Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, February 9, 1900.
NATION'S HERO AT REST.
Major General Lawton Buried With Military Honors in Arlington Cemetery.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Major General Henry W. Lawton, U. S. V., was buried today at Arlington cemetery with the full military honors accorded a major general of the military establishment of the United States.
In the vicinity of the Church of the Covenant, where the body lay in state, there was an immense concourse of people. The crowd congregated around the church long before the time for reviewing of the body. When at last the doors were thrown open the people, decorously and sorrowfully filed past the casket, entering in at one door and departing at another.
The greatest respect and sorrow was manifested by the general public. People in all classes of life passed before the casket, the old soldiers who had known him as their commander, whom they loved and respected, and the civilians who had known him in life as a man with a spotless reputation, a loving husband and a kind father. Many an eye was wet with tears as the sad procession slowly wended its way before the dead.
Floral tributes were numerous, the president and his cabinet, senators and representatives, government officials and officers of the army in Washington sending beautiful floral pieces in memory of the dead hero.
President McKinley, his cabinet and a large number of army officers were present at the services in the church, which were of a most solemn and impressive kind.
Crowds lined the streets of the route of the procession to Arlington cemetery. The escort consisted of United States soldiers and the entire National Guard of the District of Columbia. A number of civic organizations also participated.
When Arlington cemetery was reached the military took a position assigned them and a firing party was told off.
A short service was then held at the burial place, a volley was fired, the bugle sounded taps, and one of America's best and bravest soldiers was laid in his last resting place in the beautiful Arlington cemetery where so many of the nation's dead lie buried.
Woman's Frozen Body Discovered.
WATERTOWN, N. Y., Feb. 9.—The frozen body of Mrs. Nettie Moore was found under the stairway of her house, 13 Vale street, yesterday afternoon. She had been dead four weeks. The police are investigating. It is believed that she died of alcoholism.
Suicided in Chemung River.
ELMIRA, Feb. 9.—The body of former Health Commissioner William Sheehan, a brother of Police Commissioner Daniel Sheehan, was found in the Chemung river here. His clothing lying on the ice led to the discovery of his remains. He left home Wednesday night, went directly to the river, undressed and jumped into a hole in the ice. His mind was unbalanced by an attack of typhoid fever. He was secretary of the Elmira Ice company, about 36 years old and a Democratic politician of much influence.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
A Blessing in Disguise.
It almost seems that the invasion of the state of Massachusetts by the gypsy moth some years ago has proved to be a real blessing rather than a curse. In waging a vehement warfare against this destroyer of the trees the whole subject of arboriculture has been brought prominently into public mind and nothing more was necessary to awaken a realizing sense of the beauty and value qf trees, and the combat against one of their enemies has resulted in victories over many others in the aggregate much more dangerous and destructive. Whether this theory be fanciful or otherwise the fact remains that all over Massachusetts trees are getting a more thoughtful and intelligent care than they received before the moths began their ravages, and the expenditure of both money and energy in this direction is steadily increasing. In 1890 the Massachusetts legislature passed a law permitting any town that chose to do so to elect a paid tree warden, whose duty it should be to see that such trees as his town possessed were protected and such additions to their number made as were practicable and desirable. The law in its permissive form worked so well that in 1899 it was made mandatory, and in this shape it goes into effect at the approaching spring elections. The Massachusetts Forestry association has just issued a circular letter calling attention to the provisions of the law and appealing for the selection of competent men to fill the position of warden. It is not necessary, the circular says, that these officers should be trained and scientific arboriculturists. Where such persons can be secured—and paid—of course it is well to get them, but good intentions, helped out by ordinary intelligence, will accomplish wonders, and technical knowledge is soon added to them as the warden goes about doing his beneficent work. The legislatures of other states might wisely follow the example of the Bay State in this respect.
◘ Since so many of England's great men have passed away, it is interesting to note that Herbert Spencer still lives and that he will have passed the fourscore mark in a few weeks. He is one of the comparatively few left of that coterie of great English thinkers and writers of the past generation which included such men as Thackeray, Dickens, Tennyson, Morris, Gladstone, Disraeli, Darwin, Huxley, Martineau and Ruskin.
