New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
N. Y. I. CHORUS STRIKES
MANAGER STANDS FIRM
Ouer7cork and Fezc Tickets to
varsity Shoe Cause Trouble

Forty members of the chorus Of the New
York University varsity show went on strike
yesterday afternoon Encouraged by the sue
cess of the recent strike against the faculty
they refused to continue rehearsals until theT
demands were granted AS the show cap
Kidd & Co." is scheduled for Friday night at
Carnegie Lyceum. the manager is at his wits
end.
The trouble broke out yesterday afternoon at
a chorus rehearsal in Gould Hall. The men IN
the chorus say they have rehearsed both after
noon and night. while the members Of the cast
have had TO turn out only at night. On Monday
night. when the members OF the cast and chorus
appeared for a rehearsal. having given up
day of the Easter vacation to do so. proof sheets
of the programmes were on hand, ana these
showed that the names of the members OF the
chorus had been left out To cap the climax
the announcement followed that the sale Of
tickets was so large that the allotment 70 be
given to the chorus 4 reward for their ser
7 vices had been reduced to a minimum
Inme ediately following the rehearsal the
chorus held an indignation meeting and chose
A ] Magrath. a junior who one of the
leaders in the recent strike against the faculty,
as spokesman Plans for strike were made
at once When the full chorus had assembled
yesterday and everything was ready TO begin
the rehearsal, Magrath stepped forward and
recited the wrongs of the chorus TO the unsus-
pecting management.
And" he wound up, unless our names go
back on the programme and We get as many
tickets as last year there won't be any more
rehearsals. and you try giving a comic
+ opera without a chorus. We worked harder
/ than the cast; rehearsed afternoons and even
/ ings for four weeks and have put the show in
the best of condition
- SberiD he manager Of show and
president OF the student organization, who has
grown prematureIy gray dealing with professors
and strikers. wanted to give in at once But
Leroy A BomeL president Of the Dramatic
club who is opposed to all strikes unless he is
in the ranks. refused TO entertain Magrath :
demands. So the rehearsal broke up and the
strikers searched the campus for principals who
might be induced TO absent themselves from
that nights rehearsal 10 aid the chorus in their
cause.
They've got to give in TO US said Magrath
last night We don't intend 10 yield, and We
found out couple of weeks ago that it is pretty
easy to get things by a strike. OF course this
is sitter proposition than the last strike, but
we expect 10 win out all right
The executive committee Of the Dramatic
Club will meet this morning 10 consider the
demands Of the members Of the chorus, and
some arrangements will be made that will as
sure the production Of the SHOW according to
schedule Friday night No at University
/ Heights last night had any doubt that the
strike would be settled. but there was a good
/ deal of speculation as to which side would back
down.
\ purchaser of two orchestra seats said last
night that he thought Captain Kidd and MS
followers were being "kidded" by the chorus.
and that he wouldn't mark down his tickets to
SO cents yet awhile. He believed Chancellor
MacCracken would be able to lead the chorus
back to the job