Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-05-25
ADDRESS
OF Miss Mary 0eboe to the Many
Friends Of Marion Graded
School.

My friends, the Trustees of Marion
Graded School, and the Taxpayers
of this School District;
We are highly gratifed to see 50
many of you here at the conclusion
of this school term, As it is only an
other proof of the great interest ia
ken by you in the school.
1t is No. only duty which cheer
fully perform, but consider it rare
honor and a high privilege to stand
before you in the cause Of education
and in the name of the school To
thank you for all that YOU have done
for US
Many of You remember the small,
one story brick and the dilapidated
old frame building that stood by it. in
which some of you sat as scholars,
where neither the heat Of summer
nor the cold Of winter could be kept
out. But you were not satisfied to
see your children striving To obtain
an education under the mann disad-
vantages YOU had labored, and 'clev-
en- years ago, through your gcnerosi-
" and Kindness. building was cree
ted of which YOU had great reason to
be proud, and which stands a,
splendid monument in this communi-
~, setting forth the great fact that
YOU were alive To the importance Of
educating the young for the service
Of their generation.
And the success Of the Marion
Graded School has shown that a wise
Providence guides YOU ia the ,elec-
ton of the one which YOU placed at
the head He, ably seconded by
efficient corps of teachers has given
u one Of the best school, in the
great State Of Kentucky And who
can estimate the value Of good
school in uplifting the peopley Thi,
can not be done. but "a show YOU
what some persons think of IL shall
quote what Edward Everett said
Give me the means Of educating
my children aud will not exchange
its thirsticst sand or IT. bare,t peak,
fo- the most fertile spot ON earth. de
pr::e3 If these blessings would
rather iahabit the bleakest nook Of a
mountain, with only the wild wolf
and rattlesHskes a. my near neigh
bors, with a village school well kept,
Al the foot Of the hill. than to dwell
in a paradise Of fertility, where my
children must be brought up in igno-
rance. 7
The cultivation 1T the mind has
often been compared to the cultiya-
ton Of the earth. II the farmer re-
lax his labors aud his fields remain f.
untitled this year or the next altho .
a crop or tao be lost the evil may be F.
remedied- The and. with it, pro
ductive qualities, i left. II not .
plowed aud cultivated this year il I
may be the year after But if the I
mind be wholly neglected during the /.
period most proper for it, cultivation.
if it be suffered Ia remain uBimprov- I
ed, its vital power perishes, for all .
purposes Of An intellectual nature it /
is lost, aud you realizing this placed .
within the reach Of your children /
splendid opportunities for improving I
the mind for which We are indeed .
grateful
To attain perfect success the teach
er must always have the hearty co..
operation Of the patrons. This has
certainly been true Of thi, school.
for you have always responded liber-
ally and willingly To every call made
upon you Having all faith in the
ability Of the Superintendent and
his assistants, you have aided him ia
his efforts to make this the best in
stitutiou II learning Of it, kind in
the State. 1t is fact that We have
in our Principal one Of the best edu-
Gators in the country, and today we