The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-12
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
WELL PRESENTED
BY HIGH SCHOOL
Large Audience Witnesses PrOduc.
ton Put On By the Seniors At
Turner Opera House On
Monday Evening.

Zone of the Eight" the high school
senior class play given Monday even
ing at Turner Opera house, drew a
full house and was we'll received.
The high school orchestra rendered
several numbers during the intermis-
sions
Miss Ruby King was encored sew
eral times when she sang solo num-
Der, "The New Kingdom" Miss Lucille
King presided at the piano.
Rueben Spangenberg played a cello
solo, ITO a Wild Rose" accompanied
by Fred Keck. They received an ova-
ton and were obliged to respond sew
eral times.
The class play was admirably pre-
scented. The curtain rises in the first
act disclosing the parlOr at the Ezra
Brooks farm home on New Years Earl
Archie and Angelina Stacy taking the
part of Mr.. and Mrs Brooks, proved a
hit and their acting was we'll worth
seeing. The Dramatic club of Book
worth college invades the rural pre-
cincts. Also Marks, doctor of infiut-
ism, finds two good subjects. The
character of DR.. Marks as played by
Reuben Spangenberg was exceptional
ly good, his manipulations being per-
feet and kept his audience in a contin-
ual state of laughter. The two subjects,
Bab," they found me on the doorstep
when | was a kid'-Kathryn Will
liams, and Lord Chillingworth, an easy
subject-Alvin Wegemann, took their
parts well. Caleb Weston, born out of
his time-JOhn Keck, member of the
BoOkworth dramatic club, has decided
to attend Davenport, Bookworth's riv-
al. He meets Helen Baldwin-Marie
Schmutzler, and love at first sight is
the result on the part of Weston
Henry Brooks-Erwin Sandrock, Hell
ems sweetheart, sees Weston making
love and frees her of all obligations to
him, and decides to go to college after
being urged by Bill Carter. the coach
Tom Brooks.
The cast as a whole was an admir-
able one. The consensus of opinion is
that Misses Angelina Stacy, Kathryn
Williams and Marie Schmutzler, and
Reuben Spangenberg, Tom Brooks and
Fred Block were the stars
The three last scenes were laid in
the curiosity room in the Delta Sigma
Fraternity house, BoOkwOrth college
Ned Andrews-Elmer Borchardt,
wishes to row with the crew, but in
order to do so one of the crew must
be disabled or disqualified He plots
with DR.. Marks to disqualify No. Z,
Henry Brooks. Through unforeseen
events DR.. Marks services are rem
dered without his becoming implicat-
ed. Amy DixOn-Leanore Salick, who
is the College Widow in that all the
freshman propose, has been given the
frat pin of Delta Sigma by Henry
Brooks. He proposes, after being dis
couraged by Bill Carter, and is refus-
ed When she comes to return the pin
she finds that she has lost it. Prof
Dixon Herbert Lange, makes a dis
covery. He finds that one of the Greek
test papers has been stolen and finds
Brooks pin near the desk. His daugh-
ter Amy is the only other person al
~" W IL tiiS iiOi al III OuSu LILY plOC-
ic suggestion, Dr. Marks compels Lord
ChillingWorth to confess that he had
seen Brooks come from the profess
sOr's house. Brooks is declared dis
qualified and Carter refuses to accede
to such a disqualification unless the
faculty as a whole acts Brooks re-
fuses to row. Weston appears as does
Helen Baldwin. Carter hands his re-
grets to Weston but Brooks snatches
them away and says compliments, :"
Weston and Brooks having agreed to
row for the hand of Helen Baldwin.
Marks through suggestion causes Bah
to substitute, broken oar for the good
one. The race is on and just before it's
completion Brooks oar breaks. To en-
able his crew to win he jumps from
the boat
Bookworth wins and Brooks win.
Lord ChillingwOrth wins Amy Dixon
and Peter, the lords valet, wins Bah.
The curtain fell and then was raised
disclosing huge banner of purple and
gold with w. H. S. '1S on it.
The hats used in the play were fur
nished by the millinery department of
Schempf Bros Co. store.