The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1920-04-22
STORY OF A
C0LLEGET0WN'


High School, at the Opera House on
Friday evening. April 80:
Jimmie Cavendish, typical coli
lege good fellow, is senior at Bexley
College. The night before the open
Ing of the play he has been out on a
lark and, in his rah-rah enthusiasm
has broken several windows, painted
statue on the campus and, to cap
the climax, calls at the home of Pro-
fessor Popp, the chairman of the dis
ciplin committee, and kisses his ty-
rannical wife, who answers the bell.
He escapes but loses his fraternity
! pin. Mrs. Popp finds this and sees
Jimmie's name on the back. The
play opens the next morning at Jim
mics boarding house. ma" Baggs-
by, the mother of all her college
boarders, is expecting her niece from
Carolina to spend Thanksgiving with
her. The young lady arrives and at
once captivates the fancy of Jimmie.
Matters are complicated by the arriv-
al Of the dicipline committee hot on
his trail. He manages to get out of
the scrape by stating that he was with
his aunt the night before. His Aunt
Jane is thinking about endowing a
chair at the college and Jimmie
works" the discipline committee.
They insist on seeing the aunt, how
ever, and Jimmie's two chums, Tad
and Shorty, each unknown to the
other, agree to impersonate Jim
mics aunt.
Mrs. Popp gives faculty dinner
party in honor of Jimmie's aunt and
Tad goes disguised as a giddy old
maid. Mrs. Popps brother, the head
of the military department, proposes
to Tad in ludicrous love scene.
The real Aunt Jane arrives from
New York and goes to the dinner par
ty. She is met by Tad and hustled
away before she meets the faculty.
Things are beginning to get very ex-
citing for Tad as the Major insists on
making love and the dinner party is
full of comic Interruptions.
The college glee club. after sere-
nadng the guests of Mrs. Popp, are
treated rather shabbily and, out of
revenge, they spike" the punch.
The innocent, hen-pecked Popp
thinks the punch is better than usual
and takes too much. In his exhilara-
ted state he proceeds to lay down the
law to his domineering spouse, but is
rebuffed and led by the ear back to
the dinner party. Jimmie's admira-
tion for Mrs. Baggsby's niece deep
ems and he obtains her permission to
escort her to the Thanksgiving foot
ball game.
The third act depicts the excited
college crowd on the sidelines of the
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nearly the end of the first half and
the rival team is winning. The Bex-
ley rooters are all blue. Tad, still
disguised as the aunt, amazes Levitt
icus by smoking pipe and roofing
for Bexley. Mrs. Baggsby and the
real Aunt Jane arrive at the game.
The Major, mistaking Aunt Jane for
Tad, renews his love making, much
to the lady's surprise. Tad arrives
and explains the whole joke to the
Major. The Major is indignant and
threatens to expel Jimmie, but is
finally pacified by Tad's threat to tell
about the Majors love making. The
football men need Tad in the game,
as he is substitute player. They
mistake Aunt Jane for Tad and rush
her out on the field. She is rescued
by Jimmie and, because of his hero
ism, forgives all the deception.
After thrilling football description
the game is won for Bexley by Jim
mie and all ends we'll.
The Cast of Characters is as FOL-
lows:
Jimmie Cavendish, a Rah-rah Boy
.............. Geogre Klovstad
Tad Chiseltine, the College Cut-up
............. Donovan Kraabel
Tad Chiseltin, the Collage Cut-up
Leviticus, the Ace of Spades.
Myron Joslyn
Major Kilpepper. Head of the Mil
1tary. Frank Carpenter
Professor Senacharib Popp, the
Chair of Philology. Roy Wheat
Scotch MacAllister, the Football
Captain. ......... Lloyd Gumb
Shorty Long, the Ubiquitous
Freshman. ........ Jay Bissell
Billy Van Dorm. on the Glee Club
.............. Melvin Reynolds
DR.. Liviggs, on the Faculty
Harry Jones
Miss Jim" Charming, the girl