BrowningJ:it¢rary SOti¢ty.HERE seems to be a popular belief that anything established and supportedby girls is a very silly affair, and that it will in a very short time(fall through. The fallacy of such an opinion has well be shown by thesuccess of Browning Literary Society.In the year 1867-having in mind, perhaps, the great female society ofSappho, or, what is less probable, the organization which had been formedrecently "on the other side," Irving Literary Society-the girls of W. M. C.banded themselves together for the purpose of devoting themselves to literature.Of course, after organizing, the first thing they had to do was to find a namefor their Society. As it was to be literary, the most right and proper name for itwould be that of some one who is distinguished in letters and, as it was to becomposed entirely of girls, that of a woman would be most appropriate. So,therefore, they wisely named their society Browning, for one of the few womenthat have a right to be placed among the famous English poets.The next thing that claimed their attention was a motto. Their choice showsplainly that not the boys, but the classics had influenced them to form a society.For, being unable to speak Greek, they immediately framed their motto in Latin-"Vita sine litteris mors est:" But the idea was good; for, by the Latin mottoand the name of a modern English poet, they showed that their intention was toembrace every branch of literature.The most requisite thing for a literary society is a good library. Immediatelyupon her formation Browning commenced to collect books for this purpose. Dr.Ward, at that time president ofthe College, kindly contributed many books fromhis large library to lay the foundation of hers. Ever since then the number ofbooks has been increasing. This year over fifty new volumes, mostly the worksof the best English poets, have been added.In 1882 the Society evidently became too large for the hall, for some of itsmembers found it necessary to form a new society under' the name of Philomathean,having, as far as we can ascertain, the same purpose and constitution asBrowning- Of her success one of her members will tell you. For several yearsthere has been a spirit of rivalry between her and us, but this is 'far from beingdetrimental to either, for competition is the life of literary strivings as well asof trade. Evidently Professor Newell thought so, for in 1888 he offered to giveeach year a small gold star to the Society, two of whose members should writeand deliver the better, an original essay. Browning has five stars; lately shehas been unsuccessful in obtaining them, but she is still hopeful.Besides, at our contest, we appear once only each year before the public;120
that is, on the occasion of our anniversary. Whether this is usually a success ornot we will leave for the public to tell you.This year our roll is larger than ever before, and once again the hall is toosmall for the Society, but this time we hope that we will be given a larger hall, andthat it will not be necessary for us again to divide.JOINT ANNIVERSARY OFBrowning and W¢bst¢r J:it¢rary SOCi¢ti¢s,Smitb Hall Rudftorium. eoll~g~Orcb~$tra.FRIDA Y, APRIL. 7TH, 1899.PART I.PARTII.PUESIDENT'S ADDHESS, Carrie E. Brown.ANNIVERSARY OUATTON, A. G. Dixon."Did the Confederate Soldier Die in Vain?"OPERETTA.GyPSY SCENE FROM TYROLlEN QUEEN.MOTHER GRUNT, Margaret F. Reese.ROSALIE,Ada C. Schaeffer.Chorus of Gypsies.Drama:NEVADA,VERMON'r,TOM CAREW,DANDY DICK,SU,AS S'rEELE,JEltDEN,JUBE,WIN-KYE.MOTIIER MERTON,AGNES FAIRLEE,MOSELLE,NEVADA.Dramatis Persorus :J. H. Straughn, JrC. C. DouglasH. A. Joyce.V. K. Lawson.R. Z. Thomas.E. A. Cobey.J. D. Williams.J. W. Yingling.M. Test Buckingham.Eleanor C. Hopkins.Margaret F. Reese.BROWNING OOMMITTEE.M. Test Buckingham,Carrie E. Brown,Helen K. Gorsuch,Eva J. Rinker,Eleanor C. Hopkins.STAGE MANAGER, H. J. Hartsell.121WEBSTER OOMMITTEE.H. J. Hartsell,J. H. Straughn, Jr.,J. W. Yingling,H. H. Clarke,J. H. K. Shannahan, Jl'ASSIS'l'ANT,Carrie E. BroWD.
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