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that falls to the imitator. Theatre en-
trepreneurs have never hesitated to
follow the way of their rivals when
ever 1t led to success. Indeed, they
are quick to detect the taste of the
public in regard to the fashion in
plays, and once they have the scent
they are hot on the trail.
Thus 1t happens that every season
in the theatre Is certain to bring its
own style Of drama. A certain play
succeeds. Eagerly other managers get
bold Of one of the same kind, and with
their imitators promptly at work the
style is set. or course the war play
was inevitable. So perhaps is the
postwar play celebrating the returned
ooughboy, which happens to be one of
the prevailing models this year. But
there are less obvious themes which
seem suddenly to get into the heads of
most Of the playwrights and produc-
ers at once.
The metropolitan stage has lived
through Its heroines with a past, its
problem plays, its crook dramas, its
historical or costume" pieces and all
the varying modes that have from
time to time prevailed in the world of
Punch and Judy. But in those days
the visitation of such pronounced
styles was different. Theatres were
fewer in number, there was but a frac-
ton OF the productions" now made
every year. and even the practice of
attending theatres was not developed
into the magnitude 1t has reached to-
day. So two or three dramas that
happened to be alike did not really
have SO much effect on the theatres
programme.
But in the immense supply of dra-
matte material now turned out every
year there will be not one or two re-
semblances. but half a dozen plays will
be so alike that managers will scurry
to place their offerings first before the
public that Is SO insistent OF novelty
Three plays founded on the detection
OF a crime have already been acted
here, and there is more OF the same to
| come. Several dramas deal with the
returned soldier and not less than four
of them will before long be visible on
the New York stage. And so 1t goes.
In the great increase of enterprise in
the theatre there are likely to be SO
many dramas founded on the same
theme that the public really may not
weary OF 1t and the early bird catch
the worm cycling the box Office. Con-
verting the theatre into a great indus
try has not been without its disadvan-
tages, however fattering this trans
formation may have been to the man
ayers. "
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to introduce one of the most irresist-
ible condolences that New York has
met in many a day. Marion Vantine
is not unknown here. She is recalled
as a brief apparition in "Over the Tele-
phone" at the Forty-eighth Street
Theatre. several years ago. But there
was then no opportunity for her to re-
veal the infectious humor. the finished
artistic method of imparting 1t and
the complete authority on the stage
which are her qualifications now.
Her naturalness in itself would be
notable, but combined with her sophis-
ticatlon as woman OF the world in
this play, her ease in action and her
genuine fund OF polite humor-these
qualities make Miss Vantine the most
welcome recruit that Mr.. Morosco ever
brought TO the metropolitan stage.
To try to share the other fellows
good luck has ever been one of the
aims OF business, even II the pioneer
feels for his rival only the contempt
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carefully "sliclked" down hair-this
man so different from all the others
about her was to be her companion for
life. They were not merely to live
together In the awful tragedy that sur
rounded them near the fields OF battle.
There was the uneyentful road of
Darby and Joan stretching before
them.
No wonder this woman rebelled.
Passion was cold. She had to begin
all over again to try to warm up the
old emotions. And she was expected
to do It with a man so grotesque in
his habits OF life that her friends would
snub him and laugh at them both. So
she repudiated him. The dispatches
had reported him dead and she had
mourned him. So 1t was to be. She was
to remain his widow since union with
such a man In their own land and
among their own people was out of
the question.
Here Mr.. Buchanan creates one Of
the finest situations in the drama. His
heroine Of the year 1919, back from
the battle SCARED wastes of France,
was, with one important difference, in
just the same position as Pauline Mel
notte, heroine of the despised play OF
Bulwer Lytton's THE Lady of Lyons"
1t might be asked in view of contem-
porary scorn for that product OF the
Victorian theatre II any playwright of
the day has written a drama that will
live one-tenth as long. She of civil
ian Clothes" is also blood sister to
Julia Sheridan Knowles's aristocrat of
1.-THE Hunchback." Again is she allied
to a heroine that the public loved for
years. OF course the young woman of
Mr.. Buchanan's invention was not
tricked into her marriage. In that
respect Is she different from the two
ancestors who were loved for enough
years by the public to prove what an
appealing figure is the proud woman OF
birth led back to the side Of the com
moner she loves but In her pride has
scorned.
! There was q splendid point of de-
parture here for the playwright. His
resurrection of such a serviceable old
situation had all the timeliness that
came from starting the love story in
/ hearing OF the cannons in France. Mr.
Buchanan seems to have taken fright
at his Frankenstein. however. He
may have been unwilling to grapple
with a problem that had in the past
occupied the minds OF famous men IN
their day. Whatever his reason may
have been, he made this brave husband
a butler IN the pantry OF his wife's
family. and comic opera occupied the
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Where the Plays Change.

