Tulane University - Jambalaya Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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John L. Manv III Presidf it TULANE UNIVERSITY DRAMATIC GUILD Officers MoiSE W. Dennery Vice-Presidcnt Joseph C. Meyers, Jr. Business Manager B. Marvin Harvard, Jr. Stage Manager Robert R. Bruce Secretary- Treasurer Faculty Advisory Committee Dr. Martenten Hoor Chairman Dr. Roger P. McCutcheon Miss Mildred Tonce Mr. J. C. Van Kirk Active Members Robert N. Ay ' lin Robert R. Bruce Claude Cullinane MoisE W. Dennery B. Marvin Harvard, Jr. J. Chalmers Herman Pierre A. Hughes Nolan Kammer ZoLOMON Levin John L. Many HI Joseph C. Meyers, Jr. Waldo S. Powell, Jr. Breard Snellincs Probationary Members T. Bruce H. Anderson, Jr. William P. Bradburn HI J. Daniel Brock Kenneth H. Brown Nell L. Carson S. BUCKNER ChIPLEY, JR. Hazen W. Cole Dorothy M. Council Buford O. Day- Frank E. Ford Claude L. Giraud Irving Hardesty, Jr. Minna B. Hopkins Elise M. Joubert Edward A. Laroussini Julian A. Otillio William C. Petersen Alfred M. Porth Herman J. Schulze Joseph M.,Seiferth, Jr. Imogene Stokes Bascom D. Talley, Jr. Scene from Copy Onl UltL tL WHEN a dramatic club, now known as the Tulane University Dramatic Guild, was organized in 1922, it filled a long felt vacancy in the activities on the campus. Tulane has no chair in Dra- matics and Elocution and the Guild attempts to offset this by giving students a medium for expression along those lines. Successful pres entations of the Guild in recent years have been The Butter and Egg Man, The Spider, The Front Page, and Journey ' s End. These plays were produced without the aid of any professional help except that of the director; students built the sets, painted them, worked as stage-hands, and participated as actors. Each presentation met with well-merited praise from those connected with and outside of the University. During 1934-1935 the Guild planned a very ambitious program and carried it to a successful completion. The season opened on November 23, with a group of three one-act plays, The Rising of the Moon, a satire by Lady Gregory; Poor Old Jim, a comedy by William De- Mille, and Copy, a drama by Kendall Banning. These three plays, directed by Thomas J. Thriffley, Jr., were enthusiastically received. During their production, experiments with scenery and lighting were conducted back-stage. The Rising of the Moon was the story of a fugitive from an op- posing political faction. The play centered about a brief episode from his life, telling of his escape from the long arm of the law by playing upon the weakness of a sergeant on the force. Poor Old Jim concerned an habitual drunkard. His wife was driven to desperation by his continual tippling and with the aid of a friendly doctor contrived a unique plan of reform which brought the straying Jim back to the straight and narrow path.

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7 aH.e J Uc atocck THE JAM BALAVA Editorial Staff Alle Litti.i;, JR Eilitor- ' in-Chuj Rich ui H. Wood, [r Associate Editor Joiix W. Sims Assistant Editor Celeste L ' soxs Nnccomb Editor Verxov Pa NE Sports Editor BrearI) SxelI.IXGS Fraternity Editor BucKNER Chiplev Closs Editor Thomas Saxctox Feature Editor M R IX H R ARI) Campus Editor Jaxice Torre Special Art ll ' ork Dwin I)l PL 1 Assistant Fred Mohi.er Assistant Robert Blum Assistant Daniel Brock issistant Sam E:choi,d Assistant Business Staff W. Horace Willi ,ms, Jr Business Manaycr R. A arrex Saxchez . . . Assrciatr Business Manager Cora S. Jahxcke Neivcomh Business Manaejer Allan Lutle, Jr. Edilor-in-Cliief W. Horace Willlxms, Jr. liu.iiiiss Maiuif cr THE TULANE JAMBALAYA goes to press for the fortieth time this year. Its year ' s history is embodied in the pages which you are now turning. Continue on, and let the pages be worn out from the wear and tear of constant use rather than by the teeth of over-mahcious rats. If we, the staff, can hope for this from only a few of our readers, our efforts will not have been in vain.

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5. n The Climax of the Front Page a Li I Copy gave a brief and breath-taking glimpse into the turbulent life of a tabloid newspaper office. Tragedy struck close to the city editor of this yellow sheet, and the tense activity of the paper on a big story, together with the suspense of the situa- tion, provided thrills until the final curtain. In keeping with its aims and ideals, the Guild announced at the beginning of the year that it would give a prize of twenty-five dollars to the winner of a one-act play- writing contest among the students. The winning play, selected by a committee com- posed of Dr. Roger P. McCutcheon, Chairman, Dr. John M. McBryde, and Miss Mildred Tonge, was entitled An Honorable Rectangle, and was written by Joseph D. Starr, a student in the College of Arts and Sciences. In the early spring of 1935 a three-act play, Spooks, was produced, together with a one-act play as curtain-raiser. The Dramatic Guild