Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-30
HIGH SCHOO! PLAY
PROVES BIG SUCCESS
STUDENTS PRESENT MUSICAL
COMEDY WRITTEN BY TWO OF
THEIR NUMBER
LARGE AUDIENCE SEES
OPENING PERFORMANCE
MUSE is Catchy and Some of It-Decid-
eddy clever-Youns People Do Every
thing Connected With Performance.
Even to Painting scenery-schooI
Orchestra Assists.


! Even to Painting Scenery-schoo
| Orchestra Assists.
A high school play, written and
played by students. and accompanied
by student-body orchestra. was the
unique combination presented before a
large audience at the high school man
ual training building auditorium Fri
day night in the opening performance
Of a Modern Knight a musical com
/ edy in three acts
.Marshalltown high school students
are not novices in the strictest sense of
the word when il comes to anna leur
dramatic product ions. for the school
| has presented at different times several
Very clever things. But Friday night
production was really unusual. and all
the more interesting. from the fact that
high school students did everything
and. above all. wrote the music, books
and lyrics tina. entered into the entire
production. Even the scenery was
panied by students. and the orchestra
zion for the high school orchestra was
produced by a student
Music is Real Feature.
The real feature OF the high school
production is its music. Some OF the
airs are decidedly clever and tuneful.
and viii rank well up with many of the
songs produced on the professional
stage in nlodern-6ay musical comedies.
The music for a Modern Knight
was written by Howard Miller, and
some OF the Numbers are truly mar
Vicious fer d boy Of 20. The book Is by
Ralph Crowl aged Is. and q senior IN
the high school. The two young men
collaborated in producing the lyrics.
and we're ably assisted in this respect
By Miss Alice Willard ard Clifford
-Much.nore, TWO mem hers OF the cast.
Assisting materially in the produc-
ticn was the high school orchestra. and
q professional orchestra could not have
done better. Frank Mcbride. who
wrote the orchestration for the produc-
ton, acted as leader of the orchestra
and played cornet. Miss Fannie Len
nox was al the piano. Miss Aiarghrita
Lewis played tbs violin, and Russell
Smith the mute.
To 60 even further INTO the details of
the production the scenery used n pre-
senting the piece was painted by stud
ents, Nern spar genberg and Ruthe--
ford Collins. The girls did the sewing
in putting the canvas together. and all
that was not studen,-nade were the
finishing touches Of an artist.
Cast Numbers Forty Three.
a cast of forty three people was re
CURED to produce the musical comedy,
and is the largest ever used in
high school production. Choruses Of
both boys and girls, and Of members of
the football team we're used in addition
20 the large list Of principals. The cast
follows:
Gordon Emmet ....... Hugiitt lamar
Ernest Stevens C-Prerty'') Lee Fet,ers
Earl Durham Clifford Muchmore
cantor Jim Johnson Ed Swfngiey
Dean Macauley Arthur Carlson
Professor Brainsoff ..... jay Fetters
Raymond stevens Herman Gabelman
Dick Winston ....... Norman Putzel
Coach Fagg .......H Horace Patton
Bob Smelling. assistant coach
~ James Wiley
Referee Observation-Disclosures Frank Click
4--l44G'L ~ 4L4c.s)A -Isu III i--lAIe--
Dorothy Macauley 80. Haze Willard
Bernice MacauIeE ..... Gertrude jay
EdS-Bonrit. Belle Boarduan,
Alice Willard Mary Crowl. Edna Car
vim. Rosie Flower Merle Ora btree.
I:ah Ran Boys-Ja1nes Swingley. Lee
Kellogg. Dan OBrien, Melville Thur
Der Willie Good, Glen WhiteI
Football Players-Harold Blgalow.
I,eg,.f, iK--7l.rr BY
clifford Alichaels, Carlton Hatcher,
Roscoe Packer. Frank Calmus. Gerald
Matson. Pau AfalIoy. Eugene Stewart.
Melville Smith.
Story Of the Play.
The story OF the play is centered in
the student life OF Marshall College.
Gordon Emmett. the star member of the
Marshall football team. is in love with
Lillian WINSTON, fair coed. The
scene opens on the eve Of the annual
game with Locknell the pitterest rival
of Marshall Coach Fagg. Of the Mar
shall team. is also in love with Lillian
and naturally does not like Emmet.
Fagg starts u story to the effect that
Liliian's brother. Dick, who was q for-
mer student al Marshall, had wagered
g ean - his fathers money on Lock-
nell Lillian. believing the story. and
realizing that if Marshall won. as it
surely would with Emmett playing, the
loss Of the money would seriously Grip
pie her father and possible ruin hin.
exacts a promise from Emmett to stay
out of the game. Lillian promises to
marry Emmett providing he grants her
this request.
The scene Of the second act is laid
at the great football game between the
rival schools, in which Lockneli scores
a touchdown in the first half. Emmet
begins to suspect his sweetheart of
some Interior motive and believing her
false dons his moleskin and enters the
game. Thru Emmet's playing Marshall
wins the game.
The third act pictures a scene on
the campus the night following the big
game. Emmet's violation OF his prom
Use not to enter the game has caused a
breach between him and Lillian. AT
an opportune time however, Dick
Winslow, Lillian's brother appears on
the scene, and declares that he had not
wagered penny on the game. This
proves Fagg's story to have been con-
ceived and circulated with purpose,
and the coach leaves the school as this
lovers are reunited.
Miss LsfFler in Leading Role.
Miss Ruth LETTER appeared in the
leading feminine role Of Lillian Wins
low, character extremely hard for an
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