Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-07-30


4. /, native 81 s.Fess Pend. lie graduated last
lace srass sae sabafis high sehool the valsate'
,orsan 81 Biz elss2. TIE esssy u agvea In fais.
M rrnasrks 70 the pespie. teachers and Glaze.
maize tglax Of ioeai isssress sniy. ART ossli:ssi
The das which we. a. students, have
looked forward 10 with such expectancy
hss ST ieagih arrived, and with u has come
With ueh day.
We have seen other classes, At ether
times. 90 forth from this school. We have
observed wirh pleasure, on these occasions.
The ceremonies OF their oatsosng, this COM
met cement exercises, and all tbs little In
eidenss Of their gfadestions.
We have pictured fondiy in cur own
circumstances, would do and ssy. We
hare often looked forward 10 this day ana
Il. diniy ouilinsd possibilities with
mingled feelings Of longing aud regret.
Regret, not Tor the past, net Tor neglected
opportunities, bat for the future that IL
before US. Regret at shs thought that alt
the pleasant compsnlcnshlps % our school
forth from this institussou we must like
wise lag aside the many plsassat sssoeia-
tions that have gathered about Us hers,
and tha; we must stsp forth 20 an Gu.
known and uniriea future; In an stusos-
phers tina, may prove far from eongsniai.
to grope our way into the great ~o,Id
about us.
For months this slight shadow has hang
over our happiness, towering eimly in tie
distance, ana seeming TO Fec~ae as ws nd
vanced. Bat pet, that reesding phantom
now dRrkens cur horizon and oversprssds
our sky. With scarcely a warning we
stand upon Is threshold with the startling
thought in eur hearts that wc ourselves
must nos brSAE the ties that others have
broken before Us.
We look back oTsr cur high school life
through the mirror OF recollection, and
we realize as nePer before the swi;iness Of
time In hs passage Those days have
passed Is By. Hox We have improved
them ws ourselves alone can answer, Our
briei past cannot be recalled. Il Is beyond
us, and has marched on into ths distance
marshailad max sad fiis late tie iang
train Of s-es gh4t haze preceded IL.
We have sssa thp past aud we kDos ia
history, bst fFon the history of that past
no man can tel shat future days siil
bring. We are the ehIidrsn Of 10 dag, but
we will be th@ men of tomorrow. The
long established Institutions OF this great
world Of ours cannot 20 on without
strong and ~iIllag hearts 30 support then
Tbs tried sad frosty souls who bear the
brant Of iite's battle to-day cannot sISsys
continre. II j. contrary to human expsc-
tationi Il IA contrary 10 the divine plan,
which declares that every man shall Go his
par, In this great work of life.
There wiii be q great shifting Of re-
sponsibilltles. The Ftslsg g~aerHfioE must
step into their ranks and fiil the stations
Shseh they have sflied. The load apon
their shoulders io-esy viii rest upon ours
to-morrow. We ma-; move forward into
The ranks Of manhood aAd take upon oar
selves the ksra.n- ard cares that o hsss
have borne Def re ~.
We cannot shlrk be 6aties that tate has
placed upon a.. We are The connecting
link that soiAs she generations p2st
ane gone ~its ths generation 81 fufafifg.
We base sacred trnss that Ne mast trans
nit inVioiahss 10 fsasisrtsy.
We nos sgsHe here al she parting Of the
ways. a sesiou. fussss u teiOrs ~. Bot
there Genes r. our hearts feeling Of deep
and profsuaa eeEcesn a. sc gaze about as
from car broadening horizon Into The
erowdsa ysses 81 the busy wofie and b.
hole tes struggling nss@es in sgsrY form
and condition ~ life, sseeers and iaiigfs,
happiness SD snrro~, eonfenigent and
eesp,lf. laaiseFssssinsssiy ninglsd on ssssy
hand.
We may asa sag sthin our hearts.
What ps2es shsIg take ia the sEaifs Of
this wogief W lat yzfposs shaii strive
FORT " nat sfztlou shsil TAR
These are sk0sgbss d eesp sBa serious
import e car EsEes. 10 the msssgfs that
We ~sish shesr assagigg. 10 The degree o.
wisdem thar ss nsnsfess ID osr deeislen'
10 thai same reasHrs, IN tat ssme fegfes,
DO We shspe Ehe eestlzjss u oar teing.
rhss lie Is bus hxssf and ssstlngf onr
existenee hers u hos fef . passsng mo-
tnent. Tsaas hss 10 fsyortiep, end y yea
aad are to accomplish sngthlnE in this
~oFia w~ msgst e1eneet car present ~sih
tue futa E. We c2aE1s afford 90 80 laao
TIE arena a life uaAstss ios nis's aafies,
We eanao4 sPsns orr present. is iaisfs =
and sxpees ear gstsrs - - crowned NitA
success Me eanmos sEefd ~ sbfor assg
tbs Ezlaos cgpossgnsgAes - tssdsg lisesnss
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