Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Wmma HE Drama Club season of 1920-21 was one of accomplishment, and T while no effort was made to adhere to the original schedule of one per- K$5 formance a month, each Of the seven plays given was of a cons1stent1y high standard, and marked the work of the lclub well eut of the amateur w class. High grade direction, unexpected and exceptlonal talent, and a wide-spread and enthusiastic support by the student body, are largely responsible for the success of the year. The club was fortunate in having Mr. Bechtolds services as a director. Previous to his coming to Reed, Mr. Bechtold had had wide experiencein both callege and professional dramatics. His work in HA Marriage Proposal and in 1Hobsons Choicew was particularly effective, in both Of which plays results were achieved seldom equaled by college players. Miss Bacon in her direction of an act from the HYellow jacketH created an effect of oriental whimsy and splendor that was keenly appreciated. Mr. Grays experiment in producing Hln the Zoneai with a number of Freshman men unused to dramatic appearance once more showed his ability to mold new material into a highgrade group of players. Mr. Grays work in HRyland,H both acting and directing, was also effective. Out of the numbers of players that appeared this season, Consuelo McMillan, Arthur McLean, and Forrest Foster did strikingly good work that kept up their reputations gained in previous years. Among new members of the Club, the work of Margaret Westgate Harold King, Frances Barbey, Harry McCoy, and Howard Smyth assures continued high standard productions. Of the various groups at work particular mention must be made Of the cos- tumihg and properties groups, who were called upon for the utmost in resource- fulness this year. Officers of the club for the year were: president, Consuelo McMillan; Vice- president, Gladys Blaine; secretary, Julia Harrison; and treasurer, William Scott. The faculty dramatic committee included Miss Young, Mr. Bechtold and Mr. Gray. Plays given were as follows: NOV um 13 ER 10, 1920 Tin: CHAPEL Nowawmu IQ, 1930' THE CHAPEL A BR1131W MORNING iQuintcroi BY THEIR WORDS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM h2 1V1 - 1. D As, 1Qumter01 PEFRAALAURA Florence Craven C231 CAST DON GONZAI h . Rachel Cronquist 1.242 IV1ANOLITA Dorothy Dick 1311 JUANITO . - ' I . . . . ' ' Forrest FOSter. 1.221 ENRIQUE . ' . i . I . 1 . I . - . I . ' . . . I Eugene Vincent C211 C h M . B. . . . . . Alfred Gehrl 1221 ZEROrE . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Holzman i211 oac : ISS ACON i ' i C .h: M, . B . Erocsttjgrcnegr: ?Slisggiziz 237,311 Psgsucer: GSRTREgi-rggl: i221 . Manager: GLADYS BLAINE Czy Costumes: MADELAINE STEFFEN i 221 Manager: FLOTENCE FERREL C221 1. 19.xhh 2.? a g i KM H i3? 59 m

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1920 R. Scholz says that history is made, not on the six days that man works, T but on the seventh day when he rests. That certainly is true of Reed College history, for on the seventh day a group of students gather to 8; 9 write the Quest, and as history is a record of the worlds happenings, S9 Mg so the Quest is a record of college happenings. The weekly gets its name from the old phrase, Comrades of the Questii used to designate Reed students I early in the career of the college. Each week all the scandal of the community, I all the events of the Vicinity, properly pruned and expanded, make their appearance in the little paper which appears on W ednesday noon. The Quest reporter is 1 renowned for the quantities of personal information he possesses, which makes no man feel entirely safe from his powers. Until the middle of this year, there was no general election for Quest editor, and he was half appointed, half-selected from possibilities about the college. Tom Brockway then decided that the Quest editorship was too much of a responsibility for a thesis-writing Senior, and so the charter was lost. This misfortune resulted in one of the most exciting campaigns of Reed history. A new regime, under Bill Stone as editor and Bill Scott as news-editor have made subsequent Quests as 7 interesting as any in the files. Hereafter the editor will be elected from the junior class, at mid-year, which will eliminate the necessity for losing future charters. , The Quest staff attacks its weekly job with amazing enthusiasm. Every 1 Sunday morning all its members gather in the little office off the