DRAMATIC SEASON MOST
SUCCESSFUL IN HISTORY
Work Approaches Nearest to
Professional Standards
(Continued from page one)
probably one at Christmas time and
another some time in the spring.
Musicale to Be Given
In the early fall a special musical
•will be given when Lehman’s “Persian
Garden” will be sung by Madame Me
Grew, Mr. Bieflert and two other solo
ists not yet decided upon.
The organization of an oratorio so
ciety will mean a great forward step
in the work of the school of music,
ami with the greater work to bo done
by the glee clubs and Vesper choir
next year promises to be a banner one
in student music circles.
The work of the past year has been
particularly successful, both artistically
and financially. For the first, time in
history the glee club trips made money,
the Vesper choir has been provided
with vestments, and above all, both
students and townspeople have come to
know that any programs given by tdese
organizations will represent the high
est class of musical entertainment.
MUSICAL ACTIVITIES TO
BE EXTENSIVE NEXT YEAR
More Trips Will Be Taken by
University Glee Clubs
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playing the leading roles. Darrell Lar
sen, Claire Keeney, and Irene Stewart
were also seen in lending roles.
Fairy Fantasy Pleases
The department has made it a prac
tice to produce some sort of a fantasy
about Christmas time. This year
“Swanwhite,” a Norwegian play, was
chosen. Although this sort of play is
often not popular with a great many
persons, yet there are always some who
are fond of fairy storieB and during
this production the liouso was well
filled each night. Virgil Mulkoy addod
much to the interest of the play by the
introduction of many bits of magic,
as the opening and closing flowers, the
ghost mothers, and the flying swan.
The lines in the play are extraordinar
ily beautiful and tho costumes and the
settings carried out the fairy story ef
fect. This play was entirely tho work
of the junior company. Tho loading
roles were played by Lorna Ooolidgo,
Edwin Kecch, Charles Kish, and Helen
Enoch.
Barrio Play Here
"The Wedding Guest,” which is con
sidered by critics to bo tho host play
Barrie has written, was the first pro
duction of tho second term. It was
another problem play similar to “Why
Marryt” Much of the work surpassed
auything which was ever before done
on the Guild hall stage. These line
loss roles were in the most part taken
by the other members of the company.
The leading roll's of this play were
taken by llildcgarde Itepinen, Lorna
Coolidge, Claire Kcenev, Arthur John
son, Virgil Mulkoy, and Margaret
Nelson.
Kor a number id' years the depart
meat has produced at least one Shakes
pet can play a year. This time “The
Merchant of Venice'’ was chosen. Al
though this ptav is one of the most
often played of all Shakespeare's plays
it had never before been produced on
the campus.
Minn Banflold as Portia
Professor Ueddie had tlio part of
Rhyloek, tlio Jow, aiul Charlotte Man
field pluvial tlio rolo of Portia. Par
roll Pa rat'a played the merchant and
Claire Keeney played Lnunoelot Uobbo
while John Kllestnd played Old Gobbo.
Vera Pudge, Delbert Paust, Sadyo
Keeles, Norvell Thompson, Wade Kerr
and Charles Pish all had important
roles. Hie settings were simple and
suggest i\ e of the atmosphere, which
greatly facilitated the changing of the
•Cones.
lteoiai.se of the popularity of “Dis
raeli’' by l.ouis N. Parker, which was
produced .as the commencement play of
19-1, it was repeated during the win
ter term. The play was played three
nights and was the best finished play
of tin- entire season, Professor Reddle
played the title role while Charlotte
Hanfield played the Russian spy. The
play is founded on historical facts
which are woven into a story with a
keen interest and a great deal of sus
pease. Irene Stewart and Claire
Keeney also had leading roles in this
produetion. Elizabeth Melis played
the wife of Disraeli.
Burlesque Is Put on
Just before the close of the winter
term the men in the companies organ
ised themselves into a Burlesque club
and got "The Shady Lady” ready for
production, which they took to several
towns in Coos county during the spring
vacation.
