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I In the long stretch of years thathave thathave that thathave have ipassed IpJssed passed on "into into " the shinln shining sea seaof seaof . of the eternal past p3St , , , " since I 1 left Moab Moabthere , there have , , no doubt , . been many manychanges manychanges manychanges changes The These e things have naturallY naturallYcome naturallycome naturallycome come about in the progressive era ofpresent ofpresent of ofpresent present day da.y . business In my early earlyyouth earlyyouth youth } outh I : ; spent cpent many carefree days with withmy withmy withmy my young companions companfons , , romping and andplaying andplaying laying playing in the sage brush streets of ofthe ofthe ofthe I ofI the old town But in the onwardmarch onward onwardmarch onwardmarch march of time , , the sage brush has gone gonefrom gonefrom gonefrom from the streets , as have also many manyor manyof manyof or of those whom I once knew in 1n days dayslong dayslong dayslong long since pissed p'lSSed plSSed ' and gone Some havemoved have havemoved havemoved moved away a\\ay a ay assay \ , , others have gone to that thatlast thatlast thatlast last long sleep out in the silent city ofthe of ofthe ofthe the dead that know .no\\ .no .non ! . ' \ s ' > no n no " waking w.aklng waklng . Thethick The Thethlck Thethick thlck thick , matty hair hatr , that once adorned adornedmy adornedmy adornedmy my uncouth features , , has faded intowhite into intowhite intowhite intoI white , . and the shining bald pate now nowglIStens nowglistens nowglistens I glIStens in the sunlight , , reminding me methat methat methat that old age is lS surely creeping creepmg onThe on onThe onThe The once supple and lithe hthe body has hasgrown hasgrown hasgrown grown stiff and more ilgid ligId algid , , while whUe thepop the thepdp thepep pdp pep and vigor of youth has long sincedeparted since sincedeparted sincedeparted departed mattyhair , along with the brown mattyhair matty mattyhair hair that tha.t . once defied the old horn horncomb horncomb horncomb comb But thank God the mind is stlll still stlllfunctioning stillfunctioning stillfunctioning functioning as of yore The small oneroom one oneroom oneroom room log school house is now a thIng thIngI thingof thingof I of the past . , , and instead the town Is Isadorned isadorned isadorned I IsI adorned with large la'fge lafge . ' commodious brick brickschool brickschool brickschool school houses , with steam or furnaceheat furnaceheat furnace furnaceheat stoyethat heat , instead of the old wood stoye stovethat that made an effort to throw out heat heatto heatto heatto to keep us warm wann , in that old log school schoolhouse schoolhouse schoolhouse old-dayteachers old dayteachers olddayteachers house But what of the old-day old day - teachers who once gave us all theknowledge the theknowledge theknowledge knowledge they possessed , and tried tned to toflU tofill tofill flU fill us full of read ' , . ritin r1tin ' and 'rltbme- 'rltbme rltbme 'rithme- 'rithme rithme 'rltbmetic 'rithmetic 'rithme-tic 'rithme rithme tic ' - tic Grammar , geography , phYSlOlogy physiology phYSlOlogyand physiologyand physiologyand and hygiene hygJene along ' \ with ith all aU the otheralgebraic other otheralgebraic otheralgebraic algebraic terms tenus termswere -were were - unknown , , but butstlll butstill butstill stlll still we managed na.g nag - - . - to - pull l through throug - _ and . - - - - - _ . \ we \\e e l . learned ned--a ned a nedar a -r r few w- w wthi thi things . g-- g gq ; equally q y as aswell aswell ; well as the children do today . We had hadas hadas hadas as much to be thankful foi fOl in those thosedays thosedays days , , as do the children of this day dayand dayand dayand and age , when knowledge is universal universaland universaland universaland and dealt out by capable and intelli intelli- intelligent intelligent . - gent teachers So with the passing ofthe ofthe of the primitive primitl\ primitl primitle primitrse \ e school house , . which onceserved once onceserved onceserved served well weIl its purpose , , I am per- per persuaded persuaded per persuaded - suaded also that the log cabin homes homesof homesof homesof of the old timers have been replacedwith replaced replacedwith replacedwith with commodious mansions with everymodem Qvery every everymodern . modem modern convenience ccrnvenience , unknown W1knOwn and andunthought andunthought andunthought unthought of by our parents in the thebygone thebygone theby-gone theby gone by-gone by gone - - days In this thlS day and age of ofprOglCSS ofprogress ofprogress prOglCSS progress , the old things thmgs must makeway make makeway makeway way for the comforts and conveniences conveniencesof of modern