Stetson Weekly Collegiate

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 GAME CALLED AT 3:15 P. M. ADMISSION 50c, 25c.