Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-05
CLASS PLAY BY
U.N.M. STUDENTS
TO Be A TREAT
Players Being Coached by Ex-
pert Who Has Had Exper-
fence With Big Professional
Companies.


son in Albuquerque will be seen at the
Crystal theater next Tuesday when the
class play of the university Is to be
presented by a cast of players chosen
from the students of that institution
under the direction of a professional
who has held the position of stage d.
rector for two OF the largest theatre
cal organizations In the country.
The play to be presented Is Going
Some,'' which four years ago took
the laugh-lovers of New York and
Chicago by storm and which enjoyed
a longer run in those two cities than
any other comedy presented during
the last ten years.
Going Some" was a happy choice
for the university players for the rea-
son that the scene of the play is laid
on cattle ranch In New Mexico, the
characters being cow punchers and
collegians who are summer visitors at
the ranch.
The four acts bring one laugh after
another in rapid fire order. SO funny
are the situations and lines that many
times the rehearsals are broken up by
the mirth Of the members of the cast.
and time has to be taken ont until
the actors can be subdued.
The cow punchers of the Flying
Heart ranch, after winning an Echo
photograph at the frontier ceiebra-
ton at Cheyenne from the Centipede
ranch and twenty others. lose it to
the Centpede boys on a foot race.
That photograph Is much beloved by
the Flying Heart, and its loss and de-
feat rankle in the bosoms of the
punchers. There comes to the ranch
as a summer visitor, Wally Speed
who. in order to make hit with one
of the girls, touts himself as foot
runner. Immediately the boys frame
a race, while Speed wires east for his
chum who is the intercollegiate
champion at the hundred yards, to
come out TO New Mexico and run for
him.
Meanwhile Speed trains because the
girl Just adores athletes. Accompany
ing Speed is his trainer, Larry Glass,
who, from the moment of his en-
trance, makes things lively for play
ers and audience
Confident that Speed can win, the
Flying Heart cowboys bet their
watches. a months wages drawn in
advance. saddles and brides.
But the real runner wires that he
cannot come, leaving Speed with the
race on his hands. To make matters
worse. Stanford student, also visi-
tors at the ranch. falls In love with,
speeds girl. lie is wise that his rival
cannot run a hundred yards in fif-
teen seconds, and he peaches" to the
cowboys. Thereupon Speed is in
FORMED by Willie, killer with gun,
that 1t is case of life and death Off
MN and his trainer. Larry Glass; that
he must win or the two of them will !
be bumped off" The runner is con-
fined TO the bunk house, fed rawI
meat and eggs and denied female
company, at the instigation of Speeds !
rival. Meanwhile, the boys keep a /
close watch on the actions of the
trainer.
The race, as seen in the last act Is
one of the funniest farces ever staged.
following, as 1t does, three acts of up
roarious fun. Glass, the trainer, is |
one or the fiat" parts in the profess
sion, and the person who will be seen
In that capacity next Tuesday night
gets everything out of the part there
IS In 1t. The cast has been working
some weeks on the production, and /
when the play goes on. It will be as
smooth as a professional perfor-
nance.
Ihere is not weak spot in the en-
IRE cast which is composed of Ken
meth Balcomb as Speed. Howard Dem
ms as Glass. the trainer; Elmer Fri
day as Covington. the real runners;
George Pinney as Fresno, of Stanford.
the California cat bird: Carl Brorein
as Jack Chaplin, the owner of the
ranch; j. McCanna as Slower, the Fly
ing Heart foreman: II. McCanna as
Iarara; Frank Gouin as Cloudy-but- 4
.he-sun-shines; Fred Calkins as Will
iie' Killer with gun; Brook Brent
iey as the runner of the Centipede
ranch; Ethel Kieke as Jeane Chaplin
Miss Shirley Won Wachenhausen as
noperta, the chaperon; Miss Merle
hope as Helen Blake, the girl who
aaores athletes; Miss RosalIna Espi-
hosa as Mariette, who flirts with ali
lne boys and Jack Lapraik as the
Chink.