The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-28

workshop tn which are now % be found useful
modern tools. with which you can work OUT
and solve the problems Of life as they come
and that when you have finished your coun,e.
Won can feel, aud your fellows may say; "be
could stand alone"
Z istold that when John howard PAYNE
/ died. he had not a shilling with which 10 paw
Tor his burial shroud. yet the world mourned
his passing. He wrote one great song. He
tolda beautiful story OF human love. He
wrote Home. Swee Home" His monument
will never decay. His fame will last as long
as the English speaking races inhabit the
earth. and no doubt, in sjme stranger tongue.
vet to oe formed. it will be translated and re-
garded the noblest heritage of our race.
would rather reaG one poem from the pen
of Homer or Shakespeare. or one essay from
the pen OF Socrates or Plato, than read the
history OF all the kings who ruled the corrupt
and debauched dynasty OF Rome. or read Of
the victories Of the men OF war, who fought
for conquest and subjugation.
Make your life an unselhsh one. Labor.
that YOU may transmit to posterity some in-
spiraton for nobler deeds. Regard not the
influence Of your lie, as limited by this
earth's horizan, but rather that it reaches out
and touches the horizon Of the great beyond,
and appreciate also that your influence for
good or i'll, will. like the ceaseless currents of
the waters of the great deep, 40 on, aud on,
reaching the outermost limits of time.
Col. Sellers then spoke OF the work
Of the school year just closing and
introduced Col. Hoge who presented
the diplomas and awarded tue medals
In a fitting speech.
The winners of the school hOnors
and prizes were announced as follows:
The general scholarship medal was
won by Cadet A. M. Bunting, with a
grade Of 81 Sc; second contestant,
Cadet G. NJ. Schuman, 500. The
Washington and Lee University scho.
larshlp medal was won by Cadet II.
]. Taylor. The athletic medal was
won by Cadet L. L. VanGinkel.
Special mention 10 the Army Reg
lister: Cadet Capts. Q. R. Spicknall and,
P. NJ. Gleissner and Cadet Lieutenant
e. Literal. Company A won the
banner Ia the competitive company
drill.
Following is the list Of graduates:
B N. Buell., Phelps Buell., P. N.
Gleissner, j. D. Hendricks, j.. L.
Laid. Charles Literal, Q h. Spick-
nall, H. ]. Taylor, S. E. Williams.
THE FACULTY.
The faculty OF Wentworth is a par
ticularly strong academy faculty and
contains the names OF men Of various
teaching experience In academies, in
colleges aad in public schools. Some
are of eastern and some of western
rearing and training. Some of them
were educated in colleges of the old
style Hampden-Sidney type, some IN
Harvard, and some ia the state uni
versilies. The faculty OF The year just
closing was as follows. Col. SandIord
Sellers. Col. w. M. Hoge, Major A.
w. Allen, Capt. T. H. Thompson,
Capt. G A. jenkins, Capt f, A Day,
Capt. E. j. Stark, Capt. B B Hyer,
Capt, A G. FlcSliu, Capt. E. c.
Bohon and Mrs. A, w, Ahen.
COMMENCEMENT VISITORS
@. E Doty and wife, David City,
Neb f. w. Tindall and wife, Har-
din, Mo R E. Glass aud WIFE, Kan.
City; Mrs. w. j, Buel and two sons,
Denver Col; Miss Bell, Kansas City;
Wilbur Graves, P%ittsburg,, Kan;
Lieut.. E. A. Hickman, Leavenworth
Kan; Mrs. T. W. Farrar, Pawhuska,
/. t.; H. j, Taylor aud son, Larned,
Kansas; Mrs. NOLAN, Vail, Iowa;
Keith Goodwin, Waverly; Hon. Will
liam Grimes and wife, OF Guthrie,
Oklahoma; Senator G Porter johnson,
Oklahoma City; Charles Owens, Sweet
Springs; Miss Literal, OF Carterville,
Mo; and Mrs. Morris johnson, Boom
vile; W. N. Mckay, Des Moines, Ia;
Lieut.. Geo. G. Guild, ct. Crook, Neb;
DR.. Ed. Bear, St. LOUIS; DR.. Harmon
Stokes, Mexico, Mo; Jacob Literal,
Carterville, Mo; Misses Frost. Topeka,
Kansas; Mrs. Josie McNerney. Des
Moines, Iowa; Miss Charlotte Van
Ginkel, DeS Moines, Iowa; Claude
Mahan, Vail, Iowa.
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