Poge Four IR. DYE WRITES BOOK ON ENGLISH MELODRAMA )r. Foster Gives Interesting Re view of Work l)j Heud of Eng lish Department. Tlruro has tuccnlly uppcnrud from tho locul press of t)io Tho Nlttauy Printing and Publishing Company a brochure? en titled “A btudy «>f Melodrama in Eng hrng ftom 1800 to 18W” Thin Jltllo volumu from tho pen of Ur William S D>o. Jr. Heal of tho English Depnrt moni of the Punnsylvuiiln Statu Col lege. Is the requited rupilnt of Ills thesis offend to tho Faculty of Phil osophy . Tho booklet Is attructlvuly gotten up and nllecls credit on tho author and printer * In this tlaslH Di Dye has given a mutt Interesting account of tho gen i-hls of the melodrama us a form of dramatic composition In Europe with special reference to England during tho period mentioned He traces care fully the various Intelpretntlona given to each form by the authors who have made the moat of such forma *liu makes It poaslble to follow easily Uie changes In form and method of melo dramatic pioductlons from Thomas Hotcroft’s "A tale of Mystery" in 1802 t oihe romantic drama of Buluur Lyl* ton In 1838-10 It seems strange that so little at tention has been paid to tho develop ment of melodiama In view* of the part this played In the Inception of the so called romantic drama In many ways It can be sold without fear of contra diction tlmt the main function of the dramatists of this school was to dig nify the unconventional Ideas of the melodrnmutsts Thu rapid transformu lion of the musical pantomime of the eighteenth contuiy through the "ter* ior" plays and the emotional drama of the last quarter of the same century to the melodrama of 1795 to 1840 Is a characteristic of practically ov ory Euro pean nation J3y the stressing of action and stage machinery thu public came to demand a play In which thcro was always something talcing place on the singe Because of an apparent unwill ingness lo use the mind, tho rtudlenco lmd no eh irltv foi ehuiactcrlzallon. but required the tin 111 of impossible situa tions to satisfy theh dramatic appott leu The desperntu deeds of tho devi lish villain enhanced by the cleverness of the stagu-enrpenter held the theatre enthralled, while the hero und heroine worked out their own snlvation des pite railroads, saw-mills, chasms, bolls and bats e<i wliatevei else stood In their way annihilating In tho process both space and time amidst tho cheers and hisses of the gallery and the pit. Hero von found ulso the stock come dian who helped keep the audience In good spirits and aided the denouement often In the most unexpected ways. This * was "something doing" all tho time and the house was crowded to sec the ultimate triumph of virtue and the downfall of vice and oppression By means of ample Illustration Dr Dye carrlis us through the various stages of this • malmllu Uu sIOcIc" und shows how the different forms succeed ed each othoi lending to the finished type Hu shows us how all possible Hiiiircm were drawn upon for material and how oven dogs, horses, monkeys, and birds had been used In the work ing out of the idols It scorns that music, at first an essential part of the mitodrnnn dlsuppuued anther early being leltimd In an inconsiderable numbei of plays Only a few situations, comparatively speaking, were made use of. robbers, foundlings, unnatural par ents and brother*, loglosc relatives, or victims of man’s Inhumanity In dealing with his fellows being the predominant motives Tire more improbable tho sit uation. the more often it appeared, thu Ntuge-uupenui being rolled upon to i imuuflage the untrue with an ample semblance of truth This has a very familiar sound Itt connection with tho movie of todiy, as Its stock In trade is largely (h it of the melodrama of u century ago And wo crur say truth fully that the public has not changed greatly since then The wihir has acknowledged advis edly the evident Influence of thu inelo drumi of Prince u|>on the contumpo i.rry literature of England It is n will known fict that the theatre of lYnnce was practically monopolized by dr.rrnatk cninposltlons of this char acter from about 1765 until about 1810, During lire ievolutionary period this form of dr mm wars lire only one tol erated in most of thu theatres Plxor <vcourl rnd Ills brother metodnimuMitx lilted the hoards with Ittir-rulslng tra gedy and the stages of Fnrls ran red with thvitrlcal gore each overling Tho effect of this was the crowding out of legitimate drama rnd a mighty*,influx of hluod-and-thundur plays greatly to the detriment of dramatic development along other lines Tho people wanted thrills and thrills thoy must huvo. so the munagers gave them thrills of oil kinds in nil wuys The greater writers us well as tho lessir lights succoinbod to thu popular e rprlce und dipped their pons In blood Unisite. the novelist, in youthful fervor products! "Agnes, tho Palo Face", and Dumas the Elder "Tho Tower of Nos!