Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-03
"Everystudeut' and THE Princess
Creditably Rendered Last
Night - s

by the Alexandria High School
Players were a great success in ev-
cry way The hall was packed, and
every reserved seat taken, and e
great number stood up IN the back
of the hall. The sale of tickets for
tonight points to the High School
having am equally good attendance.
Everyone who came to the plays last
night was we'll pleased with the
productions, and especially the
scenic effects. The open fire in CIV
erystudent" and the rising full moon
during the Princes soliloquy in the
first act of "The Princess were
alone well worth the price of adj
mission paid. Those who arranged
the scenery and properties deserve
great deal of credit.
The costumes also delighted and
charmed everyone. They were very
carefully gotten up, and appealed to
all. In "The Princess" a play of
medieval times, the costumes were
of kind to show off their beauty
better, but that does not detract in
| the lesat from the well-made and
equally attractive costumes in CIV
erystudent.'
"Everystudent" was the first on
the program, and made a decided
hit with the very attentive audi
ence. After the Prologue was read
the curtain was opened.
The scene of this play is laid in Ev-
erystudent's room and is the typical
picture of any boys room, with the
flags, remnants, and banners of va
rious schools and colleges, hung and
draped aobut the walls. mantel-
piece and an open fire by the back
avail, a desk, a study table, chairs
and lounge, piled with sofa pillows,
in one corner. Result Failure and
Success) is discovered, and soliloqui-
yes on her purpose in Everystudents
room, and why she has to haunt him
with the grey side Of her cloak
showing-as Failure. Truth is the
next one to appear, with bent back
and cane. The play runs straight
along after Everystudent has come
in with his friends, Bluff, Good
Times. Classmate and Athletics,
who try to persuade him from study
ing for the Exam tomorrow but fail,
because Everystudcnt sees Result
staring him in the face. After the
dismissal of mis- friends, The Ghost
iExam comes to warn Everystudent
to meet him at nine tomorrow, ard
says 81 can lay you flat" Study calls
in Mathematics, who is dressed in a
long black robe with beard and
flowing hair, and Latin, in an OrIen-
tai costume. They study with Ev-
erystudent for some time until he
hears his friends singing and cheer
ing for victory of the school team.
He goes out and learns that Scrubb
won the game, the last man ne
thought who could have made the
team ard sees what determination
can do. So he determines to seek
Study and Truth. When a Herald
comes in to announce that the World
has sent for Everystudent, he is
given the choice of seven followers.
,Everystudent quickly calls for Truth,
Wisdom, Ambition, Perseverance,, and
Good Sense, then finds he has left
out Good Times and worst Of all,
Success, but is informed that since
he did not choose Good Times: that
he would have this person with him.
self always, and that Result must
follow him forever, either as Sue
cess CT dlluIS, do ue SHooSSS. ~
erystudent's Classmate, who has re-
ceived a summons from the business
world, chooses Bluff, his faithful"
friend, and Success, but Result ap-
pears to him as Failure then. IN
the end Ambition wins over Class
mate, who is proudly knighted by
Alma Mater with Everystudent, as
the curtain drops.
"The Princess" is a dramatiza-
ton in six scenes of Tennysons
poem of the same name. The curtain
rises on this play, disclosing a spot
in the woods near the Princes pal
ace. The Prince. Cyril, and Flouen'
are discovered sitting on a bench
The Prince explains his trouble TO
his friends, and announces his III
,tention of going Own into the court
of the Princess. Florien tells the
love the. Princess. Florein tells the
Prince he has sister. in the court
and seek out by love the Pm
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