Carthage College - Driftwood / Crimson Rambler Yearbook (Kenosha, WI)

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NINETEEN THIRTEEN Seniors uFour Years of Maneuvering A Romantic Comedy in Four Acts. Most popular play of mrnson. Given 011 College Campus 135' select company of wull trained actors. 011C performance only. Dramatis Personae I FHIVOLBFS Flu'rTI-zltI-jn . . . . . . . . . . . . IiALE tVALm-zrt CAItEI-TL CARETAI-Ulll . . . . . . . . . . . ESTHER CARLSON STI'DIm'S STI'm: . . . . . . . . . . . . ELLEN VDRXIIULT HYOIYNG Hm-EFL'L . . . . . . . . . ELIZABETH Donow TMM liYovzm HOPEFCL . . . . . . . . . . . Enxa Donow DITNAMIIS Emmx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Knm PARKER MANIX Mlssmxnw . . . . . . . . . . . . anxts SWANEY SERIOI'S SQUmE . . . . . . . . . . . . . LFTIiER SWANEY HEAD BIG Cl-Imr . . . . '. , . . . . . . . Lnrx O. WELGE Servants. friends. enemies. t'tc. Synopsis of Play The first act 01101131 with :1 grout dual of thus. spectacular Clement. Careful Caretaker is coaxing Young Hopefuls to hand over to 1191' 1111 their Spare cash in return for a small pastcboard check that will admit them t0 the secrets of the. mystic. She 11513111'83 them that while college bread may mean :1 four year 1011f, yet 0119 must have the dough. The greater part of thc first scrne is taken up with spirited arguments be- tween Careful Caretaker and the other actors, always ending in the Final victory of C. C., who goes off the stage at the close of the scene. heavily laden with dough, while the others crawl away dubiously scanning their pastcbuurd admit one to the Outlaw Band.n The second scene, about one week later, opens with :1 clandestinr nweting of the band to plan a cnlor-rush. Another hand of desperadoes Turrirl'y-ai'c

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CRIMSON b.--.:n..-u...-.. . . .. 1m-Iu RAMBLBR HALE .I WALKER Scmxn: L'AII'I'nmI-L Ill The lmIIpy-gu-lucky studr who 1mg. been 50 very husy with his studies and other activities. that few in his Class really know him. ELIZABETI'I S. DORCHV ARTS GUIDES, I'LL. 1 can't Fmd Erna anywhere. I'll LEN I... VOHKHOLT LITERARY 1.13m: , IIJU'A A shy, retiring young lady from over the rircr, just as sweet :15 she looks.

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t? R I M S 0 N R A M B L 13'. 1t had stolen their ensign. :1an another ullv had tn he made ere sunrise or the honor of the hnnri would be forever lost. The banner made. the enemy insult them still more by ignoring it. Heap Big Chief urges them to fly. and they hie them away to Ilumilton. where with fensting :lml retelry. the outlaw hand forget their grirfs'. and finally decide to Put :It the xnlne. table with the other outlaw hand. The third scene shows the outlaws :still lis'ing :1 wild life. They illi geniuusly obtain :1 enlly 0f the. ether hnnde plugs. :Illd Ill'lllllllt them when- ever Ileeessnry. The climax of the seene is when they luring nIIe of lheir enemies in in :1 eoHin. This pathetic incident melts :III the :Iutlienee to tears. The second :Iet ih' :muther spirited :me. Seem- one has another struggle between the outlaws and their new rix'uls. :1 hand but luter gathered in these parts. IiI-lek Harold. the hero of the ueenaion. Jam'es the day by stealing the new bnlldhq ensign. I11 590110 two the. hand is for the first time divided. Frivolous Fl'it- tel'er, Dmmmis Edison. and hm i'ellow-ennspirntnrs disguised, sneeeed in hambuozling most of the friends of the hand, and prevent any further notion on their part. The third net. where the crisis should naturally emne. falls :1 little fiat. There is; only one scene. In this most of the outlaw hand smother their wild fighting instincts and pass a dull, nmnntonnus peneeahle ex- istence. Occasionally some wild deaire breaks out hut i5 zliwnys sub- dued. The band llrlh became much smaller, owing to the 10.53- uf many in battles or ninng the wayside. Studieus Stnde joins the hand. earning from :1 two years, encampment among the distant Cueites along the Rapids. I In net four. scene um: the intereht revives. The. hand Hhmv that they have completer snhjugnted all their righting instincts. 0n the day when twn nther chins are waging war to the death, they quietly steal away to :1 hidden retreat, and spend the day in beautifying themselves, and ill having love. feasts. Bruvely they elimh Mt. Mnriuh and view the surrounding country, which they have Seclul'L'd and ravaged ill the past. In seem: two the hand don :1 new kind of rnhe, the symbol at peuee and general self-sntisfaetion. The other bands stand ilimllt in admiring awe. This is one of the. most impressive. scenes 0f the play. - Seene three. the. eloreing scene. shows. the hreuking 11p of the hand. after the vows have been taken, pledges given mid Imnnrs conferred. The. play ends with :1 moral fur the younger bands. whieh they little. heed or appreciate until they have pushed thruugh much the HFUIIC ex- periences- :15 the oIder band. Tid'cu U -3i.a'