chapel, laugh s over rumors, talk over the events of the week, and write the articles. The sound ,i of Mr. Becker, practicing for the next organ recital forms an effective background for the Clacking of typewriters, which is interrupted occasionally by loud bursts of laughter. Hj udas Priest, this is goodl'i quoths Mr. McGowan as he laboriously misspells out his latest Hfunny dopefi The work is efficiently systematized, so that each writer has his own special lob. Muriel Nichols spends most of the time when she is not assistant-editing in PFOdUCing master-piece headlines without reading the articles. Ellen Gantenbein and Verda McCallum, Bill Scott's assistants, write up social events and assemblies, and whenever he remembers to get up, Ted Steffen does menis athletics. Another CUb reporter, Alice Lathrop, produces a hundred and flfty words weekly about Women's sports. Nancy Gavin, scandal artist, assists Howard McGowan. Tho not an official member of the staff, Harold King makes a competent printers . devil, while Sam White holds down the mat of the office dog by boning at all hard i Jobs like word-counting and interviewing reluctant faculty. Other cub reporters ' are May Arnold, Virginia Westfall, Clinton Wrilson and Carol Cummings. Directly in line for future editor of the Quest stands Easton Rothwell, all around handy man and feature writer. H Altogether the Quest this year has presented a so COmmunistic efficiency which it has never shown before 1n a man management. lidarity of frontl' and a 11 the history of its one 51

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v- : : March 24-6 1021 T11: 1111mm. . . , Ln 1 IOBSON s CHOICE 113rzghouse1 CAST 1r0ducing 1n the ALBERT PROSSER . HENRY HORATIO HOBsON MRS. HEPWORTH . TUBBY WADLow WILLIAM Mosmp . JIM HEELER ADA FICGINS FRED BEENSTALK DR.1V1CFARI.ANIZ . . . . . MR. Bum ITOLD Coach: ' Manager: MURIEL Joy NICHOLS 1 211 Costumer: MADELAINE STEFFEN 1'221 Producers: DOROTHEA BUCK 1'231 HAROLD BROW'NSON 1'231 Electrician: CRAIG ELIOT 1 221 th . . Ana: . . Alice Abbott 1241 e Oflgm 1 VICKEY . Margaret Harding 1'231 a 81:11 1 MAGGIE . 1 Consuelo McMillan 1211 Theodore Steffen 1'241 Forrest Foster 1221 Nancy Gavin 1231 Jacob Holzman 1211 Howard Smyth 11231 Phiilip AdamS 1241 Ruth Chambers 1221 William Scott 1221 James Hamilton 1221 IVAN VASSILYITCH 1 . . . STEPHAN STEPANOYITCH FSCHUBUKOV NATALIV . . . A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL 1Trhckhov1 CAST Arthur McLean 1211 Haro1d King 1241 . A STEPANO Frances Barbey 1'241 ,' Coach: Mk. BECHTOLD 313631311116 01108 11'. Costumcr: FRIEDA KRICHESKY 1231 L Producer: NANCY GAVIN 1 231 1UP 01111311811111 Manager: MARGARET MCGOWAN 1231 effective. 1 this season,00 1y good work that 1 111111 CHAPEL IVIarch 4, 1921 31 N 1116111116150 H Tm: YELLOW JACKET 1The First Act1 , 13 1Haselli e a d Binrjmo 361'; Harry M6001 n CAgT c I 1 , ,1 CHORUS . mmeld Woodingc 11231 9 WU SIN Wm Maurice Howard 1:221 , i .x 1116 IgAvl mervjm . Harold King 1241 ; 1-: ' nuonmus I D .w . . . .1 IS 1 1 2 .1 4 ,. U, f 1116111 1' 1115111111110 Margaret VVestgatc 1241 s , 1 1 1 , 1 113011 01 'Hi 5W Dominic Salandra 1231 2 3 1 1 . . . 1 610111 Coach: M B: 1 ,f dent, COHSU 11 Manager; 01:1:18-1Agc1411111128 1221 i Sl'l-ZY SIN FAN PROPERTY MAN ATTl-INDANTS Producers: QRETCHEN SMITH 1211 10M MALARKEY 1'221 Costumcr: VIRGINIA WESTFAH. 1'241 Gladys Blaine 1'221 . . . . . . Clinton Wilson1'221 David Palul1o1'241, XVilliam Scott 1221 Ungi 1911an , LITTLE THEATRE CHAPH, - , . MUFCh 5, 11131 mRV'WY 4, 1931 Hmmmm 25, 1021 IN 21 111i ZONE 101Vcill1 RYLAND 1Goodman1 CAST 1 VP ' WILLIAM RY! up 0118' 1 7 Qwrrv Laurence Hartmus 1 241 x 1' ,, ' . . . . . Harold Gray K' , f ' . ,4 . 11 1930' 11113, EiHAI'hR . - . - JumcQ Hami1t0n 1.221 DAVH 1421711111 1521111111 1 1.3411 R1 . 101 hwy 1-11iLDlN1. . John Piper 1.241 OboN IILmy 439, am 1. 1 V R05 1 MARY RYLAND 1 ouisc Clark 1231 IVAN 11loward 1 almcr 1.241 'THEIR Quinlan Mk1 HADDRILL 2le ;,d 61hri 1-271 YANK . Lloyd 1V00c11rjm 1.231 1 1 ANuuu; , 1: .' 2 rc 3L 1 DRIRCOH. Hurry Md my 1 241 111 1KAL'HMAN Horence Ferrel 1221 S thl . 1'74 Cw , IRJosHLwA REYNOLm . Herman Kchrli 1.731 COCKY . I: - any 11L '- 1 . , ' . Coach; Mk. GRJXY ' Sch'rY . . . . 11 111mm bruhum 1 2-11 . ' , - gostumcr: Luau: 114L111TON 1'221 Cuachz MR CRAY , 1 . ' . 1 roductr: MURIEL JOY 1 '11:: 101.8 1211 Producm'x' WILLIAM Snwr. 1221 . 1111019111; Xhlmgcr: CAROL CUMMINGS 1231 WILLIAM Sam '11 1 231 E MR'BIDEOYF oa , GERTRZINEyf: mum: MW 111 211W es. FL01ENC