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Show ILL 1L1S BOYS PROVE GOOD ACTORS Students Present in Splendid Style Play Written by Prof. Maddern. Last evening'- performance of Professor Maddcnrn "Last 'I'ouendown'" added new laurels lo the dramatic club of All Hallow?. Hal-low?. Before a crowded house and yvlth a number outsldo seeking admission, thcae young tUcaplans acquitted laemsclvcs as veterans, and. as a local munaccr of one of the theater of tho city sal. I. P clever interpretation to a oloaii. ci au play." The nlay Is from tbo p-ii of 1 u -lessor Maddern. the teacher of clasius it Iho college, nnd is founded on a loyo lomnnce beuun at Harvard and reopened in tho Pantheon al Mome. V clever piece of pantomime was dono by Neil Hoyle. wno played the lead. In introducing in-troducing the song. "My Beautiful Lady, from "Tho Pink Lady. Another musical number that was sweetly rendered by a. studeni as Ihe curtalu'yvenl uiyvus n lie Same Old Me. but N'ol the tannic Old Girl." In most college plays nnd urodue-tious urodue-tious the Interest .lags, but in "The Last Touchdown" there Is not, a dull -moment. Particularly good was tieorgc hcnmldl. yvho played McAva,v. while the negro part of Josh Jackson, by Karl nirlsteusen. yvas ayvay above liio average In college 'theatricals. Noll 13oyle an .Slceoy Thornton Thorn-ton yas enpeelaltv line In the death scene, yvherc he forgives the. "fair bul fulse Helen Addison'' and dies for Ihe glorv or old St. James. It would be difficult to pick out an Individual. -alar, for all were carefully trained, and great credit lu due Ihe. Kev. Thomas Canning. K M.. who coached and drilled Iho students, bpecjnl mention must be given Mr. Schmidt for his successful efforts iu describing the football game between Hobel nnd M. James. The young man acted his part In a natural college manner and without the least bit of affectation. "Tne Lasl Toueh-down" Toueh-down" Ic a delightful bit of pen work and has th' lfreshluc mark of eliminating the soft aud feeble love scenes ho often exhibited in plays of its kind. Recitations and musical solos were given by Ihe preparatory pre-paratory department and numbers yyere also furnished bv the college orchestra. Professor Pederaen directing, and the Glee club. |