The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-05-02
VALLEY CITY STATE
NORMAL SCHOOL

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man. q dramatization made from
the original documents of Lewis
Clark expedition by the Misses
Margaret C. Burns and Eula j,
Miller, critics in the Model
school, and presented some weeks
ago at the annual winter enter.
tainment Of the Model school, will
be presented at the Valley City
ehautauqua this summer accord
ing to arrangements just conclud'
ed. 1t is thought that the pres.
entation of this dramatization
will be particularly fitting as an
evening program during the as
sembly in that it deals with the
experiences Of the explorers in
this vicinity and is as true to
history as possible.
Ellis Majesty the Fool" the
new play by Prof. Charlton An
drews, head Of the English de-
partment in the Normal school,
to be produced at the Little the
atre, Philadelphia, has been post
poned until the opening Of the
next theatrical season according
to the announcement made by Mr..
Andrews yesterday. The build
ing Of the new Lew Little thea
tire has been delayed more than
three months owing to the diff
Guilty Of securing structural iron
during the past winter. This
will throw the time for the pro-
duction Of the play so close to
the warm season that MI. An
drews prefers to have it produc-
ed next fall. .sr
The Stanley Hall declamatory
contest at which Miss Nina Pet
erson, Of st. Augsgar, Iowa., a
member of the senior class, will
represent the Normal school, will
take place at Stanley Hall, Min
neapolis, on Saturday evening,
May II, according to the an
nouncement sent out by the man
agement Of the girls school this
week. Miss Peterson will ap-
pear with a selection from 1.-The
Lost Word" by Henry Van Dyke,
with which she as been working
in the department Of reading and
expression. Besides the Stan
ley Hall school and the Valley
City Normal, the Northfield high
school and Albert Lea college will.
be represented in the contest.
Twenty Normalonians, includ-
ing Director Goodsell; Mrs. Good
sell, accompanist; Ben Goodsell,
boy violinist; and Alonzo Mors-
bach, baritone, returned yester-
day, after having given concerts
at Courtenay and Wimbledon on
Tuesday and Wenesay evenings
respectively. The Normalonians
appeared under the auspices OF
the Women's clubs in thesatowns
and are loud in their appreciation
of the treatment shown them. The
fourth annual home concert of
the company will be given in the
Normal auditorium on Monday
evening.
Henry Lawrence Southwick,
head Of the Emerson college of
oratory Boston, who is regarded
by many as the foremost reader
of his day will give a Shakes
pearian program in the Normal
auditorium, on Thursday, May %,
under the auspices of the Music
club Of this city. His subject
will be Hamlet"
A letter from Gov. j. NJ. Cox,
Of Ohio, to Prof. A. P. Hollis, re-
ceived this week, expresses the
gratitude of the flood sufferers
for whom the Normal music de-
partment gave a benefit concert
last week, after which the pro-
ceeds amounting to $2l0, were
forwarded to the Ohio governor
for use among the people in the
devastated districts.
The Opening.
The editor Of this particular paper
was busy. His temper is one Of the
best, but he did not like the look Of the
needy individual with the hair who had