Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-07-31

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Twice &c u,s,cb aeatipr ~ ii ook
The termfnat;ou ~ ina .lrsfs ne !
nra.l;g;aus relief to - Is.,x nv
| heart was fnll of u;tv far - bor
| who received % little sr.s..ash :
| and to this day. when The ncidenl
| comes mn N nv mind - hear,
| goes out 70 that bov az nobls xener.
GUS impulses. who has. alass for :
quarter Of a century or u,ote fiIled
| the grave Of an uuforturafs Suicide
When the Christmas holidavs
were drawing near, the announce.
rnent was made that M. Br;noox
had accepted The tefras 81 j ]. srrae.
tees Of Charlotte Hall and would be.
come principle of that institution
after the recess mentioned. Most oI
his boys followed him. and I was Oh
the number. and boarded with him.
fourteen of us occupying the west
end room, second story. of what is
now called the White House. / ann
and have been for a decade or so.
the only survivor of this lot of iolly.
joyous boys. In Gods good time
may we all be reunited i'm the realm
of unending bliss. is my earnest
prayer.
The corps ofteachers, as reorganiz-
at the beginning of 1893, consisted
of Dir. Philip Briscoe, PRINCIPAL:
Mr.. James Miltimore, Latin and
Greek. teacher; Mr.. Charles Shaw,
teacher of English. They supplapt.
ed Mr.. Miltimore. Rev. Neale TT.
Shaw and Mr. Josiah Hawkins, the
last mentioned being assistant clas-
steal teacher. Mr.. Briscoe was un-
questionably the autocrat of media
gogues in MARYLAND. and this char
acter was not confined 10 State linn
it's, but was recognized as Princeton
Yale and other great seats of learn
4
ing. He was q man of large size.
but not tall. and great will mower
which permeated all who came in
contact with him; was very winning
and magnetic in his manner was
the soul OF honor. and was believed
to have never experienced the sen-
sation of fear. It was hard n tell
whether his bows loved feared mr.
admired him most. and / feel assur-
ed that any of his old pupils who
may be among the living will agree
with me when saw that II he plied
his hickory on some unlucky bow g
shoulders during morning studies,
/ the resentment of the cbastisement
scarcely survived the pain thereof.
and the sun i'm its diurnal course
rarely ever went down on his wrath
He was undoubtedly born To com-
mand, which he could not helm
knowing. and faithfully did he per.
form the mission ASSIGNED him bv
God and nature. It is with great
pleasure and eoual pride that I am
able to write that IL was through
my initial efforts. in which I was
warmly seconded bv INV excellent
friend. George Haydn. first editor
of the BEACON. that a monument far
from commensurate with his mar;ts
was erected over his remains n,
Chaptico about half n cent,rv aao
A few more words ON the yr,,at nra
centor. and I will close unw;,l;r,,v
u 10 true, "hat Sthii write Oi nim
' '"'S '''iic' io' your space Is limit
:" S"u my 'arac'er as u "r''er
"o"'' "o' WARRANT . great ae'naho
=" your coiu'i's' ne aesp'sed q
co"aru' anu ! remember Wen o GER
tai" young lia,i en'ereu 'ne academy
d. s'"uen' WHO became IearIui OF
so'l'e oi tue ooys uoihg MIN narm'
anu went W Mr. Drlscoe 10 claim
pro'ec''on. ne stasssi aus grievance,
anu was i's.eheo " WIN seeming
pa''enee. inc answer ne rece'Veo
was, II you are airaio ana unwiii-
ing 70 ae'eno yourseii' you nad oef'
Ter 20 nonie' .or ''i's Is no pace ioI
towards. Inc young mah 'ook
ms ADVICE aad returned 10 ms nome
next day. seriiy, l oeiieve that
fhiiip Brlscoe could nave SAID with