STETSON WEEKLY COLLEGIATE
Students' Publication of Stetson University
VOL. XXL
DeLAND, FLA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1908.
NO. 7.
"EINER MUSS HEIRATEN"
Comic Farce by the Deutchers
Friday Night—Do Not Fail
to See it.
The first event in Stetson dramatics
comes off Friday evening, when a jolly
little farce will be staged by members
of the German Department.
Miss Martin, who is the head of this
department, has taken great interest in
this phase of the work and the play
this year will, it is believed, even surpass last year's production.
It has been no small task to commit the parts and work up the play
as it should be, and have it ready for
presentation in six weeks. The characters and the directors are to be
warmly congratulated on their splendid
success and the interest shown by those
in the cast who have worked so enthusiastically to make it go, is heartily
commended.
Immediately on the opening of
school the play was read and work
began immediately, continuing hard
and vigorous until Monday night, it
' was given before the Verein. Tuesday
evening was the first dress rehearsal
and, with the appropriate scenery, it
was a decided success, with no breaks
or forgetting of lines. Though many
will fail to understand the language,
they can not mistake the action, which
has been worked down to a fine point.
When "Wilhelm" shows "Jacob" how
the thing is done, is one of the ■ decidedly amusing scenes and will bring
down the house. "Louise,"-who is the
victim of the plotting of the "Tante"
and, unknowingly, the cause of so much
anxiety to "Jacob" and "Wilhelm," is
charmingly portrayed by Miss Kath-
erine Harkness, while Miss Daniels
takes the part of "Frau Gertrude" or
"Tante." Though what she says in her
scolding of the professors may not be
comprehended, her "action speaks
louder than words."
There will be little difficulty in even
first-year Germans to understand trie! AM AnVANrFn THANKS
scene, for, to the credit of Miss Mar- ™* hWl rWMJLV lll/\lllYO=
tin, the accent and sound of the German language by the characters is most
clear and distinct. Prof. Suhrie, who
has given so much of his time to training and drilling the action, has been
a valuable factor in the play's ultimate
success, for through the failure of so
many in the audience to understand the
words, the action must reveal the idea
and thought.
Though well worthy of an admission
charge, this event will be free to all.
Vesper.
The vesper service last Sunday
was a special memorial in honor of
the late John T. Clake, who had been
a citizen of the town for many years
and a trustee of the university.
After a brief obituary Pres. Hulley
read the passage of scripture found
in Mark 3:10 and made it the basis
of his remarks. The truth was impressed upon us that our neighbors
and daily associates may be great
though we may not be at all aware
of the fact. Greatness consists not
in a high sounding name or in ur»
told wealth, but in the honest, humble performance of our daily duty.
In this respect John T. Clake was
really a great man. He was always
faithful at his post of duty, and lived
a practical life of service for his fellow men. We need no monument to
commemorate his deeds; many of
the beautiful buildings which adorn
our campus and town will always be
a perpetual monument to his memory.
Friday Night at Chaudoin Hall-
You speak a little piece or so,
And then you have a chat;1
You sing a little song or two,
And then you take your hat;
You hold her hand and say "good
night,"
As sweetly as you can—
Ain't that a deuce of an evening
For a great big healthy man?
GIVING STORY.
The. luscious lemons were hanging
ripely on the trees which groaned
under the weight of their juicy fruits.
A beautiful calmness was in the air,
disturbed only by the plaintive note of
the East Hall anvil chorus, calling,
calling like a gay voung Romeo, when
he has a bull dog between his trousers'
seat and the firm earth.
The dying sun had dyed the sky a
beautiful violet greenish (zeta, chi) hue
in the west where it was setting. The
flickering shadows brought into relief,
the form of a tall slender man and the
rounded form of an Eve.
The faint grunt of the law student
and the "hello" of a flossy "co-ed"
sounded pleasantly across the valley of
the River Styx, which rippled over the
silvery pebbles that pebbled the river
bed.
Romeo Wiggins paused outside the
rear gate of the old house that nestles
among the genealogical trees on Minnesota Ave. Then with a hasty survey,
he proceeded to wiggle his pedal extremities around the trunk of a poor
inoffensive member of the herb family.
The lofty position ensures a view from
any part of the house that has a window and that renders the sight unhealthy. A large pumpkin dropped
from the lofty branches of the tree,
made Romeo start, of course, he would
not have done so, had it not connected
with the upper part of his skull. Then
he thought, "well, it is Thanksgiving
Day, Thanksgiving Day!" he muttered
bitterly "and I still a benedict!"
He then recalled with considerable
pain, the pains he used to have down
on the farm. "It was such a day as
this," he soliloquized, that I first
plucked those fateful flowers," (lilies.)
At this moment a large bull dog,
which from the teeth in its head, need
never borrow Dr. Baerecke's file,
came tearing down the field. Romeo,
Last Game
of! Season
Football Friday
Stetson vs. University of Florida
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