terest on the part of the public to be present and enjoy the excellent entertainment provided by its meetings. The preliminary contest of the Franklin Literary Society was held on the evening of the 9th of December, in the Auditorium of Pardee Hall, before a large body of students and their friends. Mr. Dale, President of the Society, called the assembly to order, and the exercises of the evening began with a song by the Owl Quar tette. The contestants were then introduced in the following order, and spoke on the subjects placed opposite their names. W. M. Hunt . J. S. Freeman A. Heebner W. F. Dannehower S. A. Besson W. C. Stull. J. A. Buchanan M. R. Alexander . S. B. Neilson . C. Park. A. L. Kinkead E. Lamberton . A. T.Ludwig. O. C. McClure. Should the Judiciary be subject to Elections. The Imperishable. Hard Work the Motto of Success. The Energies of Our Civilization. Monuments of Dead Nations. Courage and Ambition as Motive Powe rs. The Beautiful in the Mind of Man. . . . Our Advancement. All the speeches evinced careful study and preparation, and many of them were so nearly equally good that there was considerable difference of opinion as to who deserved the positions in the main contest. The choice of the judges fell on Messrs. Park, Heebner, Kinkead, and Logan. Rev. Mr. McKnight, and Drs. Junkin and Meixsell, of Easton acted as judges on the occasion. One who has tried it says, that staying in Easton during vacation is by no means as dull a thing as might be imagined, and certainly those who spent this last one here found sufficient to interest and amuse them. On December 22d, the celebrated De Murska Concert Troupe gave one of their incomparable entertainments to a small but appreciative audience, To fully appreciate the singing of Mdlle. De Murska, would require the most highly cultured judgment and fervent love of music; still, neither was necessary to the full enjoyment of it. Each time she appeared she received a hearty encore, and when in response to one of these she sang “Home Sweet Home,” surely there was no one there but felt that music and De Murska were synonymous. One of the most noticeable features about her singing was the utter absence of apparent effort, even in her highest notes. One of the Seniors who heard her, characterized her singing as “magnificently angelic;" and this, we think, about covers the ground. The remainder of the troupe were excellent, and deserve more notice than we can give them. Mdlle. Sauret's touch and executiou on the piano are equal to the best. Signor Ferranti is too well known to need more than a mention to assure all that that part of the programme was up to the standard. Signor Braga's violincello solos were simply exquisite, and, with the violin solos of Mons. Sauret, and the duets on piano and violin by Mdlle. and Mons. Sauret, made up a programme without a flaw. In addition to this, Janauscheck was here as “Queen Elizabeth,” Maggie Mitchell, as "Jane Eyre," E. L. Davenport, as "Sir Giles Overreach." Now tell us that vacations in Easton are dull ! LAFAYETTE PERSONALS. Among opinions of the Press upon recent publications we find the following complimentary notice of a book written by the wife of Prof. Ballard :—“A Little Life (50 cents) by Mrs. Julia P. Ballard, is one of the most touchingly sweet and tender delineations of child life, and its sad termination by an early death, we have ever met with.”—Methodist Home Journal. '42. Rev. Thomas Elcock is at Shanesville, Ohio. The Salt Lake Daily Tribune of Dec. 9th states the conclusion of a suit before the Third District Court ot Utah, in which Major Giles B. Overton was the plaintiff. The Major has long been U. S. Land Receiver in Utah, and is therefore as much beloved by the "Saints" as is their custom toward the Gentiles ! '59. W. C. Ferriday, a former resident of Easton, and latterly of Bethlehem, set sail for France on Saturday the 9th inst., to rejoin We understand that he intends making that his family there. country his future home.-Easton Express. Rev. Albert J. Winterick has removed from Orange, N. J., to Haverstraw, N. Y. '64. Charles F. Chidsey has extended his business to embrace the firm name of "Chidsey and VanNorman," 210 Northampton Street, Easton. Rev. N. S. McFetridge was installed pastor of the Wakefield Presbyterian Church of Germantown, Dec. 10th, 1874. Dr. Cattell was appointed to deliver the charge to the pastor. Mr. McFetridge's residence is No. 13 Seymour Street, Germantown, Pa. '67. Married, Thursday, Dec. 31, 1874, Mr. W. R. McFarlane of Reedsville, Pa., to Miss Cora B. Cobb of Bainbridge, Ohio. '68. His Rev. Richard Arthur, late Missionary to Siam, has been called to the pastorate of two contiguous churches in Fulton County. post office address is Warfordsburg, Fulton County, Pa. '69. A. C. Fulton sends his card as follows: A. C. Fulton, Attorney at Law, 27 North High st., West Chester, Pa. '70. S. H. Kaercher has resigned the principalship of the High School at Pottsville, and will enter the law office of his brother, Geo. R. Kaercher, District Attorney. Rev. D. J. Waller, Jr., was installed pastor of the Logan Square Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on the evening of Nov. 30th. Rev. H. J. Owen presided at the services; Dr. John Chambers preached the sermon; Rev. D. J. Waller, of Bloomsbury, father of the pastor, gave him the charge, and Rev. Walter Q. Scott, gave the charge to the people. A correspondent to the Evangelist, says: "The event was one of peculiar interest. There is work before the new pastor, but the lookout is fair, and heart and hands are willing." '71. Jas. W. Wilson is studying law with E. J. Fox, of this place. Daniel B. Wood, news editor of the Allentown Daily Chronicle is reading medicine outside of editorial hours. '72. H. A. Smith is not at 250 S. Ninth st., Philadelphia, as was stated in the last issue, but in the Medical Department of the University of Pa., 36th and Locust st. He wishes it understood that he has never been connected with the institution of "bogus diploma notoriety," at the first named place, but that they simply occupied those buildings temporarily while waiting for their new ones to be ready for occupancy. '73. Shimer was married in vacation. Wm. R. Little passed through Easton the 17th of Dec. He is looking well, and reports that he is employed on the Massachusetts Central R. R. during the Summer, and gives instruction in drawing (Mechanical and Topographical,) during the winter months, at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. more than he can attend to in winter, and more than he wants to do in summer. '74. Sylvanus R. Queen sends his card as principal teacher in Newark Academy, Newark, N. J. S. L. Stiver delivered a lecture on "Irving's Works, Language, and Genius', before the Franklin County Teachers Institute last month. It was highly spoken of by those who heard it. '75. Fleming has left College on account of the death of his father. Turner is in a wholesale grocery at Philadelphia. Messrs. Hendry of '76 and Mordough of '77, were ushers for Lafayette at the Inter-Collegiate Contest. '77. Northrop was in Easton a few days at the end of last term. '78. Scheaffer has recovered. |