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Hear the Fuller Sisters Hear the Fuller Sisters Tomorrow E WEEKLY SPECTRUM Tomorrow VOL. XXXVI.—NO. ) NORTH DAICOTA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1917 FIVE CENTS A COPY DAY OF PRAYER Freshmen Celebrate MOVIES AID OBSERVED Icelandic Play Staff Finishes Freshman TEACHERS Fuller Sisters Rev. Frost Addressed Con- Spectrum with a Pro- Several Classes have Les- vocation gressive Dinner sons from the Screen To e Given The day of prayer for colleges On Friday evening the members Here Thursday The use of the moving picture was observed Monday morning at the of the Freshman Spectrum staff com- machine in teacaing is constantly Agricultural College at the regular pleted -the issuing of their issue of being increased. During the past convocational hour. Rev. H.H.Frost, the Spectrum with a progressive QUAINT COSTUMES WORN year many of the professors have pastor of the First Methodist Episco- dinner which was served at Lie PRODUCT OF LOCAL TALENT been able to show their classes many pal church of Fargo, delivered the homes of three of the girls. The processes and practises by this means APPEAR AS FIFTH NUMBER OF LECTURE COURSE. sermon which was addressed to the first course was served at the home and the students have been able to large number of students present. of Mary Healy on the outhside. grasp more fully the lessons intend- Tomorrow evening the Misses Fuller will present their pro- Will Be Given Before Woman's Rev. Frost is of the opinion that This was followed by a course at the ed. gram of old folk songs in the college Armory. They appear as if education is just/ for the purpose home of Margaret Chandler, and tie During the present term Mrs. the fifth number of the Citizens' Lecture Course and promise a of acquiring an outward polish we final course was served at the borne Club Later Male Rindlaub, Professor Erickson very entertaining evening. They come with the best of press are much better off without it. The of Miss Fischer on seventh street and Miss recommendations and also with those from the many clubs and quotation he gave while illustrating south. Taylor have made use of this means of instruction. - organizations before whom they have appeared. On Tuesday evening, February 6th will be given an original this point caused considerable The entire evening was an enjoy- Last term thought the agency of The Misses Fuller are natives of Sturminster Newton, Dorset, four act play "The Raindrops" written by two local students who amusement. "The president of one able one from the standpoint of eve- Mr. Hollis, several educational films England and are -now on a concert tour of this country. They will present it before the student body. On the following day it of the senior classes of Yale while ry one present. Music was one of were shown, among which were sev- appear in the quaint costumes of the ninteenth century and the will be given again, this time before the advisory board of the addressing the parents of the grad- the forms\ of entertainment. The eral showing the process or making accompaniment of their songs is played on th* Irish harp. Federation of Woman's Clubs. uating students said, "we thank yoii placecards were novel in their The following is the comment made by the Philadelphia for the dough which goes to make make-up. condenced milk in the Borden fact- The play is to be given under the auspices of the Icelandic club and ories near Chicago. Others have Ledger after their appearance in that city: the cast has been chosen from the membership of this society. It deals this big loaf that is about to become college-bred." been shown that depicted the laying REFINED AND UNUSUAL RENDERING OF QUAINT FOLK- with the problem that confronts a man who has left his old home and set,. THE OPPORTUNI- of concrete pavements, the inanufac- SONGS BEFORE A DISCRIMINATING AUDIENCE. out to make a home in a new land. TY IS YOURS 'ure of different mac'aines and other Some original scenery has been prepired and some new lighting ef- KRYLS PLEASE interesting and instructive lessons. The Misses Dorothy, Rosalind and Cynthia Fuller, of Sturminster fects are being arranged for. These features will make the play both a LARGE AUDIENCE Are You Getting the*Train- The use of the movie machine as Newton, Dorset, England, delighted a discriminating audience that novel one from the standpoint of its composition and from the staging of an educational factor is being rapid- completely filled the concert room of the Adelphia yesterday after- ing You Should ly increased, and the usefulness noon, with a program of English, Scottish and Irish folk-songs. Miss the same. Varied Program Rendered Cynthia Fuller played the accompaniments upon an Irish harp of the The authors of the play are Mathias