The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-04-09
HIGH SCHOOL
PLAY MONDAY.
"A College Town" Will Be
Put on At the New Audi
torium, Monday.

fur about six weeks the seniors and
"leIhpers from all the other high schooI
i"SseS nave been rehearsing "A Collage
Wv" Two times each week: but this
week, with full intention of puttins II
"h Wen next Monday night, they have
"oeh ana are going to give every night
10 rehearsing To say the least there
Is no doubt but that this will be the
epual OF any high school production in
me past The cast is far larger than
mas been attempted in any previous
play. In addition to the seventeen char
acters with lines, there is a football
team and members of the faculty who
serve to add effectiveness to the plav.
The play itself abounds in fun from
the first to the last Being a college
play written. however for high school
piayers) it is lively and hilarious. Col
lege pranks and escapades furnish the
chlef source of interest to the plot
Ihls is the story of the play: Jimmie
CaNendish, a typical college good fellow
is senior at BeXley College The night
before the opening of the play he has
been out on lark and in his rah-rah
enthusiasm has broken several windows
painted statute on the campus and
to cap the climax, calls at the home of
Professor Popp, the chairman of the
discipline committee, and kisses his ty-
rahlcal wife, who answers the bell He
escapes but loses his fraternity pin. Mrs.
Popp finds this and sees Jimmie's name
on the back. The play opens the next
morning at Jimmie's boarding house
Ma" Baggsby, the mother of all her
college boarders, is expecting her neice
from Carolina to spend THANKSGIVING
with her. The young lady arrives and
at once captivates the fancy of Jimmie.
Matters are complicated by the arrival
of the discipline committee hot upon
his trail. He manages to get out of the
scrape by stating that he was out with
his aunt the night before His Aunt
Jane is thinking about endowing a chair
at the college and Jimmie works the
discipline committee They insist on
seeing the aunt, however, and Jimmie's
two chums, Tad and Shorty, each un-
known to the other, agree to imperson-
ate Jimmie's aunt.
Mrs Popp gives faculty dinner
party in honor of Jimmie's Aunt Jane
and Tad goes disguised as a giddy old
the military department proposes to Tad
is ludicrous love scene. The real Aunt
Jane arrives from New York and goes
to the dinner party. She is met by Tad
and is hustled away before she meets
the faculty Things are beginning to
get very exciting for Tad as Major in
sists on making love and the dinner
party is full of comic Interruptions.
Tho oollaoa oil oil
ing the guests of Mrs. Popp, are treat
ed rather shabbily, and out of revenge,
they spike the punch. The innocent
hen pecked Popp thinks the punch is
better than usual and takes too much
In this eXhiarated state he proceeds to
lay down the law to his domineerng
spouse, but is rebuffed and led by the
ear back to the dinner party Jimmie's
admiration for Mrs. Baggsby's niece
deepens and he obtains permission to es
cort her to the Thanksgiving foot ball
game.
The third act depicts the excited col
lege crowd on the side lines of the foot
ball game. 1t is nearly the end of the
first half of the game and the rival
team is winning. The BeXley rooters
are all blue. Tad, still disguised as the
pipe and roofing for BeXley. Mrs. Bags
by and the real Aunt Jane arrive at the
game. The Major, mstaking Aunt Jane
for Tad renews his lovemakng. much
to the lady's surprise Tad arrives and
explains the whole joke to the Major.
The Major is indignant and threatens to
eXpel Jimmie. but is finally pacified by
Tads threat to tell all about the Ma
iors lovemaking The foot ball men
need Tad in the game. and he is a sub
stitute player They mistake Aunt Jane
for Tad and rush her out on the field.
She is rescued by Jimmie and, because
of his heroism, forgives all the decep-
tion. After thrilling foot ball des
cription the game is won for BeXley by
Jimmie and all ends well.
The indications are that this attrac
tion will draw the biggest crowd of the
year. The new school auditorium is
an ideal place to give such play. The
acoustics are perfect and there are no
poor seats in the house. The fact that
this is, in a way, the dedication or
of the auditorium is in itself
going to be a big drawing feature