Ellsworth Community College - Web Yearbook (Iowa Falls, IA)

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I HC 1 Y gi mmm g D 'Mx - num f a l W WN I -'-- I - , ef wie gc ,,,, 'QK' X AONIAN LITERJKRX' SOCIETY Nicholas, Wessels, Hook, Owens, Fryslie, Springer, Harrison Tvedt, Patzer, Coates, Bell, Jones, Hinton, E. .Tones Nachazel, Sheldon, Carter, Mark, Cordes, Johns, Ushrat, Smit PRESIDENT ....... .... B eulah Mark VICE PRESIDENT .... .,.. F lorence .Tones TREASURER ..... ..... E vanette Bell SECRETARY .. Bessie Nachazel E112 iknnizxn Eliterarg Snrictg MARGARET OWENS Since the beginning of colleges and academies such organizations as literary societies have been necessary and Ellsworth Academy can boast of such a body, the Aonian Literary Society. This organization together with the Academy boys society, now the Philo- mathean, was jointly organized under name of Aonians about the year 1900. Nearly six years later the society divided into two separate groups,-the girls then becoming the Aonian society of which we still are proud. For twelve years the Aonians have faithfully kept this body together in order that every girl below college rank may have the privilege of taking part in Literary work and many girls who are in school for only the twelve weeks term find the work beneficial in preparation for their teaching. For the critic and advisor a lady faculty member is chosen. Mrs. Stout held this place from the time of the organizing until this year when Mrs. Reynolds became critic.

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. A ,s ,, ' - - P' , ,, lr-fe' if 6 -a was et ..,,,x. ii at ifff k A :wa 3q'nIa0uNaW Jun, my W g f ,.,, ,.,,.. - ,,,,,v UAAI- 'Mix E UTEIIPE A N S0 CIETY G. Elliot, Johnson, Hoffman Jaycox, Lohr, R. Elliot, Hyman, Stockdale Leach, Shagger, Mrs, Meyer fCriticJ Oleson, Carter, Ricks E112 Ziuterpean Snrietg ETHYL JOHNSON ITS ORIGIN AND HISTORY Euterpe, the sweet-voiced goddess of lyric poetry, lived with her eight sisters upon Mount Helicon, and together th-ey presided over the song, poetry, and dance of Old Greece. - t'The Nine Muses, as men called them, were the daughters of Zeus, the father of gods, and the dark-browed Mnemosyne, whose name in our language is Memory. As soon as these daughters of Zeus were born, behold, they became maidens grown and began to sing a ravishing melody. Up they soared to the throne of mighty Zeus, their father, and there sang his praises in voices so sweet that all Olympus thrilled and sat spell-bound. From that day, never did the gods gather at a banguet but the Muses shared the ambroisal feast and graced it with their song and dance. Not only was it their mission to entertain the gods but theirs was also the duty of guiding the pen of the poet and of inspiring the heart of the musician, To each of these nine sisters Was given a special art. Euterpe became the goddess of lyric poetry,-the patroness of song. Such is the story of the Greek goddess, Euterpe, and such is the origin of the name chosen in nineteen hundred fifteen by a small group of music students as being the most appropriate for a musical society of high ideals. Admitting to membership only those girls Whose chief interest and study is music, the Euterpean Society has maintained at all times an interest and spirit which can not be sur-. passed. Only three years have passed in the existence of this society, but they are years of close companionship, development, self-expression, and inspiration. The first year, with Florence Stockdale as president, was a record cf beginnings, but