The Dramatic Club Problem at Hanover College
The college Dramatic Club struggles with voluntary participation. Members approve plays in meetings but fail to act, delaying rehearsals for social events. The writer urges reform through regular, short meetings and discussions to expose members to modern drama and improve cultural life.
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College Dramatic Club
David Belasco
George M. Cohan
Heart of
Verona
Eddie
Hanover
Dramatic Club
DePauw Opens Outdoor Practice On McKeen Field
DePauw baseball coach Buss drills twelve players for an hour at McKeen Field marking the first outdoor session of the season. Capt Miller Royse Smith and Mahaffey lead the veterans as the core of the squad. In Indianapolis strong swimming talent rises with standout female swimmers gaining national attention.
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DePauw
McKeen
Buss
Capt. Miller
Royse Smith
Mahaffey
Wireless fountain pen receiver brings distant messages near
The audion bulb enables a compact wireless receiver the size of a fountain pen. Dr. Lee De Forest has demonstrated a device that lets a man in the street pick up wireless messages from eight to ten miles away, using amplified sound waves to receive broadcasts locally.
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Lee de Forest
Illustrated World
Washington
New York
San Francisco
Doctor de Forest
Pathetic bets and broken hopes in a street corner tale
A sentimental woman and a seasoned man discuss loss and betting. Dr Ballard wagers on a sure thing and loses twice, first with fish then with pineapples, realizing the Hanover girl looks down on him as a sneer. The tale riffs on misjudged bets and social disdain in a city setting.
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Dr. Ballard
Hanover
Indianapolis
Short Shot Billy Sunday on marriage and farms
Billy Sunday quips that a woman who refuses a suitor with a 160 acre farm and 100 red hogs will face ruin either as an old maid or by marrying a poorer man at high cost. He mocks inability to distinguish tango from hay.
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Billy Sunday
So and So prize won on campus after dark
A campus cartoon recounts a student stroll near Baldridge Gates and a late chat with Prexy, followed by Trexy calling the student to the chapel to announce winning the So and So prize, a moment of high joy and pride.
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Prexy
Baldridge Gates
Trexy
Chapel
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Neolin
Electric Shoe Hospital
G. Davis
W. Marn
Mabisson
Madison
Main Street
Ireland
Reed
Stugker’s Meat Market
W. M. Stuker
Mount Joy Dry Cleaner
West Street
THE
Mulberry St
Milady
C. A. Stanton
Rogers Drug Store
Anseo
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