Stetson Weekly Collegiate

i+ol Vonnpoc Fas mTsw*vwmc2ui&m OFFICIAL STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF STETSON UNIVERSITY. Vol, xix. DeLand, Fla., Wednesday, March 13, 1907. No. 19 COLLEGE PLAY MAKES ITS BOW Large Audience at Annual Event. Ladies Tamed. When Prof. Frost wants to praise a certain kind of author very highly indeed, he says that he impels "the willing suspense of disbelief." If we may be al lowed to transfer this phrase over into the dramatic world we would say that this is just what the cast in our College Play did for their audience last night. One of the greatest dangers in an amateur play of this kind lies in the fact that the audience is largely composed of the personal friends of those presenting the play, who may easily fail to entirely dera- tionalize their audience and make them for the time being live only in the scenes presented. It is then high praise, but we believe not undeserved, when we say that last night we forgot that those were our own American friends there on the boards, and for the time being seemed to be there on the hillsides near Syracuse, one of the multitude watching the wonderful friendship of Damon and Pythias work out to its dramatic close. You of our alumni who can only read of this, we wish you could have been with us on last night and have seen your old acquaintance Mr. Black, no longer a parson, if you please, but a Grecian general already developing into the tyrant Dionysius. Damon, the brave young philosopher—and surely it was Damon and not Prof. Suhrie—aided and strengthened in his purpose by his friend Pyth ias, sends away his wife and child to safety and then alone braves the tyrant in the Senate house. It is the same old story ever wonderfully fresh by reason of its' beauty: how the doom fills on< Damon inexorably, and Pythias, i recognizing the utter cruelty of the' tyrant never the less, in spite of' the prayers of Calantha, gives himself as hostage for his friend's return and sends Damon to take< a last farewell of wife and child, how Damon, in spite of all that he can do, is delayed until almost too late, but finally, just as the last minute is drawing to a close ! and the faithful Pythias is about! to lose his life, he arrives all breathless and spent with the wild effort he has made to keep his! faith, how even the iron hearted Dionysius is moved, and, amid the approving shouts of the populace, pardons Damon, and perfect! friendship and perfect faith triumph. What need is there to name over the characters and comment on them separately; they were everyone, for the time being, the person they presented, and we want to thank them every one. As to the scenery a few words; of explanation may not be amiss. Owing to the fact that the play this year demands more separate sets of scenery than in previous years it was found necessary to* use some which were painted for! former plays. However by careful arrangement and some modifications these were made to fit i their purpose surprisingly well. The senate scene was perhaps! the best, being done especially for this play. To those who do not realize the effort required to! stage such a play as Damon and (Continued on Page 4.) STETSON'S NINE DEFEATS U. of F. Varsity Takes Both Gaines From Visitors. The first baseball games of the series with the University of Florida were played last Friday and Saturday. The games were rather uninteresting, due to the'' fact that the visiting team was completely outclassed. In the first game Pelot was in the box for Stetson, with Campbell receiving. For U. of F. Earman was on the slab, while Graham was behind the bat. The game opened with Stetson at the bat. In this inning two lifts, a sacrifice and an error netted Stetson three runs. U. of F., however, tied the score in their half of the first on a base on balls, tvo errors, a sacrifice and a hit. At the end of this inning it looked like a large score and a poor game on both sides. Stetson, however, settled down and gave Pelot the support to which his great pitching entitled him. From the second inning till the end of the game Florida was unable to score, though thev several times had men on bases and W6~e only prevented from scoring by the steady work of Pelot in the box and the fast fielding of the whole team. Stetson succeeded in scoring one in the fourth, two in the fifth and one in the sixth, making the final score—Stetson, seven; U. of F., three. The most sensational play of the game was when, with three men on bases, Pounds pulled