El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-01


The next scene was the incident from
the play. King Lear" where 'Corde-
4 liza, acted by Beth Luther, disguised
by the hypocritical protestations OF love
Of her sisters to their father. refused 10
. have any part with them LOcklin CAT
fey acted the role of King Lear" The
sisters, "GOneril' and ~Regan." were
acted by Grace Hawkins and Grace
OdeM- Earle Brown was the France"
and Carroll Plumb was 'Bergundy."
The speeches in this rather trying
scene were well performed A chorus,
Who Is sylvia" from The Two Cen
chorus composed of all the graduates.
Miss Elizabeth DOak. the supervisor Of
music. directed them
The choosing OF the caskets from
THE Merchant of Venice was acted in
pantomime- It was one Of the prettiest
Of the scenes presented Anne MagOffin
was ''Portia;" Charles Cook had the role
Of "BassaniO," ''Jessica" was acted by
Alma Savage and Christian Schugt was
'.Hamlets injunction 10 the players
was well recited by Eugene Womeldorf
as Hamlet hugo Becker was the first
player and Wayne Garrett was 4'Ho-
ratio"
Dance of ShepherdesseS.
group of Shepherdesses. who were
Esther Ingham, Effie Davey. Mildred
Bishop, Louise Warren, Ruth Myers,
Melba Green, Ruth Brown and Hilda
Light. gave the dance OF the shepherd
esses from Winters Tale" which was
very dainty and pretty. The girls were
cOstumed alike in 30 Peep" costumes
Of pale figured blue, with short puffed
panierS, black cOrSlet bodices laced in
the front and large blue hats, trimmed
with black velvet streamers. They car
ried flower decked shepherdess crooks
tied with blue streamers. The dance
was heartily eucOred-
Following this "Othello's defence be-
he 4 rf Uew ffseaff n
in tableaux- James Hawkins was
'Othello:" Helen Cassidy was 'Desde-
mona" Tom Clements acted the part OF
the Duke of Venice" George Blanton
a clerk OF the court
The chorus then sang Where the Bee
sucks, from The Tempest" Miss
Doak directed.
"The Kiss of Kate.s
In the love scene between 'henry
v acted by Albert Tatum. and
katherine of France" acted by Re
beccs MaetZe. the kiss of Kate" was
a feature Of the program. As the
short. but very pretty. scene progressed,
the audience became tense with ex- ,
cited anticipation and when the eli !
max came, the audience expressed ap-
proVal OF the scene with vocifsrous I
applause The acting in this scene I
was capital and the costumfng espec- 1
tally good Miss Msetze. who was 4
elected one of the beauties OF the i
school for the 1915 Taller, made a very
beautiful Katherine" Her maid in I
waiting, Alice" was acted by billiard 4
Scene From Henry VIII.
Following this was a scene from 4
Henry VIII" where the tickle king,
while at a party at the court of Car
dinal Wolsey," becomes enamoured Of
ann Boleyn" and neglects his wife,
Queen Katherine" Albert Webb was
Henry VIII Frank Brown was
was Queen Katherine" Her attend
ant Patience" was Clara Long. /
Esther Rice was Ann BOleyn." Car
roll Plumb was the chamberlain and
Elsie Brown was lady Of the court
The dance by the king and Ann boleyn |
vas an effective bit Of movement in
he scene.
''Hermione's" transformation to life
rom statue, which forms the con-
sluding scene Of a Winters Tale" Z
MAS presented in tablaeu. Margaret
Amstater was "Hermione,'i Jesse Hey
wood was 'LeOntes," Tallulah Ellis
vas -Perdita," and Ruby Hill was
The ever delightfully."- comical love
scene between the enchanted Queen
-itania" and the Ass Headed Bottom" |
rom the midsummer Nights Dream"
vas well presented Bernice Brick
vas ritania" Harreu Putnam was
bottom George Mold was the fis-
.hievous Puck" and the fairies were (
EEdEeUlOEEDTl-
ethel Crawford. as -Cobweb:" Mary
safe. as Moth" Blanche Schwartz.
s -Mustardseed,' and Merle Dale as
Poppy. A fanciful dance was per-
ormed by the five fairies. who were
assumed II an especially effective
Tay- In this scene the fairy song,
rom The Midsummer Nights Dream
Tas sung by the chorus
The Final TabIeau.
In this as in the other three cho- 1
uses, George Mold. in his quaint cos !
uIne OF Puck, acted as an additional !
5soer IN the singing. experimenting !
Mss Doak's directing with his testers
ucA- cap and bells. The final tabIeau I
vas from the Merry Wives of Wind
or, when all the characters appear J
IS on the program were assembled
round the fairy oak Each student
,aFed a long stemmed branch of pink {
lauloil, making a most pleasing pic ]
IRE IN the center OF the group the
-uoentS held their class banner. OF
ing's blue and gold, with the class
stters ). A s. A upon it :
After the curtain had descended the ! }
udents behind the scenes gave their
earthly applauded by the audience
The floral gifts TO the graduates ,
ere then arranged before the foot Z
snls ana the large number Of these
aoe a hlgh piled mass entirely across 3 =
le stage. Elliott Chess, who was the ?
oral arranger. provided amusing di- I :
ersion for the audience during this I
me.
When the curtain arose. the gradual ! :
g class was seated about the stage. :
ID the addresses and presentation of :
piomas and scholarships followed. )
ev. A A Davis offered the fnvoca- ,
on at the opening Of the exercises
Id concluded them with the benedic- 7
on.
Mrs J. N. Frank. head Of the Eng :
sh department and room teacher OF /
e senior class, was the director Of ! g
e play. The dancing was given IN ?
p the supervision OF the physical b
aiming director. Mrs. Margaret Kin I 8
IN Stevens. Miss Ida Hunter. of the .
IN school at the plano. and the must
ms OF the theater pla- ed for all the Z
ngs and dances and the incident /,
uslc, accompanying the tabIeaux. 2
The Graduating Class T
The members Of the graduating class
How: No. 49, - . oi-' 4
ayne Garrett Grace Hawkins
Faledictoriaur James Hau-gfrs
tristan Schugt, Jesse Hevwood
salutatorian'' Ruby Hin
-lhleen Allen Esther Inghan. | o
= saTet Anlstater- Hilda Light. o.
- - - 1SheF- Cara Long. Z 4
III ca blsnop- Bess Luther ~
l-elu E,laIlh1efishlp. Rebecca Maetze. y
oIse Blanton- Ann Magoffin.
Z .-l-e hflch Robert Miller. -,