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Comedy Club Organized In 18859
Campus Dramatic Organization
Promoting__University Theatre
(Editor's note-This article on the Comedy club will be the first of
a series to be published beginning with this issue of The Daily, explain-
ing the functions of the different campus organizations, and telling briefly
their history. Each Sunday an article on some campus organization will be
printed. Officers of organizations that desire an opportunity to inform the
Blue has completed it. There is lit-
tle chance for a departure from this
particular scheme.
Traditions day was inaugurated in
the spring of 1919 following a lull in
student spirit. The success with
which the first meeting met caused
the Student council of that year to
establish it as an annual event. The
date, however, for its annual celebra-
tion was transferred from the spring
to the fall in order that it might give
each school year the necessary im-
petus before the football season is
over.
Traditions day this year will be the
third annual Traditions day. Until the
night of the celebration the campus
awaits the program being arranged
by the council's committee.
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The One Girl
in Hi Life
FROM THAT MOMENT
Lavender knew she loved
Clem. They had bound him
hand and foot. But she
risked everything to win him
and free him. And in that
moment she tied the knot of
love, from which there is no
release.
-A Wonderful Romanpe
--A Heart-Stirring Ad-
venture
-A Comedy of Youth
and Love
(By Richard A. Forsyth, Mgr. 1919-20)
Organizations that depend for their
existence upon a shifting student
membership, as do most of the cam-
pus societies, must of necessity have
a history of ups and downs.
The Comedy club of the University
is not different from the rest in this
respect, although the general ten-
dency has always been toward a
growth and development from year
to year. The club has of course had
periods of inactivity, when, because
of an unfortunate membership or be-
cause of uncontrollable external con-
ditions, the very life of the organi-
zaton was at stake.
The year 1920, however, has seen
what has perhaps been the most suc-
cessful season of the club's activity
and with that year behind it it may
prove interesting to examine its past
career as an example of how a uni-
versity organization develops.
Organized in 1885
effort to give the campus something in
a lighter vein to contrast with the grim
reports from overseas, the club put its
diminished strength wholeheartedly
into the production of Jerome's "Miss
Hobbs" and Mason's "Green Stock-
ings."
With peace and the year 1920 came
renewed life and activity with the pro-
duction of what was perhaps the most
finished work the club has ever done,
both as to the acting and manner of
production. The success of "Alice Sit-
y-the-Fire" was due in no small meas-
ure to the untiring effort- and direct-
ing ability of Professor J. Raleigh Nel-
son. The play, one of Barrie's best,
while done in the enthusiastic spirit
of the amateur, was marked by a pro-
fessional finish that was truly remark-
able.
Comedy club was first organized in
1885, when it was known as the Uni-
versity Dramatic club, and a comedy
entitled "The Serious Family" was
given under the direction of Professor
de Pont. There followed a series of
plays of the same general character,
none of which were particularly
worthy of note but which answered for
the dramatic needs of the day. In
the early nineties the old Dramatic
club ceased to exist for a time and
was then reorganized as the Comedy
club.
The new club continued for a time
to follow the same policies as the old-
er organization and chose its plays
from current successes of the day.
Reports of this period are not of the
most satisfying. The club is seems
was for the most part a closed cor-
I poration chiefly functioning as a so-
cial unit, entrance to which was gain-
ed more often by dramatic friendships
than by dramatic ability.
Still the club had many talented
members, its annual performances
"were very popular, and such plays as
"The Private Secretary." "A Night
Off," and "All the Comforts of Home"
were given in a very acceptable man-
Nor has the club been content dur-
ing the past year to rest on the laurels
gained by one annual production. It
has inaugurated a policy in its month-
ly meetings that will lead to splendid
things. The members are divided up
into groups and two one- act plays are
produced at each of the ten monthly
meetings. In this way all the mem-
bers are before an audience twice a
year at least and the interest in the
club by the members themselves is
greatly enhanced.
Reach high Point
The Comedy Club has now reached a
stage where the changing waves of
students that compose its ranks cannot
hinder its development. Much work
remains to be done but the accomplish-
ments of the last year indicate a bright
future ahead.
When that great day comes, and
come it will, that a campus theatre is
established at Michigan, Comedy Club
will come into its own, and dramatics
will occupy the position among stu-
dent activities here that they do in all
great universities.
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TODYSCHURCH SERVICES
ANN ARBOR CHURCH OF CHRIST
BIBLE CHAIR DISCIPLES
South University Ave.
Headquarters in Lane Hall. F. P. ARTHUR, PAsTOR
Classes meet in the "Upper
Room."
U Room Bible Class Sat- 10:30 a. m.-The First Cm-
Upper Ro il ls a-mandment
urday evenings. Universitymnd nt
Men's Bible Class Sunday 7:30 p. m.-Song Service. His-
morning. tory of some favorite hymns.
Ask for printed circular an- 9:30 a. m.-Bible School.
nouncing six courses. University Girls' Class. Mrs.
Roy Field, freacher.
Read the Upper Room Bulletin. University Students' Clas,
THOMAS M. IDEN, Prof. L. A. Hopkins.
Instructor. Students invited
F I RSTUNITARIANCHURCH
METHODIST CHURCH State and Huron Sts.
Cor. South State and East SIDNEY S. ROBINS, Minsiter.
Washington Sts. Sunday; October 24
10: 40-'"The Spirit of the ?il-
REV. ARTHUR W. STALKER, grims."
