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Dramatics

T here w ere tw o presentation s o f th e P rosceniu m C lu b this year, in both o f w hich
the actors and d irectors w orked to g eth er excellen tly to give sterlin g perform ances.
E arly in th e year th e fo llo w in g officers w ere elected in th e C lu b : C arl H o w ­
land, P resid en t; D a n fo rth M itch ell Secretary; R ich ard M erritt, B u sin ess M a n ­
ag er; D o n ald Boyd en , Stage M an ag er. Soon after th e election s, all m em bers
started to read a large nu m ber o f plays un der con sid eration fo r th e C h ristm as presen tation .
W h e n a final decision was m ade, Miss Civilization, by R ich ard H ard in g D av is, lie, by
E u g en e O 'N e ill, and Bimbo, The Pirate, by B o o th T a rk in g to n w ere selected as th e th ree
on e-act plays fo r the first p roduction.
O n the ev en in g o f D ecem b er 15 these w ere p resented to a capacity audience. T h e
first, Miss Civilization, was a fast-m ovin g story o f the cap tu re o f th ree bu rglars by "M iss
C iv iliz a tio n ,” w ho after su rp risin g th e trio in her hom e m anages to keep th em th ere by
m eans o f w itty rejo in d er u n til th e arrival o f th e p o lice w hom she has previously te le ­
phon ed. T h e part o f "M is s C iv iliz a tio n ” was ably played by W y m an P en d leto n , w ho
show s ex cellen t p rom ise in th e fem in in e roles. C arl H ow lan d left n o th in g to be desired
as th e leader o f th e bu rglars. T h e hu m or in th e play was excellen tly b ro u g h t out by
C laren ce B o sto n and G eo rg e C h ap lin , su bord in ate burglars.
T h e second play, lie, was a deep ch aracter study en d in g in tragedy. D ick M erritt
fairly startled th e au d ience w ith his portrayal o f the fam ous old w haler, C ap tain K eeney,
w h o is icebound fo r m onths and fails to g e t his " l i e .” H is w ife was con v in cin g ly p o r­
trayed by V in ce n t B ow d itch . T a y lo r C o tter gave a forcefu l in terp retatio n o f th e sh ip ’s
stew ard in th e o p en in g scene. C red it also goes to E dw in Bu rrow s and M aclsaac, w ho
w ith H oel B ow d itch com p leted th e cast.
T h e th ird play, Bimbo, The Pirate, a farce, supplied th e necessary com ic relief o f the
even in g. T h e cast was headed by G eo rg e Stead as "D eu tero n o m y B im b o ” and h e was w ell
supported by E arl T an n er, L in co ln Pierce, W illia m L in d, and others.
A fter lo n g d eliberation d u ring th e w in ter term th e m em bers o f th e clu b finally chose
to giv e The Youngest, a th ree-act com edy by P h ilip Barry, as th eir sp rin g p rod u ction for
th e ev en in g o f M arch 23 . In all ways th e play was th e m ost successful that has been
presented by th e C lub. T h ro u g h th e exp erien ce and skill o f M iss K im b erlin , th e actors,
th e settings, th e lights, and th e properties w ere all o f th e best. T h e than ks o f all th e cast
and stage crew w ent u n reservedly to h er for h er part in m akin g th e program a m em orable
success.
A lan M oses and W illia m M yer, N an cy and O liv er respectively, did sp len did w ork
in th eir first appearance fo r the Prosceniu m C lu b and m uch m ay be exp ected from both
in th e futu re. D ick M erritt and C arl H ow lan d , bo th accom p lished products o f th e C lu b,
did exp ert w ork in this, th eir last p erform an ce at M oses B row n . Ja ck D on ley, W y m an
P en d leton , and L in co ln P ierce w ere good in th eir parts as o th er m em bers o f th e fam ily,
w h ile V in ce n t B o w d itch was an ex cellen t lady in his role as th e m oth er o f th e fam ily,
M rs. W in slo w . Everyone had his lines w ell in hand and th ere w ere con sequ ently no lags
in th e sw ift-m ov in g action. T h e actin g was good throu gh ou t, th ere b ein g no w eak spots
in th e cast. C red it goes to all o f th e dep artm ents of the C lub, w hich this tim e inclu des a
p u blicity com m ittee, bu t above all it goes to M iss K im b erlin .
O n M ond ay, A p ril 10, th e P rosceniu m C lub h eld a m eetin g fo r th e election o f new
m em bers and to select fou r actors to rep resent th e school in a play b ein g g iv en by L in co ln
S ch ool. T h e fou r selected w ere: Ja ck D on ley, W y m an P en d leton , L in co ln P ierce, and
V in ce n t B ow d itch . Seven new m em bers w ere elected. T h ey w ere: G eo rg e Sp elt, W illia m
F erris, Ja ck D o n ley , L in co ln P ierce, Ja ck B ak er, Jo h n Fales, and L an gan Sw ent. W ith this
m eetin g th e C lu b b rou gh t to an end a very p rofitable and successful year.

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