THE SCHOOL OF MINES.
[to the editor.] Dear Sir Though unwilling to trespass on your columns, I am not blind to the fact that the Press is an invaluable moans of appealing to the public mind. Our School of Mines is an institution destined, I believe, iu the future, to add greatly to the pros-
purity of this community, both diiectly and indirectly. The seed is now sown; but it is a matter of regret that the leaves of the plant bid fair to sere and yellow, rather than fresh and green. The scholars assembled on Monday nights in the Town Hall are enthusiastic and eager enough ; are anxious to learn, and to set an example to our young men, which, unfortunately, is not emulated by them. It is to the rising generation that men’s eyes are hopefully directed. It is from the prospectors of the future, rather than from those of the past generation that skill, energy and knowledge must be required. Let us, thetefore, urge on the young men of this mining community to join the institution, and to grow up with it. Let us honour our fathers, who went before us, and follow their good example ; “ Take heed, young men, and maidens’ gay, Old Time is still a-flying, And many a flower that blooms to-day, To-morrow may be dying.” In hopes that our youths may take , the hint—l am, dear sir, faithfully yours, T. G. DxWY. July 13th, 1885,
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Kumara Times, Issue 2750, 15 July 1885, Page 2
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