Latter Day Saints Business College - S Book Yearbook (Salt Lake City, UT)

Page 117 text:

.., 41 . uh........t...x..a.wm.; w. . . .

Page 119 text:

After the presentation of itContrary Mary by our Dramatic Club in the Salt Lake Theatre on March 22,0ne dramatic critic said, .tDuring the performance I was not conscious of the fact that the players were amateurs. The production was worthy of the compliment. Two hundred students tried out for the parts in the play. It took a week for the judges to hear all of them. After three casts of players were formed out of the many contestants, coached and heard again by the judges, the following were chosen to present the play: Ruth XVhite, Carl Sevey, Norma Taylor, Sterling Case. Naomi Biesinger, De Witt Paul, Elizabeth Bennett, Ray Penrose. Helen Talmage, Andrew Foley and Clarence Runswick. The play was first produced in Winder ward on March 6th. Then on the twelfth the cast went to Centerville. Ten days later it gave its final presentation in the Salt Lake Theatre before a packed house. Each member of the cast deserves special mention for he played his part well. Ruth XVhite and Carl Sevey played the leads. Sterling Case and Norma Taylor upheld the dignity of lovers. Naomi Biesinger, DeVVitt Paul and Elizabeth Bennett furnished the fun for the audience in their character parts. They, with Ray Penrose as the father, Helen Talmage the dressmaker, and Andrew Foley and Clarence Runswick, the draymen, formed an especially strong cast. The production was under the direction of Margaret Caldwell, who was personally responsible for its success. N. D. Thacher was stage director, Mrs. Cannon super- vised the costuming, and Herbert B. Maw was business manager. With so much splendid dramatic ability in the school no wonder the president has announced plans for a large Dramatic Department next year.