The San Francisco call., 1909-02-21
COLLEGE STUDENTS
TO PRODUCE PLAY
Amateur Thespians Will Pre-
sent Clever Comedy in AS
sembly Hall at Stanford

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Feb. 20
Next Friday night the curtain in AS
sembly hall will rise on what prom
ises to be one of the most successful
productions ever staged by under
graduates of this university. Days
comedy, ''7-2O-S,' will be placed on the
boards by the sophomore class.
Frank Matthew of San Francisco. a
well known Bohemian club man. who
has acted as coach. predicts success for
the play.
The cast is to be composed entirely
of second year students The lead will
be taken by Estelle Porter, an attract
i've young woman from San Fernando.
Miss Porter will apepar as Floss Bar
giss. Walter r. Pittinger of Los An
geles will take the role of Courtney
Cor1is. Daisy NJ. Gleason will take the
part of Dora Hollyhock, while Mar
guerita Wilson and Ruth A. Sampson
will appear as Mrs. Bargiss and Jessie
r. A. Woodville will be seen as Laun-
celot Bargiss, Paul NJ. Ogilvie as Paul
Hollyhock. Charles A. Christ1n az Sig
nor Tamborini. K a Chamberlain as
Professor Gasleigh, Carl Wheaton as
the postman and James Higgins as
Jobbins. The production has been in
charge of Ernest Thompson of san
Francisco and a committee of sopho-
mores.
On the first day of the advance seat
sale more than half of the house was
disposed of at a total of $S25. The
show is to be largely attended by the
society folks of Burlingame. San Mateo,
Menlo Park and Fair Oaks, as many of
the cast are we'll known to society and
have extended numerous invitations.
The executive committee of the Asso-
ciated students of Stanford has ap-
pointed r. J. Glendenntng of Santa
Clara as manager OF the Daily Palo
was recently declared vacant. due to
the resignation of f. c. Conway of
Chicago, who has left college The eN-
ecutives have also appointed three
students to look after all of the tro-
phies of the cardinal teams pending
the installation OF new trophy ROOM
The members of the Encina club have
petitioned the board of trustees to
grant room in the big dormitory for
this purpose.
President David starr Jordan has de-
cided not to open the museum as was
announced. The extensive repairs
made necessary. by the earthquake has
caused a cancellation of the plan, and
the students will not be able TO view
the exhibits until next year.
The midsemester examinations at
Stanford will begin this week, and by
the 1st of March a number of students
will probably be forced to join the
lists of the ''flunk outs if the record
of past years is realized.
Seven students of the two upper
classes have been initiated into the
Geology society of Stanford. This is
the oldest engineering organization OF
the university and membership is linz
tied. The students who have been
voted in are we'll known in their de-
partment and to the undergraduates at
large. The new members are s. c.
Herold of Los Angeles, c. J. Petersen
of Oakland. Il. G. Merritt of Salinas
T.. A MeIeer of Phoenix. Ariz.: J. Henry
Menke Jr of Salinas and II. W. Young
of Spokane.
New members have been elected to
the local branch Of the American Insti-
tute sof Electrical Engineers. The
students honored are c. A. Binns, III
Endres, C. p. Taylor and T. F. Parker