University of Toronto - Torontonensis Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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A ,, M Q9 'lt l .. 1 -sy U- 'iQt , ., A 1 I N ' ,file vi' x ,4 1 iw 1 mizifi f. ff l . . . ,. . -ff' VI, gf ,lI,. 4 vrwwlnx Inf mirably suited for a student audience. lhe -.W vw 'li , - ,Atl -fl' sparkling wit of De l.Volf Hopper as I 4,,l. A ' 4, XQQZ'-ii1z.'7?', !:' YE' W - J -' ii 1 -1 Ko-Ko caused the freshmen and sophomores 3 fi' 1-'F' '-A -'U i ' 1 V1 Y Y i' Yi- to couvulse with laughter, the juniors to Y V v i lilly W V , V Y grin, and the faces of the seniors to break J g 7' f forth into smiles. i l' ' i The guests of the evening, safely en- o Til ui V seonced in box seats, and hence out of the H15 illlllllill Tlwillfi' ii l I range of the showers of peas, wheat and Niglll WHS llvlll UH illl' i i' ty other ilcbrix, entered into the spirit of the evening of February 1 l N K' occasion so heartily that we would almost believe that they were amused 3rd, atlthe Royal Alexandra, k l lf' at the spectacle of the embarrassed gentleman attempting to disentangle The occasion was marked by X himself from the paper streamer which coyly wound itself around his and a very commendable decrease ' N her neck, or his useless attempts to protect her from the other fellow, in the usual attempts at wit l, 4! , who, seated in the front row in the gods, drank to the dregs his cup and humour from thc top ' 6' 1 of revenge, through the instrumentality of a pocket of peas and a pea- galleries during the progress of W W 'V ,i gun. The Lieutenant-Governor, the President, and the Mayor, did not the play, Cowbellgautohorns, l XS fail to compliment the rooters' brigade on their good behaviour, the imd Ufhfl'111450-Pff'fll1l'il1L! CHU' ii i' i ladies on their beauty, and the escorts on their dignified air of ease and trivances, so conspicuous in l xl 4 nonchalanee. Eight young men, known to the University world as the past years, were not in cvi- Y, fl, ' Science Octette, added to the pleasure and amusement of the evening by dence, The secret of this ex- lx X singing college and ragtime songs, The peculiar manner in which the U'30fdlU11 Y 9 llVL'fail'l' WHY EM- Uctette wandered about the stage may have been due to nervousness or have been the Wflfk Uf UIC N i the presence of so many pretty girls, or it may have been caused by the Parliament,underwliosedirec- iiyx , fear lest a fellow Toike Hiker might test the accuracy of his aim tions the arrangeinents for the ,gr i 'U X with a lemon or some equally moving missile. CVCYUTILI WCW mlldf- hm UU 3 if.. i X , One is apt to grow philosophical in attempting to explain the popu- rather suspects that the fas- a. i, i' larity of 'Theatre Night or to enter into a microscopic examination of the i cinating beauty of the old ,N I 0 Gilbert and Sullivan's .7 -T, 1 x X .-Q. ff 'bf 9 it ,Qi Mikado played a still more important part in subduing the eyuberance iil'4Cnlll:gi2il1 youth. wr.. W ll lhis play, which carries one to the land of the Rising Sun and into the atmosphere off lriental lll jj ,ijt , i t fi . Q l N if If IX- ff, i i, x -My light iligl beauty and splendour, was ad- x ' ' my 16 factors that differentiate it from other nights at the theatre, The fact that it is our night alone suffices. Although our fathers, when in reminiscent moods, dilate upon the glorious days of old, when they went to the theatre and poured flour and sawdust down from the top gallery, we in this degenerate age flatter ourselves that our milder methods of giving vent to our student jovialities is more in keeping with the present laws of the land, and reflects with greater fidelity the true spirit of the University. , W. J. BEAToN.

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