“THE KOLLEGE IDO"
IS SOPHOMORE FARCE
Class Hour Program Yesterday Proves
Short and Snappy and Actors
Perform Well.
Sophomore Class Hour yesterday
ushered in a new feature, and set a
high standard for the guidance of
following classes; for, to the custom
ary declamations, solos, and choral ef
forts, 1915 added that effervescent
blending of lively melodrama, grand
opera and burlesque, that has taken
its place on the modern stage as Mu
sical Comedy. With the masterpiece
of the noted composer, Lee Hendricks,
“The Kollege Kiddo,” as a vehicle,
The Sophomore Stock Co. trod the
boards—planks, rather—of Villard,
with a degree of success attested by
the unwillingness of the audience—
500 of them—to believe that that was
all.
The playlet was given a local set
ting: the stage depicted the reception
room of the Tappa Kega Rhi fratern
ity, the day of the next O. A. C. game.
While entertainment was the keynote
of the play—and surely that note re
sounded and .echoed from the opening
chorus to the closing ensemble—many
a thoughtful spectator professed to
see in the working out of the plot a
plausible solution of the problem that
has obsessed the minds of undergrads
and alumni for years—a possible shel
ter to protect the unwary athlete
from the hanging sword of Damocles,
the “post.”
The action of the play introduced
several original song numbers: Bert
Jerard’s Pianologue, Miss Irma Camp
bell’s sentimental solo, the Sopho
more Quartette’s clever parody on “I
Want to Be Down South in Dixie,”
interspersed with the livelier Oregon
songs.
President Hardesty presided at the
opening of the Hour, and introduced
the class orator, Harold Grady. The
speaker, in the nature of Sophomore
spellbinders, directed his wit and
irony toward the crowded east side
of the hall, where sat the editor of
the Weekly Green Cap, the proposer
of abolition of “Frosh Regulations,”
and the notorious osculation-merchant
of “Kiss Waltz” fame. Grady con
cluded his address with a general wel
come to the University that soothed
the ruffled spirits.
The cast of “The Kollege Kiddo”
follows:
Buck Jones, a halfback, Clarence
Ash; Jimmy Root, a cheer leader,
Kenneth Reed; Caesar Quick, a pig
ger, Bert Jerard; Willie Race, a
Freshman, Bert Lombard; Buzz
Strong, a rooter, Walter Dimm; Pro
fessor Postern, of the department of
mathematics, Leland Finch; Hiram
Hayfield, from O. A. C., John Black;
Ethel Kenn, a co-ed, Beulah Stebno;
Mrs. Nixom Ragging, a housemother,
Josephine Moorhead
COUNTRY PAPERS ARE
BEST FOR BEGINNERS
Manager M. E. Mihle, of American
Press Association Gives Interesting
Talk to Journalists.
“Go to the country newspaper,”
Mr. M. E. Mihle. Manager of the
American Press Association, said in
an address before the Journalism de
partment Monday afternoon. “Only
a genius gets rich on the city paper.
There is no reason why the country
man should not ride around in his
buzz saw the same as the doctor or
lawyer. Mr. Mihle turns out plate for
the country newspapers around Ore
gon. He finds out what is news, puts
out his type, and sends it to those that
want it. He has short stories, mis
cellaneous matter, descriptions,—all
news but local news. And the coun
try editors print the matter only a
little later than the city editor.
Mr. Mihle spoke of the reporter’s
chances in the city. “He gets a salary,
and lots of knocks. His capital is his
youth and energy, and when that’s
gone he gets a fair chance of getting
a little blue slip. A country man can
build up his business. If he is a busi
ness man, he can get the respect of
all. He is independent and he can
turn his business over to his sons in
old age.
“Then, if you see your forte lies in
the city, you have gained your exper
ience and not received the hard knocks
the cub is liable to.
“A man or woman must have nerve,”
Mr. Mihle continued, “and he must be
a good mixer, or he won’t succeeed as
a reporter.”
Mr. Mihle explained that he meant
by nerve the ability to go up to the
first men of the land and ask them
intelligent questions. “They’re made of
the same mud as we, anyway,” he de
clared.
“A country man must be a business
man,” he continued. “He must know
to a fine point the expenses and the
profits on his paper. He must know
how to set type, write headlines,
everything in the business.”
“The training you are receiving
here will help you,” Mr. Mihle con
cluded. It will help you to get news,
recognize news, eliminate what is
worthless, dress it up, and make it a
good story.”
LAUREANS TO HAVE FIRST
MEETING TUESDAY, JAN. 13
The Laureans decided at their
meeting Tuesday evening, not to hold
a meeting on the Tuesday after Christ
mas vacation, but to postpone the
next meeting until Tuesday, January
13, 1913.
The program committee announces
that the next program will be an in
novation, but refused to reveal any of
the intended features at present.
The program Tuesday was devoted
to recitations from Poe.
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