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and the rooms were soon filled with a numerous assemblage, 

 comprising the elite of the neighbourhood. A continuous stream 

 of visitors set in till the place was almost uncomfortably full, and 

 there must have been fully 700 persons present. The entertain- 

 ments provided were of a varied character, as the following pro- 

 gramme will show : — 



7.30. Soldiers' C^otxvs. {Faust), " Glory and Love" Gounod. 



7.45. Short Introductory Speech by the Head Master. 



8. 0. Glee "Maying" Muller. 



8.10. Short Lecture on the Electric Telegraph, by Mr Kerry. 



8.25. Glee "Soldiers' Love" Kiicken. 



Piano Solo Schumann. 



H. Moser. 

 8.40. Professor Church's Address on " Colour." 



9. 0. Glee " The Three Chafers" Thi-un. 



Duet {Lily of KiUarncy) "The moon has raised" Sir J. Benedict. 



W. Fairbanks and A. To vet. 

 9.10. Mr Lant Carpenter's Address on "Deep Sea Dredging." 



9.30. Glee " Ltitzow's Wild Chase" Weher. 



Glee "Sleep, gentle lady" Sir H. Bishop. 



10. 0. Finale " God save the Queen." 



The performance of the musical portion of this proojramme 

 took place on the platform in Big School, and the Head Master's 

 and Professor Church's speeches were also given there. Mr 

 Carpenter's address was delivered in the new Mathematical Class- 

 room, and Mr Kerry's lecture in the Gallery. In the last men- 

 tioned place a series of electrical experiments were also given at 

 intervals during the evening, by Messrs Francis Fry and J. M. 

 Hatch. It is almost needless to add that they attracted very large 

 audiences. The apparatus used in these experiments (which were 

 remarkably successful) was most extensive and valuable. 



The introductory chorus from Faust having been rendered by 

 the College Orpheus Society in excellent style, the Head Master 

 (Rev. Prebendary Percival) rose, amid much applause, to deliver 

 the speech allotted to him in the programme. — 'Two or three 

 days ago,' he said, ' the indefatigable President of the Scientific 

 Society informed him that he was expected to deliver an inaugural 

 address at the Conversazione ; but if other people were impressed 

 with those words as he was, he felt they must expect something 

 more elaborate than he was prepared to give. He intended, how- 

 ever, to keep to his original programme, and to make only a few 

 introductory remarks. On his own behalf, and on that of every- 

 body connected with the College, he begged to tender his thanks, 

 not only for the things which had been sent in, and for the help 

 which had been given, but for that which they valued still more 

 — the kindly feeling of which he took those to be only the signs 

 and tokens. (Hear, hear.) He hardly dared to allude even to the 



