Show STUDENT LTFE Already Pygmalion and Galatea is beginning to be ancient history Already it ranks with As you like it Midsummer Night's Dream and She stoops to Conquer occupying an equally secure stellar position in dramatic traditions of the A C U That both the play and the acting were delightful was proved by the appreciative applause accorded the players throughout by their fellow-studen- ts It should be made especially emphatic that probably at no time this year has the loyalty of our been so enthusiastically shown as in the whole-hearte- d support given the play The great student-bod- y majority of students were present at the Logan performance March 12th and cheered and applauded the actors most generously The members of the cast and of the English faculty hereby extend a hearty vote of thanks to all who thus helped to make Pygmalion atid Galatea a great success That it was a success no unprejudiced critic will deny Mr Gilbert’s dainty little adaptation of the ancient Greek myth may be pseudo-classic- al if that be a re- proach but it abounds in the wittiest and mcst sparkling dialogue and in cleverly handled dramatic situations It is not flattery to say that with negligible exceptions our players did full justice to Mr Gilbert’s production Not that the performance was perfect or even as good as it might have been but it did have the freshness the naive innocence and naturalness which constitute the charm and chief merit of amateur theatricals The characters were nearly all well realized and the smoothness of presentation as well as the careful finish and attention to details told immensely from first to last Spurred on by the frank enthusiasm of the audience each actor rose to his highest level on the night of the final performance Pygmalion in the opinion of most people carried off the greatest share of laurels though Galatea was a close second From the very first rehearsal it had been evident Card on thanks to his physique and his native histrionic talent was going to get out of the that Mr |