Evening star., 1936-03-29

junction Tor the school ana the FACULTY.
Thus there Is evidenced not only the
Joy Of creating a part but that fine
sense of coordination and cooperation
which come as the result Of working
for the good of the whole.
When the costuming deals with his
torical periods it is based upon the
research work of the students. As
far as possible, the costumes and
scenery are executed by the schools
staff. The tickets and the programs
are printed in the school printing
rooms. The staging Is built in the
school carpenter shop. The school
banks committees handle all the
financial arrangements in connection
with the event. Even the candy sold
by students during the intermissions
Is made by students in the home
economics department. The school
orchestra, of course, furnishes the
music incidental to the plays produc-
ton.
Stress NaturaIness.
While chance has led certain Of the
players in Eastern's school plays to
fame upon the professional stage, dra-
mates have never been so set up at
Eastern as to challenge the sophisti-
Gated standards of professionalism.
Rather do they stress the play Of
happy youth, unhampered by tradition
and unmarried by any other effort than
to excel in wholesome fashion among
ones fellows.
These committee assignments among
Eastern's teaching staff show how
widespread is the genuine interest of
its faculty in the Spring play and its
three performances:
Chairman, Miss Pauline Knee; stag
ing, Mrs. Margaret Stetson, Miss E. H.
Jonas, Miss Nadia Wright, Howard
Knox, Mrs. Catherine Anderson and
Paul Lackey; production, Miss Zella
Faris, Miss Elizabeth Baldwin, Mrs.
May NORM and Mrs. Bertha Metzler;
publicity. Mrs. Rosemary Elliott, Miss
Florence Milliken, Miss Vera Ross,
Miss Ruth Culbertson, Miss Tandy
Elizabeth Ford, Miss Lillian Wines,
Miss Nellie Curtis and A E. Winnie
more; costumes. Mrs. Catherine Rip
pard Miss Mary McPike and Miss FL
len Corbett; properties, Charles Gull
ford, Miss E. johnson and Mrs. Lenore
Howe; makeup, Miss Judith Wood,
Mrs. Edythe Alexander and Mrs. M. M.
Sans; tickets and finance, Miss Mar
garet Hardy, Miss Nellie Curtis and A.
e. Winnemore: printing. A. E. VIM
nemore; ushering, A. D. Shorts, M. j.
Kelley and Miss Mary Worthley:
candy, Miss E. H. Jonas and Mrs.
Catherine Anderson.
Miss Ross, who heads Eastern's
claims for place in the sun, modestly
affirms, When better school plays can
be given, Eastern will produce them.
Meantime, we shall have developed
more discriminating taste for that
which is worth while on stage and
screen"
To have part in the Spring play at
Eastern or to be member of its stage
crew, with its force of student cleo
tricians, means that you are the best
OF all the contestants who entered the
competition 1OT tneSe nOnOrS.
Double Cast Provided.
The double cast for the major roles
affords an opportunity for a greater
number of pupils to participate in the
elimination of the years work in dra-
matics. No favorites are played. for
alternating casts give the play at each
presentation. The announcer in eyery
case has had voice tryout that ought
to make for that better radio voice of
the future.
There are three different sets in this
years play, The Poor Nut" The first
is the college bookstore. the second is
the coachs Office at Ohio State gym
and the third shows the students
dancing on the terrace of the living
room Of a fraternity house, which
makes an opportunity for a beautiful
lighting effect. with students dancing
In the background, while the main ac-
tion goes on frontStage.
Cast of Play
The cast for the April play follows:
Col. Small, proprietor University
Book Store, Neil Raab; Marjorie
Blake, a college girl, Louise Whitfield.
Alma Tucker; Julia Winters, a Wis
consin coed. Helen Flournoy. Betty
Stevenson; John Miller. "our hero"
Thomas Mitchell, Ernest Wilson:
Hub" Smith. a student. Vernon
Acree; Maggie" WEIGH, the cheer
leader, Lester Council; the three red
heads, assistant cheer leaders. Charles
Reed. Ernest Reed, Jack Ireland, as