©”. "Antony" and "Henry 111 and his Court", all of thorn filled with tho par aphenalia of polalns, daggers, dungeons, death ami destruction and tho full pan oply of hero, horolno, and villain, Thoir stock In trade was doubtless bor rowed from the "terror lltoraturo" of England and Ourmnny, so tho molo drama that thoy gave was but a re turn for services rendered These plays were ueinendously popular and con vinced tire playwright that this was the stylo of piny tho crowd doslrod. Victor Hugo made uso of tho anmo material and produced his romantic <h limits all of which from "Hernant” to "Los BuigrnvoH" show* tho influence of tin- ihenirltn! tendencies of tho ago. In none of these is tho comic or bur- BALFOUR BLUE BOOK The Standard Reference for Fraternity Jewelry Individual Badge Price List now ready for distribution. L. G.'BALFOUR CO. Attleboro, Mass. Budges Jcwely Stationery lutique element lucUng which foot l 4 also of no little help In determlntnr th< ii- origin Tlmt melodrama has lost none of Its hold on thu pcuple Is evidenced by tho fiat tlmt the "movlea" of the day re sort nr the same tuctlcs to draw for crowd and the emphasis on action still has Its reward in tho picture play* us it has had for many years In tho spok en dr inm It seems almost as If wo must admit this type to the field of le gitimate drama, especially in tills demo cratic ugo when the people are tho court of last resort At any* rate we cannot help admitting that melodrama has played a large part in bringing life Into the drama that rmco was sill* tul and michmilcnl There Is no doubt that ihurncierlzntiori ban a major part In dramatic present ttkm yet the thrill nf tho unknown and tho impossible that melodrama brings cunnot bo neg lected In consideration of the drama of todny. | Alumni Notes | J. K Pricker 11 Is now with the Air Nitrates Corporation at Muscle Shoals. Alabama, whore he is Superintendent of tho Liquid Air Plant. U. S Nitrate Plant, No. 2, Musclo Shoals, Ala Edward P Ancona ’l2 Is now* w*Uh tho United States Department of Agricul ture. Forestry Service ,ln tho Forest Products Laboratory, In Madison. Wis consin • Juan Jose Csuna ’l2 Is nt Columbia University* studying In the Teachers’ College. Lloyd P Burgess ’l3 Is with General Electilc Company, Pittsfield. Muss, In the Transformer Engineering Depart ment A. 8 Wilson ’l3 is now* nt Newcomer, Pa.. In Payette County, ns Superin tendent of the Amend Coal Company. II O Slilpo ’l4 has removed from Detroit, Mich, and Is with tho Arm strong Cork Company.. Linoleum Dopt„ Lancaster, Pa His address Is 749 E. Orange Street, Lancaster, Pa. 1, A Buchanan ’l6 Is managing a milk plant at Kano, Pa, for tho Kane Dairy Co-operative Association Fred Munhnll ’IC has "broken Into tho oil business" ut Houston, Texas He lu wlth-tho Oulena Oil Company, In the laboratory nt tho refinery Ralph W Ilorzog TC Is employed ns Tool Equlpmunt und Process Englncor for the Winchester Repealing Arms Co. Now Haven, Conn. C. 11. Lleb ’IC has been In Tampico, Mexico, for some time now, and la still ‘here working on n "million dollar" sea loading terminal for tho Standard OH Company of Non* Jersey, ns Construc tion Engineer On lonvlng the naval service, Clar ence E Taylor ’IC has returned to his old position In tho New* York Navy Yard, ns Inspector of Electrlcu! Mater ial. ills home address Is CA Clifton Place, Brooklyn, New \ork C W Landis *l7 writes that he Is now* connected with the By-Products Coke Plant of the Prior Hill .Steel Co, In Youngstown, Ohio. Frank Foltz *l7 Is at Newport, Wash ington, with the United States Fores try Service Edgar A Hawk ’lB Is with tho Cat* iieglu Steel Company. Duquesnu Works ns Engineer of Teals In their Experi mental Engineering Department At present Robert P Stevens ’lB Is with Thomas Meeh in and Sons, Oer mantovvn. Pa, *w n Landscape Archi tect. James Van Dyke *lB Is still Secretary* of the Y. M. C A nt Cape May, New Jersey Paul Weir T 8 Is at present In the Case School of Applied Science sis In structor lu the Mining Department PRESIDENT SPARKS RESUMES DUTIES HERE (Continued from first page) able to »nrt on an extended tour In his motor crr through Wisconsin and several of the middle stutes Ho was accompanied on this trip by his wife and his daughter, Ethel, and during tho summer he made his headquarters ut Ephrlarn, Wisconsin. While in Wis consin ho made smerat extended .boat trip* nud spent much of his time in rusting and In an endeavor to rocover his physic tl and mental strength. Tho entire übsenco of men trivial duiles>ls thought to huvo been rosponsiblo fur his gradual recovery und there Is no doubt tlmt his stay In Wisconsin prov ed benuilciu! to him With thu coming of full and his gradual chnnge of condition for tho boiler. Dr. Sparks and his family again motored through und were ablo to roach First