The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
High School Seniors
Gave Charming Play

The play presented by the senior
class of the High school at the Ar
mory Thursday evening was marked
success from every standpoint. They
had a good and a very enthusiastic
attendance. The comedy, written
by Arthur Wing Pinnero, one of Eng
lands great dramatists of the modern
period, is very difficult to produce by
amateurs and more so by students yet
in the High school. 1t was surprise,
and welcome one, to the audience to
see the professional character of this
comedy as presented, as nothing more
could be asked for. They did justice
to it at all times and made some of the
parts extremely interesting through
the personality which the various mem
bers put into it. The play was direct
ed by Miss Violetta Peterson, of the
High school faculty. Much credit is
due Miss Peterson for the develop
ment of so much latent material in the
young people of our school, Judging
from the play much work and study
must have been put on the play and
we are sure that the results were cred.
liable both to Miss Peterson and the
entire cast. 80. ,-.a
Each member Of the cast did excel
lent work and brought out the part he
or she played to the fullest. Lady
Castlejordan, as the mother of the
three girls, usually clad in boys garb,
was played in a very acceptable and
in fact exceptional manner by Laura
Hedstrum. She had the grace, speech,
and attitude required to be the real
Englishwoman that she was to repre-
sent. Miss Mable Baarstad, as Lady
Thomasin, one of the daughters, was
the life of the play. She made herself
so at home in her garb and on the
stage that the audience felt that she
was in reality professional. In her
lover, the Earl of Tweenways, as play.
ed by Olaf Somdahl, we saw the typi-
cal English lord who lives on the his
tory of his family and family reputa-
ton and who in fact is mere degen.
crate in all senses Of the word. His
work as we'll, as that of the Count de
Grival, is deserving Of special mention,
as both we're the real comedy parts of
the play. The latter was true
Frenchman as played by Frank Wyt-
tenbach and portrayed all the infatua-
ton of that people in love scene with
Lady Wilhemina. His proposal to
Lady Wilhemina as we'll as the intro
duction 10 Lady Castlejordan were two
of the most amusing incidents Of the
play. Lady Wilhemina was a fit part
to be associated with the Count, as
she, too, had difficult part, and was
played we'll by Hilma Larson, who was
equal to all occasions by her alertness
and complacency. The oldest of the
three daughters was Nady Noeline and
was the part that had the remainder
of the play as result of her accident
in London. This part was taken by
Lois Conner, who played we'll the part
of the older "brother." The rector,
as played by Walter Kranz, left little
to be desired and had much to do with
the convincing of Lady Castlejordan
that she should not try to make her
girls so masculine. The hero of the
play was played in real heroic man.
ner by Stewart Stevenson and excep-
tionally we'll considering the fact that
an accident occurred so that he assum-
ed the part less than three days be-
fore the play. His work was excep-
tional in every way and more so con-
sidering the above named responsible.
ity. Theodore Meldahl, as gamekeep-
er, Lloyd Lee, as poacher, and Albert
Anderson as a servant, all did effec-
tive work in their respective parts.
Luverna Busdicker, as sergeant and
athletic director for the three girls,
did really good work at all times.
Especially the third act in the scene
with Lord Utterly, as played by Stew
art Stevenson, was amusing and inter-
'esting. >&4
Arthur DuVall had the responsibility
of the management and advertising of.
the play and did credit to that respon-
sibility in every respect. Through his
efforts the lighting of the stage was
handled in very acceptable manner
The girls of the class who were not in
the class did the ushering without the
least confusion and this added to the
fact that it was a senior production in
every sense of the word. The New
Edison diamond disc photograph from
the Dakota Drug company afforded the
muSic hetween acts fl-ls