The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-01
U.0FM. B0YS0RDERLY
Even Particular Dicky Mansfield
Would Hardly Be Annoyed by .
Their Demonstrations.
Aside From Entire Act Comment and
Paper Snowstorms the 'U'' Gal
lery Contingent Is Tractable.

University students don't have to be
isolated at Minneapolis theaters. There is
no occasion for the enforcement here of
the regulation lately promulgated by
Richard Mansfield, that college boys shall
be admitted to his performances either
singly or in couples, so that no large num-
Der Of crah-rahers'' may be seated to-
gether.& For the Indigenous species of
juvenis collegiatus is half domesticated
and by no means ferocious. A. ;
= I'VE have always found the students
gentlemanly," said Robert B. Scott mana
ger of the Metropolitan opera house this
morning. In fact travelling managers have
told me that our boys behave themselves
much 'er than most students In other
cities, Anu even better than the Yale stu
dents at New Haven.
But the boys frequently attend our per-
formances In a body. On SATURDAY. night
during the football season you can always
see crowd of university students at the
Metropolitan. Sometimes there are 1000
or l'ooo OF them in the house at once.
Ihey get seats together as rule They
patronize the parquet a great deal and
the balcony. But when they come in
crowds they rather favor the gallery:
There are usually 200 students up there on
any Saturday night throughout the year.
Ii Shaksperean product is on, the gallery
will have 400 or 500 students
In spite Of these fine chances to be
disa8reeable, the boys always content
themselves with some fortissi1no remarks
about Anoka' and 'Ski-u- NAH And
they make these statements only during
the 1ntermissions. I never knew the bows
TO interrupt the progress of play. The
actors have never made any complaints.
Our other patrons haven't objected. =
Perhaps the nearest thing to annoy-
ance that the boys are guilty of is manu-
facturing snow storms. The students
carry newspapers up into the gallery. tea r
the paper into small bits, and then toss
EN- over by the. iatful into the parouet,
whenever the lights are turned low.
Wen, Weli' us Just a little business from the
Two Orphans. Such snow down 4 eirps
neck doesn't alarm her very much.
BUT the students are not responsible
for all these sudden billiards.. Snow
storms often drift down from Mount
olympus no matter what gods happen t.
be there. - ~
Last October some complaint by out
slders s, were made to the university facul-
" The boys, it was reported, were an.
| moving audiences at the Metropolitan
| Professor Frederick Jones and anothe,
gentleman came over on the following
Saturday and sat in back seats 80 a. moi
to be recognized. The professors heard 2
few cheerful howls during the entracte.
but nothing more. Professor Jones saii
afterwards that he couldn't see that fht
boys were any real impeachment to dra.
matte art.
| .Thfs may be the Wild West. but on,
students set an example to the bows il
older communities. Why, the dignifet
| young gentlemen at Yale sometimes tea
up the opera house seats, if they dom
like the Villains gurgle, and make tn,
house look like a Scene of The Explo
| sion.'" -
The same good character was given i
the y. of M. youths by Arthur Lanbie
assistant manager OF the Biiou theater
THE university boys said Mr.. Lambie
are among our best patrons, and the,
are by no means disorderly. Il NAV h
1 wrong, but suspect that Richard Mans
field is hard to please. We never ha a tn
least trouble with the students eyeen
once. That was three years ago .d,rin
Saturday night performance Of "A Da
and a Night The Minnesota footbai
team, which had been losing for sever.a
seasons, had won a glorious victory. IN
boys wanted to mention the fact. The
referred to it to frequently that the mana
ger OF the company went UP into the gal
lery and explained that his ingenue Wa
very timid and was threatened with hvs
terics. After that the boys yelled IN wills
pefs. We now consider them earnes
students Of the drama. -,