The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
COLLEGES And The DRAMA
TWO PROJECTs 10 HIIPIOs\C
PL4IU RIGHTS. :"
4 t1ub at Harvard PrOdurr, The narL nj,
Members OF the PAW ritinS 'l,.,
Columbia GraiiuAtr, Who Nputs
Lac to Have soIn-thIng ot the kt,,.,

NOtutubtA sFauuANFN who hnuIH
Lhe To Have so'n~ihlns ot the htrt
Two organizations in tins ,,..r...
trvipg u prove that The rI'ur- %
Aner.can q rama IIr- lu tn, unt,r-s.. .,
Th"y arr the dramatic clubs At tllr..,rt
and It Columbia. which uut"rtt.. 4.
pras..n: works 10y graduates
At Cambridge the Harvard Brlr.t..
club was formed in "ri"r that ~. t. :,
plays written hy students IA ~. r..r..
in playwriting conducted hv prrf ,,...r..
p. Baker might b" prnduc'si ~ % row r.,
for gnnd work and in oryirr q tea b tho
authors something of stag" mana s"mart
AZ Columbia tn" process Is r"ysrssl
There the Graduate Dramatic club VI.
fnrmed by group ~ recent alumni .
R.rnarI and Columbia colleges M tho ma.
that q course in plavw ritiug urCht D..
established! at the university if ~" urrf.r
inc,ntiv" were provided N tn wav n
bringing plays before the puhhc
At Harvard in 1875 Prof. Rak"r np--rNi
a cnursr in the trchniIu" ~ tho drar,
which included besides lectures H.
writing 81 thrrs plays by each momla-
II IN" class an adaptation IN ON" art
an original play in one act and a PLAY ID,
least three acts long. The cnurSs' = pt.,.
only - those graduates who kay" sIt.
mittadi "A satisfactory one act play h"t.r.
registering.
Ia the spring Of 1909 the Ha-va-
Dramatic Club was formed. II q mad
up OF graduates and undergriiu.tr.
both ~ RldclifT. and 81 Harvard o..
first venture was To give The Prprus
Land by A Davis, o7 Though
difficult undertaking itS success va-.
ranted the production 80 four ono a.
plavs in the following spring Two u
these, Fire in the Morning and Tie
Horse Thieves were by " Hay"dnrn y;
the other two were death and 'ta
Dicers- by = Schenck 90 and N
Heart Of the freshman by l. Hatch. rs
At the suggestion 81 the gradra'.
advisory committee. consisting ~ Nln.
throp Amas. 'a5. director % the Ne
Theatre: II r. Parker. dramatic critic
81 the Boston Transcript. and Prof Rake-
the club next gave The ScareCrow.
play Ivy Percy Markays. which will o.
PRODUCED in New York in the comm,
season with Edgar Selwvn in the leldin:
mart. Ii acknow lediRed that it- slcces,
at Cambridge led Ia its professlonIl r-r.
duction.
From a collection Of about thirty play.
the committee this spring chose four
one act PLAYS. The Better wav' an
adaptation from the Spanish 81 Alarcon
nv Paul Marriott II: Marvellous Rent,
ham by Hermann HaRedorn. 'O7 The
New Age by David Carte. 90 and The
Higher Good 10y T II Guild
To add Ia the interest in this work
John Craig. Boston stage manager
H.
ton Of $3.50 and "A promise to prpdp'.
the successful play for one ws"S a
the regular season. Moreover. IL IN l.
opinion the play ia sufficiently sucr"S-' h
Ia Justify longer performance NJ t-ljs
will pay every week after the first q
ROYALTY ~ , per cent on groeS reCeip's
Resides this the MacDowell Club -
New York has offered fellowship N
dramatic composition with a stipend -
sssO Ia the author ~ a producible three az
play who wishes ~ continue work n
dramatic composition AZ Harvard
The ue~lv formed dramatic clr. q
Cnluu bia diTs-- greatly from tho c'Ih a.
Cambridge To begin With II - mal'a u0
entirely ~ graduates The rea-I ~
this provision j. that the faculty doe NJ
approve Of the cooperation 81 uu!r-.
~ aduates ~ the two colleges On 30
hillside in English dramaticS Thorr.
M objection has been made 20 joint T'ar.
= IN" French and German societies
English may not be srok"n whom Pc
Young men and Young women of Iplur
bia g"t tpgeth"r on ~" stage
~ algrni and alLmnR they nrr %
a. thew ploa-s and - an as-pctTt'nu hos
been formed to foster an interest l- .:-f-
matte az among the graduate of '"'.'"-
bII University To indicate thai 80
No.. citation - anxious u present pllys
vrit'"n NV - own graduates u CD d"
The Fatal Message NV John E"uf-. q
Bang, - the class 4 isS2 a. nue = thee
ulav- - be vrs~sntet AZ 10 initial pee
f,rrnarCs last MAY Mr. Pangs j. me .
a small g-pur - Columbia men vN.
have gained rec gnitipn in the i-7~
Ih.. group Includes Prof Rrauiev MAJ
thsV-. NhO has written few farce
Edgar Allan Nuolf. author - I'll" Van.
uir-'. William {. lie Mile. author =
-Strpuun.art". GeprFe Middleton OLE
Labrador on The Cavalier one q Ms
Na~lrve'S PLAYS. and CLAYTON Far Il'"0.
vh", u - sad. Will produce play n"lt
winter
ENccut for these men there is iearth
- playW rights az the university 70
-s.rI'S therefore that the club viii 10 20.
dIcci o. giving "a play hv - rank outs j.
tins coming season uplc-- H." tuglsf
0.'.' arf-I"ut viii establish Cpur-. 10
plAyW r.t,ug similar a. the Cpurs" u
Harvard
But m" English departm"nt h7s m
such intentions Prof Brnnd"r Nat'h"ws
who u professor e dramatic Literature
pHii - SvS reporter that he ~ Ili
not think Of undertaking such a C0ur~A
and that Il b" didn't do It no one AZ ,'I-
uUhia would
Prof Gakor is doubtl.ss doing ed
wurS ~ his course AZ Harvard >" -.t.i
hut that does no. mean that "" 'Hi1
d. H." sam" herr" b'.li"y" m t"ag'.'f
the technique u the drama by -'.f' ~
II historically and 10y observation y
"a man cannot rh~srvo how oth"-s We
end II h.. j. not "a natural born d-a ma -
No course that We could give he" would
d.Nslop him into one
ASKED wh.tl ~ " would not 49," -
an incentive ~ a budding drama .~'
know that his play. I'rDvtd~d u hlG ul"-.'
would b" produced right he-" m ~" CIV
10y company Il some T"rutatl'u @
"xue~isnC. Or Matthew aid
That d"I.'nds ut,pn the indiy. iia'
W som" this knowledge would b" 70 .'.n
:" "'h"-- i would make No aurr''ri''-
diT.renc"-
Prof Raksr on tho other hand . ~
ia" opinion that the dramatic 'iuH 3
spI-c" II great help - N" student y
his depart m"n' h.cn'I-.. o. act th"u-''.y'-
10 have the opportunity a. dir"C' t'' ''.
duCtIpn ~ their own plays. - t. XIV" me-
aIfissl and training :.