times Everythine Everythln Everything ; has haschanged haschanged haschanged changed , more or less Progress and anddevelopmgnt anddevelopment anddevelopment developmgnt development are factors of change changeThe changeThe changeThe The sons rons and daughters of the old oldIploneers oldpioneers oldpioneers Iploneers pioneers of Moab , have Inherited the thetraitc thetraits thetraits traitc traits ; of thrift thr1ft and industry from fromworthy fromworthy : worthy parents The old kerosene kerosenelamp kerosenelamp Ilamp keroseneIlamp lamp and tallow candle have given givenI givenway givenway I way \ ay to the blight biight and dazzling dazelmg dazaling electriclight electrlc electric electrlcI electriclight I light The dark streets of my day and andtime andtime andtime time are now ablaze with the same sameI samehght samelight samelight hght light that bums burns in the h homes mes of thE thepeople thepeople ' I people , and Gnd water roam mains 5 ' carry canoy the thewater thewater water \ ater into mto those homes , . where once oncethe oncethe oncethe the water ditch carried it along thestreets the treets streets for its daily and general use in I 1 j ( . the home Perhaps the hand plow plowand plowand plowand plowI and goneinto the old time tlmc bugg buggy . ) have havealso also -also - gone goneIIn10 IIn10 Into the discard dJscard , while the sulky , , the thetractor thetractor thetractor tractor and the auto are seen scen speeding speedingthrough speedingj speedingthrough through your streets and on the level leveland leveland leveand ] and ' well-made well made .eH-made .eHmade .eH eH . - highways hJglmays of the state stateI state11 I know that Moab has kept pace p3c.e p3ce . v.ith vith with v.iththe withthe . witlithe withI I ( the times Her people al aie are e not of the1 theI the theunprogressive I unpiogiessive unplogleSSJVe unprogressive kind kmd and have kept pace paceI paceand paceand paceland I and are abreast of the times bmes in all aU the thematenal thematerial thematerial matenal material things of today Some dayperha'os dayperhaos day , I Iperha'Ds perha'Ds perhaDs perha'ns perhans ' ' ' I shall shaH come back and gaze gazeupon gazeupon gazeupon upon the man many ' improvements lnmro'tements lnmrotements imnrotements ' and the theI themighty I I mIghty transformation transfonnation that has taker taken takenj takenplace takenplace j place in the old town I am often oftenwonderl1g oftenwondering oftenwondermg wonder\l1g wonder l1g wondering \ as to your schools of todayand today . , , and the teachers of the old town If Ifthe Ifthe IIthe the teachers of forty years ago could couldarise couldarise couldarise arise from the tomb what a . sight sightwould sightwould sighlwould would greet their astonished gaze They gazeThey would all ha\ ha ha\e ha e hae hate \ e jealous fits , , as asPro asProf a aProf Pro Prof ! Andrews gives his lessons In InhIgher inhigher inhigher hIgher mathematics of ialgebia wgebla algebra and andtngonometry andtrigonometry andtrigonometry tngonometry trigonometry The old timers would wouldwant wouldwant wouldwant want to show him how they studIedthe studiedthe studied the 2 times and used the 5 times for What a merry interming- interming - | ling intermlng-ling intermlng ling intermingling of old and ngw n new w things m imght mJght > ght we weI I ! not witness Wltness between the old timersand tImers tImersand timersand and those of today , , on educational educationaltopics educationaltopics educationaltopics topics Readin Ree.dm Reedm Reedin . ' ' and acrd 'ritin ritin 'rltm rltm ' ' ' would come comefirst comefirst comefirst first of all , . with 'rithmetic rithmetic 'ritlunetlc ritlunetlc ' for the thechorus thechorus thechorus chorus They'd Theyd ' show some of the new newones newones newones ones where to head in on in a fewthings few fewthIngs fewthings thIngs about school economy The old oldswimming oldswimming oldswimming swimming holes we once enjoyed must musthave musthave musthave have been relegated re1egated to the past and andthe andthe andthe the bath tub taken its place in the themarch themarch themarch march of time What a mighty change changewould changewould changewould would greet my eyes , in knowing the theold theold theold beholdingthe beholdmgthe old days and ways , and now beholdmg beholding the new and up up-to-date up to date - . to-date to date - methods all allalong allalong allalong along the way . . And now with thisbrief thIS thISbnef thisbrief bnef brief retroslpect retrospect of the past and the thecrude thecrude thecrude crude vision V1SIon of today in the old and andbeloved andbeloved andbeloved beloved town , . I am ready to sign of off offand offand ! and bid sou you ou all good-bye good bye - I Iand _ goodbyeOLD OLD TIMER TTh R I |