Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1904-05-19

Q imitation OF our Master, w II
r went about doing good" Th'
= un-browned plowman. the sturdy
| mechanic, or the student is fal
+, nobler being than the idle gentle
: man. He is in harmony with the
course oil nature which is but one
| continued rcund of mighty exer-
ton. His spirit, unpublished tho
it be, chimes IN with the uuiver-
sal life spirit which he beholds
weaving the soft vesture of spring
the golden ISSUED robe Of sum-
mer, or giving to autumn it's vari-
ed or notified hues. There is a
genuine nobleness of soul in his
upward striving and stubborn
virtue in his honest endeavors
Such are the men who have stood
dauntless upon the battle field,
against the dread array OF power,
aud sealed with the purest blood
that ever flowed the sacred char
ter of liberty, Such were the men
that first climbed the rugged
sleeps of the Alleghenies d
from their lofty SUBMITS surveyed
the goodly land which spread out
before them with all of its fair and
inviting prospects, and with rifle
in one hand and AK in the other
began that conflict with the forest
and with it's rude and savage sons
which has succeeded in securing
for us the richest heritage u p on
which the broad fall of the sun
has ever shone.
The working woman Is the only
true woman, the only woman of
whom there is hope in this or any
other world. Life is a procession, |
gradual and successive unfold |
ing of great and mysterious pow
ers, but if she is dead weight on
its progress, implanted by God in
the fertile mind, she cramps aud
destroys. Around her is a beau.
tiful world, alive with action, glo.
rious with intelligence, but she
not with it's forms, she
enters not into its spirit. Her
heart is not aroused by the throng
ing, earnest muItItudes around
her, which are rushing around
like some huge billow, heaving
lersel. and other useless rubbish !
-unsightly things, on it's bright
bosom towards the shores of eter.
iity.
Classmates, our plain duty to
ourselves, to Marion's people, her t
chool, it's trustees aud its teach. a
rs, especially for Prof Evans, who C
las for the three past years used o
Iis most strenuous enIeav IRA aud q
erslstent efforts to embUdy into
ur very beings all that is condu r
i've to better manhood and yo. o
Manhood. and whom we know (
lust and would feel his cheeks TO n
urn with shame it in the future o.,
Q should note that any of our Ie
lass had become engaged in idle a
ess, and who would greatly re- in
ice to see us holding before us bI
10 highest standard of exec silence hi
nd striving to attain them, thus ~
ranking him a thousand times 81
II nobler for the grand assistance IN
has rendered US throughout our tr
dious course of study than any in
our poor words could express. ~
to stand upon the side of right of
I'd truth, to urge unceasing war 81
,alnst the communicate ideas of nm
% day, which lead to nnarchism. hs
keep alive the spirit Of ancient ira
'roism among men; that spirit ii,
at yields not t. amy tpll and suf. III
ring; that quails not at any dan CO
II; that proposes to itself great fo,
IDS to be attained by strictly va,
'norable meane, 10 cherish all Or
at strengthens the virtues of bs
ople, or that adorns life, infus. Ar
& into public opinion a deep m,
nse of holiness and justice. Our We,
ty also is to accent whatavar 10 ,h;