Blan.: ...shameless girl! That's all at present. Now, attention, pray; Your Principal the Princess comes to give Her usual inaugural address To those young ladies who joined yesterday. CHORUS OF GIRLS "Mighty maiden with a mission" Girls: Mighty maiden with a mission, Paragon of common sense, Running fount of erudition, Miracle of eloquence, Altos: We are blind and we would see; Sops: We are bound, and would be free; Girls: We are dumb, and we would talk; We are lame, and we would walk. (Enter the Princess) Mighty maiden with a mission— Paragon of common sense; Running found of erudition— Miracle of eloquence, of eloquence! RECITATIVE & ARIA (Princess) "Minerva! Oh, hear Me" Princess: Minerva! Minerva! Oh, hear me: Oh, goddess wise That lovest light Endow with sight Their unillumin'd eyes. At this my call, A fervent few Have come to woo The rays that from thee fall, That from thee fall. Oh, goddess wise That lovest light, That lovest light, Let fervent words and fervent thoughts be mine, That I may lead them to thy sacred shrine! Let fervent words and fervent thoughts be mine, That I may lead them to thy sacred shrine, I may lead them to thy sacred shrine, thy sacred shrine!