Evening journal., 1922-12-14
PRINCETON AND ITS TRIANGLE CLUB

VVTHEN university college out on tour M
w matter whether the pilgrimage has to do will
things athletic things dramatic things musical
glamour seems attach 20 them which eIcites public
sympathy and a desire TO things pleasant fol
them along the way. a rule the way is paved fol
them by local alumni groups OF greater lesser size
and university college spirit flares high and warns
the surrounding community.
And it will be with the Princeton Triangle Club
which will appear the wilmington Playhouse aext
Monday evening and present TT Man From Earth,
musical fantasy which carries with it story from
Mars
There Is strong Princeton alumni in Delaware the
bulk OF It being here In wilmington. It may be ac-
cepted a foregone fact that from the time the
Princeton players they conclude their visit
they will in the hands OF good friends who will do
everything their power show them a good time
Coincidently unless be much mistaken. The Play
house will packed with those who to see
this Princeton students froe that has made such a
favorable impression elsewhere.
In view OF the fact that OF those who will see
Triangle Club perform know little OF its history it
may be we'll for to give precise information
with respect to It.
The club had its first inception IN 1888. number
lof the undergraduates OF Princeton year
play which, believe, a tragedy written by
OF their number. The club had oniclsl and
for the following three years consistently
duced tragedies and melodramas written by under
graduates.
It was Booth Harrington, who in 1891 gave the
Princeton Triangle Club its name and standard OF
productions He wrote the first show which achieved
any great measure OF fame. That The Honorable
Julius Caesar which has been revived times the
last occasion being late 1919 Harrington also
the club its name sisnifying the tri-non OF
music, drama and jest.
THE Honorable julius Caesar" was produced at the
time The Black Crook" the standard Broad
way musical comedy. Is said that Mr.. Harrington
with Honorable julius Caesar" did more towards
erasing The type OF play than any other
influence.
The Princeton Triangle Club from the very first al
ways has written its llbretto its lyrics
comp posed II own music Throughout Its existence its
every detail had been performed by the hands OF
dents. who have painted and erected the scenery
ranged for the lighting effects acted stagehsnds and
electricians and served everything except cosumers
for which even their fingers not sufficiently agile
The ideal OF the club down by Booth Tarking-
ton has been relgiousy followed. by year II
attempted do something new every way dhfsrsnt
from the Broadway shows. In this TO
Degree been successful Broadway taken It's
tone from the Triangle Club rather than the Triangle
Club from Broadway sNrt
The of this years play are laid cbishy upon
he planet Mars and the plot deals with the advo5-
ures Of an nqustve mortal, revenue orosr who, by
IN explosion OF quantity OF home brow
blown up this war-like planet.
The names OF those who in time past may be said
% have given the Triangle Club some measure OF
is fame follow; John Kendrick Bangs was its first
president; Booth Harrington fits second; Mccready
sykes third: Maxwell struthers Burt ana Henry
Van Dyke collaborated, tor the show OF their year
known as the Mummy Monarch and Cyrus MeCor 4
mack. the harvester magnate wrote the bretto
show for 1912 This years authors are Henry Minor
J, S. Martin William II. Smith. the last OF whom
has been the leading actor for the last two years
1t will be seen from the above therefore that this
1ear's show should be something we'll worth seeing