Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-26

cELLBHATIoE OF ITS EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY, LIST
EVENING.
| The Eighth Anniversary of tho Minerva Soc-
ety. Of tie Wesleyan Female College. was held
last evening. The hall was tastefully decorated
with autumn leaves, ferns, etc, with an arch in
the centre of the platform, suimounted by an
, anchor of gas-jets. The invited guests of the
| young ladies filled every available space, and
| there was noticeable numbar OF strangers pros
ent
Miss Edda Quinby presided, supported Ly Miss
Grace Quigg AS Secretary.
| The exercises were opened by tie Society fis-
ing and repeating Il Psalm in a clear and impress
siYe manner. An instrumental dlett followed
| by the Misses Davis and Britton
| The Secretary's report by Miss Grace Qugg
showed good work done by the Society, and u
Likelihood for further usefulness i'll the future.
The choruses by the Glee Glass wero sung
with spirit and showed the training of a master
| hand. " Carrying Goals to New Castle attracted
attention from the oddty OF its title and proved
to be n good essay from the pen of Miss Ida Z.
Merritt on the uselessness of much of mans
work owing to his exertons being directed i'll
wrong channels.
An instrumental duett by Miss Mary X. But
ton was well rendered anI was followed by
touching recitation by Miss Matte S. Bntton en-
| titled 1.-The Little Girl at Nyes's." The clear
tones and touching accent of Miss Button
showed careful study, and the audience seemed
pleased. The vocal duett by Misses Lockwood
and Collins showed musical talent, aud the col
loqny by Misses DickersoD, Curtis and Radey
was practical illustration of schoolgirl talks.
Miss Matte s. Dayis's biographical sketch of
'Regnald Heber" showed research as we'll as
N admi aaon on he Iart of the writer for that
far-famed musical composer. Miss Bucking
hams solo was ono Of the musical features Of
the evening.
The crowning effort Of the evening was the
recitation by Miss Annie b. Williams of the
" Leak i'll the Dixie" Seldom have we seen a
lady who possessed SO fully the quality Of pub
lie reader. Being entirely familiar with the
subject, the words OF the poem seemed TO come
almost without an effort, and the touching pa
thos OF several Of the passages claimed the
breathless attention, and received tho well mer-
tied applause of the whole audleuce. The vocal
solo by Miss Mary A. Collins was sung with
much feeling and was well received. The Miss
es Deollers duett was attentively listened to by
all.
Miss Buckingham had wrapped her essay up
in some mystery by taking the curious title of
Young Owls = but it soon came out that il
was sarcastic hitting of some of the young
meu and We were led to believe that the pro-
fessloAs and those that fill them (according to
the writer ldeas) are apt to carry with them an
unusual and objectionable amount of assump-
ton. The young men seemed to be highly
pleased and paid close attention.
Miss Deshier'e solo was very good. The col.
loquy, "a School Ghls Discussion" had the
fault OF being prosy but the prosiness was in
the piece and not in the rendition, as the five
young Indies who took part did admirably.
Altogether the entertainment was extremely
pleasant, and after Pres Wilson's customary
closing remarks, the audience proceeded to
pass out, but many Of the younger re-
NAMED for an hour or SO in social converse with
the young ladies'