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VOL. XVIII. No. 4
STUDENT CAMPAIGN STARTS MONDAY
KANYSPEAKERS
WILL BOOST PENN
STATE NEXT WEEK
Whirlnind Campaign Planned To
Present Needs of College
To Citizens of Slate
DISTRICTS ARE IN SHAPE
FOR FINAL CANVASSING
Flying Squadron Will Have Dr.
Thomas As Chief Speaker
In Drive for Funds
Next \vc*uk, the last before the open-
ing of the public am) alumni campaign
for two million dollars fop IHmn Stale,
will bo the busiest of the year for cam-
paign workers and committees. It is
the week toward which all efforts have
been directed for the past month. It
will mark the Until preparations for the
campaign for a Greater Penn State.
Announcement was made at cant*
paign headquarters yesterday that the
coming week is to be devoted to a
whirlwind speaking campaign In the
sixty-seven counties of Pennsylvania,
where alumni and friends of Penn
State will have the needs of Penn Suite
presented to them and committees and
canvassers will be given their final in
structlons for carrying on their work
toward raising the county quotas, be
ginning October second.
A flying squadron of fourteen college
speakers headed by President Thomas
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1925 CONDUCTS FIRST
STUNT NIGHT FOR FROSH
Paddles, Bonfire, Molasses Feed
“Pig Kassel” and Class Scrap
the Principal Features
The Stunt Night, held on
proved to be a “safe and sane" substi
tute for the traditional‘Poster Night of
former years. The Frosh were humbled
and shown their place, the Sophomores
given a chance to wield their paddles
and the two upper* classes afforded a
good deal of amusement, all with a
minimum of casualties to tho Frosh,
that have always marked Poster Night.
As no proclamations were posted by tho
Sophomores, the usual clashes with the
Juniors were averted, and at midnight
a Sabbath peace prevailed on the
usually troubled Co-op corner.
Tho excitement Itcgart when a long
Waat from the fire whistle at tho holler
room brought the paddle-armed Sopho
mnrts out into the streets. In a mo
ment the familiar cry. ”all l-'reshriien
out”, resounded throughout the streets
and the first year men. heeding tho e.v
iwtotl fliiminims, came tumbling from
their moms to is* lined up by Sopho
more paddles. The town had been di
vided into five sections with Artelt,
Wleand, Delaney. Shatter and Block
wch responsible for tin- collection of
the Kreshmett in his section. Bach
■treel added its quota to the marching
ranks until at 9:30 the first year mon
entered Holmes Bield in five long col-
Holm os Fluid, the scene of the festiv
ities was lighted up by tiio leaping
flames of a huge bonfire. AH day
>eshmen h«.l Wen drafted by the
Jtfphomorus to gather wood, ibtilroud
packing boxes, and even a tele
rraph pole had been added to the pile.
Ul on the Held marched the Fresh
en guided by the ready puddles, to
j* forme,! into a huge circle about the
we. One auction was formed in a ring
then began a series of unique
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play started for
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
Mrs. Malnwaring’s Managements”, a
humorous play i* „ ow j H .ing undertok-
M b >‘ a group »,f students and is to be
Presented in the near future in the In
terests of the Student Volunteers.
Aiken *24 has charge of the busl-
Mun. ma V er * ° f the l ,r °diit»tion and J.
wen Lee *25 and J. \v. Runk *25 are
»Wng care of the stage.
Cf*che5 a SI "/ inraclera • vho are being
bj J - Onr ‘ion Amend is ns fol-
i j" Con-
Stevo " An <*rewK—Vrank D. Lons.
