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SAY, BOYS, How About That SUIT?
You will need one during the commencement exercises, and
they’ll come in mighty handy all during the summer.
There will be lots of parties and picnics this summer—and yo u
don’t want any of the fellows to be better dressed than you are.
We thought about that when we bought these Clothes for you.
“A” Grrde, Junior and Senior Suits $10.00 to $15.00
Intermediate Department $1.50 to $6.50
Primary Department $1.50 to $3.50
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MULATI0N A SPUR TO ACHIEVEMENT §
BY R. H. B. KEENEY. ©
•enmis efforts are seldom put
without the stimulus of riv
Observation has recognized,
ixperience tested the principle ;
i familiar proverb has declared
the very life of trade is in
tet it ion. All real effort—effort
which has been eliminated
weakening element of hopeless
-is manifested and invigorat
by encountering opposition.
Jict does not merely reveal the
Lsioa of power: it develops
ir. Collisston puts the antag
ic forces on their mettle,
fes in them determined resolu
B The heroic is brought to
Bight by strife, which in the
Bss produces heroes. Without
■ution there cannot be excised
^Aspiration that is intense with
Bstness and aglow with energy.
Biminate aspiration, and apath
■indifference is the result: en
■ is dormant, effort is lifeless.
■ aspiration that stirs to action.
Brompted by praiseworthy
B for honorable applause, few
Bl “take the pains to seek the
B which labor gains.”
Bless the spirit of emulation
Bidled in those of our youth
■ are verging upon maturity,
B will exert themselves to make
B attainments above mediocre.
B see that ordinary ncquire
Bs are sufficient to insure what
Bled “success in life”—that
B, backed by enterprise and
Bssertion (popularly denomi
B push,) will lift one to
B’s most remunerative stations.
B observe that only slight cnl
Bis demanded for a successful
Bess career. To all appearance
Bappiest lives are lived by
B who trouble not themselves
■ tedious and toilsome effort to
B"P the nobler faculties. Mis
By misconception and errone
Bstnnate of the comparative
Bs i : good things of life, the
Bn derives maxims for the
Bmg of his career and princi
Bor the regulation of his con
■ m accordance with the snper
B impression his limited obser
B and shallow penetration
B ’"mbined in producing.
B youth destitute of ambition,
B r ‘ d by the noble impulses its
^ always arouse, what
pfli’s [• Get most desirable gifts
of those who give them
no anxiety about superior at
pients. It is wonder that, td
a mind occurs the question,
j shall I not, drift along with
eurreut of society, putting
1 n » extraordinary effort, as-
1 that I can easily remain on
wrface, and that the things of
float within my grasp?
Jv Tvation suggests and
on intensifies the conviction
without the right of neglect
^ development of the nobler
“ lour youth, we cannot
dispense with such legitimate m r -
tives as excite emulation. In their
,
minds must be lodged a motive
more exalted than the soidid de
sire of what the worldly-minded,
conceive as success in life—life as
bounded by the confines of time.
The wings of that laudable ambi¬
tion which, for beneficent pur¬
poses, God often places within our
hearts must not be dipped by puri¬
tanic prejudice, but plumed by
Christian culture. The fires of a
generous rivalry should he kindled
in ev*ry community, aud induced
to burn with special brightness
and intensity in that locality where
the schoolroom sheds its beneficent
light. In its flames, incandescent
in their ideal purity, will be con¬
sumed the irresolution that bpgets
inactivity and the slothfulness
that results in indifference.
The desire to excel others does
not preclude the possibility of
gratification at their achievement.
There is such a thing as generous
rivalry Only the swift here neg¬
lecting to employ the poweis di¬
vinely bestowed feels chagrin
when in the race he is outstripped
by a plodding tortoise. Frequent¬
ly the defeated contestant steps
forward at the close of the contest
to congratulate the victor; and he
makes a serious charge against
the truthfulness and magnanimity
of his fellow man who intimates
that such exhibitions of generosity
are invariably oi even usually in¬
sincere. When once on a com¬
mencement occasion I heard a
young woman congratulate a class¬
mate to whom had just been
awarded the medal, there was in
her face such genuine joy as to
preclude the idea of disappoint¬
ment, and her countenance was !
aglow with evident generosity, |
that I lully believed her when she
declared, 4 t I’m so glad, I knew you i
would win it.” When one beholds
a rival reach the goal in advance
of himself, there may bu r st from
his lips an honest and sincere ex¬ '
pression of admiration.
Excelled by suj rior talents, we
are prepare for defeat by the con
sciousness that in the race they
have been gradually leaving us
behind ; and an echo of the plaudit
won from public appreciation is |
elicited from us by a sense of jus
tice, or prompted by our generous
recognition of superior merit. To j
lessen disappointment, we have,
the consolation that earnest
effort has added much to our store
of of knowledge developed and t > faculty. the amount The j 1
our
consciousness of having made the
most of our talent- and employed .
our opportunities to the utmost is
a fountain from which flows a
copious stream of comfort.
