Columbia University Teachers College - Tower Yearbook (New York, NY)

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THE MODEL LOVER. Thompson Gymnasium, Friday, May 9, 1913. CAST. Colonel Francis ...... ..... Professor Pelletier ................... Giista-oe Pelletier Qsoiij ................ Leslie Francis, Niece to Colonel Fraiifis .... Betty Trask, ward to: Coloiiel Francis ......... . . Mrs. Babbit, housekeeper to Colonel Francis ....... Jessie Morang Irene De Groodt . . . Genevieve Howell Marion Champlin . . . Edna Stanley Lucy F. Cooper . Direction of Miss jane Herendeen COMMITTEE Ethel Epstean-Manager Frances Ogden Marion Roper Irma Terhune Dorothy Tilman ALL-OF-A-SUDDEN-PEGGY. By Ernest Denry Given at Earl Hall, Columbia University. March 21, 1914, Matinee and Evening. CAST, Lady Crackeizthorpe ..... ........ Millicent-her daughter ........... . . . . . Marie Reilly . . . . . . Mildred Dickert Parker-Butler .................... . . . Mildred Ackerman Major Arch-ie-retired army officer . .. . .. Lucy F. Cooper liiiimy-the sou ................... ..... - Alma Booth facie ........................... .. Mary Richardson Lord Crackeiitliorjue .... Genevieve Howell Mrs. O'Mara ........ Mildred Memory Peggy ......... . . Louise Paine Lucas .............. . . ....... ............ ...... R u th Peet Mrs' C olqiilzo-zm ...... , .................................. Loretta Brady Direction of Professor Allan Abbott COMMITTEE Genevieve Howell, Chairman. Virginia Hilton, Treasurer I Margaret E. Wolcott, Secretary Georgia Tingley Ella Frankfurter Caroline Wortman Page One-Hundred-twenty

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THE FESTIVAL SPIRIT IN TEACHERS COLLEGE HF, various expressions of the Festival spirit in Teachers College have been so spontaneous and delightful, that it has been found of interest to the entire College and its friends to trace to their beginnings, threads that have been woven into the fabrics of the festivals since 1914. It is significant that 'fit all began in the Department of Music and Speech, two primary channels of human emotion. There was a class in Plays and Festivals, and the members determined to let the whole Col- lege participate in the joy of their work, by giving a T, C. festival. The Practical Arts Department was drawn in, for obvious reasons, and the Students' Council next because of the size and seriousness of the undertak- ing. Many now in Teachers College must remember the old County Fairs sponsored by the Council, which were to raise money for its activi- ties and which were undertaken by various clubs. These old County Fairs were the real progenitors of the present Festival, for in 1914 the Hrst festival replaced the last County Fair. The Council undertook the business part and the Festival class the making of the Festival. The Masque of Joy for the benefit of the Manhattan Day Nursery was the first of the new Festivals and was given on January 10, 1914. In 1915, a New Yearls celebration had been planned, when Miss Grace Dodge's death made necessary a revamping of the plan into two later festivals: a Valentine's celebration and, on VVashington's Birthday, a Fes- tival of True Romance. Here, for the first time, the graduate as well as undergraduate students, became part of the undertaking, drawing yet more threads into the Woof of the pattern. This was suggested by the oc- currence of the Alumni reunion during that week, and the custom of com- bining the two occasions seems to have become a permanent one. The Festival of True Romance was especially charming, being a de- licious morsel from the times of chivalry, most faithfully and bouyantly car- ried out in word and spirit. For those who were unfortunate enough to miss it, a full account can be found in the Teachers College Record for May, 1915. As a natural result of the working out of the Festival spirit, the whole College, Professors, grads, undergrads, and Fanny Morton, have been drawn into the irresistible whirlpool of community spirit. The whole College, in large or small part, contributed to the Shakespeare Festival of 1916, which was an unqualified success. The feeling of personal joy of all in participation was one of the most pleasing elements in the festivals-for this is the Festival Spirit itself. The Beadle, the acrobats, the gossips, the bad boys, the street vendors, the dancers, even the grads in their capes and ruffs, all blended into an har- monious expression of community feeling that should be the source of much inspiration to all sons and daughters of our Alma Mater. Page OIIC'-PIIHILi7'8d-1l'f1liL'fL'6IL

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A POMANDER WALK. A Comedy in 3 Acts by Louis N. Parker. Given at the Berkeley Theatre April 29 and 30, 1914 CAST. fohn Sayla, lOth Baron Otford ......... Lieutenant The Hon. John Sayle, R. N. . . . Admiral Sir Peter Antrobns .... , ...... . ferorne Brooke Hoskyn, Esq. ......... . The Rev. Jacob Sternroyd, D.D., F.S.A. . . . Mr. Basil Pringle .................... Jim .............. The Muffin Man .... The Lanflplighter .... The Eye-Sore .......... Bifnze. Lncle Lacheshais .... M lle. M arjolaine Lacheshais .... Mrs. Pamela Poskett ....... Miss Rnth Pennynnnt . . . Barbary Pennyrnint . . . H on. Caroline Thrlng . . . Nanette .............. .lane . . . ......................... . . . . Coached by Mrs. Welzinuller CoM MITTEE Helen Havens, Manager Grace Harrington Lucy Dickson Page One-Hundred-twenty-one ..... .. Emile Maue' . . Elizabeth Roberts . . . . Rosa E. Miller . Kathryn Wellman. . . . . . Louise Maltby . 'Wertha Pendleton. . . . . Anne Schultz . . . . Anna Dunn . . . . Alice Smith . . . . . . Marie Sayles Fannie Bell Ostrom . . . . Clara Atkinson . . Mildred Memory . . . . Anne Buckley . . . Lillian Galbraith . . . . . . Jessie Stuart . . . Dorothy Mullin . . . Anne Gibson Helen Perry