lxiuiso p aKL —Mis* Laura Crick,
■ r, ’ r ™s-» | to» Sara Wor-
Hwhier. 5” i ' r ' Ck lj, cccstGr Harry
S.“t', 2 J “" C Br »"»lor-MI SS Louisa Va n
OouSl inltlal ncr.'orniance at Stats
vj, Ul ° n,an aeement la plannlnc to
places throughout the
Seml-\A/eekly
P? m &tatr A (Eolligt
INITIAL FOOTBALL
CLASH WILL TEST
NITTANY METTLE
Veteran Lineup of Brown and White
Aggregation Is Strongest
In Recent Years
JVith untested powers and weaken
ed liy the loss of six of the most val
uable and experienced players who
were so important to the success gain
ed lust year by tho undefeated team
and with the uncertainty of some of
the most needed players being able to
tenter the contest on account of injur
ies. the Nittany gridiron squad opens
the 1922 football season tomorrow
afternoon when they meet the repre
sentatives of St. Bonuventure's College
on Now Reaver Field at two thirty
o'clock. Having undergone three
weeks of intensive training since the
first of September under the direction
of conches Rezdek. Martin and Her
munn until lie took tho yearling can
didates in hand, tho varsity candidates
have been whipped from a looso gath
ering to a workable combination. The
added problem of building nearly an
entire new backfiold has given tho
coaching staff a difficult Job to round
the players into necessary condition
and at this late day the gridiron ma
chine is not what it should be to mako
the prospects for the season very
bright Although the first games of
the season are unusually onesided vic
tory for the Nittany Lions, tho out
come of tomorrow’s contest should not
be too rashly judged for, although
victory for the Blue and White is not
In any great danger, yet upsets in
predicJtions of football games often
defy the best authorities. Until the
Penn State warriors have met and
been tried by a foreign opponent of
practically unknown strength, it is
best that a conservative view be
taken. The manner in which the Nit
tany football men play under &
strange attack tomorrow will show
CROSS COUNTRY SQUAD
BEGINS LIGHT PRACTICE
Nothing Further Announced Con
cerning Schedule—Probab
ly Only One Home Meet
Penn State’s squad of cross country
runners and track men has been prac
ticing on short distance running, around
tho golf course and the track.
Intensive training has not begun yet,
as Coach Martin is staging these light
work-outs in order •that tho men may
get into running condition by easy
stages. The freshmen whose names
Imvet oftati ePontmoP a!....ossbleoet
wore mentioned in an earlier Issue of
the COLLEGIAN are showing up well,
as are also several others, and the var
sity men and members of last year’s
freshman team are exhibiting good form.
As yet, nothing further Is known con
cerning the schedule to be run by tho
Penn State speed men. except thnt they
will outer the indoor intor-collogiatea at!
New York this fall, and that there will ho
at least one home meet, probably with
Penn, ami on© trip, the opponent for
tho latter contest not yot being an
nounced.
YEARLINGS IMPROVE
IN DAILY SCRIMMAGE
Freshman Gridiron Candidates
Preparing for Contest
With Beliefonte
After a week of intonsivo scrimmage
; tho Freshman gridiron candidates ap
pear to bo rounding into shape and if
the squad keeps developing In the next
two weeks the way it has been going
this week, tho initial game with Belle
fume Academy which 1r to be played
on October seventh, should result in a
victory for the Blue and White team.
The majority of the squad of nearly
fifty men who are out for the team are
in excellent condition, the hard knocks
of the scrimmage affecting thorn slight
ly.
The large number of candidates who
report daily gives Conch Hermann the
chance to form two teams of different
combinations each afternoon. These
teams arc being put through scrimmag
es which bring out the points of offen
sive and defensive work. At times the
yearlings have the appearance of var
sity material but again slump into
rough, ragged movements which show
that they have not entirely mastered
the Nittany methods of football. Des
pite the fact that the men look husky
lind appear even at this early date as
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STATE COLLEGE. PA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1922
up iho weak spots and the callbr# ol
which tho team is made.
Visitors Have Veteran Team
At least nine members of the St
Bonaventure’s oioven which will ap
pear hero tomorrow afternoon are vet
erans of tho Brown and White Institu
tion which is a fact vory much in fa
vor for the visitors inasmuch os a
veteran aggregation has the advan
tage of smoother team work early In
the season than most other teams.
In addition to tho majority of last
season's players who have returned to
St. Bonaventure their squad has
been greatly strengthened by some
crack players from other colleges
who have entered the northern in
stitution. With these facts on their
side, the visitors believe that they have
a squad of gridiron men stronger than
any other in tho history of the col
lege. All members of the squad have
had at least one years' experience and
they are coming to Penn State with
the avowed purpose of givin gtho Nit
tany Lions the groateat battle pos
sible.
