Evening journal., 1901-06-12
SENIOR and JUNIOR CADETS
WIN PRIZES FOR EXCELLENCY
Wilmington Military Academy Shows That It Has Ac-
COmpIEhed Wonders BuriDg Second Year Of It's
Existence and Thanks the Pupils

said you cannot fail to see what a great
and personal responsibility rests upon
each one of you young gentlemen Of the
Wilmington Military School and class Of
1901 You should look upon yourselves asl
a part of the great reserve corps of the
nation. While you are not yet perhaps
ACTUALLY in the strife, you are being drilled
for the inevitable battle that awaits you.
You cannot desert from this conflict you
must bear your part Of the duties and
burdens Of citizenship under the Consti-
tuition. You soon will be enlisted in the
ranks of citizens and become the support
ers and defenders of all the civil and re-
ligious blessings which belong to you un-
der our benefcent institutions. In such a
strife there is high reward for him who
seeks to preserve them unimpaired, and
only cdium and reprobation to him who
would destroy them. In undertaking this
responsibility you can have no surer bea-
con light to guide your actions through
the future than by steady reliance upon
the fundamental principles found In the
, Declaration Of Independence and in the
Constitution Of the United States. They
contain the soundest of political aXioms
and the most inspiring of patriotic truths
By them was the nation born and brought
to its present greatness, and by observ-
ance of them only will 1t continue to sur
vive Every nation at some period of its
history has to face the dangers that arise
from the weakness Of its individual citi-
zenship All national decadence begins
with the great body of the people and not
with its rulers. The latter are a refiec.
ton only of the former. The corruption Of
the Roman people. made the possibility OF
a Nero. or a Caligula. The history Of
every lost empire, or decadent nation has
demonstrated this truth.
| IT ia therefore, young gentlemen of the
graduating class of the utmost impor-
tance that each new generation, as it
comes, should be filled with the spirit and
truth of those political teachings which
have made us both the greatest and the
freest of mankind.
We must promptly and finally exclude
as our standards Of success mere money
getting for its own sake.
When we speak of life we mean life OF
decency and active usefulness; and when
we sreak Of success we mean something
that aids such life and makes it more
useful and not less decent.
The world will pass by all who wait,
and bestow on others who are working
and striving the good things it has in
store.
The world owes us just such living as
we can gain by hard work, by the exercise
of all our mental faculties, by scrupu-
lous adherence to the rules of honesty,
and by a never-failing obedience to the
dictates of enlightened conscience.
There should be no room in your mind
for a particle Of depression. For many
reconstructed for every reason-there
should be no such word in your lexicon
as faint-heartedness. There need be no
gloom I'm the outlook.
J Persevere stoutly in the course you have
lentered upon. but persevere intelligently
I have used the term Intelligent per-
severance" with a purpose. / regard Il as
absolutely vital TO success, but do not
wish TO be understood as lauding a blind
stubborn persistency that never admits
that the direction of effort can probably
be changed.
The self-rcliance which you need is a
CONSCIOUSNESS of having kind OF
strength which you are willing to trust
because you know the factors that conf
pose il and the training that has devel-
oped it, Calmly powerful, it should be
neither boisterous nor quarrelsome; and
steadily confident, IT should always b,
generous and magnanimous. It should
T grow more sturdy in the atmosphere OF
b high endeavor, and, with this added power
it should constantly lead TO greater
l achievement.
! lBISHoP OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
s In beginning the exercises Bishol
\ Coleman congratulated the institution
( on the success Of the past year and tn
! great amount and character of III
1 work done. He said that there ha
[ been a distinct advance during tn
e year in the amount of work accom-
( plished, and ne thanked the pupils il
s behalf of the board of trustees for thei
n diligence
Regent Morrison spoke in referenc
) to awarding the prizes, and sal
r. how difficult it was to pick the win
. ners.
The scholarship prize was awarde
10 TO Willard Everett Henderer ami
% deafening rounds of applause Mis-
Pauline Bancroft pinned the medal {
Ia Mr.. Henderer's breast, and Roger
i, Morrison informed the audience ths
4, the young mans average was 909i.
Samuel Edgar Francis made an avel
age of SO and a fraction over, and Wa
close second TO MIR. Henderer.
The mathematic prizes given by
c. WyckOff were awarded as follow.
ne David Davis ColquhOun, first priz
~ $50 in gold Earl Henderer, $50 in gol
q and William f. Rendered, $50 in gol
r Prizes in oratory, given by j.
III Morrison. father of Regent McrrisO
s. William n. Barnard first prize. $50
Oh gold; r. W. TominsOn, Sl5 in col
H. and r. ID. Smith, s. in gold. Mr.. Morr
at son was present and made a short a
IL dress upon the usefulness of being alb
sh 20 tell what one thinks
mt The Bowers prizes of $40 and a bO,
ne for the best English essay, We're W.
ry by Robert w TomlinsOn and Il.
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