The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-06-10
Gagged DOVES SET FREE.
The Closing Scenes of the Spring
Term at Martin College.

4SILl zs NAL III SOIlSBS.
he entertainment given by the
Litero- Musical Society at Martin
College Wednesday evening of last
week was witnessed by large and
brilliant audience. The programme
was a collection of literary and
musical gems, selected with rare
taste and discrimination and ren
dered throughout in a manner SO
agreeable that it was difficult to de
eide which feature was ent tied TO a
mark of special appreciation. The
instrumental pieces were selected
with much taste, in that they did
not call for that minuteness of me-
chanical performance which absorbs
the attention at the expense OF the
melody which should prevail in the
production.
The Caliph of Bagdad by Mrs.
Griffith and Miss Hall was finely
performed, as was also La Somnam
bula by Miss Minnie Brown, and
Fatinitza, brilliant instrumental
quartet, by Misses Hall, Cole, Mos
by and Parker.
The readings and recitations were
exceptionally good. Good readers,
especially agreeable readers, are
rare, and we do not always find
them on the rostrum even, but Miss
Hattie Grimes in her rendition of
Eugene Aram, prod uction by the
way which we do not enthusiastic
ally admire, convinced all that the
material of which they are com
posed may be found at home. She
was easy and graceful in delivery,
clear in enunciatiOn and perfectly in
sympathy with the authors higher
conceptions. These qualities also
characterized the recitation of I'm
mortality by Misses Sallie TalIa-
ferro and Daisy Brown, both of
whom acquitted themselves with
much taste and discretion. This
charming feature of the entertain
ment closed with a beautiful tab
leau, full of silent pathos and
light which added greatly to the
effect. Maud Muller, a concert re-
citation by ten young ladies, was
above the reach of petulant criti-
cism and rendered with fine effect.
We believe the drama of Miles
Standish was considered by all the
GROWING performance. Its humor-
Gus and sentimental features were
all happily brought out by the
charming young ladies who essayed
their delineation. Miss Minnie
Brown as We demure but pretty
Priscilla, Miss Matte Childers as
We doughty Captain, and Miss Liz
zie Smith as We shrinking, but
shrewd scribe, were all fresh, ami
mated and sparkling throughout.
They were ali SO exceedingly clever
in their parts that there was no
room for special commentator.
The prologue was delivered with
fine effect and in perfect taste by
the charming Miss Myrtle Ezell.
The vocal music during the eve
ming deserves especial mention, as
it contributed largely to the enter
tainment of the audience. The
Flower Girl, a delightful solo by
Miss Minnie Brown, was enthusi
astically encored, as it should have
been. The vocal quartet-Greet-
ing to Spring-by Misses Mosby,
Brown, Jones and Ezell, was sweet
blending of cultivated and sympa-
thetic voices which elected un-
qualified praise. Titania, another
exquisite solo, was admirably rem
dered by Miss Leila Mosby, of
Memphis, a sweet and attractive
young lady, whose modest deport
ment and graceful manners excited
general admiration.
The whole performance, from
first to last, was enjoyable to high
degree and we do not strain a point
to say this-we merely reflect the
sentiments of the audience.
Thursday morning we attended
the examination exercises, and were
much impressed with Prof. Jones
method of handling the classes.
The class in Botany were running
the gauntlet of his searching inter
rogatories when we arrived and they
underwent the ordeal in COM
mendable style, answering the ques-
tions, in the main, promptly, ex-
plicitly and intelligently. On this
occasion Miss Minnie Brown read
Tennyson's Charge of the Light
Brigade" in admirable style-in
deed we do not remember of hear
ing this heroic poem delivered in a
happier manner. This young lady,
with her sweet face, superb equi-
pOise, and easy grace, is most at
Jractive figure on the stage and we
predict that she will bloom into a
charming woman. Miss Lizzie
Smith also read with much taste
and expression another fine poem.
She, too, is a young lady of supe
rior accomplishments and the mis-
tress of a captivating style which
made her the cynosure of admiring
eyes during the commencement ex
ercises.
Thursday night witnessed the
closing exercises, and on this occa
sion the chapel was filled to over
flowing with a brilliant audience.
The essays by the graduating class
absorbed the greater part of the
programme, and these were certain
ly of superior merit. All of them
bore the impress of thought, and
what pleased us most was the I'M
mistakable signs of originality
which were visible in every line.
Besides, they were all brief, and de-
void of that turgidity which char
acterizes the average effusion of the
graduate. The Salutatory by Miss
Lille McGrew and the Valedictory
by Miss Medea Cole were both hap
PLY conceived and gracefully writ
ten. Without intending to make
invidious distinctions, we cannot
refrain from bestowing special no.
tice on the essays of Misses Annette
Godefroy and Bette May. The
former was a very clever produc-
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