Northwest School of Agriculture - Red River Aggie Yearbook (Crookston, MN)

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Cast of the Taming of the Shrew KATHERINE ....,..,..,....,........... ,...,,A.,.. . ,.......,........ . PETRUcHIo BAPTISTA. , BIANCA ...... HORTENSIO fiRUMl0 . . PEDRO ,......, BIoNoEI.I.o MUSIC MASTER, . TAIIIOR ..,.,.,. LADIES . . . Loxns . A SERVANTS HOSTESS .,,.....,,. . Cl-IRISTOPHE A LORD, . , HUNTSMEN 'TAPSTER .... PLAYERS . LY, .,.. .. PAGE .......... .Antoinette DeMaster ,... Leo Maattala Donald McCall ....Hulda Swanson , .. Arthur Grove . ,Emery KenKnight ....,Clinton Donley . ., , Allan Holt ,. Clifford Kroulik , Herbert Schroeder Angela Filipi Edna Anderson , Estelle Philipp Agnes Lundin Dora Woods Bjarne Nornes Chester Yergens . john Anderson Rishton Bedard Arthur Burk Clarence Peterson Ingolf Swanson Albert Sandal - Carter Mortenson Roy Boman Nels Stenhorg l Ann Thoreson ....,. Arlene Hill , . .Richard Radway ,. .George Schultz Paul Sorenson 1 Carter Mortenson x Raymond Peterson ...John Pearson Arthur Burk J Rishton Bedard L John Anderson .Clarence Prenevost I . LADY IN WAITING ,... ....,,... R oy Boman Seventy-nine I X

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N.W.S.A. D The Taming of the Shrew The Taming of the Shrew, that delightful comedy of William Shakespeare which tells the old vet ever new story of a scolding woman and her cure by her lover, was the selection of the Seniors of the Northwest School for their annual class play. Haptista, a rich gentleman of Padua, has two daughters, Katherine and Bianca. The latter is docile and sweet and newly married to an equally mild husband. Katherine is a shrew, sought by many because of her beauty and her father's money, but single because few of her suitors have left without having their heads broken by the violent-tempered girl. But there comes one Petruchio from Verona and with him his clownish servant, Gfllmlll, and it is in Petruchio that Katherine meets her match- Such taming as was ne'er seen before -that is the story. Antoinette DeMaster as Katherine and Leo hlaattala as Petruchio, Donald lXflcCall as the worried old father, Emory Kenlinight as Grumio-each was con- vincing in his part. Each member of the cast portrayed his character faithfully and because of this delineation made the play the success that it was. 'lihe performance was given in the new auditorium on lVlarch 2 and 3, 1931. Several other plays were presented during the year on different occasions. On Parents Day a group from the Advanced Class gave The Brink of Silence a one act play. ln Days of Witchcr':1ft was presented as part of the 'lihanksgiving pro- gram in the Gymnasium. During VVinter Shows, too, hlrs. Pflughoeft presented a group of 4-H Club people in a play Goose lkloneyu for the entertainment of visit- ing club members. The Drama Class under the direction of lvliss VVeinberger, has presented one act plays of high merit on Sunday evening programs. lyliss WEillbCTgCT, who takes Miss Simley's place has done much to advance the cause of high grade work in dramatics which the lfnglish faculty at the Northwest School has always maintained. Sr'fLfM11y-viyflll X

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if N.W.S.A. if TOP ROVV: Greenley, Flom, Mr. Connery, McCall, Letnes. BOTTOM ROVV: Donley, Knutson, Pearson, Tangjercl, Peterson. Debate Debate is one of the most important activities at the Northwest School, and interest is growing in it year by year. The question for debate this year is, Resolved that chain stores are detrimental to the best interest of the American publicfy This has proved to be one of the most interesting and instructive questions of recent years. The lnterschool debate this year will be held with lVIorris and St. Paul. This is the first year that St. Paul will be in on the triangular debate and this has stimu- lated a great deal of interest in debate in the Northwest School. This year there has also been the added feature of a debate between the various classes at the school for the class championship, which was captured by the Senior class. Another new feature has been the debates with various High Schools. These have not only been very in- teresting, but have served as excellent practice. VVhen Mr. Avery, the former debate coach at this institution, left a year ago, with an excellent record behind him we felt that his place would be very difficult to fill. However, Mr. Connery, the new coach, has very ably taken up the work so thoroughly advanced by hir. Avery, and he enjoys the utmost confidence of his squad, and has already proved himself to be a very effective coach. The result of the lnterschool debate, in which the Aggie affirmative meets the St. Paul negative at Crookston, and our negative meets the affirmative at lworris is unknown at this date. But whatever the verdict may be, the year has brought the finest possible training for the debaters themselves, training which will mean as much tc them as any of their educational experiences. Eighty X Y-,, W