The Monett times., 1921-05-20
81. JoSEPH's SENIOR
CLASS PLAY
Glass of 1921 Delights Audience in
Presentation of Kathleen"

Friday night before capacit!
house the Senior Class Play of the
St. Joseph's high school was present
ed. Each and every member of thu
cast did par excellence and if the ap'
plause of the audience be an evidence
Of satisfaction the class of 1921 may
well be pleased with their efforts tc
entertain.
The play chosen for the occasion
was an exceptionally good one, "Kath-
leenp or "The cost of Promise" the
story of wrong doing which ultimately
led to reparation and reconciliation
Kathleen in the person of Miss Ruth
Gimbel especially appealed to the
audience. Grannie Gilligen, Miss
Lucille Mansfield, could not have been
more ably taken by a new arrival
from the Emerald Isle. Grannie cap
tured and held her audience from
beginning to end and her hopefulness
and cheer, always characteristic of
her race, led the way from darkness
to light. The entire cast of the play
was taken by the young ladies of the
Senior Glass who surely reflected
much credit on themselves and the
school. Topsy the colored maid was
very realistically taken by Frances
Moore while Marie Campbell outdid
herself as little gypsy maiden. The
interludes were brief flashes of come
dy by the Senior boys and some
students from the grades. The 0. p.
r. A. brought down an avalanche of
applause from an appreciative audi
ence. The parts of same were origin
ally assigned to the four Senior boys
but on account of the inability of Har-
old and Paul Randall to take part,
their parts were substituted at the
eleventh hour by Charles Flaharty
and Miss Ruth Gimbel.
ems watermelon was admirably demon
strated by the members of the club
and we were literally taken back to
the sunny south and lived the darkey
life.
The various musical numbers on the
program were in class by them
selves. The orchestra received storms
of applause and the individual num-
bers were equally well received, Pos
sibly the selection which made the
strongest appeal was duet played by
The brevity of the time for prepar-
alton did not daunt the two substi-
tutes, however, and the 0. P. R. A.
went on to the very acme of success.
Another interlude that brought down
the house was the appearance OF the
Lime Kiln Clu5, six girls and eight
boys from the grades. The "niggers"
kept the audience in smiles from start
to finish and their temperance was
so insistently demanded that the club
was forced to come back and smile
again. The proverbial love for chick
the little maidens Catherine Tiernan
and Ina Rose Lugaro. The self pos
session of the little maids was re-
markable while the technique at the
instrument was a revelation of what
may be accomplished when master
hand is in charge. The music deparr-
ment of st. Joseph's has been super
intended this year by very accom-
plished musician assisted by another
of equal ability. The results have been
very gratifying and the appearance of
but very few of the music classes
last night very aptly demonstrated
not only that our people have great
musical talent but that that talent is
being very ably trained by those who
themselves have reached the top OF
the ladder and are hence so well quail
fed to train others.
To attempt to depict each character
that appeared last night would take
more time and space than is at our
disposal, Suffice it say that in the
parlance of Monet it was "the best
ever and the Senior class and each |
member who assisted them may be
well content to rest on their laure:s
and patiently wait the appearance of
Something better.