Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-10
THE GOETHEANS.
ruriR roKrY-NlsrH ANNIVERSARY,
a Delightful occasion NJ fulton Opera
Housc Last Evening. .-Orations. Poetry,
music ana Fluwere


The forty ninth anniversary of tho
Goethcan literary society of franklin and
Marshall college was celebrated In Fulton
opera house last evening III tho presence
Of n fashionable and cultured audience.
Jupiter Pluvius frowned on the occasion
by n plentiful shower an hour before tho
exercises began, but this did not deter the
assembling of good sizod audience, Tho
floral decorations of the stage were very
handsome. Festoons of smilax hung
across tho front and two large urns filled
with raro eSotics were placed on either
side of the speaker during the delivery OF
his address while suspended above his
head was beautiful basket of flowers,
surmounted by handsome floral Tyre. To
the rear in letters formed of gas Jets hung |
the Goethean legend Genestho Phos,"
while q perfect floral bank containing |
ferns, cacti, and rare tropical plants
blended in tasteful profusion, made u |
pretty background to the scene.
After the college orchestra had rendered |
in excellent form the overture Undine,'
by Rcsch Mr.. Edwin Twitmyer, president
of the society, introduced Rev. Charles l..
| Fry, who pronounced an effective prayer,
at the conclusion of which tho orchestra
rendered another choice gem Solitude"
| Mercadcntc. The first speaker of tho
| evening was then introduced.
| Salutatory-" The Ministry of tho
| Beautiful" 4. b. Schneider, Bowmans
willie, Pa. The orator briefly and felicit
ously welcomed the audience, after which
he touched with singular appropriateness on
the love Of the beautiful as it is implanted
| in man. The world is full OF beauty, the
heavens show il forth III endless variety.
| But the love Of the beautiful is chiefly
felt in its influence for good on tho human
| 30, ANa tln
beauty of the Creator, elevating the soul
and ministeriug to the formation of better
| ideals. The influence of the beautiful in
| literature and music were gracefully
alluded to, after which the young orator
paid glowing tribute to the beautiful in
character. This latter, in truth, affords \
foretaste of the beauty that is everlast
ing.
Music-Waltzes, Beggar Student"
| Bowman.
Oratiou-" Westminster Abbey" d. +.
Eschbach, Limestoneville, Pa After u
brief but terse introduction embracing
the history and significance of the grand
old English abbey, the speaker addressed
himself TO the task of showing the effect
of vast architectural pile of this kind,
filled as it is with wealth Of historical
memories, on the human heart. There all
the passions that moved tie great actors in
the drama of life are at rest. Friend and
foe lie down together. The poets cor.
ner" was gracefully referred TO, and the
placing Of Lougfcllow's bust among the
great versfiers Of days gone by was re
gaTded as tribute to great poet in hon.
oring whom, America and England did
themselves honor. The speaker concluded
with the deduction that all things earthly
must have an end, as this grand old abbey
| lay no n hpyClinry rnin
Musc-Galop, lie Petit Faust" Ross
Oration-"Tho Modern Tendency to Ex.
pansiou," r O'Boyle The spirit Of the
present age as seen around US, is not q
, rigid contention of what may be, but q
studious inquiry as TO what is. Specula'
tiou has given way TO invention, and the
latter is always pursued in the spirit OF
| utilitarianism. The distinction OF caste is
; rapidly disappearing, and everywhere ii
} visible tendency towards diffusion. Sci
ence is no longer o secret TO the few, but d
3 boon to the many. The laoorer is begin
{ ming to use intelligence in assisting him IL
, his daily toll. Science, not content with
investigating physical nature, is deeply
penetrating the realms Of mental cOnjec
/ ture. The tendency of expansion in lit
; erature is noticeable in the manner in
| which the great novolists and poets hav;
beaten out a new path in the study Of lovely
human character. The speaker hoped tha
all nations would eventually unite in on'
? common brotherhood, as the result Of The
expansion of international comfy.
0 Music-Redowa, "Wild Bird" Ross.
} Eulogy-"Edgar Allan Poe" +. G
o Cook, Hagerstown, Nd. In the history o
/ American literature, no poet has exercised
a greater influence than Edgar Allan Poe
, His boyhood and college life were reviewed
L. Il lad hat Ia
Y had ever been expelled from college. Hi
. life at West Point and his wandering
& thereafter were tn en- graphically depicted
i His productions were at this period be
4 coming known, and his caustic pen wa
0 feared by his many enemies. The "iaven
n the speaker thought, had created o
G epoch In American literature, aud one c
Y its chief attractions is the similitude tha
Q it bore in it's sad sequel to the life of tn
= unfortunate poet. Until 1875 no ston
It was ever raised to his memory. Ia th
o merit of conception and form POo's poetr
3 is TRULY classical. In the expansion tina
/. the future will bring 70 our literature, th
greatest of American poets must l.
awarded his due need Of praise in contrit
h uting towards bringing it about.
Il Music-Waltz " Sonntag's Kinder,
q RIxner.
% Oration-"The Influence of Public OpiI
2. ion in Our Country" w. II. Brntor
u Lancaster, Pa. Mans influence over ma
-s is one of the greatest Of powers. To
,e course OF nations is largely influenced b
Is public opinion. BY the public opinio
4. that is formed by the interchange of men
= ideas, society is moulded. Our ablest me
u place as much reliance on public opinio
h as on their own. 1t is wrong TO decry th
" great mentor, and he does i'll who attemp
/, to belittle 1t. Rome's fall was attribute
W to tho claim that tyranny had at lengt
M conquered public opinion. This latt'
0. keeps the government official careful
20 his acts and has beneficial influence
40 holding monopolies in check. The speal
ID er declared that all modern legislatic
ss was against monopolists, and that to
O. proper public opinion was due the dI
Mt truction of tho convict labor system
as Though occasionally in error its tendenC
-, is nearly always towards good. 1t shou
be tho duty of each to contribute to Il
formation of true public opinion befo
70 which tribunal all causes Of moment mi
ry receive their fitting adjudication.
SO Music - March -" Ivy OF Spring,
80 Geipel.
ad Poem" The Legend of Inez do Cea
he tro," ]. f. Meyer, Union Deposit, L
On This was a spirited rendition In the hero
in measure of q touching Spanish story. III
m author shows himself the possessor OF |