University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

DRAMATICS Scheherezade Minnie M. Sisson ' 18 The Queen of the Ebony Isles Helen Walters ' 15 Sinbad the Sailor J. Boyd Oliver ' 13 The Ambassador of Rajputtana Craig W. Ward ' 1 6 An Executioner John B. Halbert ' 18 The Caliph of Bagdad Kimball C. Kaufman ' 1 6 A Servant . Elbert E. Monro ' 1 7 Partheneia " The Queen ' s Masque, " the annual Partheneia this year written by Mary Van Orden, is Elizabethan in character. Miss Van Orden chose for her masque a type of pageantry eminently suited to the theme, for what- ever artificialities lie in the treatment of the motif, they are made unimportant by the general glitter and sophistication of the setting. This annual masque has become ritualistic, at least as to general theme; heretofore it has been more or less loosely connected, gorgeously colored and highly flavored with sugar. This year it has a definite plot and distinct action and is much closer the strict limits of a play. Miss Van Orden has given the change from girlhood to womanhood a saner meaning without seriously destroying the ritual. PARTHENEIA-THE EARTH ELVES 102