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December 14, 1910. THE ELON COLLEGE WEEKLY. 3 THE WEEKLY DIRECTORY. Burlington (N. C.) Business Houses. Buy Dry Goods from B. A. Sellars & Sons. See Burlington Hardware Co. for Plumb- ing. Get your Photographs at Anglin’s Studio. B. A. Sellars & Sons for Clothing and Gents’ Furnishings. See Dr. Morrow when in need of Dental Work. Real Estate, Insurance and Loans, Ala mance Insurance & Real Estate Co. Bairber Shop, Bran nock & Matkins. Dr. J. H. Brooks, Dental Surgeon. See Freeman Drug Co. for Drugs. Elon College, N C. For an Education °o to Elon College. Gibsonville, N. C. Dr. G. E. Jordan, M. D. High Point, N. C. People’s House Furnishing Co Greensboro, N. C. Pierce Stamp Works for stamps. Hotel Hufline. Burtner Furniture Co., for furniture. “We have,that picture,” saivl she, “to J;eep each member of our family in mind of the story it represents, and of the val ue of such a story to eacli member of the jamily. ” As soon as lunch was over, we continued (/ur journey towards Rotterdam, where we iinived a little after suiiset. In the way, that afternoon, succeeding a long silence as we walked, each in a sort of leverie, ray Yale friend turned to me and said, “Did that picture back yonder remind you of anytlung in the course of American history?” “Yes,” said I, “the story concerning it was a very inteiestin? parallel, and I was thinking about it when you spoke.” “TJie picture itself,” return-d he, “is the most interesting parallel in the w;hole story. I am native of Massachusetts, and biiice my boyhood, 1 have been thrown much in the great centers of population snd education in the East, where the Pur itan was planted early in the seventeenth century, anil where this same Puritan t;i)irit today (iourishes, yet in a new incar nation, most especially in matters religi ous. “But this spirit is fast changing iu its attitude towards the Cavalier spirit of the South, which itstlf is in a new habit, if not a new incarnation. The South, has so long been gagged and bound, espec ially in allairs of the national government, that whatever of hatred there was is now mellowing into sym[)athy, and many of the once piejudiced critics are now warm sympathizei-s, who are anxious to see the i>aj and fetters removed, that its hands ,'.nd feet and tongue may be free once more. ’' “I am glad to hear you say that,” I rejoined. “As the (’avalier in the pic ture was largely instrumental in building the home, that he was later a faction in attempting to di\ide, so was the South largely instruraental in constructing that magniticent fabiic of American States, '['here is hardly a star in that flax that is not laig^ly the -lirect or indirect re sult of Southern valor and statesmanship. But, in an evil hour, when the Southern Cavalier spirit, the spirit that, had been head cf the American family, was closely p:essed by the combined Puritan and Dutch spirit, to yield to their demand, this Cavalier spirit in anger said, I will withdraw from this household, and build my dwelling plac.e on another part of the estate. Not being allowed to do this, it flew into a great rage and shot at the ensign that it had given its best energies to create. “But mark this: The Cavalier spirit is no longer angered. It has not allowed any one else to shoot at the flag and it will never allow any one to do so. Like the family in Holland at the time the picture was made, its feeling towards the black hors? is not the same as it was forty years ago, and its views on many public cjnes- tions have changed during these forty ;,ears of enforced inactivity and silence in the gieat atfairs of the nation. It now believes in manufacturing, univeisal edu cation, and in being, not a section of, but an indivisible jiart of a great household that is influencing for good other great 1 ousehokls of the world. “However bitter the experience, how ever profitable the lesson that has come to the Cavalier spirit in America, and l i)we\e. painful and long of healing were the wounds caus.d by the attempted sep aration of the Cavalier from his Puritan wife in the sixties, the wife henself has likely be'.’n cured of those occasional silly noticjns of separation, on dark days, for may years after their marriage.” Here my companion broke off my ob- seivatioiis by callin’ my attention to the tower of (Jroote Iverk in Rotterdam, V hich he said according to his guide-book, is tire loftiest structure in that ancient city, being about three hundred feet high. Our attention was thus drawn away from the picture and its story, and fan forward to new expectations and incidences in this Dutch city we were now approaching. GEORGE D. PREN^TICE. Tlif author of the poem “The Closing Year” printed below was a native of Con- i.ccticut. born 1S(I2. lie was educated fur the profession of law but soon tnrn:d to the tield of journalism and literature. He was the foundcm of the “New Eng land Review” and edited it until he took uj) the task of writing the biosraphy of Henry Clay which woi’k brought him :o Kentucky. Southern life wasfascinating til him and he made Louisville his perma nent home. He was succeeded as editor of the “New England Review” by John (ireenleaf Whittier. In Louisville he did journalistic work and wrote poetry and biogiaphy. He founded the Ijouisville “Courier” and was succeedel at his death by Henry Watterson, who is still editor of the paper, which, having been combin ed with the “Journal,” is now known as the ■'i.ui&\ill.