University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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VOUUM XI OF THK and I ' l ' lU.ISHKD BY ' I ' HK Junior Class OF THK I ' ltiiuci silii of California. CHIKF EDITOR. V. E. CHENKV. S. I). HAVNE, KinVARI) MKEKS, ASSISTANT EDITORS : ELLIOTT MCALLISTER. [. G. Sl ' TTON. CHIKI- BI-SINKSS MA. A(;KK, ' . A. MR EWER. ASSISTANT MANACKRS : ERANK DUNN, H. S. C. EEUSIEk, H. S. MILLER, E. S. WARREN. 1884. SAN KRANC. ' I SCO: HKOTHHKS, SIKAM I ' KINIKK- 32 (iKAKY S ' l.

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PROUOGUE, S the last notes of the overture die away, and the leader of the orchestra ceases to toot his horn and wave his baton, the curtain rises once more on the University Drama. Yes, ladies and gentlemen the Great Consolidated Higher Education Puppet Show is again about to exhibit before you. A whole year has gone by since it was last in Berkeley, and a year is a long time; so I doubt not that you are ready for another peep at the pretty little puppets, as they go through their well- practiced antics. You have heard so often from former managers of the puppets and of the nature of the Show, that I need not waste breath in explaining them. But since our last visit to Berkeley on our annual tour, a number of important additions and alterations have been made in the attractions offered. No expense has been spared; for, as you will ob- serve, a number of new figures have been added, and nearly every one in the collection has been fitted out with a new suit of clothes. So let us pause for a moment before the show begins, while I point out to your notice some of the special attractions before you. Many of the figures remain just as you have so often seen them on former tours of the puppets. You will all remember the Prex puppet, the central figure of the stage. It was not a favorite feature when first introduced into the Show. It still occupies, as you see, the most promi- nent position, though it does not play as important a part as some of the lesser figures. And the familiar forms of the two old wise men none of you have forgotten them. In these there has not been one whit of change during the past year not even in their attire. They were always among the most attractive of the puppets, and to remove them from the stage would really be dangerous to the future success of the Show. The Herodotus puppet, you will observe, still occupies its old place. It works in such a peculiar manner that to see it once is to remember it