Shippensburg University - Cumberland Yearbook (Shippensburg, PA)

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They Present JPrttip au Prp;u ir? Mr. Bennet Roth Berry Hill Allen Russel Mrs. Bennet Marjorie Cover Lady Lucas Dorothy Boynton Charlotte Lucas Mary Morgan Jane Bennet Margaret McCartney Elizabeth Bennet Helen Eichelberger Lydia Bennet Jean Davis Mr. Darcy Duane Kirssm Mr. Bingiey Willard Kerr Mr. Collins John McGuire Captain Denny Michael Ryan Amelia Ja e Derrick Returning to the days of sweet, maidenly modesty, the Masquers presented Pride and Prejudice among staid Victorian furniture and gay colored costumes. Many aspiring actors and actresses were given an opportunity to star. The burden of the boy meets girl angle of the play was divided between these two talented couples. Behind the scenes Clippinger, Rhodes, Berry, and Hoke manufacture the sets and keep re- hearsals lively with their witty banter accom- panied by loud pounding and much sawing. Nervous but competent direction was, as usual, provided by Miss Mary York. Mr. Wickham Belinda Amanda First Young Man Miss Bingiey Agatha Second Young Man Maid Maggie Mrs. Gardiner Lady Catherine Colonel Fitzwilliam Mrs. Lake Edwin Sponseller . . Lois Ellwein Lois Ritts Frank Coffey . Miriam Schlegel . Helen Lyter George Miller Julia Gillan Betty Callahan Martha Leanier Roberta Warf Frank Mastrocola Mary Haas [ 27

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L)ea.«- ' ' h ' ' j We Present ihi ' a yeix R.A «ec ' % The Masquers John A. Ruhl John Sweeney OFFICERS Pr ' ke-Pv sidcvt Martha Learn sidcvt Miss York Sec.-Trctis. Sponsor The house lights go down and the curtain slowly opens. A quick glance at the program reveals a long list of names. The persons backstage who were lucky enough to get their names on that program are proud members of the Masquers. Not long ago they were standing on the same stage with much less confidence. Out front in- stead of an anxious audience was one small woman who was about to judge their abil- ity as future stage stars for S. S. T. C. Miss York, sponsor of the club, each year views a large group of ambitious Freshmen and slightly more confident upperclass- men who want to add their names to the Masquers ' roll. A few talented aspirants are in a few days sent a notice that they have been elected into the dramatic club of the college. The club has a closed membership of 65 persons. Each week members of the club direct and enact a one-act play which is then discussed by a very critical club mem- bership. Each member at some time during the year is given the experience of act- ing in, or directing one of these plays. When the time draws near for one of the major productions of the club, Miss York once more studies the members of her club and chooses the persons who will get their names on the program. Not all will be actors. There will be several amateur carpenters, painters, seamstresses, artists and detec- tives. These comprise the stage hands, scenery painters, costumei ' s, make-up people, and property committees. Masquers does not aim to produce Broadway stai-s, but only to give college stu- dents a chance to learn the ways of the stage and backstage, and have a lot of fun doing it.

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Acclimation through poetry Autumn A flock of sheep grazing In a dried field of grass A boundary fence of hand split Post and rail A brook immersed in colored leaves Trees like a bouquet of tweed swatches Whose color warms your soul The flight of birds southward The creaking of boughs The essence of apples and pineneedles The pleasant odor of horse flesh and leather Hazy skie . — cool nights Autumn has thus spread forth her charms. Charles Bellows. Winter Deep, soft drifts Of gleaming snow Enfold the campus far below My lighted window. Long, icy needles Hang from the trees And clink together with gentle ease In the frosty breeze. Feathery puffs On every vine Give the world a white sign Of winter in a colder clime. Barren fields Leafless trees Here and there a patch of snow ; Hard, cold ground Naked vines Now and then a rasping crow ; Bleak mountain Icy fountain O ' er the campus chill winds blow. Marjorie Cover. [ 28 ]