An added advantage which the
Brown and White eleven will have
over tho Penn State pigskin chasers in
tho fact that they have had a greater
amount of practice In preparation for
the season than have had most col
eges. Their first practice began dur
ing tho middle of August which com
bined with a veteran combination,
should forecast a team which will put
Bezdek’s prodigies to the test.
This Is not tho first time in foot
ball history that the Brown and
White have met the blue and white on
tho gridiron. Three games have been
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FACULTY PLEDGES NEAR
FORTY THOUSAND MARK
Committee Practically Assured
Of Unanimous Response by
Saturday Evening
That Penn State's faculty Is backing
"Proxy" Thomas In the campaign for
a greater Penn State with cheerful zeal
and loyalty had been proved beyond a
doubt when tho COLLEGIAN went .to
press.
According to latest available Informa
tion throe hundred and flftyioight
mombers of the staff, or seventy-five
per cent of tho total number had par
ticipated, tholr subscriptions amounting
to $30,575. While there has been no
quota set for tho faculty, and no goal
established ns to an amount desired,
this sum already exceeds tho amount
that tho Campaign Committee had ex
pected to raise among Penn State's
corps of instructors and ofllce employ
ees. and It Is calculated that If the re
maining members of the faculty con
tribute in equal proportion, the prob
ability is that the sum will be well over
forty thousand dollars, but tho mem
bers of the committee emphasised tho
fact that it is "100% participation" that
is tho aim of the faculty campaign, and
not a given amount of money.
The School of Mines, with sixteen on
Us staff, reached tho 100% mark before
tho campaign began,‘while the School
of Agriculture with a staff of 206, had
jAissed tho ninety por cent mark whon
the- COLLEGIAN wont to press, and
every Indication was that it woutd go
100% beforo Saturday. Tho other div
isions of the college havo boon slower
in making returns, and on Wednesday
ovening ranged from thirty to fifty per
cent, but it is fully oxpeoted that they
will come in during tho timo that re
mains, and the Committee is of the
belief that the goal of “100% particV
pation” will have been reached by to
morrow evening, and If it is not quite
attained, the results will be eo unani
mous by that time that there will be no
doubt whatever that the faculty Is back
of "Prexy" and the State University
plan, practically to a man.
DR. ROBERT BAGNELL TO
ADDRESS SUNDAY CHAPEL
Doctor Robert Bagnell of Harrisburg,
will deliver the sermons at both chapels
on next Sunday. Dr. Bagnell is a na
tive of Philadelphia, and has received
degrees from Columbia University. He
is a former pastor of the Methodist
Temple, New York, Janes Church,
Brooklyn, and Park Avenue Cburcb*,
Philadelphia. At present he is pastor
of the Grace M. E. Church, .at Har
risburg. Dr. Bagnell was very prom
inent in Y. M. C. A. work during the
war.
MASS MEETING
ON FRONT CAMPUS
There will be a mass meeting
on the front campus, Monday ev
ening at seven o'clock. "Prexy"
Thomas, "Bez" and Dean Stod
dari will speak concerning the
student campaign. Band out.
STUDENT COUNCIL
ADOPTS MEASURES
Stunt Night Substituted for
Poster Night and Campaign
Committee Organized
DISCOURAGES BETTING
ON ATHLETIC CONTESTS
Stunt Night and the coming Student
Campaign were the chief topics of
business considered by Student Council
at tho meeting held last Tuesday night.
The oletion of two sophomores to the
Tribunal and the adoption of a sot of
resolutions discouraging the practice
of gambling on tne results of athletic
contests concluded the business of tho
meeting.
Slant Night Explained
At tho meeting of the Council hold last
year, tho organization went on record
as abolishing tho holding of Poster
Night as had been done in recent years
and authorized tho President of tho
Council to appoint a comltteo, whose
duty it would be to consider ways and
means of strengthening tho observance
of customs here at the college and to
find a satisfactory substitute for Poster
Night.
As chairmnn of the committee, W. H.
Payne ’23 submitted the .recommenda
tions of this committee, which embodied
the establishment of Stunt Night ns a
substitute for Poster Night and as an
inaugural for a more strict observance
of Penn State customs. The plans for
the occasion called for an assembly of
all freshmen at on. the
following evening at points In the town
to be selected by the sophomoro class
which was delegated to escort the frosh
to Holmes Field on the campus.
