Daily Republican., 1885-02-11
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As the author Of that misrepreseus O.
ton which appeared In your coluEnns
ou Monday on the +" Noble Nine, " and
the part they took In the program Of
the Asbury Mutual Improvement So
ciety ON last Saturday night, seemed
TO be 20 badly misinformed ~ to make
his article read M ore like condemna-
tion Of the whole proceedings than =
truthful account of the entertainment,
We take the liberty Of presenting to
the public through your columns .
statement Of the case ~ It was.
On the regular night for IN election
of officers In December last, the weather
was 30 disagrseable that there were but
nine members of the society present,
which was two more than the required
number for . quorum. After properly
Iconsidering the case they concluded
that 1t would be more benefc'pl to uro.
coed with the business than TO move a
postponement until more were present;
then, instead Of assuming full power,
~ your m misinformed correspondent puts
IL, they exercised the power which they
had, elected officers for the ensuing
term. and not for the year as your cor.
respondent again misstates.
The wisdom Of their selections has
been shown by the good order and
crowded houses We have had from the
beginning Of the torn.
Their actions created considerable
humor among q majority of the mem.
bers, and some little disappointment
among few; for their punctuality
they were ct first called the faithful
and afterwards the "Noble Nine"
To keep the humor in motion and
lend attraction to the society, the
Board of Curators prevailed ON the N.
n" to render . program in which.no out.
siders were allowed TO take part. The
consequence was that that the lecture
room was filled to its utmost capacity,
many Of the audience standing during
the rendering Of the whole program,
which was as follows:
Opening address, W. Elmer Gihney
followed with recitation by james
Robertson then as:the curators were
disappointed by the non-arrival Of theil
orchestra, they allowed the regular
organist Of the society to perform
while the g. N. N" sang" All hail ths
power Of JESUS nsme," which wal
very creditably done, considering tha,
there was but one Of the Nine who
knew anything about music, and thai
the audience understood that they wer.
not TO take part.
As H. N. Sparks was absent, thu
referred question was answered by Il
y. Huber. Poe's Raven was then re-
cited by James Mcdowell, which wa
followed with parody on the same by
II. A. Roop John Derrick then favor.
ed the audience with a reading, after
which Aud Lang Syne" WAS render
Il I61d no thu % In ~
manner considering.
The audience was then entertained
by q spirited de ebate on the question:
| Resolved, That 1t was more benefi.
cial to the A. M. 1. 8. for nine men te
transact the business of the society
than TO move postponement until q
larger number were present to have 9
voice in the matter"
The affirmative of which was sup
ported by w. e. Gibney and E. T.
Huber, the negative by H. e. Heislel
and III. A. Roop. The question wal
decided in the affirmative, four to one.
Out of the many volunteers wht
wished to make themselves famous
M iss George Carver was permitted Il
read one of her beautiful poems, IL
which she euloRized the IN. N" t<
such an extent that we werc all sosS.
she had not been with us on the mem
orable night:
After the reading of the critics re.
port, which is always ironical and sar.
castle, the N. Ne" amused the audi
ence very much by trying to sing
Home, Sweet Home" However, we
fail to see the resemblance to the nine
little ipjuns," employed by your M. c.,
as our vocabulary does not exceed
En- pglish.
On the whole the program was one OF
the most interesting that has ever been
presented before the A. M. I. g., and
the "N. N" felt amply repaid for theil
efforts, by the fact that but three per.
sons left their seats during the render.
ing of the whole program. the success
of which was read In the satisfied looks
on the smiling faces of all present.
ONE OF THE NINE.