6. Last Day At College : Essay

 

6.   Last Day At College                        

 

 

1.      Introduction

2.      The day of parting is painful

3.      Arrangments of farewell party

4.      Recitation of the Holy Quran

5.      Comic skits and farewell speeches

6.      Excellent speech by Principal to going students

7.      An appetizing meal

8.      Senior professor’s opinion about future

9.      A place of great virtue and enjoyment

10.  Conclusion

 

Friends depart and memory takes them to her caverns, pure and deep.

(Thomas Haynes)

Tears trickle down my cheeks as I remember my last day at my college. It was the day of parting and parting in life is painful. I can never forget that day when I left college and entered professional life. It was a golden period of my life. But the golden period passed away like a happy dream.

My last day at college is still fresh in my memory. It was a day of mixed joy and sorrow. It was a painful experience to leave the seat of learning and wisdom, where I had spent two years of my precious life. The spacious classrooms, the corridor, and passages of the college building and its green lawns and playgrounds had become the lifeblood of my life.

I have to sing with a great romantic poet.

“Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought”

My last day at college was April 20^th. The students of the first-year class arranged a farewell party in honor of the out-going students. It was arranged in the spacious lawn. The function started with the recitation from the Holy Quran. The 1^st year students made farewell speeches in a pathetic and pessimistic tone. Their speeches were about separation and parting. The farewell words were soaked in mourning messages. Every eye was filled with tears.

“Sweets to the sweet; farewell.”

                                                            (Shakespeare)

The second-year students thanked their hosts for their sincerity and love. They talked about the nobility and inner goodness of their teachers and the happy days they passed in this college. Though their stay in this splendid seat of learning was brief, it was full of sweet memories. Earlier, some students staged a show – which included comic skits dance and music performance. All the performers had shown great artistic skill in each performance. They showed that education does not mean cramming of books only. It includes publishing one’s talent and enabling one to be a useful citizen.

Moreover, the college Principal also participated in the function with his excellent speech. When the speech ended the students rushed to the dining hall. An appetizing meal was waiting for us. Some of us pounced upon the dishes whereas others showed good control. I was hearing the noise of plates, spoons, and glasses, etc. When the lunch was over, a new announcement was made which surprised us.

A function on the last day is very typical – a variety show, the principal’s address, and a farewell speech. But this was more than that which made it memorable and quite unique. It was a career guidance session.

The senior professors sat in a row on the stage and spoke on engineering, medical, arts and business administration. Each student wanted to ask questions which were not possible because of the shortage of time. However, they collected some sample questions and answered them thoroughly.

In the end, the function proved to be a stepping stone for us. We had come with a misconception of eating and enjoying only. To guide and lead someone in the right direction is a great virtue, and our college had just done the same. The last day at college had become the first day for another institution for us. My last day at college made me realize that.

“Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of water.”

 (Revarol)

 

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