Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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THE 1933 H WARRIOR-u “BERKELEY SQUARE By John L. Balderston Cast of Characters Maid................. Tom Pettigrew . . Kate Pettigrew...... Lady Anne Pettigrew Mr. Throstle........ Helen Pettigrew. . The Ambassador . . . Mrs. Barwick......... Peter Standish ... . Marjorie Frant... . Major Clinton..... Miss Barrymore....... Duchess of Devonshire Lord Stanley......... H. R. H.. The Duke . . . Patricia Rieper . ... Fritz Krueger . .... Rosalie Teas .........Helen Quick . . Sherman Frederick .... Pearl Jordahl ........ Loutz Gage .........Olga Hilbers ... Roland Saeger .....Phyllis Bader . . . Jack Ellsworth ........ Clara Hcnscl ........ Faye Roberts .... Harrison Elmore of Cumberland. . . . . .Elwyn Zaloudek The action throughout this play took place in the morning room of a house of the Queen Anne period in Berkeley Square. London. The time shifted between the years 1784 and 1928. The story of the play followed the life of Peter Standish. a young American architect who inherited an old English house in which one of his ancestors had played an impor- tant role. When he took up residence there he found that he could walk back and forth through time, that he could step into the shoes of his ancestors and live the life that man lived in the Eighteenth century. He accepted the challenge of adventure and entered this early time, appear- ing in the drawing room dressed in the costume of that time but still essentially himself. He played the game as well as he could. Much of the life charmed him but much also shocked him. His knowledge of the future sometimes tripped him up. but the platitudes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were brilliant epigrams to those about him. Despite his success he was not really at home. The ghosts found something terrify- ing in him. just as he found something unreal in them. At last he returned to the present time, carrying with him only the memory of Helen, whom he had loved. ❖ ❖ ❖ Itiilcr. Gige. Hilbert. Rirprr. Jordlhl. Sieger. Robertt. F.lltworth. Ziloudek. Ilcntrl. Elmore. Ten. Frederick. Krueger. Quick nighty-four

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THE 1933 i WARRIOR MIDLAND PLAYERS President ...............Rosalie Teas Vice-President........Sherman Frederick Secretary -Treasurer . . . Newell Mendenhall The Midland Players, organized in the fall of 1925 by Mrs. Sara A. Hawkinson. give an opportunity for actual participation in dramatics—a chance to put into practice the theories of classroom work. The organization presented three major plays this year. The play given last fall was The Ghost Train,” a mystery-thriller by Arnold Ridley. The scene of this play is in the north woods of Maine. The story concerns a group of tourists, directed incorrectly, left at a country station and thoroughly frightened by tales of the ghost train which appears at midnight. The train proves to be a real train run by rum-runners. One of the travelers, later found to be a detective, discovers the plot and arrests the law-breakers. This play was unique in that it required as large a crew backstage, to operate light and sound effects, as the cast itself. The Players again presented Why T he Chimes Rang at Christ- mas. Junior expression pupils gave The Birthday of the Infanta at the same time. A new practice was initiated this spring when the dramatists prepared The Rock. a religious drama for presentation on a trip. It was given in 1 7 cities outside of Fremont to a total of approximately 6.000 persons. The Midland Players, together with the music and physical education departments will present Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream as the commencement play. The Players again sponsored Stunt Night and the Little Theater Tournament for high schools. Back row: Roberts. Sudman. I). Elder. Ellsworth. Beerbohm. Baird. R Wiegman. Scrvinc. Anderson. P. Wiegman Second row: Meyer. Zaloudek. Johnson. Lutzelman. Livers. Gicnapp. Hensel, Rieper. T. Elder Front row: Smith. Kendrick. Harper. Renter. Mrs. Ilawkinson. Chapman. Cordis. Moore. Teas. Schafersman Eighty three

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THE 1933 WARRIOR. “THE ROCK” By Mary Hamlin Cast or Characters Peter....................... Harvey Clark Adina......... ........... Helen Chapman Deborah.....................Margaret Reuter Ucal .... ................Sherman Frederick Mary of Magdala......................Nadine Lucas Agar...................................John Johnson Pandira ....................... Harold Livers Titus. . ........................Dale Flora Servant..............................George Flora Tun scenes of this religious drama are laid in Palestine «at the time of Christ. The action of the first part is in Galilee, in the courtyard of Simon, the fisherman. In the last act, the scene shifts to a housetop in Jerusalem, on the evening of the Crucifixion of Christ. The play presents the religious development of Simon Peter from physical trust in his own power to true belief in God and resultant strength of character which made him “the rock on which I will build the structure of my faith.” as he was named by Jesus. The steps of his development come through his un- derstanding that Christ needs his strength, that it is not physical strength that will avail, but moral character, and through his realization that man is nothing without the strengthening power of God. The play presents the currents of thought of the times concerning Jesus, and gives historical, as well as character study. For the first time in the history of Midland, a major play was taken on the road, with immediate success. In all. 18 presentations were made during the Lenten season to an estimated crowd of 6.000 people. These performances were made at Lincoln. Davenport. Ohiowa. York. Pender. Emerson. Hooper. Falls City. Verdun. Syracuse and Fremont. Nebraska: Sioux City and Missouri Valley. Iowa: Kansas City. Missouri and Chapman. Salina. Topeka and Bcndcna. Kansas. ❖ ❖ Ftcdcfick. Clark. Chapman. Rcuur. Luca Eighty-five