The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-09-09
COUNTY sUpT. GREEN HONORED.
Members Of the Teachers Institute Pre-
sent Him With Beautiful Token
Of Esteem.
Eloquent Pr Speech by Prof
z. B. Graves.

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gold medal contest by pupils o
the public schools of th,
county, County Superintendent
Edgar Green, whose zeal in behal
Of the schools of the county
has won for him State -.wid,
reputation, was surprised by ,
costly and substantial token Of
esteem from the teachers of thu
county, in the shape of hand.
some gold watch. The eloquent
presentation speech delivered by
Prof. 2. B. Graves, is given il
full below:
1t is traditional custom to mys.
tify the mind of one called up be.
fore his fellows to receive token
intended to crafty or honor the
recipient. Is it cane all carved
and gold he is to receive?
Shadowy forms of severe fagella-
tion, a skillful manipulation of
birch and strap, are brought be-
fore his vision. When the be-
stowal is made the gentleman is
"caned." The teachers Of Lin
coin county regard punning as
4th class wit, and they expect me
to say in few plain words that
we have brought you a tokens
solid gold watch, worthy, sir, to
be received by a gentleman oc-
cupying the high official position
you hold.
We have not been slow to rec
ognize the marked progress of
the great educational movement
occurring during your administra-
tion. We have seen you as you
came from the boulevards of the
wildwood to our school house
doors, all worn and tired and with
an almost sympathetic appeal upon
your face. We have seen you in
your Office when the contradic-
tions of fire and water were before
you, and mental agony depicted in
every feature. We have seen
you in the field of bloodless war
when attainment of civic honor
was before you. We have seen
you in your home where the
gentle amenities of home, like a
mesmeric wave, charmed away
the pillows of strife and threw its
white kisses on magnolia bloom
and orange blossom skirting shore
of softest tropical cline.
We have taken the 80 cent?
meter ruler and have applied it
vertically to the plane Of your
soul and it has given US your vol
nme in centimeters; we have ap-
piled the same ruler horizontally
and it has given us yoal mass in
grammes. We have divided the
mass by the volume and it has
given US your specific gravity
hence we come with token of
crystal and gold. Here are housed
away our. intuitions, our emotions
and our intellects in this little
palace of crystal and of gold.
Garry it with you when you
visit US; you will see us standing
miniature in its vestibule.
This token was not gotten out
of the dreamless dust, nor from
dry coffin of cemetery, moi an
cient sarcophagus, nor mouldy
mausoleums, nor antique crypt of
oriental sepulchre, but gotten out
of our hands, hearts and heads;
gotten from the fields whele we
have CLEANED the barren heath,
the hilltop school room and the
frescoeda and garnished academy.
Those who have given you this
are not transient teachers, MOI
tramp pedagogues. This token
comes to, you, not from CONNER
|ciaf circles, nor business marts,
but from the very aristocracy OF
intellect, who under your guild.
ance. have moved with dynamic
power the tides of culture and o1
knowledge.
Friend of ours, when that quick
vision of yours which we havt
seen flash with sudden inspiration
grows dim; when your hands, th'
keepers Of the house, tremble ane
the back is bowed and your brow
Ifurrowed with age; when tha
giant will, which has dominated al
! your faculties turns in mellow
iage to fields of scientific and liter
larry research; when your sui
westers.to gates of gold to b,
lrobed in garments of gold frien,
of ours, remember who gave yor
this token in crystal and gold
The sheriff of Concordia Parish
La, is advertising for 4 hang
man. He has tG execute prison
er and is Willing. to, pay some on,
lta do the work. The hangmel
Hare not all engaged just RQw, W
think, and We hope this human
.EsheriA may be relieved in his eS
.Etremity
Editor .Leoe Dale, OF the Law
rense County Press, says he fee
lcurious, because he wants to pa
Ibis debts. The time to fe'
curious. Bro. Dole, is when 70
have to pay your debts and don
! have anything to pay with.
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