The San Francisco call., 1905-03-10
PINERO PLAY
TO BE GIVEN
AT UNIVERSITY

BERKELEY, March Sweet Lavender" "
one of Pinero's plays. IL to be produced at the
university by the Mask and Dagger and
In the Meantime Dramatic societies Tne
Mask and Dagger Society organized by
''co-eds'' a year ago 1t scored a hit with it's
presentation OF The Jealous Wife and q
result of that success the men who were in
the cast organized the In the Meantime Club.
naming 1t in memory of expression that oc-
CURED often In the lines of The Jealous
Wife" The proceeds of the Sweet LAven-
der play will go TO the building up Of the
dramatic library of the university. Mervyn
Samuels is 10 manage the production
Professor Frank Soule has been elected a
member of the American Society OF Civil En-
gineers. distinction said to be greatly COW
eted by engineers.
The women's Mandolin and Guitar Club of
the university gave a successful concert at
Hearst Hall this evening. it's first public af-
fair since IT was organized.
w b. Greedy, 01. son OF Rev. Frank Greedy
of Berkeley, has been appointed by the Gov
eminent to serve as director OF the work in
preserving the Goyernment forests in Califor-
MIA Greedy studied for two years in the for
estry college at Yale and for a year has been
in the Bureau of Forestry at Washington. The
appointment was made upon the recommenda-
tion of Professor Clifford of Yale
The production of The Mikado" made by
the Prytanean Society at the Macdonough
Theater in Oakland last month is to be re-
peated at Sacramento in the Clunie Theater.
The entire cast as 1t appeared in Oakland will
go to Sacramento, accompanied by Mrs. J. z.
Walker, coach and Clinton Morse, chorus d.
rector. Mervyn Samuels, who managed the
production of the opera at Oakland. has re-
ported that the gross proceeds Of the enter
tainment were $91S so. The expenses were
s67s 80. leaving a profit of $40 90 which will
go into the fund for a university students hos
pital.
In the absence of President Wheeler the
university meeting tomorrow morning will be
presided over by Professor G.. H Howison OF
the department of philosophy. The speakers
will be the Rev. F. W. Clampett, rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church in San Francisco.
nd = Mar In onf nf he
eated Graduate Students.
''Paola and Francesca the beautiful drama
written by Stephen Phillips of London. Is 10 be
produced in the near future by the Dramatic
Association of the university The choice OF
this play was made after consideration Of
many dramas by the committee appointed to
act in the matter. 1t will be necessary to
procure permission from George Alexander Of
the St James Theater in London to produce
the play at the university. but 1t Is believed
that the permission surely will be granted. and
arrangements will go forward on the assump-
tion that objection will he made by the
English theater manager. The cast will be
chosen soon and rehearsals commenced. The
production will be the first attempt OF the
Dramatic Association to realize It's ideals. The
organization OF those interested In dramatic
matters to include all classes at the univer-
sityf was effected under Professor Armes' di-
rection last term 1t planned to unity all
the dramatic talent of the colleges in this
association and to give productions Of
classical plays at least once year.
b. A. Baird. who graduated from the uni
versity in 1900 In the college Of civil engineer
assistant the
United States Coast Geodetic Survey has Just
returned from the Philippines to the univer-
slty. Baird has been engaged for three years
in photography and other technical work in the
Orient for the Government. Baird has dis
covered improvements. he thinks can be made
IN typographical methods. and has embodied
the results of his study in a paper entitled
The Sextant as a Distance Measure The
essential points of the paper will be embodied
in the Plane table manual OF coast survey to
make Baird's suggestions available for use by
field officers of the Government
The French Club of the university has de-
cided to present two plays in April. They are
pierre Gringcire.' comedy in one act by
Theodore de Banville and lie Premier Mai >"
a one act pastoral comedy. Medieval French
songs will be interpolated under the direction
OF Mrs F. f. Harrington and members of the
French department
The freshman class has decided TO adopt
the suggestion of sophomore and freshman
committees favoring the abandonment of the
old cane rush on charter day in favor of
the plan to build big CO.. on Charter Hill.
and to have the ''C'' painted by freshmen.
with their class numerals beneath.
W. T Swingle. head of the division Of plant
introduction of the Agricultural Department
of the United States. visited the university
I Saturday. MIR. Swingle is particularly inter-
(. ested in the universities experimental work in