New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 6, 1916, Page 11

~EW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1916. a Yale Pdéeant Magnificent Plot With 8,000 in Cast Great Spectacle Will Be Presented in Bowl, Commem- orating ‘Coming to New versity Two Hu In the vast Yale Bowl at New Ha- ven, on Saturday, Octcber 21, will be witnessed in four short hours a dra- matic spectacle which has occupied six months in prepararation. In the final throes of scheme and execution this lively Connecticut college town has been stirred into a ferment of ex- citement. 1gging up the loose ends and putting the finishing touches to a threatening production hitherto un- precedented in size and Investiture, 1s no simple task. The costumes for the 8,000 performers, representing every category of New Haven society, are y completed, Squads of carpen- are daily employed with the more atures of the production, and electricians, decorators, local mer- chants and organizations of all kinds are adding their bit. The great Yale pageant is to mark the climax of the Yale-New Haven bi-centennial in festive celebration of the union of college and city. All ar- rangements have been made by a committee of Yale officers and grad- uates appointed by the Yale corpora- tion and by a co-operating municipa! committee appointed by the mayor of the city of New Haven. Both city and uniyersity are sharing in the financial responsibilities neces: to such a big ,undertaking and the executive com- ‘mittees of both factions are in con- stant touch and agreement. A Strictly Community Venture. One unique feature of the undertak- ing is the rather astonishing fact that all materials for the production have been purchased exclusively In New Haven. In this particular the Pageant will provide a remarkable sample of community enterprise and co-opera- tion. Every society and organization included in the spectacle has merged its own interests in the iInterest of the big object. A large item in the list of materials is included under the head of *“properties,” which range from gaudy Indian shields and arrows to elaborate horsedrawn litters and miniature bridges. The property de- partment in charge of Prof. James Randall Crawford, him- self an authority on pageantry, and one who endeavors to be most accu- rate as to design and detail even in the smallest accessory needed. The shields which will be carried by the Quinnipiac Indians, for example, al- though there are over two bundred of them, have no two alike and are in- ‘seribed with the original fantastic In- dian insignia To facilitate the handling of t huge army of actors Mr. Dennis Cleugh, stage manager, is training a special squad of boy scouts who wiil act as aides-de-camp, and work from a central headquarters tent on the aft- »ernoon of the performance, running with messages, helping to marshall the various groups that they will be at their entrances at the right mo- ment, and making themselyes gener- ally useful. The scheme for insur- ing the proper manouvering of this record cast a marvel of efficiency. With Mr. Markoe as the commander- in-chief, there are at least five hun- dred subordinate officers under his Peommand, the high-generals of the various episodes, the sub-lieutenants of the many divisions of the episodes, and under them the captains of the groups and corps. It is all worked out on a mathematical basis, every- thi plotted out on huge charts.that are hung in the Pageant office. Thus it will be practically impossible for anything to go wrong. Performers From All Classes, The multitude of performers tak- ing part in the Pag nt is made up of volunteers from the Unive sity and City of New Haven, and from many cities in Connecticut and other near- by Churches and religious societie 1 ernal orders, the colle- Biate alumni, the New Haven schools, the Boy Scouts, and Campfire G i military companies of New York and Connecticut, patriotic orders, the Equal Franchise ti-Suffrage societies, fire departments, Sunshine so. labor, organizations and every el and department in the university have "Eontributed to the stupendous total of actors who will out upon green surf: of the Yale Bowl live over the picturesque and stirring isodes in the history ot Yale and of the nation. To make 8,000 costumos is task, especially one little floors of the Haven thou quisite silks and oriental brocades, tillas and rare plong with ribbon and every conceiv. the couturier’s art ly and beautifully #n historic centuries, plexity from kings and rocks states, the polic step) when woman Pageant ds of and super ) In the upper House in New rds of ex- laces man- cashmere