National Bank State College, Pa. W. L. FOSTER, President - DAVID F. KAPP, Cashier YOUR WRITING PAPER is an index to your personality CRANE’S LINEN LAWN cannot be surpassed. Also try HIGHLAND LINEN Choice Candy Expert Fountain Service EXCLUSIVE AGENCY FOR UNITED CIGAR CO. THE VARSITY STORE Philadelphia In time to witness the IVnn-Siutu football game on Novem b< r 1. AC this time Dr Sparks saw many Puna Statu students and was do llghttd with the reception which was given him. Ills condition was pro* nounml much improved by the Unlvcr- Hity Hospital and Di Sparks was tibia tn spend a few dirts nl his homo in State College at that tlmu. Hu was glum a musing welcome by* tho stu dent body* when he and his family arrived and was delighted to bo back among the students und at the activi ties tignin It was necessary for him to make another trip to thu hospital, however but ltu vv is able to bo In Washington during the first part of December and attended tho Student Volunteer Convention nt Dcs Moines, lowa, during thu holidays .Spent Some Time lu Office Upon his return home after tho holi days, Dr Sparks spent some time each day In his ofllco In order to bo hi fit condition to titko up his work vvhon pronounced able by his physicians. When this work was received some few days ago nml after tho mooting of tho Board of Trustees In Harrisburg last week, It was decided that It was pos sible for him tn take up his duties again ns the chief uxccutlve of the collego and accordingly was found. In hln office on Saturday for tho first time In his old position. With Dr Spark’s return to tho Pres ident’s Office, Dean Pond Is now to bo found In his office In tho Chemistry Building HARRISBURG FARM SHOW GREAT SUCCESS (Contlnuod from first page) within the state. All tho teams had thoir expenses paid which enabled quite a few* boys to paitlclpato who other wlso would have be<n compelled to be absent On Thursday evening tho alumni of the collego held an alumni banquet at tho Penn-Harrls Hotel tn Harrisburg. This was tho largest gathering of Penn Stato mon which has over been hold In cuntral Pensylvunla. Mr P D. Jones, who has charge of the dairy* hord. gave an address on tho subject of "Making Advanced Registry Ruiortls” He placed particular em phasis upon tho care and feeding of tho cow, and showed how a cow often be comes vory much attached to a certain utterulant A noted Jersey* breeder in Oregon, who has recently mado four world's records In tho Jersey breed un der v ery ordinary conditions. Is so much loved by his cattle that they follow him around like u dog docs his masior. Mr. R. U Welch also of the Dairy Department gnvo two talks, one on "Co-opuratlvo Breeding Associations" und one on "Community Development In Dairying" In tho first talk ho showed the advantage of several far mirs owning ono high-class sire ln< a community* os compurcd with several farmer* owning scrub slroa of their own There are now 20 co-oporatlvo bull associations In the stato and they are doing a splendid work In Improving dairy cattle breeding In his second talk Mr. Welch out lined thu wonderful development that bus taken placo at Grovo City, Pcnna, through the good markets provided by the co-oporntivo creamery at that place Ho also tdiowed the benefit to tho com munity of enw tenting associations. Im proved bidding methods, the purchuso of pure bred cows, and tho uno of pure bred sires. During thu lust throe years in the Grove City community slxty foui new* silos hnvo boon built, 216 barns have been Improved, 4 uxcollont Holstein bulls and 8 Jersey bulls have I»eun purchased co-operatively, 69 herds have boon put on tho Accredited Hurd List and 40C pure bred females have been purchased. Dairy Records Mr C. M Cummings gave an excel lent talk on "Dairy Records, their Va lue and Cost" Hu showed the largo increase In thu valuu of animals that Consider the WEAR ;; College Boot Shop -not the price and you will purchase your shoes at the PENN STATE QOLLEGIAN I>q\o made advanced registry records, and the comparatively tow coat of se curing such, records. An Instance of thin was tho fact that a bull calf from one of thu college* cuvvn turn sold for <l6 00 The con then mude un advan c'd registry record of ovoi 1*2,0011 pounds of milk imd 081 pounds of but terfat. and her uevt bull calf nun sold for <3OO 00. Mr A T. Kearney, of the Dairy Ex tension Department, gave un mldivna on thu subject of "Improved Methods of Marketing Milk". He explulncd the method by which the dairymen of Du- Bois co-o|H*rutcd In the purchase of n pasteurizing and bottling plant In th** clt>. The dairymen In tho vicinity all delivered their milk to thin one central plant n hero U was pasteurized, bottled and delivered to the total! trade of tho city. By this method, thu exponno of delivery was very much decreased, the farmers were paid a good price for their milk, und