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Publication of the United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. VoL I "THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1905~ No 31 THE SIN OF OMISSION By Margaret E. Sangster. '1 ISN’ T the thing you do, dear, It’s the thing you’ve left undone, — Which gives you a hit of heartache At the selling of the sun. & ^ & The tender word forgotten, The letter you did not write, The flower you might have sent, dear, Are your haunting ghosts to-night. The stone you might have lifted Out of a brother’s way. The bit of lieartsome counsel You were hurried too much to say; The loving touch of the hand, dear, The gentle and winsome tone, That you had no time nor thought for, With troubles enough of your own. The little acts of kindness. So easily out of mind; These chanceh to be angels Which every mortal finds. They come in night and silence, Each chill, reproachful wraith, When hope is faint and flagging. And a blight has dropped on faith. For life is all too short, dear, And sorrow is all too great To suffer our slow compassion. the discerning of the finer qualities in other intelligent person. He must be a worker, GATHER SUNSHINE That tarries until too late. people and welcoming of it. No loneliness an organizer, and a distinguished laborer in Some persons are like the human heart, And it’s not the thing you do, dear, for him. because he sees and he seeks his the service of others. I suppose that was inasmuch as they sprinkle rest and kind­ superiors. , the type of a gentleman Professor Fenn had ness and heart-ease all through their daily It’s the thing you leave undone, A gentleman may be generous, though in mind when he talked here to-night. I tasks. They weave a bright thread of Which gives you the bit of heartache he be poor in money; that is, if he have a thankful happiness through the web am sure it was the type of a gentleman. A t the setting of the sun. , generous spirit. He may be very reserved i and roof of life’s pattern. They are never Consider how attention grows into manners. too busy to say a kind word or to do a gen­ about the state of his own pocket or trea­ The gentleman attends to the person who tle deed. They may be compelled to sigh THE IDEAL GENTLEMAN. sury. He may conform his life to his re­ is speaking. The soldier, when an officer be-times, but amid their sighs are smiles sources and sav nothing about them. He that drive away the cares. They find sun­ approaches him, clicks his heels together will let the facts speak for themselves. beams scattered in the trail of every cloud. By President Charles W Eliot, and stands in attitude of attention. That They gather flowers where others see noth­ Some Americans seem to think that a gen­ reminds me to mention, in passing, that ing but weeds. They pluck little springs Harvard University tleman should not economize, or seek the there is another quality of a gentleman of rest where others find thorns of distress. money value of all he obtains, or he part­ which is perhaps too much neglected in our Like the human heart, they make much of the little opportunities presented to them. [Address to the Harvard Freshmen.] icular about getting the money value of his day. A gentleman is deferential. He is They rest that they may have strength for puchases. There is another case of genero­ You have heard that a Harvard man deferential to age, to beauty, to excellence, others; they gather sunshine with which to sity in a gentleman, and by this form you should be an independent, stout individual, to skill, to innocence, and the stronger he dissipate shadows about them. The grand­ may test the person about Avhom you doubt that he should he sociable, that he should is the surer he is to show these qualities of est conception of life is to esteem it an op­ whether he is a gentleman or not. A real portunity for making others happy. He cultivate friendship, that he should he a respect to others. gentleman will always be considerate to­ who is most true to his higher self is truest hard student, that he should have an en­ to the race. The lamp that shines bright­ ward those he employs, toward those who thusiasm, and that he should “ hitch his est gives the most light to all about it. might he considered his inferiors, and to­ T k Best line of Ladies’ Welts chariot to astar.” Now, what is this char­ Ex. ward those who are in any way, in his pow­ acter— is