Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-05-20
"The Campus Promises to BE
Best Amateur Show In
Louisville.
Realistic Prize Fight Scene Will
Win Plaudits From the
Public.
COLLEGE BOYS and FAIR CO.EBS

Everything is in readiness for
the performance OF "The Campus
at the Mary Anderson Theater next
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
evenings and Saturday matinee. 1t
will have the greatest cast and
largest chorus ever seen at an
amateur production in Louisville.
The scenery will be appropriate and
the costuming tasteful and pretty.
Wednesday night will be known as
Catholic Woman's Club night"
''The Campus" is another musical
comedy with words and music by
Aulyn Kanston, composer of "The
Dreamers," "A Mile From Town, >"
Back to Town" and Among the
Stars" It will be produced by
Mackin Councils Choral Club. "The
Campus" deals with college life and
its ensembles are filled with sweet
girl graduates and stalwart rah-rah
boys. Suffice it to say that there
is a love story in the plot and that
the climax occurs when the college
champion knocks out a top notch
professional pugilist in a regulation
prizefight. More than 100 people
will be on the stage for this event.
All the necessary attributes. such as
manager, referee, timekeepers.
recorders, etc, will be in evidence
Those who have never seen a prize
fight will have an opportunity of
seeing the next best thing in "The
Campus"
Miss Abbie Chester, who has here
tofore played soubrette roles with
Mackin's Coral Club, is to be the
prima donna this year. Her piquant
beauty and vivacious manner will
make her new type of leading lady
Miss Lama Long, young lady with
a wonderful soprano voice, will be
heard to advantage as the College
Widow. Miss Bertha Cohn, the
pretty and talented daughter of Col
Hermann Cohn, of the Anzeiger, will
be one OF the new stars. AS Betty
from Bardstown she will have great
opportunities. Miss Cohn made a
hit not long ago in the carnival
Romance and Flowers"
The male members of the cast in
clude Beansy, the boy from Boston,
impersonated by Louis J. Kieffer;
Patrick G, King, the fair coed;
Thomas d. Clines, as SQUAD, the coll
lege bird. and George Kieffer as
Hulabaloo, the rah-rah boy.
The opening of the second act will
be great scenic production. The
boys will appear in full dress and
the girls in graduation gowns. A
unique feature of the prizefight
scene will be the advent of college
boys wearing the respective college
uniforms of High School, =. Manual,
X, NJ. I. and st. Xavier's College and
University School. The various
groups will sing the songs and give
the yells peculiar to these schools.
The songs and dances include the
following: Opening chorus and
"Clementine. George Kieffer and
full chorus; Jack" Mr.. Clines and
chorus: The Maid With the Dainty
Duds," Miss Cohn and chorus;
when We Were Kids" Miss Long,
Mr.. Kanston and chorus; Watch
That Little Dreamer" Miss Chester,
Mr.. Clines, Mr.. Kanston and chorus:
cotillion and drinking chorus, "A Sip
of Wine" Miss Long and chorus.
The incidental dance will be given
by Miss Mary Louise Michot and
Mr. Kanston. Other songs will be
81 Can't Find Out" Miss Cohn and
Mr.. Kanston; Don't Blame That On
Me-" Mr.. King and chorus; "On a
Summer Night" Miss Long and
chorus; That's When a Fellows in
Love" Mr.. Clines and Miss Chester;
I'D Like to Be the Prima Donna"
Miss Chester and mems chorus;
"Paralyzed, Mr.. Kanston and
chorus.
The chorus is made up as follows;
Sweet Girl Graduates -Alvina
Archer. Rose Cans. Gertrude Howe.
Lula Hill. Bessie Knox. Johanna
Kraft, Elsie Mayer. Nirgie Tierney,
Emma Bindner, Julia Kalaher, Al
vina Kaheleo, Mary Leonard. Ruby
Lyons. Josephine Lewis, Matte Mills,
Helen Wilhelm, Freda Doerrer
Esther Doerrer, Kathryn Feeney,
Estelle Glenn, Bertha Miller, Marie
Michot. Hettie Mills and Mamie
Siebel.
Male Students Freshmen, Tom
Bradford. VIII Coakley, Charles
Cronan. VIII End, Louis Kress, Fred
Sehuler. John Sheehan and Bernard
Schieman. Juniors. Edward Dillon.
Edward Crater. Edward schuler.
Conrad Schaefer. Charles Schuler,
John Moriarty, Dominick O'Donnell
and Allen Wobben. Seniors. James
Cassin. VIII cassin. Tom buddy, Os-
valid Georges. John Gruesser, John
Meisner. Earl Reilly, william