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were savages and it was for us who took their place to inaugurate 

 a better kind of life, a higher civilization on those prairies and the 

 first white settlers who came began to cultivate the soil and in- 

 stead of depending on the precarious results of the chase, substi- 

 tuted the raising of wheat and cattle thus standing upon a higher 

 plane than the Sioux before them, and these who, not content with 

 the mere necessaries of life have sought to still further improve 

 their condition by intelligent pursuit of horticulture and are now 

 reaping the reward of that ambition in the enjoyment of comforts 

 and luxuries and in the gratifications of aesthetic taste unknown to 

 the simple bread-and-butter drudge have reached a still higher 

 plane. The ones who have done the most to ameliorate the condi- 

 tion of the masses and make their life worth living have attained 

 the loftiest pinnacle. It is the duty of those who are up, to lend a 

 helping hand to those who are yet lower in the scale, to reach 

 down and get hold of them and lift them up in the pure upper air 

 of truth, purity and virtue which they themselves are breathing. 

 This is what we are trying to do in this matter of education, and 

 there is room for hope. I will say with the colored brother "The 

 world do move." Today, we look upon the boys and girls in our 

 schools not as culprits to be flogged into respectful obedience, but 

 as gentlemen and ladies for the most part ready and willing to 

 work harmoniously and sympathizingly with their teachers for the 

 good of the school and the pleasure and profit of all. 



The proper end of education is not to gain knowledge only, but 

 to enable one to understand that the greatest happiness in this 

 world comes from the consciousness of duty well performed. There 

 is no burglar or professional pickpocket who, can truly say, that 

 he believes the life he leads yields more enjoyment than falls to 

 the lot of his honest neighbor. No, thieves and felons never know 

 what it is to have an hour of calm repose or a night of sweet re- 

 freshing sleep. The temptation is strong to sacrifice our future 

 happiness for a little present enjoyment. By yielding we sacrifice 

 all the life that is coming for a trifling present pleasure. When 

 we can get people to appreciate the world will be on the track 

 to better things. (Applause.) 



Prof. McLean. Allow me to say in behalf of the boys and those 

 of the farm school that we very much appreciate the kindly ex- 

 pressions that have come from the society. 



Prof. Pendergast, For myself and in behalf of these young 

 men that have come from our school, I beg to say that we very 

 much appreciate the work that the ladies have done. They ar6 

 entitled to a great deal of credit, "so say we all of us." We cer- 



