PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL CIRCLE WORK.
FIRST WEEK IN JUNE.
1. A Review Lesson—The History of Alexander.
2. Selection—“The Prayer of Agassiz.” By Whittier.
3. Reading—Story of “Perseus.” From “The Heroes.” By Charles Kingsley. [See “Talk About Books,” in The Chautauquan for May, 1885; also poem in present number.]
Music.
4. Conversazione—The Cause of the Trouble between England and Russia.
5. Selection—“Davie; an Epistle to a Brother Poet.” By Burns.
6. Critic’s Report.
SECOND WEEK IN JUNE.
1. Selection—Alcibiades. From “Plutarch’s Lives,” or from “The Young Folks’ Plutarch.”
2. A Paper on Our Local Birds.
3. Recitation—“Pegasus in Pound.” By Longfellow.
Music.
4. Essay—Alchemy. [Beside giving definition and history, allusion might be made to its introduction into fiction. See Goethe’s “Faust,” Scott’s “Kenilworth” and “Antiquary,” Bulwer’s “Last Days of Pompeii,” Hawthorne’s “Birth Mark,” Hoffman’s “Sand Man” in “Weird Tales,” and many other works which these will suggest.]
5. A General Talk on the Rebellion in the Canadian Provinces.
6. A Paper on Richard Grant White.
THIRD WEEK IN JUNE.—MONTHLY PARLOR MEETING.
Music.
1. A Paper on the Practical Education of American Girls.
2. A Character Sketch—Louis Agassiz.
Music.
3. Selection—“The Tragedy of the Night Moth.” By Carlyle.
4. A Sketch of “Edie Ochiltre,” the Beggar in Scott’s “Antiquary.”
Music.
5. Essay—The Parthenon; its History, Description, and Scattered Remains.
6. A Talk on Alaska.
Music.
FOURTH WEEK IN JUNE.—CLOSING EVENING.
1. A Report Presenting a Summary of the Year’s Work.
2. Selection—“Song of the Greeks.” By Thomas Campbell.
Music.
3. Essay—Science and Art in Housekeeping.
4. Recitation—The Dinner Hour. From “Lucille,” Part I., Canto II., 23d and 24th stanzas.
Music.
5. A Paper on Schliemann’s Researches in Troy.
6. A Half-hour Good-by Social.
The following suggestions are also offered for the closing exercises:
A C. L. S. C. banquet followed by toasts.
A luncheon party and charades.
Readings connected with any part of the year’s work, illustrated by tableaux.
An evening of games, such as “Characters” or “Twenty Questions,” in which one of the company selects a character or an object, and is then to be questioned by all the rest until they find out what he has in mind. The questions must be asked in such a way that the reply can be “yes,” “no,” or “I don’t know.” The company who can not guess rightly before the twentieth question is to be considered dull.
“Throwing Light” is also interesting. One of the party begins to tell a story, concealing all names. When any one thinks he knows what it is about he raises his hand, takes up the story, and goes on with it until a third is enlightened and proceeds with the narrative, and so on until it is evident to all in the room.