The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-07-03

the ear. as Il has today II needs
aany more men and women who
are open 20 conviction. who can
hear the er, that rises from every
Kind of misery and need, aud who,
because they can hear. can direct
the body how 10 help, The English
wag says
"The rain II raineth every day, up
on the Just aud unjust feller,
HUT chiefly on the Just because
the unjust has the just's umhreller
The injustice IN the world today
IL crying TO heaven. There Is the
cry OF the children child labor.
Thwe IL the cry Of the nndcrpaid
and the underfcd and the ov.rdrunk.
ae cry OF the criminal un-
efofmei tie c.y OF the shiftl'ss,
the cry OF the neglected. the cry OF
the slave, the cry Of the oppressed.
Re the ear OF your community and
for the community hear the cry and
lead II In It's eager haste 20 the
rescue. Out from the burning build
Ing came the cry OF a child, and
dozen strong men leaped Into tho
choking smoke But those who did
not hear. and those who stopped
their ears, stood motionless
have known now and then \ man
who was the very heart Of his com
muuity-a woman who was the
very life OF the group Ia which she
lived. II is a great thing In
body TO be the heart The body
sometimes gets discouraged, worn
ont run down.
And the heart pumps into II new
life. new courage, new strength He
the courage of your community. be
It's cheer, be Its strength. be lta
sympathy. BE its heart
You can carry the metaphor on
and on. have gone far enough,
Only remember that there are never
any duplicates In the body You
need never be afraid Of duplicating
the membership OF samcona 81
The two eyes supplement each other
IN the body Neither is superfluoualt
is not bad thing for body 20
have more than one eye, provided
only that when one eye looks IN
one direction, the other does not
insist on looking In another. II In
40 impeachment to the body that II
has two legs provided only that
when one wishes to walk the other
does not insist on standing still.
There are forms OF life that have
hundred eyes, or one hundred feet
II Is n great thing for the body OF
\ community to bea ceptipede. or
to be like the hundred armedbri-
arius. That is a poor community
which like the oyclops has but
one eye,
speak to you members OF the
graduating class You have been
members OF a good school "A school
with good spirit. wish this
Gymnasium, which Is dedicated Mt
your graduation, and which you
will always remember with pride,
might stand In your memories for
the spirit OF membership. communi-
ty membership, and that you might
carry the spirit OF the school and
OF the Manchester community with
you to the end Of your lives and
falling. pass IL on to your succes-
sors.
The school spirit is and ought
to be great power IN the lives
not only Of individuals but Of ma
tions. Think what Rugby and Eton
and Harrow mean TO England. The
lessons learned on the campus and
within the walls OF those schools
and others of their like have made
England great.
You remember the lines OF
Henry Newbold? who ! hope, may
he England's Lext Poet Laureate.
Some OF England's greatest naval
and land victories were won long
before on the cricket and football
fields OF RifLy End EtoD; just ~
great moral Victories OF years 10
.one Ia this country, might easily
be won first herr In this gymnasium
II was the discipline and spirit ana
LOYALTY OF the cricket match mt
Rugby that pulled victory out OF
defeat on the blood stained sands
OF Egypt.
Tbers's n breathloss hush IN the close To.
Ten 10 make aud the match 70 win.
4 humping pitch. nnd blindins nkn.
An hour TO play, mud The last iflHh "
And IL i not fof the sake of q nbbonrd coat
Or the selfish hope ofa season Tame
l.lt his cnptain hand on his shoulder siDots
Play upi Play upl ana play the sans'
The sand Of the desert is soddsD red,
Red WITH the wreck Of sannre thht brok.
The pnttilngs iammed, ard the colonel
dead.
And the regiment blind With dust and
smoke, .
Tiie river of death has brinimed his banks.
And England. !. far, and honor maine,
l,ut the vote. OF n school-boy rallies ths
play np Play upi and play tbc same'
This l. the word that year ~ year
While IN her place the school hs.t
Every one of her SOUS must hear
And none that hears IL dare forget
4 his they all, with n loyfui nina
Bear through life torch " nhuo
And falling ming 10 the bUst bshind
PLAY upi Play upi and play the samsiJ
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