linens, ble auxiliary of e been magical- transformed into record of the dress of two varying in form the ornate vesture of princesse to the simple children; and ranging in price from 35 cents to any number of dollars. To be ready by the 21st of October it was necessary for the ten or twelve attendants with their ‘humming sewing machines and flying needl to turn out in the neighbor- hood of 1,600 costumes a month, 400 a week, or about 67 a day. The gen- jus on shoulders fell the re sponsibility of this gigantic task is Mrs. Sophia C. ugh, mistress of the robes. The various designs for the costumes representing classical, mediaeval, romney, colonial, and rev- olutionary periods, were made by Miss Christine Herter, a graduate of jithe Yale Art school. % Action bus; Spanish Indian whose of Pageant. The action of the big drama covers # period of 200 hundred years, since League and the An- | the | and | cotetons, | and com- | Haven of Famous Uni- ndred Years Ago. the coming of Yale college to New Haven, and includes a brief glimpse into the life of the Welsh ancestors of Elihu Yale, the original founder. The prelude, showing the mediaeval wedding procession of Margaret ap Ienkyn, the first of the Yale family, with John of the Colony of New Haven the purchase of the land by Davenport and Theophilus Eaton from the Quinnipiac Indians; the founding of the college by the ple- turesque ceremony Of the gifts of books by Congregational clergymen of the colony; the removal by force of the books and the college from Saybrook to New Haven, and the first commencement in New Haven. Following an allegorical interlude, representing the coming of the arts and sciences from the old world to the new college in America, come the stirring scenes at the time of the revolution, and those characteristic of the college in-the early half of the last century. Yale's influence in the life of the nation stands out in such episodes as the martyrdom of Nathan Hale and that of Theodore Winthrop, the first Union officer to fall in the Civil war. These in turn are followed by scenes of modern Yale ending with a drill by the Yale Battalion of Field Artillery organized last winter and in service as a part of the Fed- eralized militia during all of the past summer. The allegorical finale of the Pageant shows Yale, after two hundred years of distinguished achievement, surrounded by the twenty colleges her sons have found- ed; by her contributions to the arts and sciences; and by eminent grad- uates who have helped to shape the history of the nation—looking fear- lessly to her future world service, while the whole multitude, both of audience and performers, join in singing the Yale psalm. Musical Setting. The dramatic action of the spec- tacle will be accompanied by the first public rendering of an original mus- ical score by a chorus of 500 and an orchestra of 60 under the direction of David Stanley Smith, of the Yale School of Music. This has been com- vosed in part by Professor Smith and by the following, who have co-oper- ated with him to make the music of the Pageant no notable than the dramatic > Horatio Parker, dean of the school of music; Harry B. Jepson, 1893, Willam E. Haesche, 1897 Mus B., Seth D. Bing- bam, Jr., 1904, Walter R. Coles, 1906, all of the faculty of the school of and Douglas S. Moore, 1915. Refurnishing the Bowl. The vast arena of the Bowl, famed for its deeds of athletic prowess, has been entirely re-adjusted for the great event. At four points on the outside of the Bowl perpendicular stairways have been erected which will be used by groups of the performers in mak- ing their entrances and exits. A large band and chorus-stand on the east side by the flag pole is in course of construction, and will be buttressed by five thousand additional seats for the use of the various choral socletie: Above the band and chorus-stand, helping to form a part of the roof, is an immense sounding-board with curved deflectors at either end and at the top, which will send a flood of harmony down over the green of the arena. The sounding-board is an in- vention of Mr. Francis H, Markoe, master of the Pageant and will be tried out for the first time on the aft- ernoon of October 21. Just below the music stand and over the tunnel |entrance has been built a small prompters’ box, not more than nine i feet square, which will be occupied by Mr, Markoe on the festal day and which will be the very nerve center | of the entire production. This box {will be equipped with a trunk-line ! telephone system which will connect with a station at every portal of the Bowl, and will also be supplied with | electric flashlight