Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-05-30
THE BLUES FIELD DAY.
PAGEITEs ROYALLY CELEBRATING
THEIR THIRTIETH ANNfvERSARY.
Tho Beauty and Manliness Of Millcrsviiio Nor
mai school and Vicinity Turn Out on
the Occasion of An Important Liter
ary Event--A Gala Occasion.

The drizzling rain that fell all Friday after
noon and continued into the night had but |
little effect on tho crowd that thronged the |
spacious chapel of the Millersville Normal |
school last evening to witness the thirtieth |
anniversary celebration of the Page Literary
society of that institution. Long before 1880
o'clock, the time announced for the Begin
ming of the exercises, the chapel was filled
with throng of the fair ones, who were de-
cdedly in majority over their sterner
| brethren. The colors of the two societies
| blue for the Page, rcd for the Normal-fut
tered gaily at the bosoms of tho young women
and at the lappels on the young men; though
| IL seemed from a casual glance that the Page
ties were out in the stronger force than their
opponents. 1t was a scene of beauty, the
component part of which were made up of
host of " fair women and brave men,"
Two handsome floral pieces ornamented
the stage, a ship with dainty masts of smilax
and splendid harp of red and white roses.
| The music, which was of an excellent char
acter, was furnished by Taylors orchestra OF
eight pieces. The Page society, which con.
J tains about an equal membership with the
Normal, is at present i'm very flourishing
condition. Its president is John 8. Taylor,
ence N. Dance, Cslvavt Md.
The notables Of The evening entered to the
,, strains OF march, Prot. B. 4. Shaub, prin-
cipal of the school, at the head. Prayer was
Wheeler, Millersvlle. The salutatory ad
: dress followed, delivered by the president q
b the society, J. s. Taylor, New York.
, THE sALUTAToRY ADDRESS.
The speaker began in pleasing manner
! welcome his audience, relating an apropo'
anecdote illustrative of the fact that the presi
4 dontial Office in the country as well as in
:, literary society is simply an executive one
hat hs.xx yTtIA ri a
J. from this rule by referring to the utility o
= literary societies like that whose anniversar.
was being celebrated. Proceeding 10 re
d view of this subject be asserted that Bacol
If was wrong when he said "knowiege
power" or else he meant that the proper us
IL OF knowledge was power His remarks wer
1t well sprinkled with wit OF the racies
n character and he closed in a storm OF al
platse.
re Music overture-"King Of Diamonds (N
pr | Carl.) Orchestra
~ PAGE oRATIoN-"MERIT UNREwARDED.
The slave of Commodus, the Roman, VIII
made the stern battle for his fellow bond
men, the speaker, John l.. Fox, Hummel
,- town, Pa, began, lives not In history b
. cause his efforts were unsuccessful. Vic
H. life worked as earnestly for his religion
of | convictions, but he lived in darker age al
l. Luther absorbed into his own the laurels
m his great predecessor. Thus has ii be,
ar most frequently in the worlds history. III
,al orator, passing on to the present day, a
~; | yerted 10 the fact that wealth is now the mag
eiI wand by which merit il too often ordered
rid the rear But through the lowering clou
of to-day brighter sun may be descri
rising in which merit will be estimated at
Ell real worth.
od Music, waltz" See-Saw," (Growe.)
on chestra.
oh At this point Miss Emma ]. Wilson,
ere York, Pa, gave two clever readings I
ess first was Tennyson's Break, Break, Breal
,,,, in which the young lady reader reproduc
Wy much of the weird beauty Of these famc
lines. This was followed by "At
is Sophronia at the Opera" tho original hun
of which kept the audience in a continue
'hd uproar of merriment.
ing | Next on the programme was tho renderi
,od | of difficult musical selection "Rond,
70" Brilliant" (Weber) by Miss NJ. A. Hemper
yer Milersville. 1t was greeted by its full M
pits Of fapplause.
-, | HONORARY ADDRESS" THE GREAT PAL!
"' IyGr
The president then introduced the hon
heh ary orator, Rev. J. A. Writ, Hughesvi
ga Pa He spoke from notes ; the substance
ice, his remarks follow The speaker opened
bile asserting that the Mllersville school was
| educational Athens and that the Page soci
aiI' wss its Parthenon. He fifty compared
the young men and women before him with
nan painters whose works live beyond them.
canvas on which you are beginning to pain
Wy still fresh. Pause moment to see whet
any | that wnlcn you put upon III II TlpnI' tu
,,., vate the head but not neglect tho he
Py at the same time. This will throw a Il
warmth into your canvas. Open your {
and your eyes that you may take i'm natu
lessons. There is nothing in the br
aro world worth having that has not been gail
BAY. | by self-denial. The careers of Calico, B
yam Luther and the great men that loom
l its out of the past, are all explainable by
nty- stern story of hard work. Let no one c
re- slider the years Of preliminary preparation
~, burdensome and useless. They are the ]
''S essary periods in which the painter acqu
his skill 10 breathe life into his canvas.
The vocal solo, Loves Dream" (GreI
ohia was then swetly rendered by Mrs NJ. Clt
rice Sleeseman, of Millersville, who Is the pos
sor of a strong, clear contralto voice. In
sponse to an encore she sang "Bonnie Sw
tely | Bessie"
ie,y Then followed another selected reading
,roo Miss Wilson, which was received with q
uo' favor by the audience
,rian After music, medley "Blossoms OF Is
ten. (Boettger by the orchestra the pleas
syl- | exercises came to a close.
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