SHUBERT RIVIERA =
Good Morning, Judge" the
tuned up version of Pinero's
farce, THE Magistrate" which
successfully withstood extremes
of heat and cold at the Shubert
Theatre last season, will ascend
to Manhattan's Tropic of Capri
corn this week, with George Has
sell putting along with it and
many of the original jolly party
still capering about. rs
STANDARD la La Luz
ellie" the musical comedy, by
Fred Jackson, George Gershwin,
Arthur Jackson and B. G. de
Sylvia, will spring to the higher
life of upper Broadway from
Henry Miller's Theatre, with
John E. Hazard, Janet Velie and
many of the pioneer roups re-
maining
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day and tomorrow is Friday. and a
year from now will be year from
now, and a hundred years win be q
hundred years, and still people viii
worry and fret and fuss about what
they own, and every fellow will want
what the other fellow has. You can't
change the leopard's spots. and this
problem of property will last as long
as there are men. But we've got our
own lives to live now. and If the cause
is of the spirit it is in our hearts,
You can't choke virtue down the other
fellows throat, but you can live de-
centiy-do your best--that's our job.
Time alone can do the trick and no
man can hurry time" .4
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BOSTON UNIVERSITY.

Reports from the various departments
of Boston University all indicate record
breaking classes throughout the uni
versity. The college OF business adj
ministration has registered AIS fresh
men for the day division, as compared
with y total OF 3e4 last year. The day
and evening divisions of this DEPART
ment will begin next Monday. The
college of secretarial science, which be-
gins It's first year also next Monday,
has practically reached the capacity OF
the new building with an advance en-
rolment In the freshman class OF 210
and sophomore class of twenty-five
made up of students from other insti-
tutions. From present indications the
college OF liberal arts will show a re-
marleable advance over last years en-
tering class, which numbered 146. The
number of men who have registered is
much larger than ever before. Regis
tration will be held all day tomorrow.
The school of law has 40 applications
on file, with prospect of an entering
class Of $50. The school of medicine
will probably have an entering class
double that Of last year. About 100
students have registered In the school
of religious education, which begins its
work tomorrow.
To meet the needs OF young women
students coming from distance the
university has provided dormitory and
boarding arrangements at S55 Beacon
street, Boston. BY the terms of the
arrangement board and lodgings can be
engaged only for the entire college year
The dormitory will be open during THE
Christmas and Easter holidays for those
who remain in the city.
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BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL.

The Birmingham School for Girls.
Birmingham. Pa, opens its sixty-third
year on Wednesday, September "a. It
has this year a capacity enrolment OF
a hundred girls, and applications have
had TO be refused since the FIRST Of Sep
TENDER.
Under the energetic management of
President Alvan r Grier and Head
Master Preston S. Moulton and Mira.
Moulton the school has made rapid
strides along all lines of achievement.
at the same time maintaining the high
standards Of scholarship and character
building established by its founders, DR..
Lemuel @. Grier and Miss Nancy ].
Davis. A. NJ, L. H. d. Birmingham
has always stood for combination OF
character. culture and competency as
essential to every truly educated man
or woman.
Particular stress on two features of
school life are laid by Birmingham.
These are character building and the de-
velopment of sound bodies. Most promi-
nent among the character building
agencies has been the establishment of
student government in ell phases of the
school life, except those having to do
with the health of the girls The stu
school as whole. appoints proctors,
who have exclusive charge of the dormi-
tories and the study hall
Possibly the most popular feature OF
the outdoor life for the girls Is the mill
tary drill. This is held, under the super
vision of the head master, on the hockey
field in the fall and spring and in the
gymnasium in the winter. II has done
much to correct faulty posture as well
as to promote alertness and prompt and
silent obedience. The school in mill
tary formation was reviewed on field
day by Major Baylies. commandment OF
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MOUNT HoLY0KE COLLEGE.

