Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-08
Opera King Pepper"
Taking College by Storm.
Two Brunswick Presentations
and One at Augusta.
6cys Hard at Work-The COLLEGE Cal
endars Issued.


The rehe arsal for the oIera King Pep
Yer'' have gotten we'll under the way
the present week, and already the gen
cral outline OF the opera and the men
who Will take the leading parts are all
more or less mapped out. Two rehear-
sails have already been held, one Mon
day and another Tuesday evening. AMI
the third will take place. tomorrow
evening. at all of which Messrs. Burns
and Favor. who have charge of the
production, will have been present
Much interest was added today
VII, n ii was announced thar the faculty
had voted to allow the opera to be
presented in Augusta. At first il was
doubted if such action would be taken,
IS il was felt that the presentation il.
any place other than brunswick would
be more or less hazardous on the fin
ancial side. In view of unusually ad-
vIntaSeous arrangements, however
the faculty has decided to allow the
play to be presented IN Augusta. and
if the Opera house in that city can be
occurred on that date. the opera will
he presented in Augusta, Friday even
ing. Jan. 20.
Tine date for The presentation i'll
brunswick will be Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings. Jan. II and IS. if
the present PLANS are carried out This
is different than The minstrel show Of
last year. which was presented on but
enc evening. 1t is possible that the play
rEay also be presented ut Lewiston, al
though this has not been much discus
sed as yet.
MI. Burns. who has charge of the
opera eXpI eSSeS himself as delight e,l
with the talent AZ it is being worked
o,H in the college. ard finds many
Voices admirably adapted for the vari-
Gus roles. 1t is believed here that the
opera will be made one of the best
things OF its kind seen in Maine for
some time.
1t has been decided that "Cy" Den
ming. BowdOin's champion hammer
thrower. and captain Of the track team.
shall sing the part Of Queen Mace"
as he has a voice that IS finely adapted
to the role. Romlly Johnson. '06. will
take the part of King Pepper" and
Pat Ryan. '0G, will De the astrologer.
The Gumbel twins. Who have made a
name for themselves in amateur thea
trical work here, will be the boct bla cks.
Pike. %. will be "Prillcc Harold" and
is clever actor as ~eli as having a
fine voice for the part. The part of the
part. The part of the flower girl will
be taken by Packard 'GS
The maids will be Rundlett. '05.
H"dsion. 'os- Wilson. 'O7; Crowley. 'OS,
and Ellis. 'OS. The jockeys are Bass.
%: McGraw. 'oS: Sargent. '07: Gregson.
'oS: Rogers, &c; and Damren, '05. The
kings guards are Weld, '05 captain
Lewis. '05: WinsloW. O6: Edwards '06:
Foss '0S: f.. Powers, 'O1: s. Williams.
O5: Robbins. 'O5. 'rhe scribe will 5a
Andrews. nc. Among the other char
acters will be +. Piper. '06. as herald:
cyrus Sprawford. viii be taken by
Kinsplan. NJ: and Matilda Spraw-
ford" by Hichborn, %. The shoema'1-
or will BE Linnell, % and the tailor
Stetsor. '06.
The orchestra will re made M of col
Ieae talents. and already the musical
talent along this lire is at work on
their parts. THERE'S some excellent or
chestral talent in college and by til,
time Of the presentation of the opera
this Part of the production Will be in
first-claS condition.
Three rehearsals q week will be held
from now until III" Christmas recess
and by that time things will he doubt
less smoothed down n great deal. After
the a'ion the work will probably be
still ha"ler. Manage Putnam is work
ing hard over the smaller details and
there seems to be no reason to doubt
that the production VIII be one of the
most successful and best things ever
undertaken by college talent in these
parts.
The RowdOin College calendars fO-
tho year 1905 were received today and
sc beyond doubt the finest things of
. 2 kind ever seen nero The calendar
are made by the Elliott Co, of Phila-
delrhia. for Harvey. 'O5. and is tri-
umph Of the printers and engravers
art.
On the outside are the college seal
and the words "f:o~doin calendar
There al. eight pages t. the calendar.
the months on each ,naf together with
a number of half-tOne cuts. On the first
Gage is fine portrait of President
Hyde the church on the Hill the in
terror of the chanel and an exterior
view of the same. Their. is also a half
tone of old Massachusetts hall on this
page.
On the second page are views of
Adams hall. the Searles science build
ing and the memorial gates Of the
classes Of rs and rs. Next comes pic
lures of the different college athletic
teams, tennis, baseball. track and foot
bail together with the pictures Of the
captain and managers Of each of them.
There are. also pictures Of the Glee and
Dramatic Clubs with their leaders and
managers. One of the most attractive
pages is that containing a view Of the
different fraternity houses of the col