Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-04-21
FOSS HALL NOTES
Annual women's alee Club Concert

The annual Colby College womens
glee club concert was held in the jun
| ior high school auditorium last night.
| A splendid audience was present and
! the repeated applause manifested the
pleasure the CONCERT gave. The con-
! cert was the most varied and pleasing
ever given by the Colby women's glee
| club.
The striking feature of the concert
! was the operetta THE Quest of the
| Gypsy" The gypsy costumes gave To-
cal color to this musical comedy and
| made it especially effective. True
Hardy, '2S, of Sanford, as Gypsy Man
was a realistic man. She pleased i'm
mensely with her interpretations. Har-
riet Towle, '2S, of Winthrop, was
| Country Boy. She made a charming
| boy and her singing was excellent.
Miss Martha Allen, '29, of WATERFOWL,
Mass, in the role of Isabel was lead
| ing lady. She acted like profession
| al and her trained voice added much to
| her acting. Miss Helen c. Smith, '27,
| of Skowhegan. as Barbara was a sec
| ond lady of note in the operetta. The
| other characters were: Ida, Mary Hol-
| land, '27, of Gardiner: Lillian. Vio-
lette Boulter. '29. of Portsmouth, n.
| H: Myra, Edna Cohen, rs. of Brown
vile; Rhoda. Ruth Daggett. '29, of
| Waterville; Dorothy. Pearl Grant. '2S,
of Sherman Mills; Jean. Claire Rich
ardson, '2S, of Waterville: Cora, Eliz-
abeth Gross, '2S. of Portland; Lena,
Alexandrine Fuller. '27. of South Or
ange, n. j.: Faith, Olive Richardson,
rs, of Waterville: and accompanist,
Jessie Alexander, rs. of Augusta.
l. Other specialtles which pleased i'm
mensely were the novelty dances. Miss
Louise ]. Chapman. '27. of Westbrook,
Conn, gave clog dance in negro cos
tune. Miss Bernice Collins, 'o9. of
South Berwick was very effective in
her Irish dance.
The selections by the glee club were
beautifully rendered. The director.
Harridon Smith of Waterville. had
much to do with the success of the
glee club.
The orchestra selections under the
| leadership of Miss Mollie r. Settler,
20, of Waterville, We're excellent.
Miss Elizabeth Gross. '2S, of Port
| land. deserves credit for the fine selee-
tions rendered by the mandolin club.
Miss Emily Il. Heath, 20, of Water
| vile, leader and president of the club,
| made the concert wonderful success.
Her talents in musical lines and her
ability as executive, both aided her.
Miss Airline Mann, '27, of Milltown.
was business manager. She managed
| successfully the business end of the
concert and made possible a financially
profitable concert.
Miss Helen c. Mitchell, 81. of Houl-
ton has been elected chairman of Ivy
| Day. Miss Mitchell is women's editor
| of the Echo. She was the speaker
! elected by the junior class TO speak
at the undergraduate banquet. At the
| banquet she entertained with original
poetry which was greatly enjoyed.
Miss Mitchell Is talented as story
writer, journalist and poet. She is
chairman of the junior song commit
tee for the annual gymnasium meet.
Miss Mitchell is member of Sigma
| Kappa sorority. -.-
Miss Hope Chase. '26, of Rrownville,
Is the senior delegate to the sopho-
| more dance which is to be held Satur-
day night, April "a. Miss Doris San
born, '27, of Dryden, is the Junior del
egate to the dance.
Miss Lena r. Drisko, '26. of Belfast.
has returned to college after an ex-
tended absence due to the illness of
! her uncle.
The annual sophomore dance is to
be held Saturday night April "a.
The refreshment committee is in
charge of Miss Helen Wyman of Med
ford. Mass, and Miss Myri Stone of
| Lawrence is chairman of the decora-
ton committee. Miss Ruth Hutchins,
90, of Waterville, is in charge of the
decoration committee.