Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-10-15
UNIVERSITY CENTER.

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The class met last Tuesday even
ing at the home of Prof. Noble where
twill hold it's regular meetings
during the present year. DIR.
Thompson, the president, called the
attention of the class to work at the
regular hour and the leader an
nounced the work for the evening,
which was works from the Golden
Age of Roman literature. The class
first listened to Cicero's GRAFTON for
Marcus Marcellus delivered before
the Roman Senate two thousand
wears ago. Charles Sumner was re-
fered to as the American orator
that most resembled Cicero in his
style. It was also suggested that
his speech in the United States sen.
ate-"The Crime Against Kansas"
would be studied be studied by
colored students of America in
hundred years from today az
classic, as Cicero's orations have
been studied in our colleges for the
pact two hundred years.
The second exercise of the even
, ing was by Mrs. ]. B. OpPerman'
who gave splendid word painting
of the life, character, and abilities
of the most distinguished of all the
Roman orators, Cicero. Her analy-
sis was fine, thorough and exhaust
I've. She said that, "Cicero did more
to perfect the Latin language than
any other writer or speaker. He
gave the world one hundred and
ten classic orations, seven treatises
on rhetoric and oratory, twenty on
philosophical subjects, and thirty
seven books of letters and poems,
and what 10 still more wonderful,
the most of his productions remain
to US entire after the lapse OF two
thousand years"
Mrs. A. ]. Thompson was then in
troduced and spoke of Rome's
greatest epic, written by Virgil in
honor of Augustus Caesar. Mrs.
Thompson first compared Homers
Iliad with virgil's Eneid. She then
gave the story of the grand work
beginning with the destruction OF
ancient Troy az as Eneas carried
his old sire on his shoulders out
from the ruins of the burning city
and placed him upon one of his
ships. How they sailed in search
of the place where he was to erect q
new Troy. How for seven long
years he was tossed both on sea
and land by the strength of the i'm
mortal Gods and the lasting resent
ment OF cruel Juno. How he was
driven upon the coast OF Africa
near the city of ancient Carthage
aud how he was introduced to
Queen Dido, and how che tried to
WOO him, but how he refused to re-
main with her in Carthage, but en-
barked for his new destiny which
the gods had pointed out to him,
and 40 he sailed away she COM
mitted suicide by ordering her own
funeral pyle on the coast where he
might look back and see how she
had loved him.
Mrs. Thompson made many
thoughtful suggestions as she pro-
ceeded with the story and at last
anchored on the coast of Italy, near
the mouth of the Tiber where the
class saw her hero land and after
surrounding many difficulties
found upon the palatine Hill his
new Troy which was called Rome,
Ia honor of his descendants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Col. Warner were
present during the evening and ex-
pressed their pleasure and salts
faction with the literary work and
social nature of the exercises.
Mrs. Brewster and Bertha Quigg
were missed from the class, but
were excused on account of sick
ness. 8. o. N.