The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-05
School Dramatic Club
Gives Demonstration

The Dramatic club Of the Bis
marck high school presented play,
..Mistletoe and Moonlight" as one Of
the demonstration features for the
sectional meeting Of the department
Of English Thursday afternoon In the
court house.
The play, directed by Miss Pearl
Bryant, local dramatic coach, aimed
to demonstrate the difficulties under
which a high school dramatic group
must work, particularly the scarcity
of good non-royalty plays. More ex-
perienced actors were cast for the
lesser roles and major parts were
taken by new actors in order to de-
velop those students appearing tor
the first time.
In the cast we're Phyllis Olson,
Helen Targart. Dorothy Tiedman,
David Davis, Dick Grabo, Quinton
Taylor, Duncan Wallace and Walter
Ward.
Mrs. Grant Marsh, 1910 Broadway.
has as her guests her sister, Mrs. Fred
Gehner and daughter Anna Of Bar
low, N. D., who will be here for two
weeks or longer.
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Professor Hywell G. Rowland Of the
music department of the Uniersity OF
North Dakota, Grand Forks, Is q
guest at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
j. French, 613 Fourth st., during the
state meeting of the North Dakota
Education association.
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Appointments In orange and black
were used for the tables when Mrs. E.
M. Hendricks, 921 Fifth st., entertain
ed members of her contract bridge
club at a / o'clock luncheon Wednes-
day afternoon. There were eight
guests. Score honors in the games
during the afternoon were held by
Mrs. ]. c. Peltier and Mrs. L. H. Caru-
fel.
Mrs. Floyd E. Logee, ZIG Avenue B
West, was hostess Wednesday noon at
one of a series of vanishing lunch
cons which members of the Ladies Aid
society of the First Presbyterian
church are giving to raise funds Tor
charity work. Bouquets OF yellow
flowers and yellow tapers In green
holders decorated the table. Covers
were placed for eight.
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Members Of the Current Events club
will meet one day next week to make
and tie a comforter which will be
sent to the relief committee In the
drouth- stricken area, It was decloea
at a meeting of the club WEDNESDAY
afternoon at the home OF Mrs. II. F.
O'Hare, 802 Fifth st. Mrs G. G. Con-
verse read a paper on Tunls ana
TripoI" and Mrs. ]. G. Taylor had
paper entitled "Re-claiming OF the
Sudan Desert"
"The Age and Origins Of New World
Civilization" was the topic OF paper
read by Mrs. H. T. Perry before mem
bers Of the Wednesday Study club at
their meeting Wednesday afternoon
at the Perry home, 116 Avenue B. A
review of world news was given by
Mrs. w. H. Bodenstab. who Is m
charge Of the current events discus
sion for the year. Mrs. G. w. Scnor-
erre. who recently returned from q
motor trip to New York and otner
eastern points, spoke Of interesting
places visited.
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Modern novelists Of Great Britain
were discussed by Mrs. Worth Lumry
at a meeting Of the Fortnightly club
Wednesday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. A. M. Christianson. zoos Filth
street. She commented on the work
of q number Of contemporary writers,
mentioning particularly Hugh Wal
pole, Virginia Wolf, A. Huxley and
D. H. Lawrence. Current happenings
of national and world interest were
reviewed by Mrs. F. L. Conklin, who
used maps and diagrams to illustrate
some Of the items.