Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-07-14


Go ths snempers os che Waahing-
ton and Stonewaii Society os
Charlotte Hall Academy.
10 In In response 10 the very kind
Of those having charge Of
the arrangements for this evenings
entertainment that am afforded the
pleasure OF being with you and
talking 10 you gentlemen. m one
of the formsr members Of your So
ciesy. one Of she boys, for although
10 has been twenty years since /
was an active member taking part
In similar contests as those enga-
ginR your attention tonight. ! still
feel like one OF you. and my memory
travels quickly back across the
span of years since like you stood
upon shis platform and measured
swords with my school mates for
the coveted prizes offered by your
ancient and honorable Society.
No doubt you tonight think twenty
years an ordinary life time. and 30
10 seems TO most OF us looking pros
pectively, but when the years have
passed and we look back 10 the
scenes OF our college days We are
wont 10 wonder no the rapidity
with which they flown. And let me
say that no matter what the great
unknown future may have in store
for you, no matter whether your
path way through life be strewn
with roses. or be filed with obsta-
cles 10 DO surmounted and Difficult
ties TO DO overcome. whether in the
flush OF victory or the hour OF tenn
porary defeat. the golden memory
OF these days will be ever with you,
and will enable you 10 fully appre-
ciate the sentiment expressed In
the lines OF our poets.
Then talk NO more OF fsture gloom
Our joys will always last
When hope shall brighten the days to
come
And memory gild the past.
Literary Societies are useful and
adiuncts Of every College
and University and render o SER
vice beyond vulue 30 the strdent,
affording opportunity for that spe-
cial training in elocution, declama-
ton and debate. which in after years
he finds 90 indispensable in his in
sercourss with bis fellow man.
A College students life In this
age is complex and many
sided; as ID In necessary for you TO
have your Chapel and Young Mems
Association todevelop the
moral and religious side. and the
and athletic field is
needful for expansion OF the mus
cles and STRENGTHENING and building
up the physical man 30 is the liter
Ary society desirable in giving to
the student the opportunity Of be-
master OF style and die
sion, clear In enunciation, quick in
repartee, alert and forceful in debate,
qualities which tend SO strongly 10
make. what in truth every man
should strive 10 be O leader In
thought and expression. And how
well the old Washington and Stone
wall Society has filed this function
In the past is abundantly testified
10 by the roll OF her former mem
bers. who have become leaders in
their chosen professions and avoca-
tions, and how well she Is maintain
ing her high standard is demonstra-
ted in no uncertain terms by the ex-
hibition 10 has been my good fortune
10 witness at this time. The very
name OF your society 10 an inspira-
tion for the utmost exertion 10 fit
yourselves as disciples OF the two
great and illustrious persons whose
rames 10 bears, George Washington
the great soldier. statesman, and
instructor Of the young nation Jona-
than Jackson. known 10 fame as
Stonewall, soldier aud instructor OF
youth, two OF the noblest OF Gods
noblsman; the result OF whose ef-
forts wero 30 very different, yet
whose lives were not unlike. alike
10 that they were leaders Of as brave
fearless and true men as ever
shouldered o gun or stepped 70 the
sound of martial music. both equal
ly believing In the righteousness
and justice OF their respective
causes. alike In the universal love
and esteem In which they were held
by their fellowmen. different In that
the cause Of one succeeded and liv-
cd, while the cause Of the other fail
cd and died. The lives Of these
two men illustrate the vagsries Of
fate. This leads us 70 contemplate
the two opposite views as TO the
controlling force In mems lives, one
holding that human beings are the
creatures Of circumstances, that
chance or fate determines whether