Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-11-24
LOCAL NEWS

DREAD INsTITUTE.-We had the pleasure, in
company with large number of the ladies and
gentlemen of Worcester, of attending an exhibit
ton of the pupils of this excellent and far-famed
literary institution, on Friday evening of last
week.
The exhibition was not general one of the pro-
fcencyoft the whole school in all the various brach.
es that taught there, but was confined to Mu
sic, Compositions and Dialogues, from the Young
ladies of tbs Dread Euphemia literary society,
connected with the institute. OF the musical ex-
ercises, we will only say that they excited the
hearty admiration of all present.
The literary exercises consisted of a discussion
of the following question &c Is country more
indebted to its warriors and statesmen than to its
authors and artists !" ola dialogue lin character)
entitled Gossip among the Goddesses "-scene,
Mt. Olympus and the reading of the ''vox Ore
adum," the voice of the breads, literary journal
conducted by the class
The discussion ably conducted by Misses
White and GOodell of Worcester, in the affrma.
tive and by Misses Farr of Leicester, and Aver OF
New Hampshire, in the negative.
The Gossip among the Goddesses - was one
ances that it ever our good fortune to witness
1t was participated in by thirteen young ladies
connected with the school, all of whom mani
Tested the most familiar acquaintance with the
Ancient Mythology, and gave great interest to
theperformance by The ehaste, correct, and viva
cious rendering of the different characters which
were represented as follows; Juno, Miss Pomeroy
OF Illinois Minerva, Miss Wright of Lowell ;
Venus, Miss Barry ofIllinois Amphytrite, Miss
Bates of Blackstone Proserpine, Miss Weaver
of New London Lachesis, Miss Farr of Leicester
Thalia, Miss Thayer of Worcester Hebe, Miss
Converse of Connecticut Diana, Miss Gay Of
New Hampshire Alecto, Miss Foster of Glou-
cester; breads, Miss Davis of Worcester, Miss
Hunt of Rhode Island, Miss Parker of Missouri
The young ladies were all tastefully decorated
in costumes appropriate to the Goddesses which
they severally represented, and their graceful de-
meanor, correct enunciation, and charming rheto-
etc, combined with features beaming with intel,
| ligence or beauty seemed to carry the large and
approaching audience to the very top of that i'm
aginative mountain where the loving companions
Of the Gods and the true friends of humanity
were supposed to dwell
we should be glad to speak more at length oil
other noticeable and worthy things said and done
upon the occasion, of the sparkling wit and glow
ing paragraphs uttered by the'vox Oreadum, and
of the fine exhibition of paintings and drawings
of the pupils which came in dessert to the in.
tellectua Iepast; but want ofspace compels us to
defer it at present and it must suffice for us now
say in closing, that last visit to the Dread
Institute, has impressed us still more strongywitb
the belieftha among the Female Literary institu
tons ofNew England none deserves higher ranl
than the one in this city which was founded b,
our fellow citizen, Hon. Eli Thayer, and which
now in full tide of success, under his persona
superintendence, assisted by Miss Dodge, for
mery of the Townsend Literary Institute, a,
principal, and corps of the most able and efic
lent teachers that any institution can boast