The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1916-04-13
TERCENTENARY OF BARD
OF AVON is BEING GEL
EBRATED AT COLLEGE.
APPEARANCE OF DIR.
LOSEY Is A FEATURE
Ben Greet Woodland Players
To Give Performances To-
morrow.

The birth of William Shakespeare, +
the famous Bard of Avon, is re-
corded in history as having occurred
ut Stratford, England, April %,
1916, but there have been altera-
tions in the calendar since then
which serve to move the date up sew
erai weeks, and the anniversary is
celebrated in various communities
anywhere from the middle of April
to the middle of May. The tercen-
tenary of the great philosopher and
poet is being celebrated this week
at the |. |. and c. under the auspices
of the local branch of
the Southern College Women's
Cub, and magnificent program is
being given. Prominent among the
attractions secured for the occasion
beng DR.. Frederick Losey, one OF
the most famous Shakesperian
scholars in the country, who was
heard Monday afternoon and eve
ming, and the Ben Greet Woodland
Players, who will be seen in two
performances tomorrow afternoon
and evening, presenting "The Com
edy of Errors" at the matinee, and
"Romeo and Juliet" at the evening
performance.
The tercentenary program was in
augurated at 10 o'clock Monday
morning, when members of Miss
Crawford's singing class rendered
old English songs in the college
chapel, and this was followed by the
appearance of the pupils of Miss
Savage in scenes from %The Mer-
chant of Venice"
On Monday afternoon DR.. Losey
delivered lecture on king Lear
and in the evening appeared in a
dramatic recital of the same play
On both occasions he was well re-
ceived and at the evening recital
r was enthusiastically applauded fot
his magnificent portrayal of the in.
spired maniac, who even in his de
monic rawlings is grand and awe
: inspiring. Many readers and imper
senators are prone to go either one
of two extremes, either portrayinl
their characters in such pueril'
manner as to make them impoten
and ineffective or else resorting I,
rant and bombast, which is equal!
> Objectionable. DR. Losey, however
7 is free from either of these faults
VI Without bringing fustian into play
y he is at the same time virile and Wig
e orous, and during the entire tim
W that he is on the stage holds his au
u dience completely in his thrall Dr.
Is Losey made his final appearance u
ie 10 o'clock Tuesday morning an
u again delighted all who heard hin
'i AT 10 o'clock yesterday morn
u ing DR.. L. G. Painter, head of tn
English department at the eolleg'
III read selections from historical play'
> and was given close attention b
" his audience. Dr. Painter is mo-
'e profound scohlar and the dramatl
Va talent which he possesses enable
him to read in a most impressiv
" manner.
'e The celebration of the Shakespe
ian tereentenary will be resumed
he 10 o'clock this morning, when II
ie pupils of Miss Savage will be see
III in scenes from "As You Like II
and at the same hour tomorro
oh morning Miss Elsie Herndon Ker
~ leading lady of the Ben Greet Woo
ae land Players, will appear in
~ Shakesperean reading. In the afte
noon the company headed by Mi
!, - Kern will present "The Comedy
VI Errors" and in the evening will
'' seen in production of Romeo al
Juliet"
'se Elizabethan revels in the cole
= gymnasium at O'Clock Saturd
:, ~ evening will bring the weeks pI
hc cram IN a formal close