The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-11-16
THE FIRST LECTURE
At the Institute a Great Success
A Busy Week for the Faculty
and Students-The next
Entert ainment on
November 22.

The initial performance in thu
Institute lecture course for the
winter was greeted in the audi:o
rum last Monday night by one OF
the best audiences ever assembled
in Lafayette. 1t was large au-
dience; it was a cultivated audience
and its dress, its good humor, its
refined appreciation Of the even
ing's entertainment, and it's entire
sympathy with the occasion were
altogether such as TO assure a de-
lightfui evening for all present.
The speaker, Mr.. Edward p.
Elliott, of Boston, proved himself
an artist of great merit both in the
work of his voice and facial express
sion and also in his Interpretation
of the characters impersonated Of
tina: popular book, David Harum.
L exc Sweeny, Dick Larrabee, the
Deacon that was worsted in the
horse trade, and the other leading
characters were made to live before
the audience just as one would have
expected to see them in real life
On the morning following the
Mr.. Elliott kindly
to give several readings
before the Institute as a part of
usual morning exercises. He rem
dered number of strikingly beau
tiful selections of his choice
among them his inimitable story
of how "Blll Adams won the
battle of Waterloo-he and the
s'Dook" of Wellington-'swith
hundred and fifty men,, against
Bony Party comm over the ill with
four million men--picked men,
most of 'em,"
Mr.. Elliott has very much pleased
MS audience here and it is hoped
hat he will come again in some
future season.
The morning exercises for the
week have been quite interesting.
This is the faculty week for these
and was begun on Mon
lay with splendid address from
Miss Dupre, upon the poet, William
Wordsworth. Mr.. Roy entertained
Ind instructed the school very much |
With a talk on astronomy
ng most particularly upon the
planets. And the rest of the teach
RS are to follow in turn
The foot ball team has received |
challenge from the team of the |
New Orleans Boys High School,
The High School is known 20 have
| very strong team, but our boys
ire game and if it is at all possible |
o get into training in time to de-
elop good team, they are unani-
The next attraction of the lecture
curse is to be the Goodwal Dick
rman Concert Co., which will give
IS excellent entertainment in the
auditorium on Friday evening, the
and instant, at eight O'Clock.
The company is very widely known
s a most successful and entertain
ng organization.
1t consists Of a fine character
mpersonator--in Mr.. Dickerman
imself--a reader with splendid So
rano voice, and a most talented and
ccomplished violinist. The same
ates for grown people, children,
nd students will prevail as in the
ase of Mr.. Elliott's lecture-and
flattering attendance is again
expected.
The successful competitors for
rizes in the sale of tickets for the
asst lecture were Mr.. Harold De-
1anade, Miss Chaflle Tolson and
Hiss Ula Corona. And they have
cen presented with very plea sing
ewards for their work.
The range and utensils 70, the
ooking school have arrived, and
is now ready for the
tarting off of classes IT. cooking.
Special classes in sewing, cook
,g, drawing, and gymnastics-
ny one or all of these should or
anlze at once.