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Show "Strongheart." "Strongheart" at tho Thatcher opera houso, Friday Nov. 8, Is a full-blooded full-blooded Indian the son of u mighty chief. His tribe appreciates tho valuo of the white man's civilization, sends him to Carlisle and later to Columbia University where ho becomes a horo of the gridiron and a favorite with his classmates; A sharer In their sports, welcomed to th'elr homes, he has become be-come one of them speaks their tongue, thinks their thoughts, is governed gov-erned by their ideals, their desires, their faith. What more natural than that he should choose hit wife from among them? But hers the "prejudice "pre-judice of centuries" Intervenes. The white men will not give their sister to an Indian, and though the women be-causeuof be-causeuof her great love would forsake all to follow him, his tribe refuses to acknowledge a' white women as the wife of their chief. Although "Strongheart" is serious In theme, its author, William C De-Mllle,has De-Mllle,has provided comedy in plenty good, healthful, qlcan comedy, for It reathes the coilege'splrit.particularly when football Is in the alrand pictures vividly the excitement attendant u pon the big game of the season. "Strongheart" is certain to appeal to every theatregoer for it reflects the days that are a delight to recall, the days of youth, of spontaneous fun, of frolic, of fraternities, of campns heroes and of boy and girl love affairs |