Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
CLUB At i. OF NJ.
WILL GIVE OPERA
"The Yeomen of the Guard"
to Be Presented WedneS.
day and Thursday.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| Special Dispatch TO The Star.
COLLEGE PARK, Md, April 26.-
University of Marylands Opera Club
will stage "The Yeomen Of the Guard"
as its annual production in the audi
forum of the university next Wednesday
and Thursday evenings.
It is a two-act Gilbert and Sullivan
comic opera that was first staged In
London in 1888.
Lenore Blount of College Park, as a
strolling singer; Jack Ladson OF Olney,
Md, who will play Col. Fairfax (under
sentence of DEATH, and James DECKER
of Frederick, as a strolling Jester, Will
appear In the leading roles.
Other major parts Will be played as
follows:
Sir Richard Cholondeley lieutenant
of the tower), DR.. C. B. Hale. Sergt.
Meryll (of the yeomen Of the guard
John Mcdonald. Leonard Meryll (his
SOM, Kenneth Spessard. Wilfred Shad-
bolt (head taller and assistant tor
mentor), Edwin Simpson.
The headman, Gibbs Myers. First
yeoman, j. w. Ensor. Second Yeoman,
Norman Wilson.
Phoebe Meryll (Sergt Meryll's daugh-
teri, Margaret Van Fossen.
tower), Anna Deal. Kate cher niece)
Virginia Blount.
A large chorus will be made up of
other members Of the club.
Scenery has been brought from
Massachusetts, for the opera and re-
hearsals for the production have been
going on for more than three months.
All of the previous productions OF the
opera club have been highly successful
W
ception.
Robert Allen and Henry whiting have
been nominated for the presidency of
the student government at the univer-
sity. This is the ranking student office
at the university.
Nominations for other student gov
eminent Offices are:
John Pitzer and James Lee for vice
president; John Bischof for treasurer,
and Jane Hammack, Christine SIM
monds and Helen Mead for secretary.
Other nominations may be made be-
fore the balloting begins on May Z.
Gibbs Myers has been appointed
editor of The Diamondback, the weekly
student paper, for the 1930-31 term and
Elizabeth Minis has been selected as
woman's editor. These Offices are filled
by the chairman of the faculty COM
Nominations for the elective Offices
on The Diamondback and The Reveille,
the yearbook, have been made as
follows:
News editor, The Diamondback,
Gordon Zimmerman and Donald
Beeman.
Business manager, The Diamondback,
William Krickler and James Greely.
Editors, The Reveille, Irving Wolfe
and Herbert Eby.
Business manager, The Reveille, Jerry
Geary.
Woman editors, The Reveille, Minna
Cannon and Edith Stinnette.
The Old Line, literary and humor-
Gus publication, to be published four
times during the school year, will come
into being next year at the university,
and the following have been submitted
to the executive council of the student
government for the major Offices for
the l930-3l term:
James Andrews editor; Arley Unger,
business manager, and Ruth Miles,
woman's editor. Andrews Is editor of
The Reveille this year, Unger is business
manager of The Diamondback, and Miss
Miles is woman'S editor Of The Reveille.
The student government voted to let
the chairman of the faculty committee
on student publications name the lead
ers for the Old Line for the first year,
after which the regular procedure that
applies to other student publications
viii be followed. This requires year
or more of service to be eligible for a
major oftice.
The mothers of the students in the
College of Home Economics at the uni
versity will be entertained at q luncheon
at the university on May 8. Later they
will be shown about the university and
the work their daughters are doing will
be explained to them.
Miss Eleanor Eckert, personnel direc-
tor of Jellif's store in Washington,
recently addressed the home economics
girls and told them of the opportunities
offered college women In the depart
ment store field.
Kappa Phi Kappa, professional edu-
cation fraternity at the university, has
selected IL for membership as follows:
Samuel T. Roger, James w. Eby,
Lawrence z. Downey. d. B. McPhatter.
Melvin H. Derr, John w. Savage, Col.
Willis, Arthur M. Ahalt, Manville
CoblentZ, Vernon Hotter, Willis White
and s. p. Caltrider.
Arthur Ahalt has been elected presi-
dent of the Live Stock Club at the
university, with Ralph England vice
president; Manville Coblentz, secretary;
James Stevenson, treasurer, and Edward
Connolly, sophomore representative.