The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-06-03
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
"Ingomar" Is Presented as Part of
Penn Commencement.

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The Penn college Senior class play
was a grand success both in produc
tion and finance, being played before
large and appreciative audience in
the Penn Auditorium Tuesday even
ing. The play was q diversion from
ithe present day style of "mushy" love
/ amid wealth and royalty as the story
was laid in ancient Greece and Gaul
= with characters chosen from the so
called middle class of the land
liWhile a beautiful love story was in,
,terwoven throughout, 1t was told In
such a pleasing manner as not to be
offensive and repulsive.
The story began in the Market
Place of Massilia with Actea, wife
s OF Myron the armoreF, upbraiding her
daughter Parthenia for not desiring
to marry the rich old merchant Poly
dor. While Parthenia is meditating
over what her mother has said, Poly
dor comes and proposes marriage to
b her, reminding her of the position
she will hold If she marries him. But
Parthenia scorns and refuses to mar
ry him. fr
Suddenly messenger arrives,
bringing news that Myron, her father,
has been taken prisoner by the Ale
manni, who now demand thirty
ounces Of silver as his ransom. After
in vain asking the Timarah of Mas
silia to rescue her father she seeks
! the aid of Polydor, promising to mar
: ry him ii he Will pay her fathers ran
som. Polydor, to revenge her, re.
fuses, saying that he has not forgot.
ten her answer to HIS proposal. Find
ing all efforts to secure assistance in
vain, Parthenia decides to go to the
fierce Alemanni herself and secure
Myron's release if possible.
At the camp of the Alemanni in a
rocky, wooded portion of the Ceven-
mes, the warriors are spending their
time gambling while Myron carries
the wood builds the fire and does
whatever they SO desire. The gam
blers have quarrel which is stopped
by the chief of the tribe, ~lnSomar.
He sends tho men away in search OF
food, and finding his slave Myron in
tears, laughs at him and tells him
that he is a fool, for only fools cry
and weep as a baby Alastor brings
news that they have found a girl who
demands conduct to their CHIEF, COM
ing in the interests Of their captive
Myron. Parthenia enters and is rec
ognized by her father. She offers
to become a slave in her fathers
place while he returns home and by
his labors earns enough to pay his
ransom. Tho tribe agree to allow
her to do this and drive Myron from
the camp. Ingomar then for the first
time talks to civilized woman.
, AS time goes on Ingomar becomes
greatly changed, refusing to break
camp and return home or even to
wage warfare with the neighboring
. tribes. This causes much dissatis-
faction among his men. Ingomar is
e. moody and Irritable because of his
conflicting desires, one for his native
freedom and the other for Parthenia
The members of the tribe decide to
remove Parthenia, thinking that her
absence may allow lngomar to rGcOV-
err and seize her, intending to kill
her. IngOmar, hearing the struggle,
comes to her aid and in saving her,
kills Ambivar He then gives her
freedom, bidding her return home.
Thinking of the perilous journey, he
decides to return with her as a guide
and perhaps remain at Massilia and
-. become Greek.
Shortly after this the Alemanni
surround the city, hearing that their
former chief lngomar is held a pris-
oner. The Timarch summons My
ron to the council and also asks lingo
= mar to go to his tribe as a friend,
finding their numbers, positions and
strength, and betray them to the SOL
diers of Massilia, Offering in return
thirty ounces of silver, a residence
and the hand of Parthenia. But In
gomar, who has respect for honesty
and truth, refuses to do so. Polydor
! has bought up all Myron's debts and
demands their payment, threatening
to seize the household as slaves If
they are not paid Myron is not
able to pay and his household is
2 about to be taken by the miserly
Polydor when Ingomar offers himself
as Polydor's slave in their place and
/ the merchant unwillingly agrees when
: the Alemanni appear and demand
, their chiefs release. lngomar tells
{, them that he is slave by his own
\ consent. The Timarch of Massilia
z discharges Myrons debts and sets
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