Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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with HAria da Capo and Fourteen, given. with the HSecond Shepherds' Play, were in a lighter vein and dld much to balance the programs. Mrs. Shephard of the department of English has been inde- fatigable in her able direction of the playe, and has proved her- self a loyal and enthusiastic cooperator 1n all ventures of the Drama Club. Madelaine Steffen held the presidency of the Club, with Gladys Blaine as Vice-president, Margaret Westgate as secretary and William Scott as treasurer, until February, when Gladys Blaine took the presidency and Margaret Westgate the Vice-presidency. Ann Shepard became secretary at the same time. Milestones BY ARNOLDe BENNETT APRIL 18, 1922 CHAPEL Cast of Characters JOHN RHEAD .......... . .Howard Smyth, '23 GERTRUDE RHEAD .......... Opal Weimer, '22 MRS. RHEAD ............... Ann Shepard, '23 SAMUEL SIBLEY ............ William Scott, '22 ROSE SIBLEY ......... Margaret Westgate, '24 NED PYM ................. David Pattullo, '24 EMILY RHEAD ............. Gladys Blaine, '22 ARTHUR PREECE ........ Edward Durham, '24 NANCY SIBLEY ....... Margaret McGowan, '23 LORD MONKHURST ......... Curtis Griffin, '25 THE HON. MURIEL PYM. ,. .Helen Thorsen, '24 RICHARD SIBLEY .......... Ronald Frazier, '25 WEBSTER ................... Victor Reid, '23 BUTLER .................... David Piper, '25 C0465 .............. Esther Shephard Manager ........ Joyce Ellsworth, '24 Costumer ..... Margaret Johnston, '23 Producers ......... Beatrice Olsen, '24 Lawrence Hartmus, '24 Make-up. . . .. . . . . .Edmund Bechtold Nancy Gavin, '23 Katherine Forbes, '24 Page Seven ty-s ix Fourteen BY ALICE GERSTENBERG DECEMBER 15, 1921 CHAPEL Cay! 0f Clzamcters DUNHAM ................ Donald Abbott, '25 MRS. PRINGLE ....... Virginia Huntington, '25 ELAINE PRINGLE ............ Helen Kaye, '22 Manager ....... Katherine Forbes, '24 Producer .......... Lester Lomax, '25 Costumer ........... Betty Brink, '25 The Wakefield Second Shepherds' Play DECEMBER 15, 1921 ' CHAPEL Casi of C lmmcter: IST SHEPHERD .......... Theodore Steffen, '24 2ND SHEPHERD .......... Charles Webster, '24 3RD SHEPHERD .............. James Stone, '25 MAC,ASHEEPSTEALER. .Lawrence Hartmus,'24 GIL, MAc's WIFE ...... Margaret Westgate, '24 TaHeau MADONNA AND ANGELS1 .Katherine Forbes, '24 Opal Weimer, '22; Grace Carney,'24 Scenes: On a hillside. In Mac's cot. Manager .......... Grace Carney, '24. Producer. . . .Margaret McGowan, '23 Costumers ......... Mignon Eliot, '22 Florence Craven, '23 Electrician. 1 .Charles McIlwraith, '25 Coack .............. Esther Shephard C45: of UWIW :1Tucw1' 1191111151451;

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Dr. Gntin's home has this twig. 9! Wednesday evenings. M2: tics m various fields ofscicnce. hf: along the Columbia; Mr. Elihu: ted tdks on birds; Dr. Toma. lg carried on at the L'nivcrsiM Pope described his travch in Be? ed to many eventful eveningwi' am or another to mm d W sueccssful on record. 11: omen of the Biologh' 0 be . Schwichtcnbcrgiwii Charlotte I cdby'JohnB hnization was P1 at State Oratorich WO achievements of signal prominence stand out in the Drama Club season of 1921-1922. First is the presentation of Aria da Capo, a fantasy depicting, through the medium of an incident in the lives of two simple shepherds, the misunderstand- ings that give rise to war, and through Pierrot and Columbine, the unthinking attitude Of the world at large. iThe peculiar significance of the play was augmented by its second production on Armistice Day, the eve of the Washington conference. The other achievement of more than ordinary importance was the Second Shepherds, Play, of the Wakefield Cycle, presented just before the Christmas holidays. The beauty of the Vision which the shepherds saw from the hillside;the Madonna and the AngelsMwas the beauty of the medieval church frescos and the religious paintings of Italian art. To Mignon Eliot is due the credit for casting this tableau, and for the artistic work Wthh formed the background. It has long been the custom of the Drama Club to present as a Climax Of the seasons work a three act play. A happy ch01ce was made this year in Arnold BennetEs Milestones. The play was an interesting delineation of a universal problethhe eterrial conflict Of the old, the conservative, with the new,- progresswe and radical. It was well staged and presented w1th unusual finish. Two other plays were given during the year; both-of which met with approval. WSuppressed Desires, presented in cormeCthn Page Seventy-five ff, 1.7: m; A -

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Milestones .Y AINOLD 'EXKETT 'III. '8' I921 Cam Cu! 401mm: om: Ruuo.. . ..1,1.....Honrd5myth,':3 innrn: Ruuo ......... Opachimtr,'12 duRHuo .............AnnShcp:rd,'23 mun Smn' .......... WdliamScott, 22 lost Sum. . ,. UHMugmHK'stgatcju u'w PYII ...V.....DavidPamIJh '-6 imu Rana MGladm': mm : PIEECE ........ Ednrd hscr Smn' .om Moxmusr. . ,5. 1 7a: Hos. Mum Pm. ..Hck:;d1;l:: '15 ' llcuuo Sum' ........ ROQ'WM'ZI 1 Vustn . .............. D. MHpafi, V BVTLEI , . V1, ------ A ,WBWSkihf: 1 ul , 1 - 1 ohm . Hugth '24 Culult'v IJVHBanc'OIgn'H MIMI! 1;ch Hutmus! 4 Main! ' ' ' ' 1 ' W 01m MugarctMcGolllv:13 ....Curtist 5W5 Suppressed Desires BY GEORGE CRAM COOK AND SUSAN GLASPELL NOVEMBER 4, 1921 COMMONS UNION Cast of Characters HENRIETTA BREWSTER ............................. Dorothy Rossman, 122 STEPHEN BREWSTER ............................ Alfred Christopherson, ,24 MABEL, HENRIETTA,S SISTER ............................ Mabel Easter, ,24 Coaciz ......................................... Esther Shephard Producers .................. Frances Barbey, 2.4; August Beich, 123 Costumer ................................. Margaret Johnston, 123 Manager ................................... Carol Cummings, ,23 Aria da Capo BY EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Dm: NOVEMBER 4, 1921 COMMONS-UNION Cast of Characters DH? COLUMBINE ......................................... Frances Gripper, 125 MiE-i PIERROT ........................................... Donald Ramsdell, 123 E1115: COTHURNUS, MASQUE OF TRAGEDY ....................... Robert Brady, 123 THYRSIS ............................................ Easton Rothwell, 124 CORYDON ............................................ Howard Smyth, '23 Coach .......................................... Esther Shephard Producers ................ Alice Lathrop, 1'24; William Graham, ,24 ' Coxtumw ..................................... Lucile Murton, ,22 Semi Manager ...................................... Ann Shepard, ,23 FROM ARIA DA CAPO Page vaenty-sevcn I