Evening star., 1933-12-03
Princeton Triangle
Club Offers "Fiesta"
Here January First
Glamorous and Romantic
Mystery of Southwest to
Be Given by Students.

The annual appearance Of the Prince
ton Triangle Club in Washington Mon
day evening, January /, is Of interest
to a large number in Washington. The
club, composed Of undergraduates at
the university, makes its annual tour
during the Christmas holiday giving one
performance in II large cities in the
East and Middle West, and although
this year none Of the cast is a Washing
tonian, there are many alumni OF
Princeton living in the Capital. though
the interest in these productions is not
confined to Princeton circles.
The club this season will present
Fiesta" glamorous romantic mys-
terry of the old Southwest, the entire
production being in the hands Of the
undergraduates. The writing Of the play,
songs and lyrics. the designing and con-
struction Of the settings. the business
management Of the production and the
tour are done and handled by the STU
dents.
Organized in 1898.
The Triangle Club, officially organized
in 1893. Is ranked as the third Oldest
organization in the College Musical
Comedy League. being preceded only by
the Mask and Wig Club Of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania and the Hasty
Pudding Club of Harvard. 1t was, how
ever a direct outgrowth OF the Prince
ton Dramatic Association, which in
cluded the Glee Club and the Banjo
and Mandolin Club formed in 1882 un-
der the guidance of p B. French, class
of '82 of New York.
The "Dramat" was considered as the
base of the Triangle, with the other two
clubs as its legs. Booth Harrington
class Of '93, wrote the play, THE Hon
orable Julius Caesar" which caused the
Princeton Dramatic Club to give up the
production OF such plays as She StO0ps
to Conquer" and THE Rivals" for less
pretentiOlls strain Of drama.
In 1893 the name was changed to the
ington. first president of the reorganized
club. said. was a somewhat musical
instrument" The new name also re-
ferred to the Triangle walk on the
campus.
Tour Established.
For five years the activities Of the
club were confined to the campus. Out
standing among the plays Of this period
is "Pocahontas," written by Col James
Barnes of the class of 81. In 1898, a
student orchestra having been added to
the personnel of the organization
Tiger Lily" a musical comedy, was
presented. The play was taken on the
road to Trenton and Morristown and
proved such a success that the trip be-
came a tradition and musical produc-
tions became the specially Of the club.
From this time on, with the excep-
ticn of 1917, when the whole cast went
overseas in the service. an annual pro-
duction has been taken on the road
Each years success has contributed to
the reputation of the club. until the
Triangle now occupies its present en-
viable position among the undergrad
uate dramatic societies Of the country
Each year the same enthusiasm and
painstaking work goes into the produc-
ton. 1t has been this conscientious ef-
fort to live up to a high standard OF
excellence that accounts for the success
of the club.
Many prominent men of this country
have been connected with the Triangle
in their undergraduate days. Besides
Booth Harrington, there are Post
Wheeler, counselor Of the United States
embassy in London: Roy Durstine, '08
publisher-advertiser; Col James Barnes
81; Cyrus Mccormick. '12, author OF
His Honor the Sultan; F. Scott Fitz-
gerald, IT, and Russell Wright, '26, who
designed the sets for Morris Gest'
The Miracle"