The orange and black . ere. And Betty justcouldnt be angry. J3ENI0R OPERA. The class of 1907 of the Wab-ash High School broke the recordwhich had been established bypreceding classes, in their an-nual senior play given May 10that the Eagles Opera House. Many months before a playwas selected there was a decidedinclination of the class towardgiving a comic opera, or at leastsome play in which nmsic wouldhave an important part. Thiswas due to the number of goodvoices which the class possessesand the desire of those in chargeto have as many of the class init as possible. After much deliberation an
The orange and black . ere. And Betty justcouldnt be angry. J3ENI0R OPERA. The class of 1907 of the Wab-ash High School broke the recordwhich had been established bypreceding classes, in their an-nual senior play given May 10that the Eagles Opera House. Many months before a playwas selected there was a decidedinclination of the class towardgiving a comic opera, or at leastsome play in which nmsic wouldhave an important part. Thiswas due to the number of goodvoices which the class possessesand the desire of those in chargeto have as many of the class init as possible. After much deliberation andconsiderable trouble a comic op-era was selected by the class. Thename of this opera was Patienceor Bunthornes Bride. It is needless to speak of thepreparation and work put uponthe play, for only the hardestkind of appli(^atioii (H^uld haveproduced the fine attractionwhich a])]K^ared on May 10th. ITnder the supervision of MissKillen and Miss Small the playwas gradually perfected. Theydeserve a great deal of credit for. 22 THE ORANGE AND BLACK the amount of time and energywhich they expended in behalf ofthe class. During the last weekbefore the production, Mr. Mun-ger was engaged to put the fin-ishing touches on the play andto attend to its staging. Hiswork was highly satisfactoryand put a finish on the ]3laywhich it otherwise would nothave attained. At last the night came and be-fore a packed house the play re-ceived the sympathetic praisewhich it deserved. Again andagain the principal characterswere called back, until their en-cores were exhausted and repeat-ed. It would be injustice to sa}^that any one of the principalsdid better than another, for ev-ery one did better than had beenexpected and it is needless to saythat a great deal had been ex-pected. Edith Brembeck, as Patience,received an ovation for her sing-ing, and her self control, put con-fidence in every one and won herunlimited praise. Homer Hip-skind filled the difficult role ofBunthorne in a way that wouldhave do
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