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...Everett Athenaeum is soon to change from its present room in Holden Chapel to other quarters...
Instructors have always willingly responded to invitations to lecture to College societies. Such lectures have been instructive, and have been highly appreciated. In 1873 a lecture on art was given before the Athenaeum. Professor Morse, last June, gave an entertaining and instructive lecture before the Natural History Society on the "Theory of Evolution." Photographic exhibitions of foreign views have formed the instructive amusement of several evenings. Such occasions have always been successful, and the regret is that they...
...Dickinson, after a few apt remarks, introduced the orator of the evening, Mr. MacArthur. At the close of the oration Mr. Olmsted, the toastmaster, was introduced, and to him a large share of the evening's pleasure was due. "Alma Mater" was responded to by W. S. Collins; "The Athenaeum of '77," by S. J. Watson; "The Dramatic Interest," by D. C. McMartin; "The Annuals," by W. R. Morris; "The Literary Interest," by C. F. Thwing; "The Ladies," by F. A. Blandy; "The Chorus," by H. L. Osgood; "The Athenaeum of "76," by F. H. Morgan. The response...
...Athenaeum gave a very varied performance last evening, in which the skilful allotment of parts added greatly to the enjoyment. While all did themselve credit, the oration of Mr. C. H. Barrows was the feature of the evening...
...departure" of the Everett Athenaeum from the orbit which some of its early friends and former members had confidently asserted to be its only proper one must be a source of hearty congratulation for those most interested. The success that attended the theatricals at Andover and Exeter on Friday the 17th, and Saturday the 18th instant, was such as to make these occasions memorable in the society's history; and if the enthusiasm of an audience means anything, the society will have a hearty welcome whenever it chooses to revisit either of these towns...