Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-03

District at this session with the desired
law The chairman OF this research COM
mittee IL Mrs. r. Leslie Ransome.
The Maharajah Gaekwar and the
Maharine of Baroda were interested guests
ut the meeting.
Arrangements for the series OF secondary
school commandments have been made
by the board of education as follows:
Mckinley Manual Training Ss,hool, juno
IA, 1903. at the National Theater. s pm.
Armstrong Manual Training School. NJ
Street High School. Washington Normal
School. No. 2. June Is, 1906, at the Con-
vention Hall at pm
Business High School. June IS, 1906. at
the National Theater at 8 pm.
Washington Normal School, No l. June
10. 1903 at the Franklin School building
Central High School. Eastern High
School, Western High School, June 20,
1905. at the Convention Hall at pm.
The senior class of Smith college will
present during commencement week
Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet" AS
usual. the play is under the direction of
Miss Ludella Peck, head of the elocution
department of the college, and Mr.. Alfred
Young Of New York
The class of 1904 departed from the let
ter of the Shakespeare sequence by pre-
sentfng Sakuntala, a Hindoo drama.
They felt that they retained Its spirit. as
Kalidasa, the author of the drama, is the
Shakespeare" of the east
The class of 1905 returned to the time
honored custom of giving Shakespeare
play and repeated las You Like 1t" 1t is
thought by those who have been interested
in the plays for the last ten years that the
logical development of the sequence has
been reached by the choice of Hamlet"
for this year.
The Smith Dramatics have always re-
ceived a peculiar kind of attention from
their audience. They usually go most
c ia IN ha nf "A hat he
speare play whose caste is composed en-
tirely of girls. After the first ten min
utes they find they have forgotten COM
pleteiy that a girl is playing the role of
hero, surrender themselves to the atmo-
sphere of the academic presentation and
become absorbed in the play. 1t is hoped
that the Dramatics this year will merit
more than ever that absorbed attention.
Irving's copy of Hamlet is being used.
but quite different Interpretation of the
tragedy Is being given. While the charac-
ter of the man Hamlet is not being belit-
tied in any way, the story of the play
Hamlet is being emphasized; Hamlet Is
not kept forever In the center of the stage.
and the other relationships in the play are
brought out. Hamlet, aside from the love
which his mother and Ophelia give him. Is
a solitary figure, a black shadow in that
brilliant court of Denmark. The lords and
ladies are charmed with the gracious king
who smiles and smiles on them, ana yet Is
still a villain. The tender affection OF
Laertes and Ophelia is made much Of
That part of the scene where Hamlet
breaks in on the kings prayer, usually
omitted in presentations of Hamlet, is re-
tanned.
AS in former years. especial attention
has been given to staging costuming ana
musical setting. Miss Amy Maher. 1905
has composed the music for the presenta-
ton, embodying in her composition themes
for the appearance of the ghost Tor
I.aertes and Ophela together, for Ophelfa
alone. for the audiences of Rosecrans and
Guildenstern. for the dread revelation OF
the ghost, for Hamlets love of Opbelia
and for Hamlets love for his father. Miss
Jennie Peers. 1905, now a fellow in the
music school, has arranged the music for
the orchestra. The production OF the music
is under the supervision of Prof. Henry
Dixie Sleeper, head of the Smith School OF
Music. The performance will be given on
the evenings of June Is and To- IN the
Northampton Academy of Music
The baccalaureate service Of George
Washington University will be held
TODAY at O'Clock in Memorial Con-
tinentaI Hall, 18th street. All the trus-
tees. faculties and graduates are eX,
nacted to be present and the sermon VIII
he delivered by Rev. Edgar Young Mullins,
nresident of the Southern Baptist Seminary.
The order of services will be as follows;
Invocation; quartet; reading of Scriptures
Rev lanes Mcbride Sterrett; apostoles
creed. the Lords Prayer; hymn. led by the
Quartet: sermon Rev. DR.. Mullins; guar
tet: benediction by Rev. Frank Leighton
Day.