Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-13
Anniversary Exercises Of Houng Ladies'
Lyceums Oberiin CoileEe.

dlcnce assembled OF iour q oclVch thi9 "i''i'N"
al the church, 10 witness the exercises OF the
Young Ladies' Lyceum. The Ladies, We OBJ
served, filled more than their usual share Of
the house, and few untortunates were com
PEELED to stand. The organ, usder the mastery
touch of Smith, pcaled forth its notes Of vel
come, filling the spacious church with melody
and leaving the impress upon every auditor
that there is something grand and solemn IN
the organs peal" 1t was followed by a
prayer by Prof J. II. Fairchid, who eloquently
bespoke blessing upon mental culture the
" Lyceum," and particularly upon those VINO
were to represent it ON the present anniversary
occasion After which Double Quartetto OF
ladies' and gentlemen, sung in a very pleasing
manner " We come with songs to greet you y
The first Essay, "The Virgin Mary by
lone T. Munger, was wrought out with de-
gree Of care and taste that well indicated the
admiration she felt for her subject We were
pleased with the delicacy with which the joy
of the mother of Jesus was depicted, when she
beheld her sons first miracles
The Palmyreen Queen, by Helen Adams
took us back to the beautiful city Palmyra,
and presented to us the gifted and accomplish
ed Queen Zenobia, lending her hosts, and ioI-
lowing the chase, beloved by all her subjects.
A fine lesson of brave endurance for woman,
was drawn from her heroic conduct when taken
prisoner, and doomed to grace with her rare
beauty Roman triumph.
Labor and Watt" by Maria II. Day, we
know must have been good- else she did an
unwonted thing indeed, we know it was
| filled with brilliant passages, but few Of which,
unfortunately, we were able to hear, though
iSe labored hard and waited patiently.
The Oberlin Amateur Band was present and
discoursed beautiful music
After which. Mrs Mary Root Gibson read
| Then and Now" an Essay. The writer con.
trasted the privileges and life of women IN the
early times of our country, with those of the
! present day, and showed that since machinery
has emancipated woman from the laborious
wheel and cumbrous loom, it was her duty to
| lay hold on the advantages offered her, and pre-
pare herself for extended usefulness. "Woman'
said she, "cau influence more than one hear
| Noble and educated women were cited to show
| the power and influence of womans example.
| The writer appreciated the true progress ol wo-
man and called on the daughters of her liberal
"Alma Mater to labor for the cause Of truth.
"The Basket of Chips" was read by Ermina
J l.. Morse The fair reader remarked, that as
| she in her childhood had been taught to pick
up chips and not having altogether put away
childish things" she was deputed by the LY-
ceum to present the Basket of Chips" "ln
the Corn" "a poem from the basket I've take it,
/ II 1 L.. titllN tod
the romps and games of childhood, bridging
back the memories OF days when zoe too played
In the Corn" "The Willow" a parody on
Poe's Raven, was peculiarly sweet and touch
ing; both, we think, would interest the readers
of the Morning Leader. Some humoT inter.
spersed, made the Basket Of Chips quite wei
Gomez Bindling, as it did, by the fine style IN
which il was set off quite blaze of interest
throughout the attentive audience
"Action and Reaction by L. Geraldine
| Plumb, plainly indicated that the writer was
wont to 20 TO the bottom OF a subject. The
analysis of the souls Development was finely
carried out, and the action and reaction dis
tnctly traced. The soul to grow, must grasp
enlarged ideas Of principles, and learn from
communings with eternal nature. "WhaL we
see around US in nature are the responses of
our own souls" As we regard and treat a
child, so would that child ultimately act; hence
the golden rule should always be TIE admon-
Usher and guide, The subject we thought very
fairly elucidated
The Double Quartette favored the audience
with The Sea-" charming piece of music -
Each one seemed to surpass the pFecedlng one
which, by the way, we had severally pronounc
ed just right.
"Who are the Freel7 by Nancy Allen, wa,
a very racy and interesting essay. In speaking
I.f bn In i'm hf
footsteps of predecessors; she said, the maj
who drove his son from home for voting the
Republican ticket, when his father and grand
father had voted the Democratic, was a fan
representative OF the class lie Olly is free
whom the truth makes free. The essay con
tanned some good hits
The Smith Family" by Agnes f. Smith
was the most humorous production in the eXer-
cises. 1t has been remarked, said the reader
thCt after the entire list of names were eXhaus-
ted, all the rest of mankind were called Smith
The various ills of the family were recited, also
anecdotes and mistakes occasioned by the name;
however, no few virtues were found for the
abused race She remarked in conclusion, that
if any one bad any idea of assuming the name
Smith, not TO hesitate, but to reflect that the
choicest blessings were often times the mos
common
"Growth," by Frances S. Estabrook, was
rare piece of philosophical disquisition on the
development of true manhood aud wOmanhoOd
The metaphors and illusions were particularly
fine The metaphor OF the trees standing neal
the Ladies' Hall we esteemed especially ap
and beautiful The outer branches said she
one will notice are full and round, while thos,
reaching out their spires TO nestle in every cor
ner are dwaried and crooked by growing clos,
to bless. Those dwared limbs are the one.
who give up something of what they might
have been for the sake of doing good to others
The essay would well repaya careful reading.
In the last piece of music the organ joined
the Amateur Band, and we were satisfied thai
'the best was reserved for the last OF the
feast"
Miss Sarah f. Cowles performed her dutie'
as President in graceful and pleasing manner
altogether the exercises were very interesting
Though not 80 humorous as the exercises of th'
Literary Society last week, yet the production
eyncei close thought and their emlnentll
practical nature showed that the daughters o
Oberin deal in facts and realities rather thar
the t,nselries of sickly reyeries and sentimental
nonsense.
Benediction by Prof Fairchild closed tn
exercises. Long live the Young Ladies Lyce
um of Oberlin College. Yours, X
OLD FoLEs' "QuLTING." ."-One of these inter
i esling gatherings, peculiar to the old times
took place in South Sutton one day last week