St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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REV. FISHER THUMAN BRIDVVELL RETTIAG The' Passion NOTHER mile-stone marking the way of ever progressive St. Xavier was the presentation on an elaborate scale, of the Passion of our Lord in nine episodes The spectacle had four showings at Emery Auditorium, on April 5th, 6th, and 7th, and held the audiences speli-bound throughout. Over one hun- dred students, alumni, and associates of Xavier were assigned parts, which they entered into and enacted with more than commendable facility and character. The entire production was the work of Mr. J. Herman Thuman, who arranged and directed it; he was assisted by Mr. John Rettig, who designed the stage pic- tures, and by Mr. J. Alfred Schehl, conductor of the St. Lawrence Church Choir, which rendered sacred hymns at intervalst Rev. Alphonse Fisher, S.J., acted as supervisor, and Faculty representative, Mr. John C. Thompson portrayed the role of Christ, and was admirably adapted to it. He assumed the ideal Christ with a power that was almost hypnotic-it is hardly an exaggeration to say that he seemed to have been born to it. If genuine religious sentiment was ever stirred from an audience at the Emery Auditorium, it was The Passion which accomplished it. Mr. Gregor B. Moormann, as the Evangelist, read passages from Gospels which the episodes depicted, and lent no little amount of atmos- phere by his declamation. The unusual success with which the production met, along with the highly favorable criticisms from authorities, the papers, and other sources, is encourage- ment enough to warrant making The Passion a yearly affairt Since it was. and is wholly 3. Xavier function, and all the accouterments have been built up, the road is clear to its yearly reproduction. Page One Hundred Furiy-twn

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