Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-16
LADS OF LINsLy.
Last evenings Closing Entertain
ment.
The Hall Of the House Of Delegates Ablaze
With Light, and Crowded With
a Select Audience.

a Select Audience.
The unusually quiet and sombre pre-
cincts of the hall of the House of Delegates
were awakened from their wonted still
ness last evening by IN event which, how.
ever out Of place ii must have appeared to
the apartment whose echoes are wont to
start at nothing save the fiery eloquence of
the rural legislator from the interior %
ties, was none the less enjoyable to the
cultivated audience which had assembled
to listen 10 the entertainment gotten up
by the young gentlemen of the Linsly In
+ stitute, as
y A FIrTING:rERMISATIoN
10 the year of toll and study just brought
to a close.
The hall had been fitted up with chairs
and benches, drawn from a variety oil
sources, and was filled In every part with
ladies and gentlemen, relatives aud
friends of those taking parti in the evenings
exercises, the gallery even being thrown
open in response to the pressure OF the
multitude.
Promptly, at 8 o'clock, the Opera House
orchestra struck up Hoffman's Overture
L'Etete," and at the conclusion OF the Sc
lection, Rev. d. A. Cunningham, pastor OF
the Second Presbyterian Church, led in
prayer.
The first in the order of exercises on the
programme was an essay by
Mr.. ASHLEY COOPER.
Luck" was the subject chosen, and to it
ample Justice was done. MIR. Cooper's
voice was clear and strong, but his enunci-
at;np yras ton raniH m nr0dnra the hest
effect. The speaker, at the conclusion OF
his paper, was awarded with loud APP
plause and a bouquet OF flowers.
Next came a recitation, The Last
Hymn" by
John A. LINDEMAN.
1t was an extremely creditable effort and
marked the speaker as a natural crater.
His voice was clear and enunciatioH dis
tinct. The picture he drew OF the ship
wreck on the rocky shore and the dying
song Of the exhausted sailor, clinging des-
perately TO the torn n tangled rigging,
only at last to drop into the seething water,
was realistic in the extreme, and com
manded the closest attention OF the audi
ence. He was rewarded On closing by a
prolonged Ouiburst of applause and a
handsome boquet OF flowers.
The third entry upon the programme
was an original Grafton on Character, by
E. A.. HILDRETH, JR.
Ii was a finished effort, and the attractive
manner in which he treated his subject
called forth much commendatory applause.
After a selection from the orchestra,
Mr.. WILBUR F. SMITH
read an easy on THE Present Age 1t
was a well written and logical effort, and
gave evidence of mucht though and research
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rapid delivery, however, detracted much
from an otherwise admirable essay.
Undoubtedly the best feature OF the
evening was the recitation OF
F.. j.. LIE MoYNE HUPP,
The Death Bed of Benedict Arnold" Mr..
Humps delivery was much superior TO that
of any of his predecessors, his voice being
powerful, his enunCiation clear and well
timed, and his gestures appropriate and
| forcible. The picture he portrayed OF the
final scene in the eventful life of the revo-
lutionary patriot and traitor was vivid in
the extreme, and rivited the closest at
tention of the audience.
"My Home was the title Of an original
poem read by
WILLIAM t. HILpRETH.
His effort bad undoubted merit, but the
readers voice was too low to be perfectly
heard IN the rear OF the nal.
The twelve members of :he Young
America Society then appeared, and rang
ing themselves in line recited from mem
DRY The Mariners Dream in a manner
which did credit to each and all.
COuteTres' selections from lO.anthe'
were here given by the orchestra, ami after
the music had ceased
ROBERT CRIswELL
read an essay entitled The influence OF
Mind The speakers voice and style of
delivery wRre4very good, and this, tOgeth
eT with the excellence OF his paper, COM
hined 10 produce q most pleasing effect, the
sudieUcc msnifesting its appreciation in
long continued applause.
The recitation of the poem, ''HOw He
Saved st. Michael's, by
I6HY l. E0ENER
was most excellent. The piece, illustrating
an incident of the great fire III Charleston.
S. c.. affords much scope for dramatic ef.
| feet, and it was displayed TO the best ad.
vantage by the young gentleman who had
so happily chosen it for his share OF the
evenings exercises.
The literary exercises OF the evening
most happily brought TO a termination by
an original Grafton by
| ROBERT HAZLETr, JR.,
whose chose for his theme The Progress
of Man The speakers excellent voice,
and slow and distinct enunCiation, showed
TO the best advantage the many excellent
points of his composition, and his friends
certainly feel proud of the able manner in
which he acquitted himself. He was
among the best speakers OF the evening.
This ended the first part of the pro
gramme, and after the orchestra had rem
dered in an acceptable manner selections
from the opera OF the Bohemian Girl. the
farce. Counting Malinde," was enacted,
the characters being taken by Messrs. John
A. Lindeman, Frank b. KiieveS, James NJ.
McAdams and Andrew S. Hare. the young
gentlemen scQuitting themselves extreme.
~ well, and eyoking many hearty peals of
!sughtCr from the audience.
This closed the exercises OF the evening,
and to the lively strains of Oberhauser's
Concert Folks" the audience dispersed.