Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
TEACHERS DECIDE
TO PRESENT PLAY
Dramatic Performance viii Aid
Project for New Club
house in City
FUNDS NEEDED FOR BUILDING
Primaries Now Being Held to In
sure Selection of Officers
at Next Session
FUNDS NEEDED FOR BUILDING

Members Of the Teachers club of Los
Angeles will incorporate and build a
beautiful clubhouse, which will pro-
vide the members with lounging rooms,
gymnasium and conveniences such as
the usual club provides for its mem
bers. To erect this clubhouse there is
now a Teachers Club Building asso-
citation of which Jay B. Millard is
president, A. N. Hatherill vice pres
ident, B. w. Reed treasurer and Miss
Nora Sterry secretary. This organi-
zation has already about $4,000 in sub
scriptions and to provide for the nee
essary expenses Of incorporation the
teachers will give dramatic perform
ance Tuesday evening, December %,
in Polytechnic auditorium. This will
occur during the meeting OF the teach
ers' institute, an important event In
local educational circles, as all the
.chers of Los Angeles county attend
the meetings for the first two days
and for the three days later brings
teachers from all Of Southern Califor-
MIA to attend the sessions.
The members Of the Teachers CLUB
have been promised that If they will
do all the work for the dramatic pro-
duction themselves, teachers attend
ance at the play will be accepted in
lieu of one of the regular daytime
sessions, so a carefully prepared cast
is now rehearsing the roles of Made
line Lucette Riley's play mice and
Men" This is the play in which An
ME Russell made so decided success
q few years ago and 1t will attract
much attention for it's inherent worth
as we'll as because it Is being pro-
duced and staged entirely by members
of the local teaching force of the pub
lie schools.
CLUB MUSICIANS TO PLAY
Talented musicians of the club have
organized an orchestra which is prac-
ticing under the direction of Mrs. Ger
trude Parsons, head of the music de-
partment Of Polytechnic high school.
Members of this group include Miss
Mitchell, Miss Louise Alexander, Miss
Grace Laughlin, Miss -4stelle Gra-
ham, Miss Hilda Wilcox, Miss Lorna
Reavis, Miss Florence Langdon, Mr..
Weinstein, Miss Crew, Miss Winona
Huntley. Miss Ludlow, Lewis w. Cur
tbs, Charles A. White. Miss Jenny
Jones and others.
The cast for the play is announced
as follows: Mark Embury, Ray Van
Cleve; Roger Goodlake, J. F. Godenow;
George Lovelace, Mr.. Benner; Sir
Harry, Ernest ]. Lickley; hit, Mr.
Macurda: Peters, A. F. Vandegrift; the
beadle, Everett Shepardson; Peggy,
Miss Lola Heinz; Joana Goodlake, Miss
Louise Dickson; Mrs. Deborah, Miss
Geraldine Fitzgerald; orphans, Helen
Stafford, Miss Salyer, Miss OFT, Miss
Lawrence, Miss Merrill, Miss Keith,
Miss Lobwick and others. Miss Jane
Butt is stage manager.
FRATERNAL SPIRIT GROWS
Work for this purpose is already de-
veloping a splendid feeling of frater-
nifty among the members OF the club
and the leading spirits under whose
suggestion the idea was started feel
certain that by the time the new club
house is ready for use the local teach
ing force will be animated by an es-
prit du corps which will make it more
powerful In all things where united
work is important.
Primaries are now being held for the
of officers and a board of
directors for the new corporation. The
formal election will take place next
Saturday morning, after which the in
corporation will proceed.