Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1909 — Thanksgiving Entertainment At St. Joseph’s College. [ARTICLE]

Thanksgiving Entertainment At St. Joseph’s College.

“The People’s lAoney”, by Harold Hale, is the title of the captivating melodramtic comedy that was presented by the C. L. S. in the college auditorium on Thanksgiving evening. It is a tale of dishonest banking operations, showing the unstable financial methods that are not unfrequently made use of by the smaller institutions, when the fever of speculation and gambling takes hold of the bank officials. A love story is delightfully interwoven with ftliie over-heated scramble for a large bank account. In the end the saviour of the First National wins the president’s daughter, and the successful wooer’s rivals, who were the ones who had duped the president to follogr unsafe schemes, are judiciously cared for. Dramatis personae: James R. Rogers, President First National Bank J. Nageleisen William Arnold; cashier J. Rogers Henry Sears, director Geo. Pax Alfred Edward Jones, director...... Byron Hayes Charles Parker, assistant cashier Louis Reif Benjamin Black, stockholder Otto Peters Frank Kennedy, stockholders Bernard VoOrs C. F. Watson, Mgr. of Eldorado Insurance Co. A. Berghoff Samuel Emery, detective.. Chas. Leary Conney Duffy, private watchman Roland Carmody The acting was far superior to all ordinary amateur accomplishments, and considering the many difficult situations and the rapid progress of events, the efforts of the players are very commendable. J. Rogers presented effectively the self-confident dudish spendthrift to whom the acquisition of cash, rightly or wrongly, is the first consideration; the second, how to spend it with the greatest pleasure to himself. He was the rogue till, in the melee, a blow with a chair by Jones ended all his foul scheming. C. Leary, as detective, and R. Carmody, as watchman, were natural, and a great success. The full attention of the house was always accorded them. The actors may confidently rest on their new-won laurels, for even the critics have for them mostly only words of highest praise. The College Orchestra, under the direction of Rev. J. Joujas, rendered the musical selections. The Cantata, “To the Woods,” by Becker, was received with repeated rounds of applause. As encore “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” was pleasantly sung without accompaniment. ''Equally delightful, though perhaps not so attractive, were Dancla’s Symphony, Ist and 2nd violins and piano, and the operatic selection, “The Beggar Student,” by the full orchestra. A public exhibition of military drills was also given. The exercises were fully up to the usual high Standard, and an infant army peered forth from the short ranks at every turn. It was Company D, the knickerbockered lads, that attracted the attention of the spectators.