The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-06-10
DRAMA
SENIOR CLASS PLAY AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL LAST NIGHT.
Bachelor Hall" Was Well Presented
By a Number of Young Artists;
They Proved Themselves Clever in
Thee Acts, and Demonstrated That
They Possess Histrionic Ability of
a High Order; the Cast.
From Thursdays Daily.

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From Thursdays Daily.
The seniors of the high school last
night presented TO an audience that
more than filled the assembly room,
their class play, Bachelor Hall" 1t
was not production that involved a
deep psychological problem to be work
ed out, but from first to last it gave
the audience a tickling, pleasing SEN
satiOn, with its nonsense and frvolity.
The entire cast was made up of mem
bers of the senior class, and for anna
tours the acting was rather exceptional
Hon. Godfrey Myrtleton, a dignifed
but good natured congressman, had
given his house over to his niece and
her friends for a private theatrical
Louis Janda took the part of the gray
headed statesman, as he was chased
about from place to place, sent on err
rands, and always immensely distressed
that he could not find one hundred
Thousand dollars of bond that in the
preparation for the play.
Violet Atchison represented Betty,
the niece, and Janet Balm, played the
part of Polly, two young actresses who
were very much more concerned over
the fact that Mr.. Myrtleton would al
low no reporters in the house, and
hence no newspaper accounts of their
gowns and acting, than over the loss
of the bonds.
PinkertOn Case, the Headliner.
The leading character was Pinkerton
Case, "a would-be Sherlock Holmes, who
was always suspic;oning that some
thing terrible was being done. earning of
the loss of the bonds, he seeks and
finds to his satisfaction clue as to
the thief. This clue consists in a
few white hairs scattered about the
room, which he assumes belongs to a
deacon who has come to visit Myrtle
ton. 1t turns out at last that these
hairs are from an old fur rug and
to his chagrin he gives up his detec
tive ambitions. Jay Lloyd acted the
part of Case in excellent shape with a
deep mysterious air.
Earl Girvin is Jack Meredith. who
has been sent by a friend of Myrtleton
to secure an account of the play for
the papers. Meredith goes in as a
super, and is always narrowly escaping
detection, with Cases eagle eye always
on him.
Jasper, the butler of the house, a
colored gentleman, was acted by Her.
man Hayward. Always feeling the re-
sponsibiity of his position, Jasper was
breaking in on every critical situation.
Many Excellent Characters.
Edwin Kuhn took off in fine shape
the part of O'Rourke. the Irish police
man with red side whiskers, who grasps
what he thinks is the situation by
arresting Pinkerton Case.
The two remaining members of the
cast were Mrs. Van Styne and her
daughter Claire, represented by Flor
ence Zimmerman and Lois Mills.
One of the best actors of the evening
was James Moore, who had the part
of We're Lee, an author and amateur
actor
Between the first and second acts
Katherine Leas read the class history,
revealing many things that have pre-
viously been mystery concerning the
class of 1910. The class will was
listened to with particular attention by
the lower classmen to learn what
their seniors had to leave them. The
most that was given to them was Il
series of slams. This was given by
Alice Shook. The class prophecy, read
by Alma Olson, dashed the mighty
from their seats and exalted them of
low degree, as it revealed the future
for the members of 1910.
The evening program closed with the
class song, the words written by Frances
Kenney.