Upon the arrival of the different
groups at the field, the person in’ charge
would designate that part of the field
to which they were assigned. A gener
al program of original stunts, designed
to provldo thrills and to satisfy the
lust of the average student for strenu
ous action, should follow. At the close
of tho night, Conch Bezdek would talk
to those gathered on the field on some
matters of importance, and then the
sophomores would escort tho freehmen
to their rospoctivo rooms In tho same
manner as before.
No poators • would be stuck around
the town but they would be sold only
to tho froshmen. Any painting, defac
ing, or otherwise destroying property
would l»o considered as a misdemeanor
by Student Council and the Tribunal
would act accordingly.
President Kerr of tho Sophomore class
thon reported that he had appointed
captains for different sections of the
town and that they would bo hold re
iqwmslblo. for tho conduct of their class
mates. Student Council thon votod un
animously to adopt those rocomuiend-
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RESOLUTIONS ENDORSED
BY STUDENT COUNCIL
Whoreas, public Interoat has been
focused upon gambling In con
nection with football games
through comments and discus
sions In the newspapers and
magazines, and
Whoreas, betting and gambling If
not restrained will seriously in
jure the standing of Intoreollo
giato football, and
Whereas, betting and gambling
-prevents tho development of
host type of college spirit
(a) By substituting expectati
on of personal gain or loss
(b) By making it less easy to
appreciate and applaud the good
work of the opposing team
(c) By making it difficult for
those who bet to lose with the
good feeling of true sportsman
ship, and
Whereas, gambling violates the
spirit of true brotherhood which
should characterize relation
ships between Christian Insti
tutions, therefore be it
Resolved, that the Student Coun
cil go on record as being pppoa--
ed to gambling and batting in
connection with football games,
and be it further
Resolved, that these resolutions
be referred through the COL
LEGIAN to the various campus
organizations and fraternities
with the suggestion that simi
lar action by them would prove
a benefit to Penn State spirit
and the game of football.
MONEY TO CONVERT OLD
MAIN INTO SOCIAL HALT.
FIFTY-SIX STUDENTS
PRESENT ENROLLMENT
IN GRADUATE SCHOOL
Prof. F. D. Kern of Botany De
partment Is Dean—Faculty
To Be Organized Later
Fifty-six members is tho present en
rollment of Penn Stale's newly organiz
ed Graduate School, and more registra
tions are continually being added to the
list, which Includes students from some
of the largest and beat-known colleges
in the country.
Of the fifty-six students now regis
tered, twenty two are continuing ad
suing at Penn State prior to the formal
organization of the Graduate School,
while thirty-four are now students.
Sovon ure full time, students, tha; Lb,
they uro devoting all their tin..- ;o
advanced study, while the rest havo
part-time positions on the faculty staffs
of the schools with which they are con
cerned. Five of the graduate students
are not candidates for degrees, and but
one of thorn is an applicant for a tech
nical degree.
Professor F. D. Kern, head or the
Department of Botany, is Dean of tho
Graduuto School, of which tho faculty
will be organized during the coming
months. Sinco registrations arc still
coming in, all the details in regard to
the school and its students have not
yet been announced, and more Informa
tion will be published In the COLLE
GIAN concerning the department, as
soon us it is available.
NITTANY SOCCERITES TO
BEGIN DAILY SCRIMMAGE
Foot and Head Work and Other
Elementary Instruction Con
stituted This Week’s Work
A fair-sized squad of not unpromising
aspirants to the soccer team has been
practicing each evening this week on
tho Armory field, the coach devoting
attention to the fundamental depart-
ments of the game. Although ' .the
turn-out of candidates for the varsity
team is reasonably large, there are still
several lockers in tho gym for any who
inay still come out.
Six letter men have returned this fall,
including Captain H. D. Hurr&l, W. 3.
Miller, L, C. 'Longhurst, H. E. Warner,
\V. A. Kelly, C. H. Blnns, and they
furnish valuable assistance to coach
P&kennutu in iustructing tho now men.
