Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-14
cOErHEAN ANNIVERSARY

GOETHEAN ANNIVERSARY
Celebration Of the Event at Full
ton Opera House.
Notwithstanding the excessive heat
large and appreciat;ve audience assembled
last night in Fulton opera house to wit
ness the celebration OF the forty-sixth an
of the Goethean literary society
Of Franklin and Marshall college. The
hall was prettily decorated for the occa.
sion. An attractive stage scene formed
the background, whilst i'll the centre was
placed group Of beautiful flowers, COM
posed Of lilies, honeysnckles, ferns, seran-
NUNS and other pot plants. From the top
Of the stage hung pendent festOons of ivy,
and at either side were suspended two
arches Of natural flowers Of many kinds.
plants enhanced the adornments.
At 8 o'clock the orators Of the evening.
accompanied By the professors Of the COL
lege, filed into the hall and took seats
upon the stage amid the strains Of the
I" Montrose March," played by Refers
orchestra, and the applause of the audi
ence. Rev. ]. Max Hark, Of the Moravian
church. then invoked the Divine blessing
and guidance upon the society and all
present, after which an overture was rem
dered by the orchestra from Suppe, when
the first orator was introduced.
Salutatory-"The Beautiful as Factor
in Culture"-by w. H. Rauch, Of Derry,
Pa. In q few fitting words the speaker
welcomed the assemblase present and then
entered upon his theme. He argued that
the present age is only realizing that beau
ty is the real factor of culture. We are a
business-like matter-Of-fact people, who
move amid throbs OF intense passion to
gain power and wealth, fOrgetful OF beauty
and crushing ruthlessly the daisy beneath
our feet. The beautiful, whether in nature
or art, cannot be otherwise than ennObiing.
And he who spares the fragile daisy by the
wayside is far nObler than he who tramp!es
upon its bleeding stem. We may be un-
able to prove that the physical beauty Of
the world has had great influence upon
the intellect still, amid the transcendant
natural scenery Of Greece and Italy were
born and dwelt the master minds Of the
ancients. In poetry, Of all the arts the
mightiest, exists all the elements and i'll
centives to beauty. That culture, as i'll
duced by beauty, is well-iitted to look
from nature up to natures God. Mr..
Tsauch spoke with good enunciatiOn and
his poetic quotations were especially we'll
delivered. The audience showed their
appreciation of his effort by their applause
and he was the recipient Ofseveial bOqucts
and basket Of beautiful flowers.
Music" Thoughts Of the Beautiful
Rhine" (Kcler Bela), by the orchestra.
OratiOn-'' Fidelity to Self" by Morris
B. Reber, Reading, Pa. The speaker pre-
faced his remarks by saying that educa-
tiOn creates and determines the power of
the present day. 1t shows us that each
| star that Slitters in the heavens forms Il
unit of its own. But then every man is
too much biased by some certain ones ac-
tiOns and opinions, which he follows, to
let education exert its full might. Few
there are who dare rely fully upon them
selves and DEFY popular opinion. The
| orator Thought that we are but imitat"rs.
AS the variety Of nature is its chief at
traction SO is the intellect of man TO man.
And VIC too much follow and en,leayOr to
emulate the great ones in ages past.
Those who have attempted to initiate
| Shakespeare ami Milton have failed, their
efforts were useless, for what is natural III
one is unnatural in another. The speaker
urged real self reliance as the Ouly basis
to success in liie and the true strength OF
man. Liberal applause and an abund.
ance of floral tributes, well won, rewarded
this orator.
| Music-operatics csclection-Princess Toto
| (Clay.)
Oration--" Of Reverence to Our
Country" by IL. z. Appcnzc!lcr, Soudor-
ton, Pa. We instinctivcly revere the
characters of those whose lives have been
devoted to the upl:Oldins OF truths. To
revere and hold sacred the memory Of our
fathers is a true principle Of nobleness of
character. A nations reverence is the re-
suit of individual reverence, and only true
greatness of a powerful people is created by
noble example and deeds. Nothing i'm
moral can build Il nation only the dis
scmination of real Christian principles
can make \ people truly great. The time
| is coming when Christian nations shall
blush at the deeds Of the past, and with
| brawny arm Of reason show how little
they deserve the sanction of the mind.
The history of the American people shows
that it is \ people in which the memory Of
our fathers is a principle when wc forget
that the ground OH which they fought
on which they fell-is holy, then may We
tremble for the nations safety. We can
not love our country with an affection too
L
this love is fostcred, from the great lakes
to the father of waters, from ocean to
ocean, all will exclaim, thank God, IL
tOO-am an American ~ This address,
was marked by deep iervency on the part
of the speaker, and he was awarded with
applause and several fine floral gifts.
| Music-Chinese March, (ParlOw)
| Eulogy-'' Mrs. BrowniDg," by Albert
d. Elliot, York, Pa. In stirring words
the worth of this great and talented
woman was told, and her efforts and ac-
cOmplishments we'll portrayed. The
speaker told of the early struggles Of the
pOetcss, of her impediments and final sue
cess. Her visit to Italy, where she saw
that people struggling for freedom from
the thrall of dcspOtic sway and illiterate
ignorance, was touchingly dwelt upon.
Her life was lifc of self-denIal and suf-
ferings, but it was too a noble and Il great
one. She tried to make the world truer
and better; and, true to this conviction,
she left nothing behind but what was
beautiful and true. She was noble and
good, and rs the representative Of
poetry, she was q queen among poets on
earth-a queen among angels in heaven.
Her grave may disappear and the marble
crumble over her grave, yet will remai~
her creations, her genius, as enduring
monuments of her sex. Eloquent delivery
marked this effort, and 4 number Of
bouquets, among which was 4 large and
beautiful lily, were presented to the
sneaker