Evening star., 1922-06-09
HOWARD STUDENTS
IN CAMPUS PLAY
Histrionic Talent Shown in
Program Feature. OF
Commencement.

The Howard Players admirably ac-
quilted themselves in the rendition
of their commencement program
which took place in the open air
theater on the university campus last
night.
The program consisted of two plays
aria de Capo.' by Edna Vincent Mil
lady. and 'Danse Cal.nda,' by Ridge
ley Terrence. Aria de Capo' is
sketch purely des. gued for the pur
pose Of bringing out various phases
of dramatic expression and hiStrIonlc
art. The opening scene dep!cts a
conversation between ".um bine
tkathleen HillyerJ and fierrot
CIV alter GocnS) while the next lS
occupied by Aaron Payne as Corydon
and Aston Burleigh as ThrysiS
Corydon and TnrysiS are shepherds
engaged Ill rehearsIns Il play under
the direction OF their dramatic di-
rector. CothumuS tHOrace ScotD. The
two shepherds become 50 intense in
the acting OF their respective parts
that they entirely forget that they
are only engaged i'll Il play and in
the finale they kill each other in
reality. Because This sketch has no
particular plot il has been dl1iicu!t
Tor some OF the best professional
talent To portray. therefore the How
ard Players were recIpIrAts OF much
applause tor their excellent rendi
ton.
The second play. "Danse Calinda," p"
the love dance of the Creole, opened
with the nrSt scene laid i'll the Pace
Congo. New Orleans during d mardi
grsss i'll the early nineteenth CEN
Jury. The various dances of the negro
race, such as the Damb0ula. cUnjalilc
and the calinda. were subject to much
applause. Very rarely can these
dances be seen in these modern times.
but 1t is the intention of the de-
partment OF dramatic art of the How
ard University to preserve the old
time folk lore and dances OF the race.
Bernard Walton. as Louis Laton, d
plantation worker, who hears the call
of the music from the French quarter
and follows III the second act, dane
ing with one OF the Srandee ladies.
which results in his death. showed
some wonderful dancing.
Zlzl, l-aIun'S sister tOttie Graham) +,
Judge Prevail George Davis) Denise
Prevail IMamIe trancisb and Don
Lopez O'Reilly did much TO correctly
interpret the oId-tIme folk dances.
The music was composed by Prof.
Wesley Howard of Howard unIver
sIty rom a single bar of old native
music found in ii magazine OF 1860.
senator Moses Present.
Among those who witnessed the
plays We're Senator Moses OF New
Hampshire and the assistant secre
tary OF the Navy and Mrs. Roosevelt
Those who took part in the group
dances were:
CreoIes-Elizabel Brown. ~ e
Burke, T. j. ChesSOn, Villa FIukley
Dorothy Gillian. Hazel Harvey, L. L.
Hemby, Kathleen HIlyer, Edna Hoff-
man. Mary Kirk. Margaret Lawrence,
L. \. Long. Lila Martin, Sidney
Mayo Joseph Nicholson. James Pea
cox. Emily Pitts. Claude Riley Horace
Scott, Charles Taylor. Gladys TInsley,
Louise Cnthank. Frank Williams
Charles Wood Isabelle Washington
and Nelma Young.
French group-C. S. Boyd. L. Bur-
rell, Ernest Cherrie. Theresa Coran
Roberta Dabney. George Davis,
Walter Coins, William Green. Thelma
Hill, Eleanora Mcintyre. Ruth Jacobs
Ethel Jones. Martha Jones. Pearl
johnson. Treser kinard, Charity
Nance, Frazier Miller, Muriel Milton
Elizabeth Moore. Grace Nash, Mamie
Neale, ID. X. Pittard NJ. Robinson
Marinetta Reid. q. Saunders, T.
Spaulding, Alfred Smith. Francis
Smith. August Terrence. Gladys
Turner. Carolyn Welch and Ruth
Williams.