veal of humanity
In every age, in every race, and in all
stages of society we find them, builders
or demolishers, civilzers or destroyers
of civilization. Glance back through
the history of the nations. Long before
the morning light of the Christian era
first sheds its peaceful radiance over
the darlSened earth, the illustrious war
rior Alexander the Great with the far
famed Macedonian phalanx, forces his
way across the deep waters of the
Hellespont, through the armored ranks
of the Persians, to the very heart OF the
great eastern empire By his giant
strength he lifts the conquered nations
from the deep of Asian barbarism to
the heights of Hellenic civilization and
culture which through his remarkable
he introduces influences des-
tined in time to bring forth that fruit
of inestimable value-the Oriental ac-
ceptance of the Christian creed.
Some years later there rises to prom
inence the most conspicuous figure of
the ancient Roman world, the noted
Rough Rider, Julius Cesar "Veni
vidi, VIGIL" his triumphal message to
the senate comes ringing down through |
the centuries, laconically telling to pos
terity the history of his conquests. On
his bronco of ambition he rides through |
the Gallo world, forcing backward the |
barbaric peoples, and lay |
ing throughout the conquered land the |
of western Romanization
Still later, from the chaos of Mediae-
val history arises the world renowned |
the warrior, ruler, states
man and scholar; the proud founder of
Ill that is noble beautiful and useful in
he history of the middle ages.
Yet the grand work of civilization Is
1ot the only trench which the Rough
Rider must carry. He must counter
act the influences of the corrupt, I'M
tyrannical Rough Rider, else
ls labors will count for naught. And
n the lights and the shadows of centu-
les the evil Rough Rider is always
present, bearing aloft his standard