Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-03-27
The Minerva.

CELEBRATION OF IT'S EIGHTH ASSIvERs2RY, LAST
EVENING.
The Eighth Anniversary Of the 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, surmounted by
anchor of gas jets. The invited guests of the
young ladies filled every available space, and
there was q noticeable number of strangers pres-
ent.
Miss Edda Quinby presided, supported by Miss
Grace guigg ae Secretary.
The exercises were opened by the Society ris-
ing aud repeating Psalm in a clear and impress
rive manner. An instrumental duett followed
by the Misses Davis and Britton.
The Secretary's report by Miss Grace Quigg
showed good work done by the Society, aud
likelihood for further usefulness i'll the future.
The choruses by the Glee Glass were sung
with spirit and showed the training of master
hand. '' Carrying Goals to New Castle attracted
attention from the oddity of its title and proved
to be good essay from the pen of Miss Ida Z.
Merritt ON the uselessness of much Of mans
work owing to his exertions being directed in
wrong channels.
An instrumental duett by Miss Mary K But
ton was well rendered AMI was followed by
touching recitation by Miss Matte s. Button en-
titled 'rhe 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, and the col
loquy by Misses DickersoD, Curtis and Radey
was practical illustration of schoolgirl talks.
Miss Matte $. Davis's biographical sketch of
''Reginald Heber" showed research as well as
an admir- alton on the part of the writer for that
far-famed musical composer. Miss Bucklng-
hams solo was one of the musical features of
the evening.
The crownng effort of the evening was the
recitation by Miss Annie B. Williams, of the
"Leak in the Dixie" Seldom have we seen
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 the well mer-
tied applause of the whole audience. The vocal
solo by Miss Mary A. Collins was sung With
much feeling and was well received. The Miss
es Deshler's duett was attentivey listened to by
all.
Miss Buckingham had wrapped her essay up
IN some mystery by taking the curious title of
''Young Owls y but it soon came out that it
was a sarcastic hitting of some of the young
men, and we were led to believe that the pro-
fessions and those that fill them according to
the writer's ideas) are apt to carry with them an
unusual and objectionable amount of assump-
tion Ihe young men seemed to be highly
pleased and paid close attention
Miss Deshlers solo was very good The col.
loquy, ga School Girls Discussion" had the
fault of being prosy, but the prosiness was in
the piece and not in the rendition, as the five
young ladies' 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 ones re-
NAMED for an hour or 80 in social converse with
the young ladies.