Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1903-05-08
SCHOOL. CLOSES
With Appropriate Exercises
Consisting of Beautiful
Sermon and a Well
Rendered Program.

\ beautiful and comprehensive SER
mon delivered by Rev. j. f. Stephens,
at the G. =. church last Sunday.
marked the beginning of the com
nlrnrpmcnt exercises dedicntOry to
the closing term of Canyon City High
School. The lesson was chosen from
the third chapter of Proverbs, LIST tO
18th verses. The text was selected
from the 9Th chapter of Psalms, 4, ,
and 9Th verses, including Genesis ~.
The subject naturally Inherent
from the reading OF these truths
would be that OF "MAN," his con
struction, his three-iold parts, con
sisting Oi physical, or the body: the
soul, or the mind; and the spirit. or
that which pertains to the intelec-
tual or higher rndOwments Uf the
mind; the incorpOreal substance or
matter, though not having Il mater
iul body is nevertheless controlled
and inspired 10y the divine Spirit. \
more appropriate subject could not
have been chosen for the occasion
and the manner i'll which Rev. Ste
phcns handled the discourse showed
IL familiarity with the relative facts
and laws by which mau is governed,
as well as denoting II systematic and
orderly arrangement OF knowledge.
He ndmOniShed the graduates Of this
institution in the language Of the
text: Trust in the Lord with all
thine heart; and lean not unto thine
own understanding.
The closing exercises of the school
Monday evening was attended by IL
large crowd and no one was disnp-
pointed in thcpropram. Every num-
Der. with the exception OF one which
was omitted. was well rendered. The
graduating class acquitted itself adj
mirably and left the impression OF IL
thorough training in the foundation
of Il practical. educated mind Ii we
had been chosen tn judge of the eX-
cpllcncr of one over the other in the
various renditionS OF this class, all
of which indicated literary talent, we
would indeed dispair OF the RESPONSE
bility OF choosing the gem of sup
criOrity. Miss Columbia Rcdicarn'A
ESSAY on What An American Girl
Can Do'. was exceedingly good, the
STYLE OF delivery being aneXhibition Of
one having the power of eloquent
speaking and a confidence in thcsub-
ject to which she had been assigned.
Miss Rcdfcarn also delivered the val
cdictory Grafton to the guiding star
OF the class, and the carneS tncss with
which she addressed the words OF
leave-taking Indicated that it was
not merely IL display Of words and
form. TO the writer, there is moth
ing more beautiful than the sincerity
with which the graduating class
show their appreciation of their
teaching, and this naturally displays
II sincere regard for the source that
has step by step, instillcd useful
knowledge into their minds. 1t Is
more like bidding mother farewell.
for who can show II ionder apprrcia-
tion of the advancement of II child
| in school, aside from the mother and
father. than the teacher? We. desire
to vote our sincere appreciation with
the graduating class to this noble
corps of instructors. May they con
tinuc to mould perfect manhood ana
womunhood from the young sprouts
that are entrusted to their care and
receive the Judgment Of their patron
age OF "Well done thou good ana
faithful servants.