The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-14
The Argonauts.

College gave an annual entertainment
on last Friday night. The weather was
exceedingly unfavorable, and we were
simply surprised when we saw the hall
completely filled with an apprcciative
audience.
This is an organization whose mem.
bership is confined exclusively to the
Senior class. Its meetings, which are
semi-monthly, are not public, and its
program Of work, though of literary
character, we are told, is strictly Sc
cret of the society. In all of its public
exercises, this air of mystery seems to
cling to it; and to one not familiar with
the Greek myth in which is described
the Argonautic expedition, some of the
finest features of the entertainment on
last Friday evening were doubtless I'M
noticed. We find, upon enquiry, that
the young ladies, in preparing for a
public exhibition, select some place on
the voyage as suitable one to repre-
sent to the audience. In the one of
Friday evening they were at the end of
the outward voyage, the place where
was concealed the object Of their search,
i. e., the Golden Fleece in the grove
Of Mars" They were represented as
having embarked from the ship cargo"
which, beneath the master touch of
Prof. Gardner, appeared seemingly a
few feet from the shore, and the stage
was arranged to represent the grove
of Mars" The trees placed upon the
stage, the painted stretch of blue waters
beyond, upon which was moored the
good old ship cargo" made II picture
beautiful to look at, aud so complete
delusion that we were once or twice on
the point of shouting out word of eau
ton to the young ladies lest they should
fall off the bank into the waves.
The Argonauts, in expression of their
gratitude for having found the Golden
Fleece, entered the grove with the in.
sigma Of worship, and, after walking
around the altar, reverently knclt, and
as music of sweetest strains softly swept
through the forest the officiating priest
lighted the many-colorcd fires upon the
altar, forming n scene so beautiful and
weird that we were impressed as We
never were before. Again the music
grew louder, and to its lively measures
the Argonauts marched and counter
marched to their places, and the Amer
lean part of the entertainment began.
The program was certainly one of the
best ever presented to a Winchester au-
diencc, and the young ladies acquitted
themselves handsomely-in fact, sur
passed our most sanguine expectations
and we would criticize only to praise.
To say more in their behalf would but
fecbly express the appreciation, We dare
say, of the entire audience.
The following was the programme of
exercises:
Salntatory-Alary Reed.
Vocal Observation-Disclosures BETTE
Ruckcr and Leslie Johnston.
Select Rockingham order for a PIC
ture)-Annie McGrcw.
Vocal Solo-(Secret Lovc)-Lula
wilkins.
Essay-(Strifc before Victory)-Susie
Waller.
Select Reading-( Mctaphysics)-E
lic Greer.
Piano Duett-(Peri Waltzcs) Bertha
Roddcnberry and Sue May.
Essay-(Why should girls study
Greek ?)-Bettie Hester.
Recitation-(Will the New Year come
tonight, Mama Y)-Nannie Henderson.
Vocal Solo-(Song of tho OpaD-
Leslie Johnston.
Essay-(Glory of AchicvemenD-
Louie Jones.
Vocal Solo-(True Hearts)-Annic
McGrew.
Essay-CThe Song of the Sircns)-
Joclla Hester.
Piano Duet-(Qui Vive)-Betti,
Rucker and Ellie Greer.
Vocal Solo-(Venetian Boat Song
Louie Jones.
Select Reading-(Thc Weavcr)-Bct
tie Ruckcr,
Recitation-(A discourse to prove
the antiquity of the English tongue
showing from various instances that tic
Greek language was derived from tho
Enrl;sh)-Bertha Roddenberry.
Piano Solo-(Carnival Dc Venice
Mamie Henderson.
Select Rcading-(There's but ont
pair of stockings to mcnd)-Lcssi'
Johnston.
Piano Duett-(Ncck and Neck)-
Mamie Henderson and Lcssic John
ston.
Log Book-Ida Dulin.