The fan term Mt Mount Holyoke COL
lege will be marked by the inaugura-
ton Of the s1.500.000 endowment fund
campaign-the biggest drive In the his
tory of the college The present situa-
tion has made absolutely imperative an
increase In the salaries Of the members
of the faculty, so a million dollars Will
be set aside exclusively for endowment.
Tho remaining half million is to be used
for new buildings. One OF these Is to
be a new science hall to take the place
Of Williston Hall, which was burned in
December. 1917; the other is a new resi-
dence hall group. plans for which have
already been drawn by the architects.
Brainerd q Leeds of Boston. With rooms
for 165 students It will relieve the pres
ent congestion in the campus houses and
make possible the admission OF 100 more
students. This year the freshman class
had to be smaller than last year because
the upper classes are unusually large
and It is the policy OF the college to
admit only as many students as can be
accommodated on campus.
The total enrolment Of approximately
$40 includes 125 students from New
York and seventy-five from New Jersey.
Tho following students from Brooklyn
and New York are enrolled at Mount
Holyote: Amy F. Briggs, 20; Ruth c.
Christman, 30; Lois l.. Comings, 30;
Emily A Driscoll, 30; Mildred f. Gig
noux. 30; Alberta L. Stubing. 20; Mir
lam B. Clark, 30; Dorothy B. Ham, FL I;
Mary T. Holtx, 81; Katherine NJ. Palm
er. 81; Dorothy v. Smith. '21; Elizabeth
Knox. '22; Claire 1. Hunt, '23; Marion
A Nosser. '2S. Miss Briggs is art editor
OF the Llamarada; last year she was
vice-eleotor of the Intercollegiate Com
munity Service Association and a menu
Der of the executive committee Of the
debating club. She is also prominent in
dramatics- Miss Christman plays on the
tennis team and is prominent in debat-
ing. Miss Comings is one OF tho editors
OF the Mount Holyoke, the college
monthly, and house chairman OF her
residence han. Miss Gignoux is presi-
dent OF the French Club, house chair
man OF Rockefeller Hall and one OF the
editors OF Llamarada, the college year
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SCHOOL AND COLLEGE NEWS,

dormitory, have been painted, 30 that
the building is' practically new for the.
beginning of the year. Hardwood floors.
have been laid In the olassrooms Of.
the first floor OF Binney HIail and slate.
biaoltboards installed.
There will be two new members Of.
the faculty at the academy this coming
year. The department of Latin will be
under the direction Of John w. Fisher.
Of Cumberland. Md, n graduate OF Penn
sylvanla state College and a teacher
with ave years successful experience
He has been In war service for the
past two years and returned from
France in May. Mr.. Fisher will have
all OF the Glasses in Latin arfd wf1l
assist in the ees1ietic work. The class
work in history and German will be
conducted by Fred r. Strasburg, Rich
mond tfill, L. /. Mr.. Strasburg is n
graduate of Wesleyan University and
was at East Greenwich. Academy, East
Greenwich, r. l., for two years pre-
vious to entering the war. He taught
history and German at East Greenwich
and had charge Of the boys dormitory.
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY.

The trustees OF Howard University,
Washington, have arranged for the for
NAL Inauguration of DR.. ]. Stanley
Durkee as the president of the university
Wednesday, November IL. The great
colleges and universities of the world
will be invited to participate In the eel
ebration.
On the next day. Thursday, November
ID, "Readjustment and Reconstruction
Congress" will be held Addresses will
be made by individuals of national and
International importance. The part that
colored men and women must bear to
permanent solution of present day
problems will be discussed in full detail.
With the new year will come a re-
organization OF the work of the uni
versity along the most modern lines of
educational practice. The reorganization
involves Important changes in the de-
partments of study of the university and
In its administrative offices. The acad-
envy has been abolished in order that
the university may give its entire ener-
giles to work in this important field.
Students who enter hereafter must be
prepared to do college work. This prep
aration requires fifteen units as given
in a standard secondary curriculum.
added to eight years OF preliminary
studies in the elementary school, Such
work is being done in many schools all
over the country in such acceptable
fashion as to eliminate the need OF a
secondary department at Howard.
The new scheme OF organization pro-
vidcs as o basis the Junior college, which
includes in its courses the work of tho
freshman and sophomore years. The
work of the two upper years is carried
en- under the faculties of the several
senior schools, namely. liberal arts, edu-
cation, commerce and finance. journalism
and general service. 20
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THE BALLARD SCHOOL.