Mr. H. Erving Andrews.
In the death of Mr. H. Erving Andrews, which occurred very suddenly Saturday, Feb. 3, 1900, Cortland has lost a highly respected citizen; the Homer-ave. M. E. church one of its most devoted and useful members, and his family a loving husband and father.
Converted at an early age, nearly all of his forty-eight years were consecrated to the Master's service. Unless unavoidably detained, his seat in church was never vacant, his earnest prayers and testimonies in the class and prayer-meetings will not soon be forgotten.
The funeral services were held in the Homer-ave. church, Tuesday at 2 P. M., the pastor, Rev. J. C. B. Moyer officiating. The large attendance, filling the church, gave evidence of the esteem in which he was held. The floral tributes, gifts of loving friends, were beautiful and appropriate. He was laid to rest in the Cortland Rural cemetery.
Some day we'll see the loved ones face to face
And not be pained to note the vacant place.
We'll learn the wonders of sustaining grace.
Some day, some happy day.
We desire this message to convey to our friends the gratitude which we feel for their sympathy shown, by their many kindnesses in our recent bereavement—the death of our husband and father. May it be theirs to be thus comforted when passing through the waters of affliction.
MRS. LAURA E. ANDREWS, MISS FANNIE ANDREWS.
Things that People Ought to Know.
The announcement is made by Leslie's Weekly that it has arranged for the publication of a series of very interesting articles, contributed by some of the most eminent writers of our time on the important questions of the day. The first of the series is by Alleyne Ireland, the distinguished English writer, whose new book on "The Anglo-Boer Conflict" is attracting world-wide attention. The subject of his article in Leslie's Weekly will be: "Ought the United States to Desire Boer Success?" This will be followed by contributions on "The Monroe Doctrine and Our Navy," by Capt. A. T. Mahan, our highest naval authority; "Shall We Become a Maritime Power," by the Hon. Eugene T. Chamberlain, United States commissioner of navigation; "The New Century's Controlling Influences," by the eloquent and erudite President Thwing, of the Western Reserve university of Cleveland; "The New Century's Manly Woman," by Miss Susan B. Anthony and others of equal interest.
"The Brave Black Regiment."
"The Brave Black Regiment" is the subject of the lecture to be given at 8 o'clock to-night at the [Cortland] W. C. T. U. rooms by Rev. C. A. Smith of Auburn, a member of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts regiment. The lecture will be given for the benefit of Zion church, and the admission is 25 cents.
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NORMAL COMMENCEMENT.
FORTY-SEVEN GRADUATES RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS.
An Excellent Program at the Opera House this Morning—Address to the Graduates by Prof. Isaac H. Stout, Supervisor of Institutes.
The fifty-eighth commencement exercises, bringing to a close the sixty- second term of the Cortland State Normal and Training school, were held in the Opera House this morning. The exercises throughout were of a very high order of excellence and that their merit was appreciated by the large audience present was attested by the close, attention given to each number upon the program. The members chosen to represent the class upon this occasion did it with honor to themselves and with credit to the class, to their instructors and to the school as well. A progressive professional spirit was manifest in the various articles presented both in the method of treatment and manner of delivery.
As usual a large audience was present at the exercises. The entire lower part of the house was reserved for the immediate relatives and friends of the graduating class. The members of the class occupied special seats reserved for them while the members of the faculty, and representatives of the local board occupied seats upon the platform. The following is the complete program:
Invocation Rev. George E. T. Stevenson
The first speaker upon the program was Miss Lottie F. Smith, who chose for her subject "The Demands of Life." The demands of modern life constitute the sphinx of to-day Necessity is the prime cause of action. The speaker dwelt upon the tendencies of modern life and urged the wisdom of choosing that work in life in which could be found the most happiness for the individual. A spirit of contentment is necessary and there is a demand for patience, not the patience that is silent but the patience that is sweet. Miss Smith delivered her article with an earnestness which carried conviction.
