The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-18

The tryouts for the high school play.
Green Stockings, which is to be presented
Feb. "A and -, took place last Thursday
in the main room of the high school. An
unusually large number were present TO
try out for the parts and the talent dis
played made it very hard for the faculty
judges, Mr.. Warren, Miss Osgood, Miss
Henshaw and Miss Ranney,z to reach a
decision. .
Two parts in the play have not been
decided. that of Celia, the heroine, and a
sutton of Celia, Henry Steele. The part
of Celia will be given to Dorothy Pratt
or to Victoria Strand after a final tryout
for that part. To the other the part of
Lady Evelyn TrenchaFd viii be given. In
the same way TruxtofI Britain or Sydney
Nixon will receive the part of Henry
Steele after a final tryout. The rest of
the cast is as follows: Admiral Grice,
Earl Falbv; William Faraday, Philip
Wheeler: Colonel Smith. Lindley Hart
well; Robert Tarver, Howard Rice; Mar
tin, Osmer Fits; James Raleigh. Avery
Barrett; Phyllis. Alice Boyden; for the
part of AIadge. first choice. Eleanor Rog-
ers, making the cast second choice, Ethel
Irish, understudy; Aunt Ida, first choice,
Laura Hoadley, making the cast; second
choice, Muriel Kennedy, understudy. n
reading of the play for the cast will be
held this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock.
At opening exercises yesterday Captain
Wells of the basketball team spoke, In
commenting on last Fridays game, he
said that although the team had met de-
feat II was not so bad as last years de-
feat, when Turner's Falls beat E. H. s
to /, for this year the odds were only >
TO l. The odds, he said, We're against +.
ii. >. as the team was playing on the
other teams ground "and had to face
cheering section larger than you can imag
inc" Captain Wells also asked more boys
to come out for the team. He pointed out
that if one couldn't make the first team.
one could make the second team. 'Of
course" he said. - we don't want the
second team to beat the first. but we want
the better chance the team will have to
beat Rutland. Although $. Nixon. Nell
son, ". Haywood. E. Moran, D. Mack
and S. Dutton went to Turner's Falls with
Captain Wells. the basketball team for
the season has not yet been chosen.
The next basketball game will be played
in Greenfield Wednesday of this week. and
the first home game of this season will be
played with Arms academy Friday. 1t is
hoped that the high school students and
other basketball fans will show Captain
Wells that Brattleboro can produce as
good q cheering section as Turner'S Falls.
There will be a meeting today of all in
terested to form an interclass basketball
cue anu All ilittICldSS SCutuulC NH Uc
drawn up.
To improve the facilities for gymnastic
work a room east of the Chamber of
Commerce rooms has been rented. where
two shower baths will be installed. AL
ready boys from the practical arts classes
have equipped it with clothes racks to ac-
commOdate II boys. When these prepare
tions are completed, the gymnasium
equipment will compare fayorably with
that of many other schools of the size of
this one.
At opening exercises yesterday. since
Yesterday was the first day of the national
thrift campaign, Mr.. Warren read a very
timely editorial from the New York Times
on Poor Richard" or Benjamin Frank
lin. Americas patron saint of thrift. At
these exercises Miss Miriam Nichols Of
the junior class sang pleasingly Ralph
Cox's Sylvia, and Loves Coming by Marie
yucca.
Henry Lawton and Stanley Newton of
the senior class intend to go to Mortified