The Ballard School Of Central Branch,
Y. w. G. A., s10 Lexington avenue. New
York city, will open Its fall classes on
September 20. The instructors Of the
school will be on hand at appointed
hours during the preceding week to give
advice to young women about the course
Of study and the various opportunities
open to those who complete the different
subjects.
The school offers q day course in Sec
retarial training, covering stenography,
typewriting. business English, fling and
office practice. Becretarial bookkeeping,
and the principles Of political economy.
The work 10 designed to cover eight
months, although college graduates usu-
ally are ready for positions at the end
Of six months. The demand for secreta-
ries at tho present moment is far greater
than the supply. and the opportunities
offered TO educated women with business
training for rapid advancement 10 POSI-
lions of responsibility have never been
30 numerous.
The school offers separate day courses
In typewriting and stenography and in
elementary and advanced English. These
subjects are also offered In the evening,
In addition to advertising, foreign trade,
banking, French, Spanish. italian, COM
ing, bookkeeping, elocution, dramatics.
public speaking and parliamentary law.
The aim of the school, which was es-
tablished in 1879, has always been to
meet the need of the American woman
for better equipment for life work. In
the early days, when women first felt
the impulse to enter the business world
this school introduced a course In what
was then called photography" and had
the proud distinction of graduating the
FIRST day class of women stenographert
in New York city. Since that time II
has gradually added courses in response
to the demand. and last year had forty
different subjects in its curriculum.
Besides its commercial classes, the
school has added to the happiness Of
many a housewife in New York by its
instruction In cookery, insuring indie.
pendence from the tyranny Of the queen
OF the kitchen, and giving thorough
knowledge and skill In fundamental and
advanced cookery. and special luncheon
and supper courses; this year a course ir
lunch and tea room supervision has beer
added.
There are classes in millinery for the
woman who wants to make her owl
hats, and for the woman who wishes Il
| acquire q new means of livelihood
classes in embroidery, classes In simple
| dressmaking and in the more intricat,
problems OF draughting and designing
classes in simple handicrafts for womer
| who want to teach the wounded soldier
| new ways of making n living. and al
eleven weeks course in practical nursing
whereby a woman can learn to take car,
lily. and incidentally master digninet
] a,f,fAasion
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book. Misc Clark last year conducted a
class In HolyolSe under the auspices Of
tho college chapter Of the Intercollegiate
Community Service Association. Miss
Ham, Miss Holtz and Miss Smith received
sophomore honors which are conferred
by the faculty upon the members Of the
sophomore class who have taken high
rank in the work of the first three SEM
isters; Miss Ham also won numerals In
baseball and Miss Smith il one Of the
editors of the Mount Hoiyoto Netos, the
college weekly. Miss Knox plays on the
tennis team.
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GLEN EDEN.

The new preceptress at Glen Eden
School. Stamford. Conn, is Miss Mary
b. Wilton, for many years co-principal
of Miss Bangs and Miss Whiton's School
for Girls. New York city. DR.. and Mrs.
Townsend are especially pleased at hav-
ing Miss Whiton's acceptance of the
position. The removal of the school
from Poughkeepsie to its palatial suite
of granite buildings and beautiful estate
ut Stamford marks Its tenth year with
special distinction. Although a new DOR
mitory has been built to provide for
the increased enrolment expected, the
entire membership list is already filed.
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DEGREE FOR CARDINAL MER.
Ger.

Cardinal Mercier will receive the hon
orary degree Of doctor OF letters from
Princeton University when he goes to
Princeton on September 30, President
John Grier Hibben announces Repre-
sentatives Of the Belgian Embassy, Bel
gian Commission and Belgian Consulate
In New York have been invited to attend
the exercises and a reception to be given
In honor Of the noted prelate.
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WILBRAHAM ACADEMY,

The new school year will open at Will
braham Academy, Wilbraham, Mass,
on Wednesday, September "a, with q
substantial increase over last years en-
rolment, There have been important
additions to the equipment during the
summer season. A new library study
room has been built IN Fisk Hall. In
this room all pupils who have free
periods will be sent for study under
the supervision OF a master. This will
produce more systematic and consistent
work in all departments. The walls
and woodwork in every room in the
dormitory OF Rich Hall, the Academy
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the State College, who was enthusiastic
over the technical proficiency shown by
the young ladies'.
Gov. William c, Sproul, who was the
guest of honor at the last commence
ment, paid a rare tribute TO Birming-
ham and in n measure summed up the
worth OF the school when he said: Dir
mingham draws Its students from many
parts of the country because It would
be difficult to find elsewhere equivalent
advantages In convenience, beauty,
healthfulnesa of location, completeness
Of equipment, thoroughness of training
and character development and assur-
ance of physical vigor."
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PSYCHOLOGY COURSE.

The facts of psychology as they relate
to the problem of the individual. his
comfort, welfare and efficiency will be
presented In a new Columbia University
course to be given by Prof A. T. PEI
fenberger in the home study branch Of
the department OF extension teaching.
Special attention will be given to such
topics as heredity. sex. learning, en-
vironmental factors, fatigue. rest, sleep.
use OF drugs and stimulants, &c. This
course will also present the applications
of psychology to the special fields Of
vocational selection, business, advertis-
ing, law, education, medicine and social
work.
Prof. r. S. Woodwork, 1t is also an
nounced, will give a home study course
in the elements Of psychology. This
Is the basal course" the announcement
says, ~and covers the field as compre-
hensively as possible, giving the gist Of
scientific psychology"
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BERLITZ SCHOOL OF Lam.
GUAGES.

v. Harrison BeriitE, general manager
Of the Berlitz School of Languages, has
returned from a vacation spent in Nova
Scotia and Newfoundland. He was
greatly impressed by the dock develop
ment going forward at Halifax and with
the enlarged commercial opportunities
II offers.
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