University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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THE REDWOOD 15 Oh God of power and God of mighty Great God of mercy and love for men Strengthen us, Lord, for the bitter fight, Strengthen our hearts for the fight — and then Make us remember that Thoji hast said ' ' ' ' In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread ' ' ' ' In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread. Our God has spoken. His children hear. And humbly we say as we bow the head, Our battle cry is here. In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat — ' twas thus The Master spake and His word is true. A man is a man for the things he does, Make us men in the things we do. Oh, God of power and God of might. Great God of mercy and love for men, Strejtgthen us, Lord, for the bitter fight. Strengthen our hearts for the fight — and then Make us remember that thou hast said, ' ' ' ' In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy breads Maurice T. Dooling Jr. ' 09

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14 THE REDWOOD iN the: sweat or thy brow (VAI EDICTORY ode) ODAY we stand at the parting ways — Our youth behind us, our life before — We give to the future a hopeful gaze, And a sigh to the days of yore. We give a sigh to the days of yore, To the friends we are leaving, whose hearts we love, As we fix our eyes on the life before, And our hearts on the God above. Oh God of power and God of anight Great God of mercy and love for men Strengthen us Lor d for the bitter fight Strengthen otir hearts for the fight — and then Make us remember that thou hast said ' ' In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy breads Today we stand at the parting ways — As we turn to the future our hearts beat high — But to meet the strife of the coming days We yearn for a battle cry; A cry that will make us strong and true, A cry that will steel us, heart and will. To do the thing that we have to do Be our fortune good or ill.

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16 THE REDWOOD THE STAGING OF CONSTANTINE T was on the fifteenth day of last March that the Dramatic Club of Satjta Clara decided to produce the Roman Military Drama, Constantine, written by the well known California poet, Dr. Charles D. South, Professor of Journalism at Santa Clara College. Five performances of the drama were then determined upon, to take place, as they did, on May 3, 4, 5, and on the afternoon and evening of May 8. Now, I may take for granted, the initial staging of a play is a task that the majority of the public, even of the theatre going public, do not fully appre- ciate or understand. For they do not see, and perhaps very seldom hear of the dreary rehearsals that take place in order to present them with a smooth performance when the curtain rings up for the first time on a new production. When we realize that every move the actors make upon the stage has to be carefully studied out, every detail of scenery has to be designed and executed; every light effect has to harmonize with time and surroundings; every piece of the play, every costume to be histori- cally correct, and last but not least, all incidental music to be composed, we then, perhaps, shall be better able to appreciate the difficulties and the tri- umphs of an initial production. However, despite this fact, there was a spirit of confidence among the mem- bers of the Dramatic Society, and I think, not indeed groundless. For this same society had already handled the initial productions of such plays as Nazareth, the Santa Clara Passion Play of Clay Greene, and the Light Eternal, of Martin V. Merle. After careful deliberation and selec- tion on the part of the Stage Director, the seventy-five different speaking parts were assigned to those students best fitted to receive them, and, as is the custom at Santa Clara before rehearsals begin, a reading of the play was held on March 23, in the Chambers of the Phil- historians. A brief word of encourage- ment was addressed to the actors, business staff, stage staff, and all those concerned in the play, by the President of the College, and after him, by the President of the Senior Dramatic Club, who was also the Stage Director. Then followed the perusal of the entire play, each actor reading his part, corrections being made and cues in- sisted upon. Among the number of principal parts, five were assigned to former members of the Senior Dramatic Club and Alumni of the College. Two nights following the reading of the play, the first rehearsal of the principals was held in the College Theatre, and the actors were instructed in regard to their entrances, exits, positions, stage business, etc. After the rehearsal was over the Stage Director announced that all manuscripts must disappear at the next rehearsal, which was to be held three nights afterwards.