Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-20
COLBY COLLEGE.
Half Back Sandy" Proves a Grand
Success and Dramatic Club Scores.

The Colby College Dramatic Club GER
t2inly did itself proud Friday night
when it presented the play. Half Back
Sandy" The Opera house was literally
packed and this fact seemed to rouse
the actors to their very best efforts
The play written by Norman Lee
SWart0ut, was given as originally pro-
duced by the University of Rocheste,
Dramatic Club. The members of the
club have received some very fine
training from S. II. Hanson, '95, o:
Houlton, Ne. The piece is n true pre-
scntation of college life in the faT
term, when football is holding full SWAY
The whole play hinges on the football
game between the two rival colleges
Queenstown and Kingston. The hero OF
the game, 'Half-Back Sandy" is SNUG
Sled away the evening before the gan.
by some Of Gue"nstown's men dis
guiscd as girls. They are successful il
keeping him from the first part Of the
contest. but he is found in time to say.
tic day for Kingston. Many people who
saw the Dramatic Club present this
play at some previous date said tina
the presentation was 50 real and en-
thuSiastic that they could see the game
of football ana the winning touchdown
Tho men certainly lived up to their rep
utation Friday night, for never has
Dramatic Club been greeted with more
enthusiastic applause than that with
which the actors were greeted in this.
their last production of the season.
70 name som" Of the men who did
the best would be very difficult task
for every man seemed to be chosen for
the part which he took. II. c.. Bonnay
as Half-B9ck Sandy" came up to the
standard set for him and came in for q
large share Of the applause. ]. NJ. Max
well in the role of Josiah Krop,
SANDY" Smiths uncle, and also as
Professor Dryden in the recitation room
scene on the afternoon of the game was
very admirably taken. Philip Krop &C..
f. Pease) and Bill Short. &c. A. Could.
the two SPIES from Queenstown Col
lege, did their work well in the llidnap-
ping scene and the ease with which
they took their part was remarkable. j.
RoCth McReady, CT. C. McComb). a re
tired actor and instructor of dramatic
literature at Kingston College, carried
off a very difficult part III very fine
manner. Dick Hart, q. c. GuptilD,
ard Babe" Van TWiller, or. w. KIM
bald, came in for their share Of the APP
plause in the recitation room scene be-
fore the game. Kenneth Sumner, CA. G.
ThompSOn, manager of the Kingston
football team, was certainly the man for
the place. The manner in which he ac
complisEed what he desired made his
Part full Of interest. The female roles
taken by " II. Jones, '0S, and r. II.
BroWIloW, 10. We're beyond criticism.
Many parts of the play resemble that
Of last year, ''Troublc." The trouble
that arises when Philip Krop comes in
dressed as Sue and tries to bride
SANDY Smith makes the play much
more complicated. But it is all
smoothed over AMI comes out AL right
in the end.
The following is the cast of charac-
ters:
SANDY" Smith. II. G. Bonney. 'G1:
Josiah krop. J. NJ. Maxwell, 10; Philip
Krop, c. +. Pease. 10; Bill Short, G. a.
Could '0S; Kenneth Sumner. a. G.
Thompson. '0S; Joe Fleetwood, l.. c.
Guptill, 90; Dick Hart, ]. +. Hatch.
'09: Babe" Van Twiller, II. w. Kim
ball, 90; Percy Gordon, II. Il. Moor,
10: ]. Booth McReady, I. C. McCombe.
'0S: Professor Dryden, ]. NJ. Maxwell,
~; Mabel Sumncr. V. r. Jones, '0S;
Sue, L. II. Brownlow, 10.