Sioux Falls College - Sioux Brave Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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A ■fc « • «B ■ ■ HI McKenna Taylor Kirshman ° Kleespi t C Roister Doister Mtf - First Semester f .j .SfceonePBemester « i Richard McKenna ichp rd McKenna ». President °j X , Bobbie Taylor Helen Young v v ■ Vice-president ( - V Dorothy Kirshman Dorothy Godfrey v!U Sec ' y-Treas. Virgil Kleespies Donald Beveridge £, » Business Mgr. N a . In order to stimulate interest in drama and dramatic production on the campus, v Vi W the Roister Doister club was formed in the fall of 1931. The RD club has pro- V V $ duced Sun Up , the Tepee Day play, She Stoops to Conquer , and Ghosts . , cS A unique and successful drive for funds was carried on by the dramatic or- (J - ganization with such features as Shine ' em up Day , Roister Doister Circus, and a ,-, ■ mammoth candy sale. fcr Regular meetings are held every Monday night. The first part is devoted to business and the last to entertainment furnished by the members. r i f ■ n° Sixty-seven

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Oratory and Extempore Contests Carroll Arnold George Koplow In the Walsh oratorical finals held before the student body George Koplow, forensic manager, captured the title Walsh Orator and twenty-five dollars in gold with his oration, A More Equitable Distribution. Sterling Palmerton won second place and ten dollars talking on the subject, Billions for Tribute . The two winners competed in the state forensic tournament at Madison, and later Mr. Koplow and Luella Anderson represented the purple and white in the Pi Kappa Delta oratorical meet. With his speech, War Debts Should Be Done Away With, Carroll Arnold took the Drake Extemporaneous match and the annual prize which is offered for that event. Winning runner-up honors was Don Beveridge who talked on World War Veterans. Mr. Arnold represented SFC in the state tournament, and with Grace Prewitt talked in the Pi Kappa Delta extempore event. John Shultz was matched with other entrants in the After Dinner Speaking contest in the same tournament. Dramatic Department The Sioux Falls College dramatic department has received noteworthy results during the past year. Under the competent direction of Arthur C. Gray, the dramatic department produced Sun Up as the Tepee Day play, She Stoops to Conquer as the midwinter production, and Ghcsts as the commencement play. Mr. Gray is responsible in a large degree for the outstanding accomplishments of the department in the last two years. His plays are not chosen for the simplic- ity of production, rather he has chosen difficult plays requiring strange dialects, stylized scenery and tricky lighting. Sixty-six Prof. Arthur C. Gray

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SUN UP To climax Tepee Day festivities the Roister Doisters offered Lula Vollmer ' s Pulitizer prize play, Sun Up . Although it was the first production of the year, it was so well staged that a request program was made necessary. The play was difficult both to stage and to cast, for the scene was laid in a rude cabin and the lines were in the dialect of western North Carolina. Scenery and costumes were in true harmony with the atmosphere and were executed by the classes in dramatic production. Ann O ' Connell was outstanding in her part of Mrs. Cagle. As Emmy Todd, the engenue lead, Dorothy Waltz was very convincing, as was Gordon Vaughn in the juvenile lead. The character of Sheriff Weeks was well interpreted by Lorin Harrison. Richard McKenna in the character part of Pap Todd did exceptionally well, and likewise George Fields in his role as the deserter. Charles Tingley as Bud Todd, John Gregory as the preacher, and Forrest Jones as Bob, appeared well in their bits. Competently directed by Professor Arthur C. Gray, assisted by P. Jean Vest, Elvera Diehn, Lois Gage, and Bobbie Taylor, Sun Up came up to the usual high standards of the dramatic department. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Oliver Goldsmith ' s comedy, She Stoops to Conquer, was selected by Sioux Falls College dramatists as their second production, which was given in December before a crowd which packed the Coliseum. Elvera Diehn, who played the part of Mrs. Hardcastle, was able to give a professional touch to the whole play due to her previous stage experience. The role of Tony Lompkin, feather-brained son of Mrs. Hardcastle, was unusually well portrayed by P. Jean Vest, and Lorin Harrison did equally well as the old fashioned Mr. Hardcastle. Interpreting the fair lady who stooped to conquer and her cousin respe ctively, Harriet Downs and Florence Neil were charming, while Richard McKenna as the bashful yet forward lover, and George Fields in the person of his friend gave finished performances. Bobbie Taylor, Forrest Jones, Edwin Tomlinson, and Dorothy Godfrey did well in small parts. Professor Arthur C. Gray directed the presentation, and costumes and scenery were executed by committees headed by Gertrude Gray and Helen Young. The college orchestra led by Professor W. Lee Bright furnished eighteenth century musical effects. AS YOU LIKE IT As the last of four plays of the 1932 dramatic season, the Roister Doister players presented William Shakespeare ' s comedy, As You Like It . The play was remarkable for stylized scenery effects, clever costuming, and the artistic direction of Professor Arthur C. Gray. The roles of the main characters were skillfully interpreted by P. Jean Vest as Orlando, the hero and handsome lover; Hilmar Martini as Touchstone, boisterous and philosophizing fool; Doris Andrews, clever and versatile Rosalind; Florence Neil, loving cousin of Rosalind; Richard McKenna, another foolish philosopher; and Catherine Graham, an imbecilic country wench. Minor parts were taken by George Koplow, Robert Rayl, Elmer Garness, Lorin Harrison, Robert Howlett, Edward Crossman, Charles Davis, Laurence Tingley, Roswell Rogers, Lloyd Lenning, Dorothy Kirschman, Frances Diver, Marjorie Anderson, Ruth Eckstein, Carroll Arnold, Ellwood Stevens, and Ramona Larson. Sixty-eight