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Show School Play Will Be Presented Thursday "Spring Dance", Philip Barry's sprightly comedy of college life, will be presented Thursday, March 25, by the Milford high school, under the direction of Fred Webb. The play is a clever and diverting cross section of college life, deal-' deal-' ing particularly with commefrice-! commefrice-! ment week and the magical "'Spring Dance," where dates and hearts are made and broken. Mr. Barry will be .remembered for his recent Hepburn vehicle "Philadelphia "Phila-delphia Story," and " 6 p ri n g Dance" is as happily composed and brightly spoken. The story deals with Alex Benson Ben-son and her friends and how they gaily solve the life-is-real, Jifq-is-earnest problems of the college : ycung in an era just, before the : world went mad. Through his ! play, Barry contends that girls do j make loyal and helpful if some- what sweetly daffy friends, and that boys make the only proper husbands for girls like Alex, cast Junior Kirk as John Hatton, Walt Griffiths as The Lippincot, Jean LeFevre as Mady Piatt, Marvin Mar-vin Buntin as Buck Buhanan, Joyce Armstrong as Francas Fenn, Doris Terry as Alex Benson, Genevieve Parkinson as Kate Mc-rvim, Mc-rvim, Albert Smith as Walter Beckett, Anna Mae Grimshaw as Sally Prescott, Norman Fisher as Sam Thatcher, Lois Gray as Miss Ritchie, and Donna Gloudy as Mildred. Mil-dred. "Spring Dance" 'has been in rehearsal re-hearsal "for some , weeks and the director and cast feel that they are making considerable progress in spite of the fact that some of the characters have had bouts with measles since rehearsals began. be-gan. "Spring Dance" is not an "escape" play, for all its gaiety. It is j-ather a sparkling reminder that there is a magic in laughter, fun in youth and merriment for everybody. V |