Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-07 | Page 10 | Gets Story for Play from Juvenile Court

GETS STORY FOR PLAY I FROM JUVENILE COURT J Miss Maude S. Stouc, University Senior, Sen-ior, Wins Prize Offered hy Literary Societies. Usiiip matcrjal pathorcd from the records of tho Salt Lake juvenile court, Miss Maude S. Stone, a senior in the University of Utuli, has written a play which has pained tho unqualified praise of the Enplisli facultj' of the University Univer-sity of Utah and lias incidentally won a $50 pri7.e otfered hy the Scribblers' club and the Ordor or the Gleam, the two literary societies of tho university, "Her Chance'' is thu name of tlic play, which is in three nets, and deals with the effect of environment on helpless pirls in laro cities. It will bo staged in tho spring by the two socio- t'lUi. The two literary clubs of tho university, univer-sity, wishing to encourage good composition compo-sition amoug tho students and to present pre-sent in tlio spring a play written by a student, offered it prize early in flic season. Tho inducement brought out two specially 6trong pluvH. Jesides Miss Stone's there was a "play depict-ing depict-ing in moBt vivid stylo tho lifo of the Hopi Indians during the invasion of their country by tlio Navajo tribes. This play will be presented' this year under tho direction of Dean Byron Curmniugs of the school of arts and sciences. Tho story is written in blank verse and, according to Professor Cuin-mmgs, Cuin-mmgs, is worthy of the best production tho uuiversity can give it. Tho authors au-thors of this play aro Alice Elder and Mabel Frazcr.