OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY AND ORGAN OF THE ALUMNI
Vol. 42—No. 17
COLLEGEVILLE, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1929
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DRAMATIC CLUB SCORES
Brilliant Lighting Effects Give Support To Able Players
By Robert Sullivan
As their farewell offering for the season, the Dramatic Club revived a tragedy in three acts and prologue, "The Malediction," which was presented last Friday evening in the new Auditorium. The story was laid in eight-century Spain, and centered about the conflicts between the Christians and a band of Mohammedans led by the notorious Tarik.
The big scene of the play occurred in the second act when the father, confronted with the choice of renouncing his faith or suffering a brutal death, shrieked "What care I for my body, if I save may soul?" and then hurled a terrible curse on his son, who had sacrificed his religion that he might become the proud ruler of a Mohammedan province. The son, stunned and terrified, fell stricken to the ground, and upon arising had lost his mind.
While "The Malediction" is not, perhaps, a masterpiece of drama, it served admirably the purpose for which it was undoubtedly selected, that of allowing the Dramatic Club to demonstrate to the fullest extent its sense of artistic values, and to enable them to sing their swan song midst a blaze of color and triumph. Certainly, it represented the crowning achievement of a year filled with many brilliant successes, and probably nothing so beautiful has ever been staged at St. John's before. Glamorous costumes and strikingly novel lighting effects patterned after the Gordon Craig system, contributed largely to making the production a spectacle that, in the words of the St. Cloud Daily Times critic, "will long be remembered by those who viewed it." The stage staff, comprising the Messrs. Doell, Wegleitner, Caveney, Daly and Welter, are to be highly complimented for their efforts.
The magnificent performances of Mr. McAllister and Mr. Himsl, as father and son respectively, commanded the interest and admiration of the most fastidious critics. "Their work in playing these two parts has brought credit to their university," Mr. Murray wrote in the Times. John Aspel looked and acted fully as menacing as one might expect a Mohammedan leader to be. Two of St. John's outstanding comedians, Roman Niedzielski and Alfred Dixon, despite the handicap of having to speak more or less humorless lines, contrived to inject enough of their own personalities into their roles to win many laughs Continued on Page 2
72nd Annual Commencement Takes Place Next Wednesday
Band Presents Outdoor Concert Sunday June 2
Musicians of Two Organizations Unite For Season's Final Musical Event
The crowning event of the season's musical presentations at St. John's will take place on Sunday evening, June 2, at seven o'clock, when a band of forty pieces will give a grand concert in front of the Main building. Members of the University Orchestra, playing wind instruments, will join the Student Band in the rendition of a popular concert program. In the event of unfavorable weather, the concert will be given in the Auditorium at 7:30.
It is planned to have the band line up on the walk immediately in front of the building, so that the music may be properly reflected and carried over the campus.
Father Innocent, O.S.B., director of both organizations, who planned the concert, has given out the following program:
1. Amidst Thunder of Cannon March
Meincckc
2. May Flower, a Tone Poem.........Freed
3. Frolic of the Fairies Overture......Biggc
4. In a Rose Garden, Reverie.......Acciani
5. Serenade Roccoco........Meyer- Hclmund
Intermission
6. Silver Trumpets, Processional March
Viviani
7. El Sereno, Mexican Serenade.....Holmes
8. Belle of the Village Overture.....Bouillon
9. Royal Decree Polonaise............Swift
10. Old Comrades March.............Tcike
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BAND PLAYS AT ST. CLOUD, FREEPORT
On Tuesday evening, May 21, St. John's Band entertained St. Cloud people at the first lawn social of the season, given by the Cathedral parish.
"The Cathedral parish enjoyed one of the largest summer gatherings of its history, when 600 people attended," says the St. Cloud Times, reporting the event. "St. John's University band played the music during the hours of 8 to 9:30 and proved itself a popular entertainer."
The affair was in charge of the senior group of the Young Ladies sodality, who, in turn, saw to it that the musicians were served with the best their tables had to offer.
In the evening of May 26th che band gave an equally successful concert in the auditorium of Sacred Heart school at Freeport.
Rt. Rev. Bishop of St. Cloud To Deliver Address at Exercises
The Commencement exercises, which will begin Wednesday June 5, at 2:30 p.m., will mark the end of the present school year's activities. The first event will be a number given by the band while the procession of graduates proceeds into the Auditorium and upon the stage. The order of march will consist of first the graduates receiving College degrees and then the High School graduates followed by the Deans of both departments. Each group will be arranged in alphabetical order.
The Rt. Rev. Joseph F. Busch, D.D., Bishop of the St. Cloud diocese, will then give the Commencement address. The valedictory addresses will be given by Stephen Humphrey of the College and William Harrer of the High School. The Rt. Rev. Alcuin Deutsch, O.S.B., Ph.D., Abbot and President of St. John's will also give an address.
Medals will be awarded to those having the highest scholastic average in their respective classes. The elocution medal will be awarded to Dolor Lauer, winner of the Prep elocution contest this year.
The College graduates with the bachelor's degree follow: Mathias E. Frey, Stephen B. Humphrey, William R. Doell, Jr., Joseph A. Weber, John M.i^Kiloran, Francis A. Weier, Julius J. Kilzer, George W. Evans, Reverdy A. Gmeinder, Lawrence M. Hall, Fr. Hubert Dahlheimer, O.S.B., Fr. Quentin Dittberner, O.S.B., Fr. Baldwin Dworschak, O.S.B., Fr. Arno Gustin, O.S.B., Fr. Alexander Korte, O.S.B., Fr. Columban Kremer, O.S.B., Fr. Cornelius Osendorf, O.S.B., Fr. Odo Zimmer-mann, O.S.B., and Messrs. Francis J. Ketter, Peter A. Lorsung, Louis C. Proulx, Sylvester A. Renner.
The High School graduates, which number forty-one, are as follows: William Harrer, Charles Burchard, Gregory Cremer, Lawrence Effinger, Pius Engel, Roman Frey, Melvin Gaspard, Howard Graves, Aloys Hermanutz, Francis Hogan, Michael Hogan, Roman Jacobs, Othmar Jan ski, Joseph Kilzer, Anthony Kuntz, William Loso, Hugh McGauvran, Ralph Mahowald, Edward Michel, Graham J. Mosher, Ambrose Osendorf, Marcus Oster, Frank Plakut, George W. Rogers, Mark Schaefer, Michael Scheller, Gregory Schmitz, Francis Schneider, Jacob Simmer, Bernard Smith, Simon Super, John Taafe, John Ter-haar, Adolph Theede, Walter Thuente, Adolph Tryba, Norbert Viere, Walter Weisgram, Continued on Page 3
