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the battalion.
joyful inspirations of our commencement, we feel with regret
the loss of an old and agreeable companion in the class ot 97.
Where do you go? It is like sounding echos glen, gone from
the symbol of the real into the realms of an invisible future,
and as there are elements of discontent in every ones life, it
matters not what sphere you may occupy,you will have many
mouniains to climb—visionary realms to ex, lore but may your
mind never hold realms that are not attainable, then will
the horizon of your possibilities reflect with glory your
achieveme its.
Press on to the goal that marks the prize of your future
career, for your school days are o’er and e’er Aurora reverses
the golden clasp that binds the brilliancy of another sun,
you will have assumed the responsible duties of citizenship,
embarking in the different vocations of life.
Bearing with you those truths and principles and dwelling
within a clime best suited for the development of moral ques
tions of honor and integrity,of character,and the concentration
of facts, and the perpetuating of their virtues, your future is
inevitable.
Possessors of a cherished heritage, to you is intrusted
the mantle of a nations trust, the conservation of a nations
existence and the perpetuating of a cause so dear that was
lost.
Oh touch with angelic hands Eoleas golden lyre, thy
sweetest strains are discord all, compared to memorys
cherished fancies. We love her hills besod by heroe’s blood,
her vales bedewed by mothers tears, her Jasmine groves
through whose leafy branches there mummers a tender lulla
by of song of a day that has gone and the hopes of a nation
that were vanquished. Land of Jackson and Lee meteoric
lights that will reflect throughout the chaos of time and as
sattelites mankind can revolve growing radiant in the undying
glory. But rather than mar the gladness of this hour by a
disclosure of those treasures we guard and cherish so fondly,
we will retain them in the bosom in which they are embalmed.