, 1875-04-24

occupancy on tho 1st of May. Ihcae fpom1'
which arc most e1gby located. boine Wl'h'h
easy access Of all tho linca OF pubic consos@aco
In tho city, Mill giyo tl,o soe"ty hearty oo.olo
tho nyatnblo s,,ace IL Inns hafntoloFe oechp'eas
and enable IL to correspondtn9ls enia19o 'o
work.
Tho fra. t1oo. will bo devoted to tho Office,
latlios' rartots, library. fcaoln8 aua lect"lo
roon,s. Tltc latter will ho 10 ny 90 feet, with
hic1, ceilings. wrl lighted and vontatads away
from tho n,,ro Of tho strcci aud OF easy ncecss.
being ,,t, h1,, ono eaHy flight Of stairs. Tho eoc-
on ,onr viii b. divided into nix largo airy caBa-
rooms eslabnt tho Hoclely 10 greatly cnlsrGo tsa
evening class work which llas heretofore BEEN
restricted by tho limited amount Of space TINT
could be devoted TO 1t. Tho third floor, 40 by 1s5
feet, mi! 10 devoted entirely to tho 9ymuasinm.
making tho most conveniently located and pleas
antcet gymnasium In the city
Az tic change In location viii form N IN.
rortai,t evout In the history Of tho Society, tho
Hoard Of Government tcoms tho present 81, ap-
p.oprlato tlme for presenting to tho public 3
statement Of tho ohjccts aud work OF tho socae'
IT,. with soae Of tho restlts already accom-.
p1ehcd. The AtllonIcum ntn,a to furnish to tho
young people Of tho city at nominal cost the or,
portunitfes for social, tnrrtnt. moral, and
physical culture ana improvement and healthfIl
recreation; and 10 tho general public valuable
popular lnstructtou updn topics Of curront III
tcrcst rotating to scicncc, art, politics, hoaltli.
and tho BocAl questions Of tho day.
Tho arencics employed arc a free reading
room. circulating library, au,s,sement-rootn.
afternoon nutl evening lecture courses, evon
ing c!asses IN languages. literature ant, phonog-
1apl,y, mrAit, e!ocuti0n, bookkeeping, penmhn.
Rlp, AMI tho common English branches. Special
tiay instruction in vocal mud instrumental music,
languages. rlocuton, and vocal ttaintnR, woll-
Furnished gymnasium for young mon, afternoon
cla4ses III l,ght gymnastics for lndies and children,
auh regular son,i.uonthly soc1ablos aud, cntos-
taiumclts for tho eutire membership. During
tho naet winter tho evening classcH reached an
aggregate OF over 500 III regular attendance, aud
tile total membership cnioylng and protltn8 by
its privileges Ia IN cxceAs Of ,200.
4 flec lecture courAo waa continued without
interruption frcm Oct. Il to April /. A dime
course OF swolve lectures on health topics nas
given during tho winter by leading physicians OF
the city, and d SECOND dime conrso Of tcn lec-
tu1ca On art topics IL now being given.
Tho work Of tho AthenTunl ia on basis "a
broad and liberal that Of oEr public schools OF
nnttcd OIL cqna, terms to membership. All Of
i.a privileges arc furnished to mombors Ut notni-
nal cos:. and ut loes than their cost 10 tho So
eictv with tho pEosont membership. hut 1t tB
tura wllcn tho membership will be no far enlprgeu
az to render tho Society so1f-supportiug, oyeu ut
the present low ruto Of membership At pres
ent tho deficiency In current receipts is made up
by contributions from tho friends Of tho Society.
IA the ron1oral to- and tue rToner fitting up OF,
tho new rooms will involve largo cxponee, tho
noaru invHne ~ peisons IN tae eountIy "ho
symrathizo ID thc on1eetA ana ToIk q .ne 90
ctoty 20 como 70 te quo, anu ~ their Npesal c9o-
tributloib helP to place tho Athnnnam IN an ~
dependent naanela! posu'on. ina yoans men
nnd women OF the Guy arc espeela!ly lnYiea 10
iuontliy themselves WIN lug sos,1.s, a'tu sla.9
.ta pfiyl'eges, %hich ato o. su9atans.ai NJ aao
and which are furnished at ti!ho Of shsE coss
olsewhefo; bs tne leHnsa! u ,ats9t suu H. 'aose
coiiFenlooi looms, every neia1 .. .ng mo!h
wil' be rendered moro elie'ent HUI salusolo 20
1h9 memoets' t1a + ,.v a,,, n,.n,,oru na ro,-
Unflhg the neHt teW "eeh1s Neihue1a anu IeP-