The San Francisco call., 1896-04-12
Efforts of Professionals Rivaled
by the Amateur Talent
of Stanford.
FERRIS HARTMAN's DOUBLE
Clever Performance of the Personator
of Hadad-" Colds" in Harem
Costume.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL. April
1.-THE opera "Said Pasha" by Stanford
Students as presented last night and re-
peated this evening, was decided success
and surprise TO most of those who heard
it. There has never been a theatrical
attempt here on q more extensive scale
than this, and none that has met with
such satisfactory results. Last year the
opera "PinafoTe" was well rendered by
students, but the chorus was smaller,
the scenery and costumes less elaborate.
The individual work, too, of the principal
characters was hardly as good and cer-
tainly no better than in "Said Pasha."
The scenery was the same as that used
in the Tivon at San Francisco, and con-
sidering the fact that there are no arrange
ments for hanging and shifting it in the
Encina gymnasium the work was done in
a surprisingly short space of time. The
longest wait was between the first and
second acts, where the scene changes from
one on shlpboard TO one in the Raiah' 5
palace. A specially noteworthy feature of
the perform ance was the electrical effects
All the work of wiring the gymnasium for
brilliant lighting devolved on Z. c. Hay
ward, student in electrical engineering.
He was assisted by G. r. Greenleaf and
H. T. Copeland.
The participants in this opera have been
rehearsing for the past three months, and
had drilled themselves into their parts by
persistent hard work. Almost The entire
burden of directing the rehearsals and
bringing off the opera was borne by II. D.
Cormick, '97. The fact that there was not
ko1- l. IL.
OF the vigilant work OF this director.
The gymnasium was packed to its full
seating capacity both last night and this
evening, and, though the expenses were
heavy, Treasurer Hinshell believes tn e
student body will make something from
the venture. Nearly all the professors,
with their wives and families, were on
hand the opening night. Before the cur
tain rolled up and between acts the STU
dents amused themselves by whistling ia
vorite airs and 'joshing" various indi-
viduals in the audience. All 'grinds'
and "hits" made by the comedians of the
evening-Baldwin '96 and Dillon '99-
were applauded to the echo and encore after
encore was demanded. The fact that the
final downfall OF the curtain did not take
place until midnight is partly explained
by these numerous encores. Bouquets
were plentiful, and the leading ladies were
we'll remembered.
In their adaptation of 'Said Pasha" the
students introduced many Iaughable Local
hits. One especially appreciated was got
off by Nockey, who is awakened from
a horrible dream by Hadad. Regaining
conciousness under Hadad's violent treat
ment he shivers with horror and ejacu-
lates: 81 had an awful dreamI | thought
we gave third concert at Fresnor' The
fact that the Glee Club gave two concerts
at Fresno to empty benches on it's recent
trip explains the hit, which convulsed the
house.
There were fully seventy students in the
cast, which made the chorus remarkably
strong The effects OF Pasmore's voice.
training could be heard to good advantage
last evening.
Baldwin and Dillon undoubtedly carried
off the honors of the evening among the
male characters. Baldwin, as Hadad, rem
dered his role with the skill of a Ferri:
Hartman, whose Interpretation at the
Tlvoli Baldwin has been studying for
some time. Dillon is a natural comedian
and though a new student here has already