The production of "Caesar and Cleo
patra” was something entirely new on
the campus. Never before had the
company produced an Egyptian play.
The play which was written by Shaw
does away with the conventional idea
of Cleopatra and treats her as a bad
little child. The play is filled with the
i most clever kind of humor. Charlotte
Banfield and Darrell Larsen had the
leads and they were supported with a
cast composed of students who had
been working in the company all year.
Great care was taken with the settings
■all of which were entirely Egyptian.
Margaret Nelson played the heavy part
I of Fatateeta and Betti Kessi played
Icpiite cleverly the part of Ptolemy, the
young brother of Cleopatra. Claire
Keeney played Pothinus. The other
members of the cast were: Vern Fudge,
doe Clark, Lorna Coolidge, Mabel Gil
liam, Charles Fish and John Ellestad.
Players Give Presentation
The Mask and Buskin chapter of the
Associated University Players chose
for their yearly play Booth Tarking
ton’s comedy, “The Country Cousin.”
The leading roles were played by
Marion Taylor and Ogden Johnson.
The election of Hildegarde Bepinen,
Lorna Coolidge, Ted Baker, and Dar
rell Larsen to Mask and Buskin was
announced at this time.
The department of drama and the
speech arts is the only department of
its kind on the coast and many of the
eastern schools which have depart
ments of this kind have taken the idea
from the University of Oregon. It is
the hope of those in charge of the de
partment that it will be possible next
year to produce some of the plays
which are written by University stu
dents.
The members of the dramatic com
panies are: Irene Stewart, Claire
Keeney, Vern Fudge, Elizabeth Melis,
Edwin Keech, Lorna Coolidge, Hilde
garde Bepinen, Mabel Gilham, Marga
ret Nelson, Darrell Larsen, Wade Kerr,
Charles Fish, John Ellestad, Joe Clark,
Virgil Mulkey, Norvell Thompson, Ar
thur Johnson, Delbert Faust, and Betti
Kessi.
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SCUFF TO BUILD STUDIO
AT CARMEL THIS SUMMER
Art Professor Expecting to
Make Several Canvasses
Alfred H. Schroff, head of the fine
arts department of the University, will
leave with Mrs. Schroff for Carmel,
California, June 17, and will spend
three months of the summer vacation
there painting. Mr. Schroff will build
a studio in Carmel, as he and his wife
spend much of their free time there,
lie expects to bring back to the cam
pus next fall a number of new can
vasses which will be exhibited with
those which are now here, in Portland
early next fall. Portland art critics
have asked for some time that Mr.
Schroff send a group of his paintings
to the art museum and as this has not
been possible during the past year, it
will be arranged as soon as he returns
from California.
Ninetyvtwo of Mr. Schroff’s can
casses were sent to the Seattle Fine
Arts society in January and were re
ceived there with much enthusiasm.
Later the paintings were exhibited at
the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and
the group has been diminished in size
gradually by the sale of a number of
the pictures. Those which remain are
now hung in the Woman’s building
and will be there on exhibit during
the rest of the summer.
Mr. Schroff has recently finished
two commissions for over-mantle deco
rations, one of which has just been
given by a friend of the University
who refuses to announce his name, to
Susan Campbell hall. This is one of
the types of work which Mr. Schroff
is particularly interested in, the larg
est ones which he has done being those
over the two mantles in the alumni
hall of the Woman’s building.
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Work in Pacific and Oriental History
to Be Done at Stanford
Professor Eldon Griffin, of the his
tory department, will spend the sum
mer at Palo Alto, California, where he
will attend Leland Stanford univer
sity, devoting most of his time to the
study of Pacific and Asiatic history.
He will make the trip to California
with Professor Justin Miller of the
law school, who is driving down next
month on business. Professor Griffin
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September and then, accompanied by
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Leland Stanford where he will continue
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