"The Cultivation of the Aesthetic," was the theme of a well written and carefully delivered oration by Miss Florence M. Drake. Miss Drake dwelt upon the influences of the silent forces in life and the educational value of the beautiful, and the place of art and music in modern education. The silent, persuasive influence of the teacher's personality counts for more with the child than scholarship. The teacher must be what she wants the pupils to become. Teach the child of the beautiful and let the silent influences of life work for the upbuilding of the child's higher nature.
Miss Bridge in her essay upon "The Supreme Aim" referred to the measures and standards of success in life and pointed out the fact that material compensation is not the highest standard. In a teacher the supreme aim should not be for the material, but for the higher standard.
Mr. Samuel Burnett Howe, Jr., in a well written oration dwelt upon "The Progress of Sociological Reform." He referred to the conditions that existed in earlier times and pointed out the advancement that has been made along all lines and especially in the educational world. Mr. Howe is an easy and graceful speaker and his oration was well delivered.
The progress of civilization and culture has ever been a struggle toward the light, and this thought was the theme of the oration by Miss Evelyn L. Miller. In the black darkness of the night there is no hint of the sun but in due time the light appears. The many cling to the chrysalis state and only the few emerge into the light. Action is necessary. The ideal life is never still. It is as natural for the human soul to turn toward the good, the pure, the beautiful, as for a plant to turn to the light. The speaker referred to the increased activity along various lines as a hopeful tendency of the times.
Miss Etta Rock, whose oration upon "Literature as a Factor in Education" was the next upon the program, was excused at her own personal request and did not appear.
The article by Miss Mabel R. Hare upon "The Promotion of Teachers" was entirely upon professional lines. The object of education, she said, is to prepare man to live completely. The teacher who does the same work over and over again, if she is a progressive teacher, can do the work more satisfactorily and brings to her work an increased knowledge not only of the subject, but of the best way of presenting that subject and can attain better results than the teacher who is ''promoted" from one grade to another. Much is said in these days about child study. The best knowledge of children is to be gained by coming in contact with many children. Each teacher should perfect herself in the work for some special grade and devote herself to that special work. The article was an argument in favor of specialists in the teaching profession.
To Miss Jenny L. Robinson was given the place of first honor upon the program. Her oration, "The Power of the Unattained" was carefully prepared and well delivered and was one of the very best upon the program. The power of the unattained has ever been the underlying principle of progress. It is opportunity that makes life great, and individual effort is stimulated by the power of the unattained. This power influences the work of the student, the artist and the inventor. Follow the crowd and the crowd will never follow you. Beneath what we are may be felt the inspiration of what we might be. We should have ideals, but ideals recede as the vision broadens. It is the unattained that inspires to nobler effort and leads on to heights hitherto unattainable.
The music was a very pleasing feature of the program. It was of a very high order and was different from what has been usual upon the commencement program. The overture from Tannhauser, by Miss Elberta E. Waterbury and Miss Emma W. Cornish was rendered with the artistic skill and technique for which these ladies are already well known, and the violin solo by Mr. Robert I. Carpenter was greatly enjoyed. In the vocal numbers by Miss Julia Allen the audience was favored with some unusually fine selections. Miss Allen is the possessor of a sweet, rich, well trained voice and her singing was a pleasing feature of the exercises. Miss Allen is a sister of Miss Elizabeth Allen of the graduating class. She is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music and sings in St. Francis Xavier church, Brooklyn. She has been spending commencement week in Cortland as the guest of her sister.
The address to the graduates was made by Prof. Isaac H. Stout, supervisor of institutes. He was introduced by Dr. Cheney and spoke in part as follows: ''I am glad to note that the thriving village of Cortland is so loyal to the state institution which is located in its midst. Commencement is an American institution. Schools and colleges and other institutions of learning have come to count their progress by the number of graduates they turn out, much the same as the American Indian based his powers as a warrior by counting the number of scalps. The influence of this school is far reaching in the educational world and I congratulate you upon being graduates of such an institution. I have wandered in every part of this state and I find in every county graduates of the Cortland Normal school doing excellent work. Last summer I went to the Pacific coast to attend the meeting of the National Educational association and there was not a single state or territory through which I passed that I did not hear of or see graduates of this institution. Members of the graduating class, be proud of your calling, your vocation, your profession. The day has passed when the teacher has to stand to one side and watch the great procession go by with an "excuse-me-for-living" expression on his face. The teacher's profession is coming more and more to be recognized at its true worth.
