Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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27 Professor Hamilton explains one of a collection of carved figures to students during an exhibit here this year Monmouth College stands near the top of the midwest conference in the number of courses of- fered in art, particularly in the field of art history and appreciation. We have an unusually fine col- lection of slides, photographs, and books to illustr- ate courses; and a schedule of loan exhibitions is maintained, giving students access to original works of art Art history and appreciation are taught by Mr, Hamilton, design and house plan- ning by Mrs. Hamilton, and instruction in drawing and painting is given by Miss Pease and Dr. Cram- er. The aim of the department is to promote the appreciation and enjoyment of the fine arts. On February 11, 1956 Dr. Donald, Professor Hamilton, and a group of students traveled to Chi- cago to see the exhibit of paintings and posters by Toulouse Lautrec, at the Art Institute. One of Lautrec ' s posters is of particular interest to cit- izens of Monmouth and to students of Monmouth College, This poster is a pastel drawing of Loie Fuller, a world famous spectacular dancer, who appeared in Paris at the Foliies Bergeres. ART APPRECIATION On cold winter evenings in Fullersburgh, Illi- nois, f he local bartender closed his tavern early in the night. The bar room, with its small potbellied stove was the only warm room in the building; in it slept Mr. Fuller and his wife In this inauspici- ous atmosphere Loie Fuller was born When she was a young girl Loie ' s father mov- ed to Monmouth where he owned the National Hotel At an early age she became interested in the stage and was to have assumed the role of May Morgen in the temperance play, Ten Nights In A Bar Room. Loie became ill shortly before the performance and could not act. However, her public appearances were not confined to theatri- cal productions and she delivered a temperance lecture at Columbia Hall in Kirkwood. The 1870 ' s were the era of home talent shows with every church choir mangling Pinafore or the Mikado. One such entertainment was being given at Monmouth and with temperment characteris- tics of an actress the leading lady walked out be- cause a minor role had not been given to a friend. A dancer was needed to take her place. Fred Allen, a Monmouth naturalist and the inventor of the Allen Duck Call, told the dis- traught producer that Loie Fuller qualified for the part. Loie, who made her reputation in the Buf- falo Bill wild west shows and reigned as the darl- ing of the Follies, first performed on a Mon- mouth stage doing the one dance she knew, a highland fling, which did not logically fit into the show.

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26 Scene from The Curious Savage ' Scene from Dust of the Road. 1 Dramatics at Monmouth is not geared to training professional actors. The techniques of stage production as they are taught in dramatics classes and practiced in the Crimson Masque may inform future high school dramatics teachers or enhance the appreciation of drama; but only a very small percentage of Monmouth graduates have worked in the legitimate theater, the movies, or television Thirty years age the Crimson Mas- que became an organized production group. Since that time it has produced plays which represent a wide cross section of the world ' s great authors: Sophocles, Eunpedes, Shakespeare, Molhere. Wild- er, and Isben This year the men and women behind the Masque have produced The Curious Savage, Dust of the Road, and their summenal production will be Hamlet, with Chuck Chatfield in the title role, John Niblock as the revengeful Laertes, and Judy Reed as poor mad Ophelia. Dramatics at Mon- mouth has maintained a high standard of perform- ance; and as we go to press with the Ravelings it can be predicted that from the first moment when Hamlets meet on the battlement, the play will be a splendid success. Backstage crew find much to be productions done in preparation for

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Monmouth College Band Front: Millikan, Finlay. Beveridge, Lang, Lanphere. A Miller, Palmquist, Telford. 2nd: E Nelson, Faimer, M. Smith, Cain, Perrin, D Henry, Flick, Fraser, D Jones, Koltrin, Getty, Lawler 3rd: Til ton, Robbins, Clark, I Brooks, Taylor, C Craham, Beveridge, Sprout, Willson, Horner, Zorn, Riggle. S Smith, Cibb, Fitch, Underwood, Ccnvvay. B Green, Piatt 4th: Mr Loya, Copeland, J Crank, Albertson, Barrett, Riley, C Olson, Painter, Bishop, R Thompson, J, Woods, Wolfe, Mundt, Slaughter Monmouth College Choir Front Mr Dunn, McAllister, Finlay, Jobush, R. Thompson, Flick, McBean, C White, Jermgan 2nd C Moore. Klecka, Sprout, C Olson, Hughes, Stoddard. Campbell, Bergcld, C Edwards, M. Nicoll. Hilsenhoff. 3rd Sawyer, Evans, Bergdahl, M Furgason, MacGregor, Barclay, A Miller, Riley, Rahn. Palmquist, J. Lindsay 4th Mundt, F Nicoll, Sanders. Sims, D Jones, Hartmire, Ostrom, Flanders, Lyke, D Brown, Janes, Forsythe. 5th D Henry, Pearson, Courtney. Syrett, Bes ' e, Traversino, Durham, Willing. Pioch. Saxum, Hatch, Lister. t f t t t $L fc