I do not conceive of emulation as j
the disposition that leads one h.s to j
be equally satisfied whether by
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own exertion he has attained the
ideal of it is embodied in the old
Websterian definition, an order
kindled by the praiseworthy exam
pies of others, inciting to imitate
01 ec l ua T or even excel them, with¬
out the design of depressing them.”
The emulation I extol and com¬
mend is an aspiration for not
merely relative but absolute ex¬
cellence. Such aspiration loosens
the shackles of sloth, and arouses
trom lethargy. It evokes unflagging
effort to “press toward the mark
for the prize;’’ and by the prize I
mean no mere bauble, noglittering
jewel, however handsome or tor
whatever excellence its inscription
may state it stands, but an indis¬
putable, independent ability, a de¬
veloped faculty available for the
service of humanity aud actuated
by a personality intense in its
convictions and conscientious in
its recognition of obligation. He
whose spirit is pervaded and ener¬
gized by such a desire of excellence
may wish his neighbor most emi¬
nent success, be willing, even
eager, to accord him the palm on
whatever field his superiority has
won it, aud even rise in magnani¬
mity to the altruistic stature of the
Christian who in honor prefers
another,
Given no opportunity of excell¬
ing, we are disposed by our natural
inclination to supineness to re¬
inactive except when neces¬
sity drives us. In the nature of
every lad and lass is found the
animus involved in the challenge
of the Philistine giant; and,
whether worded or unworded, the
strenous attitude is ever the same:
4 4 Give me a man that I may fight
(strive, ' in contest) with
engage
him.” This disposition’to cross
swords in friendly, generous fash¬
ion we do well to recognized as an
ineradicable trait of our moral na¬
ture that we should be too wise to
combat or ignore, but should en
courage by all appropriate and
judicious means.
Whenever the battle is fought
on a field worthy of a conflict and
the contest is fairly conducted,
benefit must result to both victor
and vanquished.
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Letter From Dr. Moore.
It was my privilege to attend
the^great educational rally at Flint
Hill on Friday, May fl, and also to
be present at the closing exercises
that school, which was taught
the past scholastic year by Prof.
j. o. Martin and his accomplished
sister. Miss Dorothy. These olos
j llg exercises consisted partly in
examinations of the pupils in the
various studies they had been par
su i:ig the past six months, inter
spersed with well selected recita
tions. The examinations were
splendid and the recitations were
rendered with accuracy and
promptness. The exercises of the
day were varied by several ad- *
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We are handling the best lines that are on the market to day.
Clothing, two and three piece $15.00 to $20.00 $
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Perfect line $10.00 to #15.00 T a ; -
We will appreciate your coming in and looking over our stock.
Give us an opportunity to “show you”. 6
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Everything to wear for everybody.
dresses by prominent men, the
most noteworthy of which was
that by Mr. Robert A Guinn, a
veteran in the profession of teach¬
ing. His record is a remarkable
one. He made teaching his life¬
long business, taught the first
school ever established at Flint
Hill, and was teaching there as
far back as 1S50. Some years la¬
ter he moved to Conyers, where he
held the confidence, affection and
the patronage of the community
tor forty consecutive years, when
he became too old for such hard
work and retired. He is now 80
years old, having been born in
1827. Mr. Guinn said several
things in h!s talk which all teach¬
ers would do well to heed. He
always discouraged parents from
punishing a child at home because
lie had been punished at school;
thought it had a bad effect upon ■
the child. He made it a rule to
use the rod very sparingly, and
then only when nothing else would
meet the case. After the punish¬
ment was inflicted he made it a
point not to hold the child off at a
distance, as if he were still angry
with him, but he took special pains
to treat him kindly 7 and to show
him that he still loved him, and
had punished him b. cause be loved
him. The wonderful self posses¬
sion of ihe man is shown by his
whole history, especially in the
fact just stated. He further tes¬
tified that in the long period of 46
years he was engaged in teaching,
he never had occasion to expel a
pupil from school. If a man will
control himself and his feelings,
and especially the tone of his voice,
he can say almost anything that is
true to another w ithout having a
breach of harmony. Some people
ought never to teach because, if
they are not angry, they have ac¬
quired the habit of speaking in
tones that have suggestions of an¬
ger. Mr. Guinn has left to the
world a family of boys and girls
that are among the best in the
land. “They shall be known by
their fruits’’ was spoken by one
greater than a mere man, and no
higher praise can be given any
father or mother than they have
left a household to be a blessing
to their generation. May peace
and joy and hope crown the years
of his decline. J. S. Mooise.
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the L & M Paint weai like iron.
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i. nseed Oii, ^
for as you <lo in ready-for use j
piint. but buy oil fresh from the bnrrell at j
gi) cents and mix with whh the L & M,
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