The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-06-08
COMMENCEMENT WEEK poiNas.
Senior Class Makes Big Hit Before 1
Large Audience. ~, Pleasing Play &
at the Opera House.

The annual senior class play took
place at the Germania Opera House on.
Thursday, June 2. The play was pre-
sented before one OF the largest
audiences ever assembled in the
opera house. The program, which was
carried out effectively by the mem
hers Of the 1910 graduating class. con-
sisted Of two farces, Surprises"
and The Sweet Girl Graduates" The
first was one act comedy, and well
named sSurprises." as the unravelinr
81 the mysteries resulted in great sur
pr1ses for all concerned. Mrs. Shell
don, che mother Of Mr.. Dickson, plans
9 surprise for her daughter by coming
unannounced on the anniversary Of
her fret wedding day. Mrs. Dickson is
out calling when her mother arrives.
Iso Nora, the maid, prepares q place In
the library where she may sleep until
her daughter returns. Mr.. Dickson has
as mis- surprise q present Of an Angora
cat Jeems Awkins,. the butler. and
who, by the way, is English. Is sent
TO bring the cat to the house. and IL
care for 1t until such time as it shan
De presented to Mrs. Dickson. He Sc
'ects the library as the most likely
place for its safe hiding. Then he
decides to tell Nora OF the surprise
and is informed that she already
knows Of the surprise. He is not CON
tent with this. but goes on to de.
scribe It to her, he Of course describ-
Ing the kitten, while she thinks he
ts talking Of Mrs. Sheldon. Nora rem.
rtmands him severely for speaking IN
such insulting terms Of her mistress'
mother. and naturally, the first thing
she does when Mrs. Dickson returns T.
to tell her of Mrs. Sheldon,s arrival
ana the remarks made by the butler.
They finally come to the conclusion
That Jeems is insane. AS he has locked
the Library door and refused to give
up the key, they call to Mrs. Sheldon to
escape through the window. The ex
cltement Is most intense when the
husband arrives, and everything is
then explained. The cat is found shiy-
ering on the front door step, and the
policemen and doctors who had been
ltelel honed for are told that it was all
9 mistake. We print the cast of char
acters below. All did. remarkably wen
IN carrying out their parts.
sThe Sweet Girl Graduate was Civ
en- In three acts and an epilogue. Miss
Alice Saul. as Miss Maude DeSmythe.
carried her part in an excellent man
ner. She was the spoiled and petted
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Desmythe,
MT Desmythe was the president OF
the r. !. 2. Railroad and his daughter
must have the prettiest crock ..if ii
breaks the R. /. P. r. R !" The part
was ably carried by Wilbur Wander.
wall. Those who saw Miss Winifred
Wright in the character Of Mrs. De-
Smythe, who was on the verge Of ner
yous prostration. really! expected to
see her have an attack at any min
ute, so well did she carry the part. Is
Miss Inez Lally. who played the
part Of Miss Matilda Hoppenhour, who
never graduated, thank Heaven 2 was
indeed q credit to the part. Her cos
tune, as well as her every move and
expression, was typical of the char
acter she was playing. Alva Daniels
as Jack Hamilton acquitted himself
tcreditably. All did we'll in their re.
spective characters, and we print be.
low the cast Of characters with syn.
opsis Of the play.
CHARACTERS.
"surprtsss."
Mr.. Edward Dickson. called Ted
Mrs. Edward ET IS dickson his Fred Lyon
L. !. . I. tearl Rank