* Co”rier-Jouinal. ” Mr. Prentice was the centre and the inspira tion of a noted literary circle in Louis ville. , This is perhaps his best jioem. though it is oratorical and irot liigiily finished yet it is suited to the season. The Closing Year. ‘Tis midnight's holy hour and silence now Is brooding like a gentle sjnrit o’er The still and pulseless world. Haik! on the wind The bell’s deej) notes are swellino; 'tis the knell Of th? departed year. No funeral train Is sweeping past; yet on the stream and wood. With melancholy light, the moonbeams re t Like a pale, spotless shroud; the air is stirred As by a mourner’s sigh; and on yon cloud. That floats so still and placidly through heaven, Th spirits of the seasons seem to stand— Young Spring, blight Summer, Autumn's solemn form And Winter with his aged locks—and breathe In mournful cadences that come abroad Like the far wind-harp's wild and touch ing wail, A melancholy dirge o'e the dead year, (ione from the earth for ever. ’Tis a time For memory and for tears. Within the deep Still chamber of the heart a spectre dim. Whose tunes are like the wizard voice of Time Heard from the tomb of ages, points its cold And solemn flnger to the beautiful And holy visions that have passed away, i\nd kft no shadow of their loveliness On the dead waste of life. The year has (ione, and with it many a glorious thiong Of hapjiy dreams. Its mark is on each brow, Its shadow in ^ach heait. In its swift course Jt waved its scepter o’er the beautiful. And they are not. It laid its pallid hand I"jK)u the strong man, and the haughty form Is fallen and the flashing eye is dim. It trod the hall of revelry where thronged The bright and joyous, and the tearful wail Of stricken ones is heard, where erst the song And reckless shout resounded. It passed o ’er The battle plain where sward and spear and shield i-'lashed in the light of midday, and the strength Of serried hosts is shivered, and the grass, (Ireen from the soil of carnage, waves above The crush'd and mouldering skeleton. It came And faded like a wreath of mist at eve, Y'et. ere it melted in the viewless air. It heralded its millions to their home In the dim land of dreams. Remorseless time: Fierce spiiit of the glass and scythe— what power Can slay him in his silent course, or melt His inm heart to pity? On, still on He presses and forever. The proud bird. The condor of the Andes that can soar Tlirouih heaven’s unfathomable depths, or biave The fury of the northern hurricane. -\nd bathe his plumage iu the tluinder's home. Furls his proud wings at nightfall, and sinks down To rest upon his mountain crag; but Time Knows not the weight of sleep or weari ness. And night’s deej) darkness has no chain to bind His rushing pinion. Kevolutions sweep O'ei earth like troubled visions o’er the breast Of dreaming sorrow; cities rise and sink Like bubbles on the water; flery isles Spring, blazin? from the ocean, and go back To their mystirious caverns; mountains rear To lieaven their bald and blackened cliffs, and bow Their tall heads to the plain; new empires rise Gathering the strength of hoary centuries. And rush down like an Alpine avalanche. Startling the nations; and the very stars, Y"on bright and burning blazonry of God, Glitter awhile in their eternal depths. And, like the Pleiads, loveliest of their train. Shoot from their glorious spheres, and pass away, I'o darkle in the trackless void; yet Time, Time, the tomb-builder, holds his fierce career. Dark, stern, all pitiless, and pauses not Amid the mighty wrecks that stiew his palh, To sit and muse, like other conquerors, I'jion the fearful ruin he has wroualit. ELON COLLEGE SPECIAL FUND OP ?50,000. Dr. Moffitt has issued tlie following leaflet in his work of raising .foO.OOO for the College: By order of the Board of Trustees the President of Elon College is now engaged in an effort to raise a Special Fund of •toO.OOO for the College. More than ,$16,000 cf this amount has already been subscrib ed by just a few friends; and now the call comes to the many to line up with these few in order to make the movement a suc cess. The obligation is u]ion us all. Shall we not meet it as loyally and liberally as the few have already done? The Plan. In order to raise this .f.’jO.OOO. we are asking for cash donations, and for sub scriptions on a live-paymc-nt plan. Some are subscribing .$1.000—.$200 to be paid down, and then .$200 a year for four years. Some are subscribing $.")00—$100 liown, and .$100 a year for four years. Others .$250, or .$")0 a year; an.l still oth ers .$2.') a year, and so on down to even smaller amounts. Any amount will be greatly appreciated. A peimanent record of each contributor to this Fund is to be made and kept in the Dr, J. H. Brooks. DENTAL .SURGEON OfRce Over Foster’s Shoe Store BURLINGTON, N. C. LINEN MARKING OUTFITS: Name Stamp, Indelible Ink and Pad, 40c. Postpaid on receipt of price. PIERCE STAMP WORKS. Greensboro, N. C. HOTEL HUFFINE Near Passenger Station Greensboro, N. C. Rates $2 up. Cafe in connection. M. MORROW, Siirji’eon Dentist, MORROW BUILDING, Comer Front and Main Streets, BURLINGTON, N. C.
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