Of the others who are trying uut sev
eral have played on their class teams,
and do not make a poor showing dur
ing practice, although nothing definite
cun he soon yet, since the work is too
elementary, having Included footwork,
such as booting, kicking through tho
goal, and so forth, and also practice
in hoadwork. Next week heavy prac
tice will be in full swing, ss the coach
expects to begin dally scrimmage.
No definite announcement in rogard
to the soccer team's northeastern trip
can now be made, as arrangeinnts with
Harvard have not been effected yot.
"lies" and Coach Pskonbam are par
ticularly anxious to send tho undefeated
Nltuuiy aggregation iuto New England,
however, and It is probable that satis
factory urangemenls with these Insti
tutions can be made.
ALUMNI ISSUE OF PENN
STATE ENGINEER PLANNED
The second issue of tho "Ponn
Englneor" will bo put on salo Alumni
Day. This issue of tbo Engineer will
bo Htrictly a Alumni issue, the cotumns
being givon over almost entirely to
former Ponn Stnto men. One of the
main articles that will appear was
Written by J. Q. White, one of Penn
State’s foremost alumni. Other leading
graduates will write and this issue will
be one of the best and most important
that has ever been published. Included
in the comlDg edition will be articles
which will be of direct interest to
miners.
The Penn State Engineer is now
recognized as one of .the leading tech
nical magazines in collegiate circles and
is now being published four times an
nually. This is a distinct*achievement
for Penn State's Engineers, and it is
hoped by the staff that they will be
able to progress as favorably in the
future.
LOCAL BANKS COMBINE WITH
CAPITALIZATION OF $126,000.00
A consolidation of the two local
banks resulted during the past week,
when the stock of the Farmers Trust
Company was bought by the National
Bank. The building Is being remodeled.
“Make the Nittany Lion Roar” Taken
as Slogan of Student Council for
100 Per Cent Participation
THIS IS WHAT YOUR $lOO WILL DO
The Penn State Students* Union, or social hall which has
rHj n „ Se -* aS lor l ' le coming Student Drive, is to be
Old Mam remodeled. As rite oldest building on the campus, it
is felt that no other structure would be more suitable for this
purpose and no other objective more worthy for the Student
Campaign. Because of the weakened condition of the present
building, almost complete reconstruction must be made and it
is for this purpose that the $300,000 to be raised by Student
Campaign will be used.
This is what the Union will mean to Penn State for the
comfort, convenience, and welfare of students and alumni:
Cafeteria and dining room, with large kitchens attached.
Tea room, lunch room, and lobby on main floor.
Recepton and rest room.
Offices and rooms For Alumni Association.
Of ices and rooms for the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion.
A theatre seating 800 people, with balcony.
A large reading room, study halls, and committee room
Offices and rooms for the Student Publication Boards
and similar student organizations.
Meeting room for country dubs, campus organizations
Two small dance Jloors with kitchenetts adjoining.
Taking ns their campaign slogan
"Make the Lion Roar", the entire stu
dent body of Penn State will launch
out on their drive for $lOO from each
man and woman now enrolled next
Monday evening at the monster mass
meeting to be held on the front camp
us at seven o'clock. And if the four
classes now entered at Penn State suc
ceed in putting across their share of
the Health and Welfare Campaign in
the coming drive, the entire sum will
be used for the. exclusive purpose of
remodeling Old Main into the Penn
State Students’ Union that is to form
the center of Penn State’s Hoeial life
in the coming years.
This latest objective of the student
drive was announced yestrday by G. B.
Lane ’23, general chairman of the Stu
dent Campaign, after the sanction of
President John M. Thomas had been
obtained. According to the idea as it is
now planned, If the present student
body succeeds In raising their alloted
share of the campaign’s drive for
$2,000,000, tho now Student’s Union
will ho dedicated to the four classes
now enrolled at Penn State and tho
two-year Ags 'and tho Rehabilitation
Following the pledge of the Poultry
Rn’aors’ Association of Pennsylvania
to raise tho money needed for the sec
ond unit uf tho now men's dormitory,
and tho Potato Grower's Association of
tho state to consent to build
the now student hospital, the
Idea of the .students themselves
contributing the funds to remod
eling Old Main Into the Penn
State Students' Union follows us a
PRELIMINARY TRIALS
HELD FOR GLEE CLUB
New Director of Music Antici
pates Successful Season—Girls
To Have Tryouts Soon
Under tho guidance of the new direc
tor of music, Richard W. Grant, the col
lego glee cluks uro planning and pre
paring for an active sesun. Consider
able enthusiasm was manifested at the
preliminry voice trials for the men’s
Glee Club, hold this week. From a large
field of basses and tenor try-outs can
didates were selected to sing with the
Varsity Glee Club for a probationary
period of threo weeks, at the end of
which time final competitions will be
held to determine the persone! of the
organization for the coming year.
