Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-06-01
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noble impulse. The heroic deeds Of the
Napoleonic legions battling for aggran-
dizement or increase OF territory may seem
as stirring TO the boyish reader as the
story Of the Rebellion, bat the Older mind
will perceive a difference. and above the
clash OF arms in that civil strife will be
heard the clock OF the ages striking the
new hour of freedom for mankind.
There has been a great deal Of sicSly
sentimentality talked, both before and
after the war, r,regarding the aggravation OF
sectional feeling; but never should right
and wrong be put IN the same category
or the deeds of the blue and the gray held
in equal honor. Beneath Southern sun,
men are more prone to war, have hercer
thirst for blood while cooler flood flows
through Northern veins, promoting pro-
found desire for peace. The element OF
climate enters into character, and yet
farther reaching element, which has left
its impress on the people OF the South to-
day. proceeded from their b8rbarc system
Of slavery. Their favorite song of "Dixiet
breathes out a spirit of arrogance and iso-
lation. What though they fell for princi-
ples in which they believed Those prin-
ciples were wrong. We may give Them
the merit of valor but must reserve to
them the opprobrium that attaches itself
to an unholy cause.
In the North, men fight from convic-
tion. They " i'll long hesitate, but when
once aroused by the call of duty, they VIII
overcome their love Of home and iireslde.
overcome their strong desire for peace, and
sacrifice themselves until death or annihl-
lation awaits them. In the immutable
providence of God, to the hosts battling
Tor the right, there is no chance Of failure
In our songs was no spirit of selfish
ness. no isolation. In "'fhe Battle Hymn
Of the Republic the grandest OF them
all, the thought that moved the North TO
war is expressed in the lines "Since Christ
died to make men holy, let us nght TO
make them free" Since the Rebellion
North and South have marched shoulder
to shoulder under the flag OF united
country, and while none wish that bond to
be ever weaker than 1t is now, still we
should teach our young that right Is eter-
nally right, wrong eternally wrong.
II is said by many that when the last
veteran has gone down the western slope
and been mustered out, Decoration day
will be no more observed, and the only
flowers on the soldiers graves Will be
those that spring from the seeds dropped
by the winds of heaven. But long after
we are gone the Woman's Relief Corps
will keep alive this annual observance, ana
in our own observance of it we pay our
comrades but an empty honor II we forget
the things for which they bled and died.
MEMORIAL EXERCISES BY THE SCHOOLS.
Exercises in observance OF Memorial
day were held in both the High and Prl-
mary buildings Monday afternoon and
were attended by details from U. ). Grant
Post, No. a6. G.. A. r., and large number
Of citizens, parents and friends OF the
pupils.
In the Primary building, programs OF
+ patriotic songs and recitatiOns were given
/ In three rooms, appropriately decorated
/ for the occasion, the schools oi MRS.
Bertha Burridge ana Miss Wlnnitred
Mann uniting for their exercises, while
4 those of Miss Bertha Manney and Miss
/ Gertrude Courtney held separate sessions.
I The little people acquitted themselves very
ereditably and showed that love OF flag
and country is n sentiment that grows
/ best when planted early In the human
heart.
Flags and flowers adorned the High
school room, in which all the grades OF
the building, with the visitors, assembled
for the following program, which was
well arranged and nicely carried OUT
Singing, Red, white and Blue, by the school
I Recitation Decoration Day Molly Putnam
Recitation, The Georgia Volunteer, Gilman Gay
Recitation, Music on the Rappahqnnoeki
Defamation, LincoIn's Gettysburg addless
Recitation, Union ana Liberty, Fred Williams
Essay, vermont il the evn and spanish Amer
lean Wars Evelyn Denny
Recitation, Little Black Eyed Rebel,
Recitation, Meath Palm and Pine.
Defamation, The Unknown speaker,
Martin Connolly
Singing, rentlng on the Old Camp Ground
by the school
Reading Memorial Day, Jessie ChedeI
Hccitation, The Blue and the Gray Cora Osgood
Recitation, Our Cuuntry's Call, Lulu BlAkely
Reading Lincoln and the Dying Soldier Boy
Maurne Thayer
Singing, America, by the school
Capt j. Il. Eldredge, one OF the detail OF
old soldiers, was called upon to speak and
frankly acknowledged that his presence
was due entirely to the orders OF Com
mander Manney OF the Post, which he
was Obliged to obey. He felt repaid for
attending the exercises, however, By what
he had seen and heard. What he had seen
had carried him back to the days Of hEs
enlistment when he was as young with
hair as red and face as fresh as one of the
schoolboys, and he paid a tribute TO red
hair, which, be said, stays by fellow we'll
and doesn't leave hun baldheaded IN his
old age. The majority of the army in the
Civil war were schoolboys and the colonel
OF his regiment, commanding 1900 men,
was only 26 years old. From is to 22 are
the best ages for a good soldier After p
they may do excellent service in some de-
partments, but they are not the men 10
get behind a gun. The young have
strength and endurance. They can lie on
the ground all night, in the snow even,
and rise ready for duty, while the older
comrade is crippled by rheumatism and
too lame to move. 1t is to the present
schoolboy that this country must look
for soldiers in any future war. 2 Re SONS
OF the veterans are now past the age TO
take the place Of their fathers in the nR-
tion's need, and it is the grandsons of the
old warriors who will have to shoulder the
gun and march to the front. This conn-
try to endure must have patriotic citizens
With an honest, energetic, patriotic peo-
pie, its free institutions will prevail and il
Will live and prosper. For such people the
pupils of the public school are in training,
and the patriotic exercises OF Memorial
day have no small influence in their right
development.
Some criticisms having been made re-
garding the improperly of the schools
ball game on Decoration day, Principal
Ham took the opportunity at the close Of
the exercises TO assure the veterans pres
ent that no more patriotic boys were to be
found anywhere than those on the baseball
nine ami that nothing was farther from
their thoughts than to iDjure the feelings
nf he old soldiers or 10 infringe uUOW