The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-06-10

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on all sides, nothing escaped his eagle
eve. He was a man Of courage and not
to be turned aside from his purpose,
aud with the Willingness to labor and
the determination TO conquer he made
himself well nigh master Of the world.
These facts declare TO us today that
Nothing greatis lightly won,
Nothing won is lost,
Every good deed nobly done
WIN repay the cost.
Dear friends, just nine months ago
my classmates and / entered the senior
class. We then stood upon the first
round Of this ladder. A. we looked
up to the top, We wondered If we
would ever reach that height. Day
after day, month after month, we have
assembled in the classrO0ms Of our dear
old school. Often the climb has been
hard and toilsome, disappointmeuts
and failures have sometimes been ours,
but a. we glance down the ladder they
are forgotten in our present JOY, the
reward Of our tolls.
How glad We are today that we live
in this the twentieth century, for never
before in the history Of the world has
life been so full Of interest, Of PROMISE
never before have there been so great
possibilities as for Us who live now.
We may dwell in any land, whereye-
mans taste leads he finds that the con.
ditions of the twentieth century confer
upon him far greater capacity to do
something of worth TO promote his I'M
terests than ever mai had before. We
are limited by neither birth nor by
\ fortune. 1t is our character that counts
\ everything.
The highest positions in European
countries can be held only by those Of
royal families, but in the United States
Of America there is no such limit. II
J is the man, the woman that we want
and not their ancestry. A noted fact
is that the majority Of IL great mel
and women have been self-made. Fol
the great inventions and works which
have conferred so much good, wealth
and power Oh this nation, we are IN
debted not TO those Of wealth and higi
( social standing, but to those Of the very
humblest ranks. Their lives have
I shown that obstacles interppsed 10y
poverty and labor are not insurmount
able. But the one who would hold al
important position in the world in the
future must be well trained, must hay
a thorough preparation. The worlC
will require more then than it has re
quired in the past or does now, Their
is no royal road to honor, to glory o
wealth and those who have been sud
denly lifted to high positions seldom
maintain them without having beel
educated to receive them.
The only road to great and ultimat
success is believed with the sweat an.
tears Of patient growth IN life's call
ings. 1t consists in choosing a goo.
profession and sticking 10 il. ! believ
p, that. to a great extent, we an mai
our lives what We wish them To be
As we leave the Normal school to en-
ter life's school, dear classmates, ate
having chosen our work, let us give ou
time and our attention to thatone thin
and strive to win the lOftiest result
and il. indeed, il one not 10 be despise'
1t offers opportunities that are denie
to those engaged in many professions
. opportunities to help lift humanity
o a higher plane.
1t is our duty to ourselves, to our te
. low creatures and TO our Creator
. work while we live, for not like IL
idle who pass through life leaving
IHtte trace Of their existence a. smoi
,, upon the air or foam upon the water
d. but like the industrious who iniluen
:. not only their own, but all succeedii
% ages would be.
Our dear teachers have %eudeavored
Law a good foundation. They has
carefully taught Us the principles
truth and right and now may we sirl
+, to rear a superstructure that shall stal
like a mighty temple. Let us be su
that we know our work in life and tn.
. be not afraid but dare to do it.
The days Of our life here have pa
ed all so swiftly, when, all
once. it dawns upon Us that none
- main and that the end is nigh. o
!. hearts today are bounding with JOY
long have we looked forward to u
"a happy time. Hopes are now realize
the goal is reached. But in the mid
Of our happiness there steals upon "a
i, feeling Of sadness which IS always
-. casioned by the parting Of friends.
We today realize that We are ao'
to leave this dear school, the major
Of US will leave never to return as s.
a. dents, but with Us we shall carry ma
pleasant %recollections to brighten a
to cheer in the years come to.
To teachers true and sympathetic
u kind and loyal friends, to schoolma
H. dear and to our beloved Alma Mater
III must nov say farewell" Life q
ey us forth and we cannot finger hi
one step further-one sad step
ns must take. Parting from Alma Nj
VI means also a parting from each 9th
Together::we have travelled one or'
'ns road sharing the exultation over
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