New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-16
q BLECTRA" PUT ON THE BOARDS
TWO PERFORMANCES AT SMITH COLLEGE.
xsucoxssym REPRODUCTION OF soPHoc11ss

BUCCE6SfL REPRODUCTION VI oo8noSS
TRAGEDY-soME OF THOSE PRESENT
Northampton, Mass, June 10 (speciap.-A rep
resentaton Of tho Electra Of sophocies was g"on
on Tuesday evening in the Opera House. oJ H,o
young women Of the graduating class OF eintn ooi
iogo. The play was given entirely IN 'rocs' u"o.
thu direction Of Henry NJ Sargent who supenntended
the PRESENTATION Of @oedtpus URANUS" by the
Harvard students some years ago. chorus OF
Aften vo,oss sang the odcs, the music being written
for the occasion by DE-. Benjamin c. Baodseo orec"r
OF music ut the college. Many representatives VI
other colleges were present ,.a
I.,. The custom for the senior class at graduation,
4, .va I. dramatic entertainment to the college and
49,, frpds but nothing ambitious rs the presents
don ~ a Greek tragedy has until now been at
tsmptsd The members Of the senior class declaeo
LAT November to give Electra gu'deo IN oneir
.s,sotton BY tho Rev. Henry NJ Tyler, professor ot
oSSnh. Tho parts were assigned at once, and
e,,,,,S8y committed TO memory at the chose OF the
winter term. Since the opening Of the summer torn
The actors have rehesrscd daily Mr. Sargent who
,noSestiy PROCESSES 10 DO merely al ADVISER not inc
director Of the play has sapern'ended personally NOV
moro than ten reboarssls. He expressed h"lsen 40
highly gratifed ut the Intelligent response he met
With from those who took part as well as az inc
Sr.mst,c ability displayed by several OF them.
8 commuters Of four with Miss Ella scribner, OF
rsvvtown. n Y, as chairman, appointed for the
,urnose bv the class had the entire management OF
~. .ntartapment and directed the Suggesting.
The soene representing the mont OF the paaee Y,
Asame,pnon at Mycenao, was painted by MISSES hoeu
and whitfield and showed good artistic work! as
III .s n,renoe and courage In overcoming the DIM
.r,..s arising from inexperience In tne
AT Of accompanying. The colos Oh ao
costumes were left to the individual eno'eo
NJ the principal actors; those OF 'uo w -
Uere selected by the committee, Win w.
effective grouping. Each OF the young "osnvn -.
l,Ilnt
classic models OF htmaton and chiffon. euasu' M
90 .vng,na effects were produced by twisting u'o
nn,,on .pto a ropk- after wettng II hofouguiS, oN
turnp the last weeks Of rehearsal future e's'''ni.e
An such scrpentine coils might have oech eeon -
rooms OF all who had anything to DO wi'n Sn 80 IA
may Electra's costume was black, poou 0ui'oH , -
himatou: Clytsemnestra wore white ohsooh snn iou
r....,.,n. Chrvsothemis, q green Chiffon ana "ai'e
A.n.1on. orestes a white costume with BORDERS Oh
cold; Paidaeogos, gray and oiach - r,...,.
rho oh ararters were distributed as foiows hcc1"'
Miss Alice johnson; orcstes, Miss Ehzaoo'h A, ~,
T,vtacumestra, Miss Mary E. Colgan; Paadasosos "'
(,ertrude Buell.; Chrysothemis, Miss Done"'. Ne
mus. Miss Emily IIazen; Pylades, MISS L''''''
Tn. Coryphaeus, Miss NJ s. Tnton.
,tor ua,,lel's sonata In minor had oeen piso.a
BY the Haydn String Quartet, the tragedy oesau -
the sacrifice of the priestees OF Dionysus' ""', "
p,re white With two attendants, one OF "honi 80 W,
a tcrch lighted the fame the altar, sroand ~n''N
Iohrson,s acting was appaudcd several times oy inc
audience: she was, perhaps most cfectNe III ''i
lament over the supposed TO contain 'ho ~"o
~ Orestes Miss Colgan, IN her MipersohS"on w
(1vtarmnestra divided the honors with MISS !ohns'n'
Mics BUELL. delivered the story OF the chA'o' r"o0
s.h srea, .sp,tt The most enoctive feature was,
.ch.ns the chorus The artistic blending OF coiors
The rbytbmc motion and graceful gestures all chstmea
TIE eye while tho stately music at the cfIsS VI 'o
trassdy Interpreted the emotion that had grown 'o
intense for speech The attitudes were espco'eiS
beautiful when the pretended M 80 MAIDEN
SawS the bimadon over uIe head aud slnks uo"n VIZ
= moan OF sorrow. They bave the stasc, snn .ns
back at the faod home OF the sons % az. ~ ,irems
Inc the last words OF The drama: race VI h1eus,
after what long sufferings this days epo''e now
delivered and res ored you , Ano,g
Electra. win be repeated this evening among
those present on Tuesday night were President ana
ME- Carer Of Williams College; PROBES sors foTus ,
and Hewitt also of Williams College WIN tneir Snsrt
ment with others from Amherst PROBES sors ioP pa
and shorey. Of Bryn Mawr; prolcSs tso, william
sehSsn e1s PROFESSOR App"on
Of Of S Greek nom Mt Holyoko Seminary .u and
collefe For Professors sss oodsn and white
Harvard UNIVERSITY Professor PpSssscs SSS0n, Pro.
University George W. Gable. Richard W. Glider ana
g. or%snee O, Tuesday evening usherod in the
vaef al commencement festivities and servneS. frn,.
dent Seelye will preach the osGaanre'c soaa ,an
to.morrow. On Monday afternoon an a!t recePT' n
for which Miss Emily wDant !: engaged as sIio nss
toeether with an orchestra OF twenty -nve procSe.
tuesday morning is set for the iv% exercises 10 s
sysn eIs.s ts he %se wR the
ctssss n the morning and IN tho evening INC ''"''
supper.