This is a document that was given to students at the close of school. The cover is a poem: And now the time has come about the closing words to say the shadows fall and lengthen out and mark declining day Oh! Swift the time has fled away as fleeting as the rose since school began its op'ning day till now its day of close. Inside the folded document: "'Live to learn you will learn to live." "Good instruction is better than riches." "Advance in learning as you advance in life." "Education is the chief defense of nations." "Acquire not only learning but the habit of learning." Education of Wealth -- The Close of School poem is included.