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...HOWARD ATHENAEUM.- "The Eagle's Nest...
...HOWARD ATHENAEUM.- Australian Novelty...
...fall of 1868, the Everett Athenaeum, a sophomore society, was formed by certain members of '71. For some years the Institute has been the sole society for sophomores, and many men had necessarily no society. The founders of the Everett Athenaeum were men of literary tastes, and it was due to their efforts that the society assumed such a high literary standard. According to the constitution, a board of three editors were to be appointed, whose duty it was to present alternately, at intervals of two weeks, a paper not to exceed thirty minutes in length. At every meeting...
...exercises were held at every weekly meeting. The programme was as follows: Music, declamation, select readings, essays, and an oration. In the midst of this earnest work the social side of the society was not neglected. Five or six times during the year private theatriricals were given, and the Athenaeum farces gained a great local reputation. It is recorded that on one night, an invitation having been extended to the Institute, that society came in a body and enthusiastically applauded the play...
...dead letter, and that the original aims of the society were multiplied. After much deliberation they decided that the constitution of the society was no longer carried out and that it was useless to continue. On the 27th of October by a vote of the past members the Everett Athenaeum was dissolved...