Gainesville daily sun., 1908-07-09
LITERARY SOCIETY Y. :. ..
interesting Meeting Occurred
' Friday Night July 3.

.,,ng OF the University Summer
a'sool Literary Society was called to
ssr BY the president. Prof. w. H.
s.o,s Nearly all the members were
...snt showing that students and
,I,y are much interested in the
organization'
,hsr the first number on the pro
--.m a spirited piano duet by the
s..sss Wimberly, the president arose
"a after acknowledging the honor
..fsrred on him by the society, said
~, the committee had put him on
=. program for a ffteen-minute ad.
s,oss Although he had prepared no
- speech, and might give the U.
L. S. hash of subjects, he
.onld try to choose one to begin
,,,b whether he touched it after.
u,rds or not. Contrary to this intro.
auction he proceeded to give the so.
-,otv a well-arranged and interesting
an on the advantages Of the liter.
.,v society, saying that he thought
Asrs was nothing more beneficial in
.,hool work. whether Il took the form
- the old-time Friday afternoon ex.
s,clses, when each little fellow had
Ms "piece" to speak, or OF the more
sknifed organization OF the higher
rades. OF course, literary society
q Of no value II, as in some places,
mvthing-or nothing--is accepted
,rom those on the program; good
work must be required, both in origi.
nal composition and in oratory AS
long as the human race has emotions,
50 long will oratory be of great i'm.
portance. He then cited examples in
recent history to show that It is not
lost art in this age Of the printing
mess but that great orators are
chosen to fill high places now as in
old times, There is nothing that so
trains the mind To form clear-cut
thoughts as the habit of expressing
them in forcible language.
Therefore, he concluded, teachers
should recognize this branch of school
work, and establish some form of the
literary society in all their schools
whether small or large.
A sweet vocal solo by Miss Hard
age concluded the program.
The president then said that Mr.
Bryant had been appointed critic, but
having been called away, was unable
TO make the report. At this moment
IN a remote corner of the auditorium,
Mr. Bryant arose, with the remark
that the absent one happened TO be
present
II any wondered why he had been
chosen critic, he said, they were just
% look at him while he explained
he then read some poetry describing
himself as red-faced and red-headed,
With corresponding qualities and also
As "a Kentuckian by birth and there
fore the meanest on earth" (The re.
porter supposes II was poetry be
cause II had rhyme in Il. but is sub
tct to correction.)
Nobody else would expect to get
osi Of Hoadley's Physics anything so
Easy to understand as compliment,
but Mr. Bryant did II by applying a
Nv With a good deal IN II about
power weight" and length" 10
hof Cassels. After saying that the
ab thing he had to criticlzc3 about
ne program was it's shortness. he took
lh seat amid more applause than
Auiuc usually gets.
The lights we're now turned low.
laa The nrst stereoptIcon slide. pic
Iiag The Dunsink Observatory, was
M'oan on the screen by Major Floyd.
'al' pr Yocum introduced his as
uohouical lecture by few remarks
~aeefaiug last Sundays eclipse The
'ae'nt form Of the light filtered
~'oash small interstIces. he said.
oe explained on same principle
mo image seen by means ~ the
'a oS,cura. Several slides u.
.'a'ed the different kinds OF eclipse.
A" The sun and moon. and DR.
I'm ouehcd upon facts connected
1 @er cause and recurrence In
' Interesting manner. Others
n'.ng the cause OF high and
'' Nere clearly explained. and
1a'Fs showed comets darting
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