Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-05-23
To the Patrons and Pupils Of the
Oxford Graded School.
"Tims Is the warp OF life
Oh, tell the young, the gay, the fair
To weave IL well.n

lltuF II tue Wtrp OF lie
Oh, tell the young, the gay, the fair
To weave it wel.h
On Friday amid loving, inter-
ested friends and beautiful scenes
our school closed with the exer-
cises OF the graduating class.
Is not such a vision worthy OF
the entire strength Of our teach
ing force and more than worthy
OF the hearty interest, the great
est help and the stauuchest CO.
operation OF the great army of
patrons?
As our boys and girls reach the
year of graduation, the vision of
the future shows us the widening
Of the aisles of the school room
into avenues of trade, business
and profession.
The boy a few years later be-
comes a physician, another a law
yer and another a manufacturer
and so on completing the list.
Meantime the girls become
teachers, artists and writer's. And
it is for all these things that teach
ers are called to labor and schools
provide their beneficent work.
Often long before the young
man or woman is sready to leave
the High School, he or she has
the life's work planned and the
true and loyal teacher helps to
develop these Municipalities and
lead on to higher ideals, for
where a pupil understands that
teachers and parents are laboring
hand in hand and for his good,
then he too will work harmonious
and with pleasure.
This has been in a great meas
ure noted with great qualification
during the past session.
BY the hearty cooperation of
the teachers and parents the spirit
of noble young manhood and wo
manhood has been kIndled into a
healthy glow and instead OF
school work being a drag the pu-
pills have worked with aIacrity
and will.
And now the writer, teacher and
friend of the school for the past
two years, leaves them with a
heart full Of hope and a benedic-
ton on each and a wish that both
those who have just graduated,
and those OF the other grades may
fulfil the beauteous promise Of
their joyous youth, and that each
may attain his ideal, and that a
praisewortny one, sanctioned and
aided by his Creator.
For the many kind words and
the helpful cooperation, the wri-
ter extends 10 the parents and
friends of the school heartfelt
thanks, and may the high hopes
you have conferred in your boys
and girls be realized. Kindness
makes sunshine wherever it goes.
It finds its way into the hidden
chambers Of the heart and brings
forth golden treasures, which
~harshDess would have sealed up
forever. Kindness is the music
of good will to men. and on this
harp the smallest fingers in the
world may play heavens sweet
est tunes on earth" Kindness
Is the very principle Of love, an
emanauon Of the heart, which
softens and gladdens and should
De iaeulcated and encouraged in
all our relations Of life. Kind
words fifty spoken are ike "ao-
Piles Of gold in pi~ctures.of silver"
and wi be long remembered.
For the handsome tokens Of re-
CARDS the eighth, ninth, tenth
and eleventh grades Presented
me sincerely thank them and
shall ever remember them for
their loyalty, obedience and kind
ness toward me and for their striy
ing for higher intellectual attain
ment and it will be my great graft
hcation ever in the future to learn
OF nothing but good and crown
ing success coming to them. |
shall enjoy these tokens in CRATE.
ful remembrance OF my superin.
tendency OF the Oxford Graded
ochool. Respectfully.
EDWARD S. BALTHRoP.