there any name for it? I think, At $2.00 Men’s @ $2.50 er. There is no surer test of the gentle­ as T sat here to-night, that I saw what this At the Central Shoe Store man than that, except possibly that a gentle­ character might well he called. It is the char­ P. a . GARBER 5 8 Hanover St. Clothing Hats man will never do anything that might acter of a gentleman, who is also a demo­ hurt a woman or child or any weaker crea­ J l. J l . crat. Let me try to state to you, in a very ture than himself. This is a test which is s. W- HAVERSTICK 108 N. Hanover St. few moments, some of the elements of that infallable. I think you will find that rule Ladies’ and Men's Furnishing’ Goods Furnishings Shoes character. will go far toward the preservation of per­ Notions, Fancy Goods, Books, When I tra vel in the remoter parts of our sonal honor and personal purity. Stationery, etc., country it often gives me a great deal of But there is another qunlity in a gentle­ 10 N Hanover St CARLISLE, PA. James Farabelli pleasure to have a lady or gentleman say to W h o le s a le and Retail Dealer man which is illustrated perfectly in the me= “ I think I can tell a Harvard man by in FINE Confectionery, life of our democracy— and I am trying to Oranges, LemoDS, Pineapples, his manners.” I always hope that is true. describe the gentleman who is also a demo­ On Your way to town drop in at the OYSTERS and CLAMS in SEASON. I know it is true of many 1 larvard men, and crat. The gentleman must be a power. OLYMPIA 115 S. Hanover St. Carlisle, Pa. I wish it were true of every Harvard man— CONFECTIONERY and get they We had arrived at our idea of a gentleman, g£0F~\jOwney’s Chocolates a specialty that you can tell him by his manners. best candy made. CHOCOLATE a s pecialt in good part, in the days of chivalry. The Manners go a long way toward morals. FOR gentleman was then a landowner, a magis­ Now, what are some of the chaiacteristics GEO- & JAS- GIOVANIS trate, or a soldier. He was a vigorous act­ 120 N. Hanover St._____ Carlisle Photographs of a gentleman, who is also a democrat? or, and this type is still in the type of a In the first place, he will be a quiet person. GO TO TH E gentleman, though the modes of his action I have heard many college professors and M. Bluinenthal & Co have greatly changed. The gentleman in a teachers in other universities say to m e: democracy cannot be a lazy, shiftless, self­ “THE CAPITAL ’ Hertzler Studio “ Where are the students here? I don’ t C loth iers 6c Furnishers here them about the yard. It seems to HERTZLER & FELTNER No. 16 N. Hanover St. Carlisle, Pa. me this is a very quiet campus.” Now, Your Trade Solicited PROPRIETORS. that is a fact. If you hear a fellow bawl­ TRUSTWORTHY 1 E. Main St. Carlisle. ing about the yard you can be perfectly sure MEDICINES : that he is an outsider or a newcomer. A SEEBOLDS PURITY.. gentleman is quiet. He does not bluster, Are always obtainable DRUG STORE FACKLER’S or hustle, or hurry, or vociferate. He is a at Horn’s Drug Store serene person. Another of his qualities is Photographic Supplies Candy Kitchen CarliRlfl. P^nna a disposition to see the superiorities in Carlisle, Pa. Taffies a SPECIALTY persons, rather than their inferiorities, and 25 North Hanover Street. TR A D E W IT H No. S N. Pitt St. Carlisle, Pa, to wish to associate with his superiors rat­ her than with his inferiors. Now, this is JACOB WIENER WEAR THEM ! an excellent rule by which to select your Thomas Williams friends. Observe the superiorities in men, The RELIABLE * * * * * THE BARBER and associate with your superiors. This is CLOTHIER and MEN’S OUTFITTER. Near the Opera House. * * * SIPES" SHOES a part of the generosity of a gentleman— No. 9 N. Hanover St. Carlisle. UP TO DATE BARBER. — w E A R WELL— THK A PROW, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1905 THE ARROW school. Each teacher had their respective Greatest Power on Earth. ATHLETICS. pupils to plant the seeds in their allotted Christianity is today the greatest power BASE-BALL AND TRACK A Paper Devoted to the Interests of the Pro* part of the hot-hods and tlie pupils under on earth and the most beneficent. The SCHEDULE FOR 1905. gressive Indian, only Indian Apprentices the direction of their teacher will care for thrones of the whole world have not power April 12— Mercersburg Academy, at Car­ doing the type-setting and printing.

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