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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  THE 
  LYCEUM. 
  

  

  A 
  mong 
  other 
  interesting 
  institutions 
  ofoiir 
  town, 
  remarked 
  

   with 
  pride 
  and 
  pleasure, 
  is 
  the 
  Lyceum. 
  Early 
  in 
  the 
  win- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  1880, 
  a 
  few 
  kindred 
  spirits, 
  feeling 
  the 
  necessity 
  for 
  

   some 
  organization 
  where 
  professional 
  and 
  literary 
  men 
  

   might 
  interchange 
  thought 
  and 
  opinion, 
  met 
  together 
  and 
  

   formed 
  themselves 
  into 
  an 
  association, 
  the 
  main 
  ohject 
  being 
  

   their 
  own 
  mutual 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  histori- 
  

   cal, 
  literary 
  and 
  scientific 
  subjects, 
  with 
  the 
  ultimate 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  of 
  establishing 
  a 
  Public 
  Library 
  and 
  Reading 
  Roona. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  years 
  they 
  have 
  held 
  their 
  

   meetings 
  weekly, 
  in 
  a 
  spacious 
  and 
  very 
  tastefully 
  arranged 
  

   Hall, 
  in 
  Robinson 
  Block. 
  Their 
  membership 
  now 
  numbers 
  

   about 
  fifty 
  persons. 
  Both 
  ladies 
  and 
  gentlemen 
  are 
  admit- 
  

   ted, 
  and 
  the 
  bod}' 
  comprises 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  cultivated 
  

   literary 
  talent 
  of 
  our 
  city. 
  The 
  highest 
  order 
  of 
  etiquette 
  

   and 
  refinement 
  characterizes 
  all 
  their 
  deliberations, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   quite 
  an 
  intellectual 
  treat 
  to 
  attend 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  meetings 
  

   and 
  listen 
  to 
  the 
  debates, 
  essays, 
  poems, 
  etc., 
  making 
  its 
  

   sessions 
  both 
  interesting 
  and 
  instructive 
  to 
  all 
  who 
  attend. 
  

  

  Soon 
  after 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  this 
  literar}^ 
  brotherhood, 
  

   the 
  Hon. 
  Ba.rtholomev.' 
  Fuller 
  was 
  unanimously 
  chosen 
  

   as 
  its 
  presiding 
  ofiicer, 
  under 
  whose 
  trained 
  and 
  skillful 
  

   hand 
  it 
  began 
  at 
  once 
  to 
  attain 
  a 
  high 
  literary 
  standard. 
  

   Mr. 
  Fuller 
  was 
  so 
  eminently 
  fitted 
  for 
  the 
  position 
  that 
  he 
  

   was 
  continuously 
  re-elected 
  to 
  the 
  Presidency 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  un- 
  

   til 
  his 
  deeply 
  lamented 
  death, 
  which 
  occurred 
  Nov. 
  28, 
  1882. 
  

   His 
  loss 
  was 
  very 
  keenly 
  felt, 
  not 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  Lyceum, 
  but 
  

   bj'- 
  the 
  entire 
  community. 
  All 
  felt 
  that 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  wise 
  

   counsellor, 
  but 
  that 
  a 
  christian 
  gentleman, 
  a 
  faithful 
  friend 
  

   and 
  a 
  most 
  affable 
  companion, 
  had 
  passed 
  o'er 
  the 
  chilly 
  

   waters 
  to 
  bask 
  amid 
  the 
  spiritual 
  fragrance 
  and 
  elixir 
  of 
  the 
  

   Tree 
  of 
  Life, 
  leaving 
  behind 
  beautiful 
  footprints 
  upon 
  the 
  

   shores 
  of 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  storms 
  and 
  complex 
  ado 
  of 
  life's 
  

   little 
  day 
  will 
  be 
  utterl}^ 
  unable 
  to 
  efface. 
  As 
  a 
  faint 
  token 
  

   of 
  the 
  profound 
  admiration 
  and 
  love 
  entertained 
  for 
  him 
  

   bj' 
  his 
  literary 
  brethren, 
  a 
  life-size 
  portrait 
  of 
  him 
  was 
  

   secured 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  Hall 
  of 
  the 
  Lyceum. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Fuller, 
  the 
  Chair 
  was 
  filled 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  J 
  AS. 
  H. 
  SouTHGAXE, 
  who, 
  though 
  comparatively 
  young, 
  

   filled 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  position 
  with 
  great 
  accepta- 
  

   bility. 
  The 
  ofiice 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  ably 
  filled 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Eu- 
  

  

  