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Show the have learned exactl What the i I have tried to learn-nothing'I i ' i 3‘ if P reSldentS D3818 will And perhaps they will leiarn this a little too late. Whomthey\ Complain about then? J,W. High Hopes H1 Actors Excel In ‘Tale' Mu; Installatim' The college suffered an irreparable loss in the death of Lie Proving worthy of the expectations and invitation on the part of the directors of the Players theatre to present a performance, MCC's Chaucer Club, under the direction of Willis Austin, instructor in English, presented Chaucer'5 Wife of Bath early this quarter before a full house. Austin, who first had the idea of reviving Chaucer on the MCC stage, chose a group of able students to enact the difficult tale in 14th century English. Naturally this meant having some background of Middle English and studying it for the performance. Too, this project was accomplished at the expense of time much needed by all for academic work. German Fernandez del Castillo, our friend, legal counselor and member of the Board of Trustees. He was a distinguished law- yer, educator, scholar and a Christian gentleman in every sense of the term. May he rest in peace. The members of Delta Mu Chapter of the international fra- Under the close direction of Austin, then, the Tale was open- ternity of Delta ed here just prior to last quarter5 final examinations and met with Sigma Pi are to considerable success. _ ‘With raves of "it was superbly done" and "how well the actors C be heartily con- captured Middle English," Players Theatre invited Austin and his for the way they conducted t he gratulated group to present Chaucer for one night. The American colony, plus Mexican and European culture-minded installation cer- groups, packed the theatre, responded readily and went away, not necessarily having understood all the dialogue, but content in having emon i es 0 n March 8. Those of us who were witnessed a worthy production. privileged to be D. Y. IPRESENTING MEXI00| with these men during that day were splendidly impressedin every way. in speaking to various guests who came from the United States in order to take part in the installation, I received the impression that they were genuinely happy to have added Delta Mu Chapter} to theirfraternity. Since this is the first organization of its kind on our campus we shall be taking a special interest in seeing how Mr. Willis Austin' of‘ithe Dealpartment of Englishand all who took part in the presentation of Chaucers "The Wife of Bath" should feel deservedly proud of their efforts. It would seem that this is the first time that Chaucer has been presented on the stage in Mexico and possibly anywhere else in the western hemisphere Each of the players did his or her part to make the play a suc- "---\>-a famsable. Hnw‘flgkn form it to carry forward their progiams and plans in every way -... its affairs are conducted and how it sets the pace for other possible organizations of a similar type. The Administrative Council welcomes the formation of Delta Mu and will aid the men who which an atmosphere denoting medieval England was created on the stage. Several observers not- ed this fact and commented upon it. It is to be'hoped that Mr" Austin's "The 'Wife of Bath" has By Marilu Pease shown the way towards the pro- o__-. At a distance of some 47 miles from Mexico City one comes to a beautifully fer-tile valley whichis some 5,000 feet above sea level. ThisIS the setting for Cuernavaca, a typical Spanish city that enjoys ' an eternal Spring. duction of other plays and poems that should be staged by teachers and sfuldents at MexiCo City College. {$54121v" History is written at every turn in Ciiernavam "grandma nflrf‘qfi . "0‘ .. ,i. . a <.. 1-er peat: :c-rtva 7" cast, as well as the director, deserve compliments for the way in AH cess and we believe that the whole |
