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Show DramaticsCHIS being the first issue of a "Year Book" at the University of Utah, a little history of the University Dramatic Club will not be out of place. It was organized in the fall of 1897, with H. Claud Lewis as president and Maud May Babcock as director. It made its initial appearance in the Eighteenth Ward Hall, presenting Thyre Smith's "A Happy Pair" and "A Box of Monkeys/' by Grace Furneas. Following is the list of the plays given by the Club:"A Happy Pair," Thyre Smith, 1897. "Box of Monkeys," Grace Furneas, 1897. "Pygmalion and Galatea," Gilbert, 1898. "A Scrap of Paper," Simpson, 1899. "The Weaker Sex," Pinero, 1900. "The Schoolmistress," Pinero, 1901. "Trelawny of the Wells," Pinero, 1902. "The Amazons," Pinero, 1903. "A Scrap of Paper," Simpson, 1904. "Christopher Junior," Madeline Ryley, 1905. "Niobe," 1906.Next year the Club faces what now appears a great difficulty, for our director is going to take a well-earned vacation. I think the whole student body, as well as the members of the Dramatic Club, will feel the loss. Prof. Babcock has always been ready and willing to give her time and talent to the upbuilding of the Club, and I think she can feel repaid in a measure for the structure she has reared. I feel that we now |