signals that Mr. | Markoe may keep in constant touch with every group and movement throughout the play's action, The plan for distributing tickets to e Pageant, agreed by by commit- s representing the university and follows: The principle of “first come first served” will be strictly ob- 5 1. The second advance sub- tion for seats will close Septem- ber 30 and as many thousand seats were applied for before July 1, thres and a half months before the Pa- geant, when the first subscription was | closed, the desirability of early ap- plication is apparent. The price for *h subscription seat has been placed at two dollars. If any tick- | ets remain unsold when this subscrip- tion closes on September 30, they wilf be placed on open public sale. It is intended to nplace no limit on the number of seats which may be sub- | seribed for on a single application, | but the right is reserved to fix a limit | or to cut down or return subscriptions if it should be deemed necessary. Remittances may be made by check or by postal express order, with the | usual fee of 15 cents added for return postage and registration. Application are to be made, and checks made vable, to Yale Ticket Department, Durfee Hall, Yale Station, New Hz Groups desiring to sit together subscribe on one application, or on a number of applications pinned together. FEach subscription will be received on condition that in case of a postponement to a later date the ticket will be good for the seat desig- nated and the subscriber agrees that if the Pageant is presented on Satur- day, October 21, or within 10 days thereafter, the ticket holder walves any right or claim that the money music, ven. may is followed by scenes of the founding | SO PLAYFUL. Bottle green velvet and interlined gives this cozy coat for wee girls. The skirt is smocked on to the yoke, but what makes the garment entirely de- lightful is a bit of dyed rabbit skin around the neck. paid therefore be refunded, The committee in charge necessarily re- serves the right to postpone the per- formance in the event of inclement weather or other sufficient cause. It is planned, in case of such post- ponement, to present the Pageant on the following Monday, or the first avallable day thereafter, at the samo time and place. As all the entrances to the Bowl are to be used as en- trances for the performers, ticket holders must be in their seats by two o’clock on the day of the perform- ance. Admission cannot be given during the action of the Pageant. Ar- rangements will be made for special traing from New York and from tho east. Tor the convenience of auto- mobilists an enclosed parking space will be provided at a reasonable charge, well supervised and policed, and with capacity for 6,000 cars. Tickets for this may be purchased at the gate. The Yale bowl seats over 62,000 people and it is expected that the S. R. O. sign will have to be hung out on the day of the performance. Already orders have been received from Yale alumni as far away as the Orient and South America, who will take the opportunity to’ get back to their Alma Mater again. The interest in the spectacle, as a great adventure in modern dramatic production, has clicited queries from across the water, and a well-known London pageant producer hag expressed his determina- tion to witness the performance. To distribute tickets on such a gigantic scale Is a problem in itself, but the Yalo ticket department has made ade- quate arrangements In this respect. The issuance of circulars and sub- scription blanks has already brousht heavy returns in advance sales and is proving that the methods used at the annual football games is applicable to the present undertaking. The Week-end Festivities. Here is a tabulated schedule of the three days’ Yale-New Haven centen- nial celebration: Friday afternoon, October 20, at 2:30 o’clock, in the Yale bowl, foot- ball game: Yale vs. Virginia Polytech- nic Institute. Tickets 50c. Friday evening, at 8:30 o’clock, in Woolsey hall, masque, “Cupid and Psyche,” written by John Jay Chap- man, Yale honorary M. A. 1916, pre- sented for the first time at the semi- centenary of the Yale School of Fine Arts, June, 1916. Reserved seats, not over 2,600 in all, $1 and 50c. Saturday morning, October 21, at 10:30 o’clock, in Woolsey hall, histor- ical commemorative meeting. Admis- sion free. Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, in the Yale bowl, the Yale pageant. Tick- cts $2. All seats reserved. Saturday evening, Municipal band concert, illumination and celebration on the New Haven green. Sunday morning, October 22, spe- cial historical addresses as a part of the services in the New Haven churches. An address by President Hadley in Woolsey hall at 11 o’clock will constitute the regular university Sunday service. The Book of the Pageant, which has just been issued, contains the scenario and description of each of the epi- scdes of the pageant and essays upon important phases of Yale history and achievement. Fifty-three men and women, prominent in literature and public affairs, have contributed to the Book of the Pageant, which is edit- ed by Prof. George H. Nettleton, Yale 1896, and illustrated with original wood cuts by George H. Langzattel, of the Yale School of the Fine Arts, an? reproductions of old prints of Yale and New Haven. It is published by the Yale University Press. The book as the pageant and the en- tire celebration, is a result of com- munity co-operation. The literature the drama, the music, the art, the fi- nancial backing, the executive organ- izatlon, are all the result of the mu- tual helpfulness of many individuals and Interests and organizations of university and city. The Yale pageant, presented at this critical time in the country’s life, will bring vividly to niind, not alone the history of Yale and of its immediately neighboring community, but also not less directly the influence of this national univer- sity in the history ana the life of our great country. New President of Dartmouth Inducted England educational institutions were represented Erne: of Dartmouth college today. ercises Laycook, dean of the faculty. by Webster Hall, took place. the student were the trustees ernor Rolland H. council other colleges. “MORE FOR A DOLLAR THAN A DOLLAR CAN BUY ELSEWHERE’ Mohican Creamery Butter, Ib 37c 2 3-4 1bs $1.00. Fancy Selected Best Pure Lard ... 21bs 3DC Meadowbrook Mild 2 3 c Cheese ..........Ib Swift’s Premium 25 c 1 26¢ Oleo. . .....1-b pkg English Dairy 25c¢c 28c Mohican Peanut Butter ........21bs New Muenster Cheese ..........1b Extra Large Cabbage ......head 8c Best Sweet Cgin..f:?.....doz 18C G Li reen lTa,',__ths 15C Beans .. Large Green sl .4 qts 150 15¢ Peppers .. 25c Jersey Sweet Potatoes . .....4 qts Large California Lemons .......doz Crisp Native Celery Fresh Native Spinach . HOPKINS INAUGURATED Into Officc Amid Gala Scencs With Many Educators Prescnt. in Hanover, N. H., Oct. 6.—Many New at the i Martin Hopkins as auguration ot president. The ex- were conducted by Craven The a band, apel along academic procession, headed marched from Rollins the college green to where the ceremony In the long line, besides body and many alumni, and faculty, Gov- Spaulding with his and guests from and staff A luncheon was arranged to follow the Webster Frank S. dent of the board of siding. for the remainder of the day, includ- ing an inter-class track afternoon and a torchlight proc and celebration of “Dartmouth Night” the evening. Chicago, day shivered in a perature Yesterday, on record climbed to 87 . this morning the official temperature was 57 AGED WOMAN DIES OF BURNS. Ballouville, Bennett, 8 early night, when her clothing caught fire !(rom the kitchen stove. 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Of the 276 patients treated during this time, 194 have been discharged, leaving 82 cases at present demand- ing attention. The association asks the earnest co-operation of the people of New Britain in furthering this work which has grown to be so important a fac- tor in community life. It was recommended that the asso- ciation be represented at the annual state meeting of visiting nurses con- vening today at Rockville. meeting of the Visiting CHILL HITS CHICAGO. Oct. 6.—Chicagoans to- drop of the tem- overnight of 30 degre: the hottest October —day here, the thermometer degrees. At 7 o'clock degrees. Oct. —Mrs. Esther died at her home here today of burns received last EGGS—Every One Guaranteed ; total SPOILED FATS COME HIGH. Berlin, Oct. 5, via London, Oct. 112:03 a. m.—Maximum prices f¢ spoiled butter and other fats ai planned in the near future. This | the result of the discovery that lard | amounts of fats fit for human co: | sumption have been allowed to spo and then sold at prices far exceedi: those set for unspoiled fats. DAY FOR THE Cleveland, O., Oct. 6.—The deld gates to the annual convention { | the Brotherhood of St. Andrews hay rranged to observe today as Day” and this afternoon the | conference is to be on the subjec| “The boy, the church’s big opportun ity.” BOY. gene! WILSON TO OPPOSE GLA: Roanoke, Va., Oct. 6.—George V Wilson has been nominated for con| gress by the republicans of the sixt! district to oppose Rep. .Carter Glas Oh What a Season! By BRIGGS " il “,v nm Wb &7 72 c ‘\\\}‘\\ 7¢ on .