"With your graduation you pass from a realm of restraint and henceforth are under a government of your own. Now as never before you will recognize the law of compensation. Society will expect more of you than of the individual who has not had the opportunities which have enjoyed.
"Education should first fit pupils for the environment in which you find them and then lift them above such environment if possible. It is all right to have ideals. The trouble with ideals is that often they are too far away. Find the ideals of your pupils in what is nearest to them and keep the [ideal] for the child close enough so that he can reach it. Be cheerful in your school work. You have been exhorted to be earnest. Do not be too much in earnest. Be cheerfully in earnest. Look about and see what good you can do for those near you. You have been told to be studious. But I warn you not to be purely a student. What a man knows is not a measure of what he can do. Be loyal in all things, to friends, to authority, to your school. Be charitable in the broadest sense of the word. Do not emphasize unduly either the faults or the virtues of others. Give credit for what a pupil strives to be, rather than for what he is. Come in contact each day with some person whom you consider your superior. Live up to the ideals held up before you and let your life be a growth toward the higher things."
At the close of Prof. Stout's address Dr. Cheney presented the diplomas, the benediction was pronounced by Rev. Mr. Stevenson and the exercises of the sixty-eighth commencement were closed.
The class motto and the poem written by Mr. Howe are as follows:
The complete list of graduates was published a few days ago.
Found a Queer Condition.
Under the above caption, in your issue of the 6th inst., appears a notice of the case of Mr. Whitney, with a displaced or misplaced heart; by no means the first instance of the kind on record. Such cases were met with and recorded, in Rome in 1643, in Paris in 1650, and in London in 1694, besides many more recent ones, some of which have been observed by physicians of the present day. One case in particular was observed and reported by the writer several years ago. In "Quain's Dictionary of Medicine," 8th ed., page 584-5, may be found a short article on the subject, confirming my statement. COM.
The STANDARD did not mean to intimate in publishing the item referred to in regard to Mr. Whitney's heart that it was anything unheard of before or unknown to medical science, but simply that it was quite unusual, and occurring as it did in a person well known to many of our readers we thought it might be of interest to his friends to know just where his heart is. We, however, thank our physician correspondent for these additional facts, as they will most assuredly be of interest to all.
BREVITIES.
—The rain last night pretty thoroughly disposed of the sleighing in this vicinity.
—It is now vacation at the Normal. The spring term begins next Wednesday, Feb. 14.
—Vesta lodge, No. 255, I. O. O. F., will hold a hop at their lodgerooms to-morrow evening.
—Mr. Frank Schellinger's meat market, 20 North Main-st., has been connected with the telephone. His number is 132 X.
—The work meeting of the Farther Lights society of the First Baptist church will be held at the home of Miss Goldie Clark, 22 Reynolds-ave., this evening at 7:30 o'clock.
—The Normal graduating class and a few invited guests took dinner this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Cortland House. A special menu was prepared and served in excellent style by Mine Host Smith.
—There will be a meeting of all the committee connected with the baseball fair to-night at 8 o'clock in Fireman's hall. The board of directors for the coming season will be elected at this time.
—The Standard acknowledges the receipt of an invitation to the third annual banquet of the Business Men's association of Ithaca at the New Ithaca hotel Monday evening, Feb. 12, at 8 o'clock.
—New display advertisements to-day are—W. J. Perkins, Drug sundries, page 6; O. V. Tracy, Mariposa coffee, page 7; Dey Bros. & Co., Dress goods, page 7; C. F. Thompson, Groceries, page 6; Chas. F. Brown, Cough cure, page 6.
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