The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-10-16
Tribute of.Res!,eet tc Ms M..:.ss. Nj .Nsoae;,. ea

Alta meeting of the Board OF True
tees, held Saturday afternoon, Oct. 9th,
Superintendent Walton officially an.
nounced the death Of Mrs. Mildred E.
Novel;, one of the teachers in the city
schools. The chairman appointed q
committee, composed Of DR.. 81. N. |. Orr,
Mr. j. A. Brock and Supt. Thos. C.
Walton. to prepare q suitable memorial
to her memory. The following was
presented to the Board by the commit
tee, unanimously adopted by rising
vote, and ordered spread upon page
of the Minute book set apart to hor
memory, and printed in the city papers, 8
and q copy sent to the sons of the de-
ceased: sR
IN AIEsIORIAM.
On Saturday, September 2sth, Mil
dred +, NOVEL;, 4 teacher in the city
schools, was called from labor to rest
1t is 9. source OF pleasure, though o
melancholy one, to render this tribute
to the worth of our departed teacher.
gist than tho life of q faithful teacher,
none can be more rich In desert, or
more frnitea.. g. AZ public advantage. The
true teacher must know and she must
love to teach her pupils not only the;
meager elements OF knowledge, but the
secret and tho use of their own intel
lectuai strength, exciting and enabling
the veil which covers the majestic form
OF Truth. She must feel deeply tho rev-.
erence due to tho youthful mind, fran.ht
with mighty though undeveloped
energies, and affections, and mysteries
and eternal destinies. Herlife may not
glitter with the blaze of MONDAY noto-
riety, nor her coming be heralded by
tue SHOUTS shI Of the p9palaee; but the
tho ephemeral glow OF the hours hero
shall have been forgotten: We love to
contemplate the herOism Of troops in
battle. snatching the bauble, reputa-
ton, even from the cannon's mouth.
Bnt there Is another army, whose high
mission Is to eave, aud whose warriors
are the daughters of our native land.
Our women have esemplified the most
pecialIy where endurance ard faithful
ness are tho ctnya ctersstics, SO it has
been well said Of her:
"Sho when apostles shrank could dan
gers brave,
last at tho cross and earliest at the
grave"
In tho field of human endenvor where
the sweet refining influence must be
felt, woman stands pre- eminent. She
has special adaptability for the train
ing of the young. The purity of her
lifc is lasting picture before the eyes
OF her pupils. In after years, when
the conflict has fiercely ragged, and
contending passions have striven for
the mastery, many o tempted soul
has remembered the patience his teach
er taught HIM and has taken fresh
courage to perform the task committed
to his care. Her presence causes those
of the sterner sex to feel the nobility
OF their profession and her enthusiasm
sets ablaze the sluggish blood of her
brothers. Trials and perplexities shall
often beset the path Of the faithful
teacher, disappointment and sorrow
await her coming but the issue of the
combat can not be questioned for:
"The fruit shall I'm it's time appear,
The tender blade. the atalE the a:-rn
We. can pay no higher eulogium to
our friend than to say that she was
true wem IN, q devoted mother and q
faithful teacher. AS her pupils have
ever. been her most devoted friends,
let her latest benediction rest upon
their heads, that they may themselves
realize and tell to others:
"Sha allured to brighter worlds and
led the way"