Thorfinnson and Eggert V. Briem, along this line is only beginning to in Artistic Manner Ex-governor Ferris who spoke at traditionship pedalless form, its modest dimensions permitting it to be the latter of whom is registered at the Agricultural College as a fresh- be appreciated. held in the lap; and it was so sympathetic in timbre, blending with the the North Dakota Educational As- man. He has been in this country considerably under two years but has voices as though one of them, that any other support of the songs is Bohumir Kryl, world famous sociation gathering in Fargo last hardly thinkable. become familiar with the English language and has had a large part in cornetist, and his two daughters. fall, made the statement that ninty- AGASSIZ INTRO- The platform appearance of the three musicians gave the effect of the writing of the play. Josephine, violinist, and Marie, pia- five percent of our thoughts were ex- demure early Victorian simplicity by the "art that conceals art," in niste, were heard in recital 'Wed- DUCES CONTEST the last, least detail of dress, coiffure and development. What the THE CAST FOR THE PLAY IS AS FOLLOWS: pressed orally to those with whom Irish might call the "come-hither-in-the-eye" of these charming maid- nesday night at the Agricultural Col- Snorri (a young American of Icelandic descent) M. A. Thorfiunson we come in contact. Training- in One of the new features in the ens at times belied the folded hands and parted hair of the Quakeress, lege. This recital was the fourth to alluring effect. It was a triumph to project the atmosphere of De- Sveiun (his elder brother born and living in Iceland) Theo. S. Thor- expressing oneself orally has been 1918 Agassiz will be a Voting Con- number of the Citizens' Lecture sadly neglected by our schools and vonshire hay field or Hampshire cottage through the milieu of chand- Hanson. test to determine the most Beautiful eliers and mirrors, white enamel and gilding, of the modern ballroom Course being given this year at the colleges. • It is true that this oral Kari (Sveinn's foster father) E. V. Breim Girl and the most Popular Young setting. As one watched the pirouetting figures in brocade, with their college. practice is fostered in literary or- Asta (Kari's daughter) Margaret 'Putnam Man in the College. Every one who paper-lace bouquets and the amplitude of hoopskirts, one thought of The Kryls came all the way from ganizations and debates, but these the Bronte sisters, or the circumspect spinsters on whom Miss Mit- Teitur (Itari'e hired man) Arni Helgason purchases an Agassiz will be entitled Chicago to deliver this recital yet are only sidelights in a student's life. ford's pen conferred immortality, or Jane Austen's heroines, in the days Herdis (Teitur's wife) Caroline Sumundson to one vote in each of the above felt well repaid for their trouble as The ability to speak readily, cor- when novels were tabooed, and tea was an institution, and children Snorri's father—Victor Thorsteinson a result of the hearty reception they classes, chosing their favorites from dropped a curtesy and retired abashed into the background of a re- rectly and well, should surely occupy spectful silence. It was Louise Alcott's "Little Women" of a larger Snorri's mother—Lily -Addson. received from the large audience the College Courses. The winners in The play promises to be somewhat out of the ordinary and the scene- a more important place in our minds. the contest will have a full page growth—or "family album" daguerreotypes of the Margaret Fuller which met them. The enthusiasm A mechanic employs many hours in type that were brought to mind. ry and lighting effects will make it one which cannot be missed. The cast of the audience was splendid and photograph in' the Agassiz and will The naivette of the debutante was behind the saucy challenges, are hard at work and will give a rigid,interpretation of the play and will learning to understand and work met with a very kind response on be presented with a copy of the the retorts courteous, the elaborate genuflections of imaginary chief- with the tools with winch he shapes tains of high degree or rosy shepherd lasses, the rustic mirth or sor- enable the audience to gain an insight into some of the features of the life the part of the musicians. Mr. Kryl book. Each vote must be cast at the his product. He has learned to ap- time that the contract of purchase row of simple villagers and cottagers following the plow, or lamenting on the island of Iceland. was greatly pleased with the result (like Bobby Burns) the death of an old mare, or rejoicing in the ful- preciate the agencies by which he is signed and on Agassiz days only, of the evening and pronounced this can turn out effective work.

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