The officere of the club are making
every effort to organize it efficiently, so
thnt the most successful year of Us his
tory may be realized. No effort is be
ing spared in the endeavor to perfect a
combination that will return to Penn
State a winner from the Intercollegiate
Glee Club Contest at New York next
spring.
Girls Glee Club to Organize
The Girls Glee Club will hold pre
liminary voice trials Thursday evening,
September twenty-eighth. It is hoped
that many of the co-eds wil try out for
the organization as the officers of the
club ure planning a state-wide inter
collegiate competition .of girls’ glee
clubs for next spring.
The two college choruses will be chos
en soon. The first rehearsal for the col
lege chorus wil be held Thursday even
ing, September twenty-eighth at seven
o'clock, while the freshman choir will
rehearse directly after the college chor
us, at eight o'clock.
The Saints Will.
Meet A Bit of The
Other Tomorrow
PRICE FIVE CENTS
logical step. Fur ii is the students
who will realize the greatest benefits of
such a Union that will occupy a promi-
nent place on tho new Penn Stato
Tiie Student Drive will lie formally
opened at the mass meeting to ho hold
on tho Front Campus .Monday ovening
at seven o’clock, and the general plan
of raising tho money among the stud
ent body will be explained at that time
by such men as President Thomas.
"Bez," and Dean Stoddart. It Is hoped
to make this opening a regular old-time
mass meeing with the Penn Stale Rand
ami other "pep-raisers” present in full
force.
Organization Explained
The organization of the eaui|iaign
lues been carefully worked nut by the
Student Council to insure tho maxi-
mum efficiency in the coming drive.
With the entire Student Council at tho
, heat! of the work, a campaign chair
man. G. R. Line. ’23, will supervise tho
executive department of the campaign.
Two sub-chairmen, "Andy" Musscr ’23
and William Payne ’23. have been ap
pointed by Student Council to work
finder .Mr. Lino and have charge of
tho class campaign chairmen and the
Accelerator Committee respectively. A
Class-Chairman from each class and
the Two-Year-Ag classes has been ap
pointed to work under "Andy" Musscr.
These Class-chairmen will each sup
ervise the work of ten suh-class-ohair
mon. who will each have charge of
ten canvassers. This will make a total
of i up? hundred men working in each
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GENEROUS PRAISE GIVEN
MR. AND MRS. ONGAWA
Japanese Flayers Being Brought
to State College by Woman’s
Club October Sixth
'1 shall always remember the enter-
tainment as one of the most artistic
tilings that I haw ever seen. I am add-
ing it to my own choice ‘art gallery
Tiiat is the way Dorado Taft, perhaps
America’s present foremost sculptor.
characterizes the program of .Mr. ami
Mi’j*. Miehitaro Ong.iwa who are being
brought til State College on Octoliei
sixth, by the State College Woman’s
Club. Their presentation of Japanese
legends, music and dances will bo given
in the college auditorium on that even
ing. and the entire proceeds will he
given bv the club as their quota in tie
two minion dollar Emergency Building
Fund campaign.
No less enthusiastic than Mr. J’aft
arc tho many other persons to whom
a performance that is Hilled with such
fanciful and truly artistic qualities as
is the Ongawas’. makes a distinct up
peal. Frances Little, author of "The
Lady of the Decoration", one of the
belter known romantic bits of Jajwui.
says. "As a faithful picture of the pic
turesque anil poetic side of Japanese
life your program is enarming and ar
tistic".
That the entertainment makes a clear
and vivid impression is evidenced by
the critic of the New York Herald in
his review. He says in part:
“Something refreshingly novel was
offered at the Town Hall last evening
in the form of a program illusirativt
of some of the picturesque aspects o.
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