College of New Rochelle - Annales Yearbook (New Rochelle, NY)

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(Dflftrrra Dorothy D. Donovan, ’18 Helen M. Closs, ’18 Mary J. Shaughnessy, ’19 M. Loretta Branon, ’18 Marie Rohn, ’19 Virginia Waldron Anne Guilfoyle Estelle H. Davis Mother M. Loyola President Secretary Treasurer Mistress of Properties Mistress of Wardrobe Press Agent M u sical D i rector Coach Moderator The Dramatic Society of the College of New Rochelle was organized in 1906 under Miss Mary Conklin, ' 09. The year of its organization the Society produced two plays, “The Princess,” and “As You Like It.” For the following three years the Society contented itself with displaying its talent merely on campus, but in 1909 the mid-year play was held in New York City in the Waldorf-Astoria, and from that year dates the custom of producing the mid-year play in the city and the June or Senior play on campus. In the spring of 1909 the campus play was Racine’s “Iphigenia”; in mid-winter, 1910, “Twelfth Night” was given at the Waldorf-Astoria. 23

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Props and Paint

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03 ANNALgS ' ' 13 Nineteen hundred eleven marked an epoch in the dramatic history of the college for, in that year, Mrs. Estelle H. Davis became Instructor of Oral English and Dra- matic Coach, and at the present time, Mrs. Davis is (deo gratias) still with us. The mid-winter play, given that year in the Carnegie Lyceum, was “Much Ado About Nothing,” and the June play was Rostand’s “Fantastics.” In 1912 the custom of having the Junior and the Sophomore members of “Props and Paint appear in separate productions was established and is still observed. The Taming of the Shrew was portrayed in the Carnegie Lyceum in February of that year, and the “King Rene ' s Daughter” of Henrik Herz was enacted on campus in May. I he following year saw Moliere’s “Learned Ladies” at mid-year in the Plaza, and the Electra of Sophocles on May 28th. In 1914 Schiller’s “Mary Stuart” was given in mid-winter. Three years ago — 1915 — “The Rivals”, Sheridan, given first in New ork, was repeated on April 23d at Germania Hall, New Rochelle, for the benefit of the Catholic Protective Society of the Archdiocese of New York. In 1914 and in 1915 the campus play was given in the evening. The eastern side ol the campus was strung with small electric lights from tree to tree, and over the natural stage formed by a broad bank with a background of lilac bushes, great arc lights were hung. Here “As You Like It” was produced in 1914, and “Love’s Labour’s Lost” in 1915. At the Plaza, on Feb. 12, 1916, “Props and Paint” presented “The Tempest,” and for their campus play, the Seniors gave Rostand’s “Romancers.” Last year three short plays were given at the Plaza, and an Irish play “The Twig of Thorn” was the June production. So that up to this year “Props and Paint” has faithfully persevered in the tra- ditions established in its pioneer days; but since the coming of war into this peace- ful world, and since these are the days of “doing one’s bit,” the Dramatic Society this year forsook its habits of peaceful times and did its bit. On February 8, 1918, three sketches, coached as usual by Mrs. Davis, were presented in New Rochelle in the Knights of Columbus Hall for the benefit of the Knights of Columbus War Fund. The performance was especially successful and a large sum of money was realized. After the plays, the usual dance took place. This is the history of “Props and Paint,” up to date and, with such a past, one cannot but be assured of the future fame and success of anything “Props and Paint” may undertake. 24