D.D, PASTOR. The Pilgrims came "seeking
freedom to worship God,"
Sunday, Oct. 24, 1920 but that is a dead issue. Is
10:30 a. m.-One of a short ser- there anything more in
ies on Fundamental Ques- their spirit? Robinson and
tions: "God."sBradford would haev been
12:00 M.- Four Bible classes leaders in any generation.
for students. Every class dif- Have they anything to say
ferent. to us after the three cen-
6:00 p. m.-Wesleyan Guild de- tunies?
votional meeting. Subject: 5:45 - Young People's Social
"Declaration of Independ- hour, as usual. At 7:00 we
ence." Leader, Mr. Clair unite for the University
Searles. service.
All Seats Free; and a Welcome
PRESBYTERIAN t. nreft's ti'capat
CHURCH .Ifuxct
Cor. Huron and Divison Cor.Catherine and Division Sts.
LEONARD A. BARRETT, Rev. Henry Tatlock, D.D., Rector
MN ERev. Charles T. Webb, Curate
MINISTER
10:30 - Sermon, "Social Salva- 7:35 a.m.-Holy Communion.
tion and the Reverse of Civ- 10:30 a. m. - Morning Prayer.
ilization." Sermon by the Rector, "Te
Noon-Dr. Iden's Student Bible ugious Belief."
class. gosBle.
4:30 p. m. - Evening Service.
6:30-Christian Endeavor. Dis- Address by the Curate, "The
cuss New Plans for the Record of a People's Charac-
Winter. ter."
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Huron Street, below State.
JOHN MASON WELLS, MINISTER
10:30 a.m.-Sermon: "Signs of the Times."
11:50 a.m.-Students' Guild Bible Class.
11:50 a.m.-Men's Class. Topic: "A Statesman among
Politicians."
6:00 p.m.-Meeting of Guild.
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A College Romance in which the Freshman President falls in
Love with the Landlady's Daughter-and we don't blame
him after seeing the Daughter!
ner.
Reorganized in 1908
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The deficiencies of the club were
son recognized and thanks to the in-
terest of Professor Louis A. Strauss
a reorganization was effected in 19081
and the system of tryouts for mem-
bership was introduced, which has
perhaps been the main reason for the
development that has followed this re-
organization.
Members are chosen today in a com-
petitive preliminary tryout, to which
any student on the campus is invit-
ed and members are selected accord-
ing to their dramatic ability and to
the needs of the club.
Obviously with a membership' lim-
ited to 40 men and women, members
must be chosen as to type in order
that there may be a well-balanced
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then contrast it to the armed guard
that escorted the couple hundred
thousand dollars which was taken in
the first day of registration this year.
Mr. Soule enlisted at the opening
of the Civil war, served throughout
its length, and returned to his home
town of Albion with the title of "ma-
jor." At that time there had been
some difficulty in securing a treasurer
who could work in unison with the
University secretary, and a new man
was wanted for the money job. Gov-
ernor Blaire, a personal friend of the
major, came and requested him to ac-
cept the job. At first the war vet-
eran was a bit dubious, but when he
was told what a beautiful place Ann
Arbor was, and what difficulty the
University was in, he came.
Presented with Cup
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club.
Following this reorganization the
practice of choosing plays of some
literary significance wasadoptedsbut
that has never been, nor should it, be
the primary object in the choice of
play. The club has consistently tried
to secure plays that will please the
popular taste, a standard which has
been responsible for the selection of
such plays as, "The Recruiting Offi-
cer" (1908),.by George Farquhar, first
given in 1705, revived for the use of
Comedy Club by Professor Strauss, a
play which opened the best period of
modern English comedy, as Goldsmith
and Sheridan were followers of Far-
quhar; "The Admirable Crichton"
(1909), an excellent play by J. M.
Barrie, recently done in the movies
devoid of every Barrie touch; "The In-
spector" (1910), by Gogol, perhaps the
most celebrated comedy success on the
Russian stage during the 19th century,
and not before acted in this country,
except by the Yale Dramatic Club;
"The Title Mart" (1911), by Winston
Churchill, not previously performed;,
"The Magistrate" (1912), by A. W.
Pinero, one of this celebrated dra-
matist's first successful comedies;
"Money" (1913), by Bulwer Lytton;
"The Scarecrow" (1914), by Percy
Mackaye; "Pomander Walk" (1915), by
Stuart Louis Parker; and J. M..Bar-
rie's "The Professor's Love Story"
(1916).
War Has Iniluence-
Then came the war and with it the
club's most turbulent days. In an
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BEING__PLNNE
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enrollment in the University this year
than ever before, the attendance at
Traditions day should surpass that of
the two previous events,-for every-
body goes to the, Traditions day pep
meeting.
Whether the council committee this
year will depart from the original
program of Traditions day has not
been announced. It has, however,
been customary for a faculty speak-
er, a student speaker and an alumni
speaker to be the only three men on
the program who make speeches. And
their speeches are usuallytnot longer
than 15 minutes each at the most.
The Victors has heretofore opened
the program, and the Yellow and
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
At the Congregational Church, this morning, the minister
will discuss the possibilities of Mr. Edison's experiment by
which it is hoped that wireless communication may be estab-
lished between this world and The Other. The subject of Mr.
Douglas's address will be
"A RADIO FROM BEYOND."
The doors are open at ten o'clock. They close at ten-
thirty-five. The organ 1irelude begins at ten-twenty. Be on
time!
At twelve o'clock, the University Students' Forum will be
addressed by Prof. A. F. Shull, who speaks on "Heredity and
Environment."
The Congregational Students' Association will not meet on
account of the services at Hill Auditorium.
life; he loves to tell thrilling
stories. Major Harrison Soule
worthy example for thrift and
ice to every Michigan man.
war
is a
serv-
For 25 years this man guided the
college finances. At his resignation
President Angell presented him with
a beautiful loving cup in recognition
of his service.
The major prides himself that he
shot and presented the University
Museum with its first deer. He is
healthy for all of his 88 years of real
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