Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-31
ELEVEN TO F|N|SA''
COURSE AT VILLA
Annual Commencement Exercises to
Be Held at the School June IL,
With Play as Feature.
AS YOU LIKE IT, is SELECTION
Shakespearean Comedy to Be Given on
the Lawn, With Girls Taking All
of Characters.

The Shakespearean revival that is
accompanying the ter-centennary of
William of Stratford is to be given the
fullest honor by the senior class of
Villa de Chantal, which will be grad
uated the morning Of June IL and is
to present "As You Like It. as the
! class play the evening of June II.
Whereas many academies have allow
ed the plays of Shakespeare to fall
into disuse as a study this never has
been true of the Villa de Chantal and
the students were in good knowledge
of the bard of Avon and his work be-
fore the commemorating of the ami
versary. Its lecture series always
give Shakespeare a place, last winter
presenting Walter Trip in The Tam
ing of the Shrew" A prominent New
York newspaper which is giving an
exhaustive report of Shakespearean
data is regularly received and supple
mented by the academy's library has
been a part of the English woyk this
year, the result leaving the students
fully alive with the genius fire and
subtlety of expression.
AS You Like It. was chosen by the
seniors from among Shakespeare's
plays because of its evident fitness for
presentation on the lawn and the
beautiful grounds of the villa again
will be the natural forum for the per-
Torrance. In Shakespeare's time all
the characters were portrayed by boys
pH in CT FOL iat in inc to
the play will be produced by girls,
though it was in LAS You Like It" that
Shakespeare himself took the part of
Adam. The theme of the play is the
falling out of two brothers and the
unique development of their daugh-
ters in the events that follow. The
plot is exceedingly rich and varied in
character and the outline is readily
understood from the first act, the
characters standing out round and
clear. Properly speaking, the play
has no hero; though Orlando occu
pies the foreground, the characters
are coordinate, none being subordi-
nate. Some of the most familiar quo
tations appears in the dialogue of LAS
You Like It." 1t abounds in wild
frolicsOme graces, pretty dances and
exquisite songs, the latter being. 1T
Was a Lover and His Lass" BLOW,
Blow Thou Winter Wind" What Shall
He Have that Killed the Deer"
Under the Greenwood Tree" The
class possesses good voices, with one
phenomenally brilliant singer, a voice
pupil of Mother Mary Agnes.
The bantering in the love scenes
between Rosalind, Celia and Orlando,
which is all the more deep because Of
its frivolous turn, is of the mrA,
charming quality What could be
more saucy than Rosalind's reply to
Orlando of his threat that he will die
by his own person if she have him
not: ''No, faith, die by attorney"
quOth she. THE poor world is almost
six thousand years old, and in all this
time there was not any man died in
his own person, videlicet, in a love
cause. Troilus had his brains dashed
out with a Grecian club; yet he did
what he could to die before; and he
is one of the patterns of love. Lean
der, he would have lived many a fair
year, though Hero had turned nun,
if it had not been for a hot midsum-
mer night; for, good youth, he went
but forth to wash him in the Helle-
spont, and, being taken with the
cramp, was drowned and the foolish
chroniclers Of that age found it was
Hero of SeStes. But these are all lies:
men have died from time to time and
the worms have eaten them, but not
for love" All of which does not 20
very we'll in her condolences to Celia
that thou did'st know how many
fathoms deep | am in love, But it
cannot be sounded; my affection hath
an unknown bottom, like the bay of
Portugal. I'll tell thee, Aliena, can
not be out of the sight of Orlando:
I'll go find shadow and sigh till he
come" And of her rage at reading of
the lovers letter: If the scorn of
your bright eyne Have power to raise
such love in mine, Alack, in me what
strange effect Would they work in
mild aspect! Whites you child me, l
did love; How, then, might your pray
ers move!
First and second acts Of the play
will take place on the plot of lawn in
front of the building, the others being
given near the gateway, where the
May pageant was held, in order to
conform more nearly to the demands
of the text. The talent shown by the
seniors at rehearsals indicates that a
fine rendition will result Orchestral
music will accompany the play and
Miss Hulda Jansen of Davenport is
directing the dances. The play will
commence at $50. leaving the greater
part finished before twilight de-
sends.
Those Who VIII Graduate.
The graduates number II and in
clude two Rock Island girls, Miss
Florence Dorm and Miss Jean Murphy.
and Miss Evalyn Margaret Pierr of
Moline, the others being the Misses
lla Burlington, Alexis; Verna Eliza
beth McAvoy, Geneseo; Kathryn Maui
rine Mulligan, kewanee; Mary Eliza
beth McManus, Taylor Ridge; Alice
Frances Matheny, Champaign; Della
Ann McDaniels, Woodstock, Iowa;
Edna Marie Titterington, Aledo; Cath
crime Ruth Rink, Prophetstown.
commencement exercises will take
place the morning of June 10. the adj
dress to be given by the Right Rev.
Edmund NJ Dunno. D. D., bishop
OF the Peoria diocese. the full
program to be published later
June IA is alumnae day. Elec-
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