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freshmen Create ifit ProductionThe freshman 3-act play ‘The Men Who—Came to Dinner,” directed by Mr. Burdct Johnston, went over with a bang. It was the crash of Mr. Whiteside’s falling on the lec which was the beginning1 of a series of unexpected incidents, innumerable laughs, tangled affairs and witty English humor. The large cast of over 30 from convicts and a temperamental actress to Christmas carolers added variety and action to i) rather long play. The sotting was gay and fitting in contrasting greens.Bruce Hanson is to be commended for an excellent characterization of Whiteside; he carried the play with his encless number of lines. His expressive gestures and loud sarcasm covered a hidden kindness, which we eventually aaw.Rosalie Howard as Maggie, his secretary, wus experienced and hard. She was her best when being cynical and businesslike.Phyllis Lain as Miss Prccn, the nurse, was very good in a comical supporting role; her timidity was enjoyed by all.Ethel June Ericson as Mrs. Stanley was a well meaning mother—pacifying, and ra’.her bubbling.Kirk Hay as Mr. Stanley was inc'ignant and gave contrast by raising and lowering his voice.Joseph McGuire should have special mention for his good v.ork in a dual role, lie played Beverly Carlton and Banjo with refreshing case.Colleen Taylor as Harriet Sian-ley conveyed the desired feeling of “strangeness.’1 She used broad movements and was a breezy sort of a co.se.Darrel Gossett as Dr. Bradley looked the part. He was a grinning simple doctor excited at the prospect of Whiteside reading his book. His untimely entrances were laugh provoking..Mary Frances Lister as the actress Lorraine Sheldon was striking and slinky in her effective costumes. She occasionally lapsed however into her character of Regiou ;n “Little Foxes.”Jim Burke as Bert Jefferson was youthful; a little loo flighty perhaps, but happy-go-lucky.Biehunl mid June Stanley were played by Warren Lesch and Lois Floment. She wus sweet and sincere. he was eager.Even by mentioning some of the others in the cost, Jean Brown, Don McKinley, George Beasley, Norine Asp, Robert Burnett andReport on Europe Students MadeMiss Aline Colgate of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the speaker at the CCA meeting held Monday night at 7:00 in the chapelThe Rev. Howard Jamieson presided over the meeting. Bobbie Thompson played a violin solo. “Adoration by Boro.vski. The Rev. Jamieson then introduced the speaker, Miss Colgate, v/h« last summer attended the World Students' Christian Fcderstion conference in Switzerland. She was the United Presbyterian delegate to this conference. Students and leaders of twenty eight nations attended this conference.Miss Colgate reported that European students spent the war years in one of four ways; either they were in the resistance movement, 2 prisoner of war comp, a labor concentration camp tr in military service. All are faced with the same problem: they are unable toadapt themselves to peacetime society. During the war it was u civic duty to live illegally. Many lost their sense of lav/ and their moral values.The problem now is to meet and satisfy the needs of these young people before Communism attempts to do so. The World Student Service Fund Is one agency attempting to do this. With the support of American college students it attempts to provide for European students.Miss Colgate closed by saying that European students hove the task of rebuilding the life of their notions; and it is our task to help them in Christian brotherhood.Shirley McMullen, the list does not end. The dialogue was easy, iifihirul sind alive; the story dragged only in one or two spots. The almost cniitiiiiious action practically eliminated this, and we see that through the trials, conflicts, and problems, life is essentially good.Wc say THANKS to the freshmen for a fine performance.McCulloughLumber Coal Co.BUILDING MATERIALS 101 East 1th A VP. — Flume 56
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Monmouth, Illinois, US
Fri, Apr 25, 1947
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