tho townspeople vvure given a superior quality of milk ut u price less than that paid by surround ing towns / "Soil Fertility und Soil Organisms'* was discussed by Mr. C A Hunter Ho Illustrated thu Inrgo part that soil organisms play In increasing soil fer tility. Hu showed cultures of a mimltcr of organisms which play un linpoitant part. In taking nitrogen from tho air and placing It at the rootlets of the plant Value of Feeds The foid situation was discussal by Professor A a norland He stated that cottonseed meal and linseed meal were likely to be higher In price rather than lower, while corn and wheat bran were not likely to increase much In price, He emphasized tho Importunes of summer purchase of high piotoln concentrates, giving ns un illustration; the fact that last June tho price of -11% cottonseed meal was <72.70 and in Nov ember It was <B6 60, llnscad meat in June was <7O 80 and In November Jt was <B3 30. This same situation has obtained forxcvoiid years In the post Thu different proprietary feeds won* discussed and ptneed under different bondings us good, medium and poor It was shown that a home-mado mix ture was more economical und Just us offciiont for milk production us anv of the proprietary feeds, A leuflet giving 1 1 numbor of grain mixtures was dis tributed. Tho uxhlblts along dairy lines were v cry Interesting. ” Tho Dairy Exten sion Dopartmcnt showed two sires— one a. pure bred bull and thu othei a scrub bull, and Illustrated the advan tages of pure bred sires Photographs were also shown of some cows that looked good, but were poor prduccis. as an Illustration of tho Importance of having actual tecords through a cow Best Quality GROCERIES Wholesale and Retail Special rates to Clubs and Fraternities FYE 3 S 200-202 ff. College Ave. testing ‘ association as to' the actual production of each cow In the herd. Creamery Wins Prize The exhibit of butter, chui-re and milk was of considerable interest. A large number of entries were made uud Homo veiy fine butter wax exhibited In thu cicumcty class, the Stulo Col lege Creamety was uwmdcd first prize, the butter tutoring 'J3 points out of u possible hundred. Itiusniuih ax the Judgu had no knowledge of tho makers of the different samples of butler in the contest, the result Is very pleuHlng to those who are interested in the Col lege Creamery. in the market milk class thu first prize was awarded to J. A Bell, Jr, of Coraopolls. ponna. Thu rumarkublu cleanliness of this milk Is shown by tho fact that thu bacterial count was only 600 per cubic contlmctcr. Some other xampleti of milk that were exhibited contained 378.000 bacteria pur cublo ccntlmutur Ag. Extension Exhibit The Department of Agricultural Ex tension presented an Instructive and nttractivo exhibit A churt showing thu Increased yield and profit of spray** ed fields of potatoes in contrast with unfiprayed fields was the fhsi part of tho exhibit Included also In this part were coioied charts showing thu effects of Insect pests on fruit und vegctublca and the i ecommemlatlon of tncuxurcs for their conti 01. The extent and In fluence of boys* and girls* pig and calf Hubs were clearly dlspluyed by photo graphs and figures. The value or the plgx und calves owned by Pennsylvania club members this year having totaled eighty-five thousand dollars The rirst part of the livestock exhibit consisted of two very •well-belmwd <ulvoi —one n pure bred and one u Ncrub The cooperative purchase of W ■‘--I'TUEAJDS , One of best friends is . your pencil. ELdo^al “Vte master dmuin^/>& { quickens your pencil work, makes it easier and better.' It is a friend in Sdeed and at need. \ Sold by leading stationers—at school and in town. <#' EXHIBITION “ ■p« A DISPLAY OF THE FINCHLEY STYLES OF AND AWk\ HABERDASHERY. THE ■ THINGS PRESENTED m\r ARE CORRECT IN W/lV TREATMENT AND OF ™r ,„T«oor ; 'THE CHARACTER CON THE ANNOYANCE OF A TRY-ON ready-to-rut-on SIDE RED MOST ESSEN- 1 TIAL AND DESIRABLE, ' - ■} iwiw(nrFnn,iiw' S'Wetst 46th.vStreet wirvoEK t ‘nittanyinn Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 2nd and 3rd RALPH W. SHAW Finchley Representative high doss sires was suggested an being practical, profitable and proficient. The second part of the linstock exhibit eomtlsied of u field of mututc corn with model pigs "hogging off" the crop. Ah a result of the efforts of tho Cx iciihloii Dcpui tment a goodly number, of Pennsylvania farmers tried out this labnr*«nvtng scheme last fall. The mun who kept a itcord of weights and gains sold thell corn cioji. without the labor of husking ami liartesUng, for $l,BB u biiHliel. Tin* Home Exii-nslim Scivieo alHo bad a large exhibit, wlikli \\as of great in* terest and value to the women visi tors at tne s low “SERVICE” You are 9ure of home cooking when you eat at the CRYSTAL CAFE I Mabel Fromm W. C. 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