Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-11
Salt Lake High School Juniors
Amuse Their Friends,
AN ENTERTAINING PROGRAM
Operetta, In Two Parts, IL a Decided-
~ Clever Effort, Abandoning In
Hits and Rich Take-Offs'

To the pulsating swing Of airs that
set the nerves a-tlngle, the juniors Oh
the Salt Lake High school sans away
the evening at the historic old theater
last night Merry qulrp and we'll
aimed Jest were mingled with the dash
Of the music, and pretty girls in yacht
ing costumes.
ii was big evening for everybody
for the juniors. who shOne resplendent-
~; for the seniors, who seemed TO get
humiliation;an for the audience which
enjoyed the entertainment thoroughly
from start to finish.
II was no small audience, either Be
fore S o'clock they started to come,
and by the time the curtain rose at
$3.50, the old playhouse was crowded
to the limit. Even third circle" home
of the gods Of the gallery and peanuts
and plug, took on gala attire and
swelled out with dainty ribbons
and pretty girls There wasn't
an available seat left In the building,
and though The three fans buzzed nobly,
II was very very warm, However, the
audience, In the enjoyment OF the exer-
cises. forgot about that, which Is the
highest tribute they could pay, They
exemplhed what might have been an
old proyerb. Laugh and IL shall not
seem warm
For the juniors had the laughs to
give, and they served them out in
lunches large and clustering. They
sang songs about themselves, their
teachers. their friends the seniors and
about other people. and in each song
there was a. little solar plexus jolt that
conyulsed the audience They initiated
the senior girls, told about halr-cutting
adventures Of recent memory and had
a very good time all around So did
the audience. which was more TO the
point.
The signal success Of the juniors as
entertainers means considerable, for
their attempt was more ambitious than
that Of any class that preceded them.
Where before a class was content to
follow out time. honored and time
worn costumes OF having simply pro-
gram with a cock sure speech on the
destiny Of man, and then song, and
then another cock-sure speech. the Jun
Tors of last night put on an operetta.
written by themselves. and beautifully
staged. The music was very well cho-
sen from recent operas, the words being
on people and topics of interest TO High
school students. The costuming was
one Of the prettiest features OF the
evening. The pretty little girls In the
class-and Il "a remarkable how many
pretty girls there are in this class-were
attlred in white duck yachting gowns,
with blue braid on their Jackets and on
their caps. The boys in the class wore
white duck trousers with black sack
coats and yachting caps braided sim
llarly to those Of the girls
The house was won on the opening
chorus. The curtain rose on a wood
scene, and TO the stirring strain Of
popular air, the members of the class
executed a neat march In and broke
into a very pretty song. There was
nothing to It after that-every song and
every number won it's applause and It's
measure of laughter.
The plot OF tho opta centered prln-
cipally around President Nicholas
Smith Of the senior class, who, as the
play worked out, was captured by the
juniors, had his hair cut Off, was put
In jail and had numerous adventures
Incidental TO the plot, three senior gos-
sips were captured by the class. as
were also several freshmen. The whole
thing was we'll worked out and was
bright and catchy,
Perhaps the best thing on the pro-
gram was the military march at the
opening OF act two. The music for
this march was written by member
of the class, Mr.. VIII Bateman, and Il
shows more than a little ability. II
was tuneful, and had a military swing
that was decidedly inspiring. The
evoutions OF the march were very
pretty and we'll worked out, the num-
Der being the most heartily encored OF
any during the evening. Those who |
took part were Misses Marjorie Mill |
iron, Mamie Parker, Maud McCarger,
Eva Dicks, Louise Madison, Alta |
Louise Bosom and Helen |
Boxrud; Messrs. Lee Turner Harold |
Hebron, Creighton Brown, Lawrence |
rremayne, Leroy Bourne, VIII Nuttal |
and Dale Pitt Each OF these carried |
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