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Show D VARSITY DRAMATICS RAiMATICS has always had an important place on the University campus, since a great deal of interest in this activity is displayed by the students as well as by the outside people of the city and of the state. Because dramatics is among the foremost of all activities at the University of Utah, a Dramatic Council has been organized. Many outstanding members of the faculty and members of the student-body gladly give much of their time to the University of Utah in the form of valuable service on the various councils which supervise extra-curricular activities on this campus. Their work deserves much credit and acclaim. Besides the actual directing and producing of plays, there are various dramatic arrangements to be made and problems to be decided by the Council. This year this body has proved itself to be one of the most successful for many years. The members have shown outstanding ability in selecting players in the various casts, in training the students in the dramatic work, in sponsoring the plays, in advertisement, and in financial management of the productions. They have shown a comprehensive understanding of the problems by which they were confronted, and remarkable ingenuity in their solution. Members of the Dramatic Council for 1929-30 have been Mrs. Grace Nixon Stewart, who acted as chairman, Joseph F. Smith, Maude May Babcock-all instructors in Speech-and Ray Forsberg, a student who has been unusually active in dramatics during his four years at the University. The members of the Dramatic Council read the suggested plays and finally decide upon the particular one to be presented. With the exception of the Freshman Play, all productions given by the dramatic department are chosen in this way. Complete preparations for the reading and the tryouts are made by the Council with either its members or competent people chosen by the Council acting as judges. After the decisions are made, the members of the Council automatically become a committee whose functions are to check the eligibility of all students who are to participate in the play, and to make all financial arrangements. After the local presentation, if the cast is to go out on the road, permission must be be granted by the Council which then plans the trip and makes all reservations for the troupe. At the University of Utah, dramatics are enthusiastically supported by the department, the faculty, and the student body. The directors of the plays, the actors, and the business managers all come in for their share of glory, but the work of the Dramatic Council whose members make it possible for the plays to be produced and enjoyed, does not always receive proper acknowledgement. Royal Garff Student Manager oj Vanity Dramatics Babcock I Hjj Smith Stewart 1 frtrtart Forsberg Page 132 |
