Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-01-16
Historical Pa cant
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Chan : auqua II July

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#8S#D efinite ;r'l ans are now being mad u
\ y for the historical pageant, which is to-
he given here att Chatta tauqua 4 iii u ulY
{ and am the later part Of Ma at Grand
I orks by the Sock ana Buskin society
\ OF he University of North Dakoro.
sIt will be given the last week ofI next next
4 May during the NEE etinng Of the Mis-
souri, liver list orical associ ion
ssWIich will i be held s,i ns & rand Forks
fut that time, The exact dates have
not "a been set for the meeting. The
I last ast s meeting the association was
I held ED att Omaha ct. This lis a very
#mimpor't in ant COW Yention and many men
of nation ny I; q nal promiil ence wi be iin* at
tendance 81 ;& s
4 he pageant wi II be presented eith-s
er on univ Yersity campus or Lincoln
park Grand Fork The exhibition vi III
UG SE1llLTO-S
duced Iby "a lyric chorus The various
episodes will be linked together BY
\ \ lyrics, also. ALI Of the dialogues and
lyrics to be used are to sbe written BY
the STUD lent nj ernb bers Of the Sock anu
L &Buskin3 society This fact in itself wi
arouse arc a great deal OF interest. The
! idea id is 10 ma the auth thorship q o,nn,ll-
] nal 81 instead of ind iYidnal. IN u true
pageant the hero is the comm unity
! and not the iadi idual y
TSifteen membe bers OF the socie ETY. VIII
$;N'lite5 for the pageant. These people
are. Ingla Leine, Mable Chase, Aarga.3
4 ret e Eva AIurp aaGIable Han
son, Vera Kelsey, j JJolhanna I4onder
gan, the1ine Hi xon, rgarets Plank,l
Anna BoWnnan Cecil AlcK Kay, Harry;
South, M Morrell Cook 81 and liam
Withford All Of these stud dents have
i had consid iderable enpe iience and viii
no be very slccessfu IN this
S new un derta king.
orpf. Fred rick H MI III.
Devils Lake this week was the first
4 to- start the plan ITe has had the
prop osition mind for several years;
and now believes that it can be carried
Through sIecessfully, rof. Koch will
direct the writ ting and the sta ging Or
the pagaent:: Dr. o. G.s libby, head
E5of the depart rtment at the university.
Il has consented to see that the historic
Sal M y matters II entire correc TIL his
aid the york ssyil be v nad reat a n
II easier.
That the 5page eantt be coming more
pop plllars the Karat ion Of many
tics who are al position to know.
Prof leorge q ..saB Be aker Of Harvard s;
y one Of the charter menb bers 8 Of the
Anne eriean Pal ant associ ciatio1l. .
The ageant viii ich is i'd he present-
s$#ed in this city we'll he divided into four,
arts he first WIN deal entirely
with the SFsr eIicll exp plorer Radissol.
n vii be aid w.t. the royal pal
ace in the city of lond Ion. Radisscn
q Ian who was chiefly instrus
]: mental in 4 esta 81 ishment and bulii, u
ing up theS Fl nd dson's Bay company
The second part vii 1 treat with the
\ great plorer LaSalle The time; being
from 81 6S5. The scenes will be
aid Starved Rock on the Illinois
river. Sail eSWas a ,rench nobleman
land explorer ho iscovered the Ohio
verss and was the first Ito explore
the Mis- ssissipp 10 the me He
also established the famous French
colony of "A lisian a. Several iineidents
lin the life among the 1nd dia,1s viii be
presented also.
The scene of the third part 5of the
pageant will be laid in i orth Dakota
and Portage La Prairie Canada The
main character in this scene will bSs
erendry # French mob lennan and ex-
plorer. Verendr vas the first man to
conceiye the idea of extending the
area Of French occupation westward
S from Lake Sup perior TO the Pacific
Is ocea with d YieW$t to establi fishing trade
the east and to mono lfze the
8sS fur trade of. the interV Vening county
This was Ian to- count eract he
powerful inf fuence of B the Hudsons'
company
ne last part of he pageant ~ Ill aha
given overt the expe ditions of Lewis
Gss and Clark tle time being from s04;
5s51 80 he scene of this part wi be
aid in this state al ort NIandan
on the sotlri river, opp lite to the
Ii II present town sof Stantion This place
was the winter ncannpm ent of the ex.
ploring part IN add Hilton to Intro odua:
iIlgsth he great leaders oil the expndi ition
the fourth Ye1e will also present
Char on!beaii, the husband of sakaka:
S$ syeas the bird woman. She was stfle
& 4 one who guided evils and Clark ssatto
Pacific ocean. pa bronze statue
sof. this woman now 81 lands on he cap
atol grounds at Bisnlarc
q ans are now being made to present
this 8 pageant at the evils axe
# ntauqua next summer and at one