Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-11-16
Aaron BOggS, Freshman
Was a Real Home Talent
ONE OF THE BEST HOME TALENT
PLAYS EVER GIVEN BY
HIGH SCHOOL

The play Aaron Boggs, Freshman
was presented at the opera house Fri
day night by Eagle River High School
talent and was easily the best thing
Of its kind that has been staged by the
student body in long time and won
high praise not only from local people
but from professionals in the show
business as we'll The following cast
performed their individual parts in
way that proved them to have had
great deal OF good coaching or else
they are an exceptional lot of ameteur
actors.
L. D. Hall took the part of Aaron
Boggs, the green country youth just
arrived at college, in way that
brought down the house, and notwith-
standing his handicap among a certain
class, by not being dressed in the lat
est fashion, managed to outwit his
wealthy tormentors in the tortures
supposed to be dealt out to college
freshmen
Beau Carter, the young scion of
wealthy family who placed money and
position ahead of all other desirable
attributes was finely portrayed by Joe
Stein. His chums of his own station
in life, Happy Jimmie Jameson and
Pepper Jarvis were well taken by
James Shesely and Donald Sanderson.
Epenetus Boggs, the skinflint father
of Aaron, was done in clever style by
Henry Ernst.
John Hall as Mr.. Chubh, an interest
ing invalid whenever there was any
work to be done, did the part most
realistically because his own dad is
troubled that way a good deal Of the
time they say around the Hall resi-
dence.
Lowell Hall, as Casey Jones, repre-
senting the college faction not in ac-
cord with Carter and his adherents
was equally good s proved a true
friend of the perse ed freshman.
Ronald Bent must have little Yid.
dish blood in him according to the
way that he played Second Hand Abby,
vendor of old clothing. No purebred
Gentle could possibly wiring their
hands while calling attention to the
sacrifice value of their goods, as Abbey
did. $50.
Miss Teeny, the maid at the Chubb
boarding house, and deeply in love
with Aaron, her childhood friend. was
Evelyn Shattuck and she saved num-
Der of difficult situations for him in a
way that nothing but wedding ring
could ever repay.
Helen Drager, as Mrs Chubb, the
landlady, motherly and good natured
though burdened with a no-account
husband, was decided contrast to
Mrs. Pickens, who also kept college
boarders, and if the late Mr.. Pickens
lost any thing Of value by dying, the
audience did not perceive it. Mrs.
Pickens off the stage is known as
Clara Ernst
Mabel Hanson as Miss Newcomb,
coed, afflicted with a naughty dis
dain for everything of a humble nat
ure, was shocking surprise seen
in that light as heretofore she had
always been considered remarkably
free from any faint of snobbishness.
Hope Adams and Thelma Morgan
as class-Alois Hunter and Loretta
Rea, classmates and chums of Miss
Newcomb were typical college girls
but more inclined to extend sympathy
and friendship to lonesome and home
sick freshmen.
Ruth Radcliffe shed tears until the
audience also used their handker-
chiefs in sympathy with the little
country girl who had supposed that
in going to college she would still
retain the popularity and admira
ton of the old home town. However,
this sad state of affairs only lasted
for few days and Cherry Carruth-
ers was soon seen by Beau Carter and
his aristocratic friends to be worthy
of admission to the best college socie-
ty, rather to the, detriment of the
best interest of "a certain young chap
back home to whom she had been
much attached.
Margaret McGregor, as Dollie De-
Cliffe, the talented actress daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chubb, was excellent
in her character, so that even the I'M
desirable characteristics of Papa
Chubb were freely pardoned on her
account.
Altogether, the Eagle River high
school students acquitted themsel-
YES very admirably and their pro-
duction was fully deserving of the
large patronage given it. Net receipts
were about $4,000 in spite of very
bad night cutting down the atten-
dance somewhat