Browning Amphitheater a Today

11-19-'27 Spring Quarters to the Autumn and Winter Quarters for the year ~Irs. Palm~ 1927-1928. - meetmgs oi tht \ That the teaching schedule of A. P. Weiss, Professor of Psy and Allied l:u:.:, chology, be changed from the 1st term Summer Quarter, Autumn and Spring to the Summer, Autumn and Spring Quarters for the year 1927-1928. ThereuP«~,. ~11 s That the teaching schedule of Eunice Ryan, Instructor in H ome at 9:30 a. rn.,u·,. Economics, be changed from the Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring Attest: Quarters to the 1st term Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring Quar ters for the year 1927-1928. (Signed) I report the death of Dr. Joseph W. Leist, College of Medicine, which occurred on July 24, 1927, and recommend that in accordance with the usual custom the salary instalhnents ~or the months of August and September be paid to the estate of the late Dr. Leist. That One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) be appropriated for the third Veterinary Conference to be held at the University under the auspices of the College of Veterinary Medicine in March, 1928. That upon the recommendation of E. B. Bryan, President, Pro The llc.l.rJ ,, fessor Edwin W. Chubb be designated as the representat ive of Ohio pursuant to~· .,... Univer sity for a term of three years upon the Graduate Council of Present ... j. the Ohio State University. Egbert II. }!.,.. That upon the recommendation of Edgar Ewing Brandon, Acting Kaiser, nnd 1!.&.--; t t President, Professor Charles H. Handschin be designated as the rep t resentative of 1\Iiami University for a term of three years upon the Graduate Council of the Ohio State University. f. I That the University become a subscriber to the Educational i • . Research Service at Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per year. ' That the University take membership in the American Associa ·. tion of College News Bureaus, the annual fcc being Five Dollars ($5.00). That the University take membership in the Department of Ele Name .·. mentary School Principals, the annual fee being Three dollars ($3.00). ( That the University take membership in the National Society for Au r:~•ii•....Z £«-.,. study of Education, the annual fee being S2 .50 . t Earlint Sb l ~ • * Coli' a• •I L...lr.,.i , . The Secretary read the report from the Advisory Architect, 1\Ir. .foi•gl>M I-I. J. Williams, under date of November 15, 1927. This report covered Gt'Oq;o Ft:o(!IL an examination of the Twelfth Avenue Roadway, area for Botanicnl Gardens, Campus walks, Brownin]; Am ~ hith catre.. the new Chemistry Building, the Power House, and t e 10 7 cl ass memorial. Upon mo I tion, this report was ordered filed. Coll•u• of .lt....._ :jl: ,, * UtHr(t.c..z , • .,...••• .r The Architect pre!'ented the completed plans, specifications, c~ti llomtr \'. u• ..,.,.~ I f:rMCt" r. k-c\.J• • maLes and bill of materials for the south portion of the Chemistry 011\'o !ll r:c~ Building and for the addition to the Power House. After considera tuclllt r rewt tion of the plans, it was ordered that a written report be sent to the l''lt •rol h)' l'~... .. ,... Board on each of these plans by the Advisory Architect, the University N ino ll•r..wl :_l ~···h lldl Architect and the heads of departments which will occupy the bui ld t:.t h<l !ol~ &dA1! ings. The Secretary was instructed to inform all parties interested I ('\lou f aMI'f .··,. that it is the desire of the Board that these reports shall l>e complete f J::lo it lrlu p.,.,.. and cover any deficiencies in the plans, as well as the approval of the L ibrar, plans. K~ ~hTJh U<(l Upon motion, it was ordered that th:s sa:ne rule be applied here after to all future plans for new buildings. AJ,..;~u-I1ef'!lf'4 : ..... .,.... ~t •Ju;l l. •~~tt..., • * * * * l!c r J uotcll .l.v- ·· I 46 I I l.. 1 Amphitheatre l_d~e Enthusiasm Buzlt:':'Nllt~ "It adds a precious seeing to' the Hollow around !he Sprir;rg quest of the Society that such Donors of more than $100 'l1e eye." - William Shakes- a theatre be approved, and L . " Path on the. north Side of Mlr· to the building fund had their peare. "Love's La~or Lost, ror Lake," she said. the Browning Society be au names cut into the stone seats Act. IV lD-i?, -1.7 "For a number of years, thorized to solicit funds for in the first few rows, accord By STUART MECK the play was produced in the its construction." ing to Mrs. Kittle. Campu:~ Life Editor same place the Amphitheatre Permission was granted. That night the members of About the only show ap-! is now, only circus seats were By March 1924, the fund the Browning Dramatic Soci pearing at the Browning Am·' used·.~~ . drive for the Amphitheatre ety, undergraduate and alum-\ phi theatre in M1rror Lake· But the Browmng mem was going strong. The $25,000 nae, performed "Midsummer· llollow now is the spoonmg 1 bers decided, c i r c u s seats needed for its construction Night's Dream." couples who congregate there were not enough. They want was eventually collected from The Browning Society con on warm nights. ed a Greek amphitheatre. play profits, nlumni and alum tinued until 1956 when its Since July 30, 1964, when In February 1923, fervor nae contributions and gifts president announced that it a groun of high school stu for the open air t h ~at r e would become a Shakespeare dents gave a production of reached a high . pomt, a . from various campus organi- 1 study group, and the annual the classic G reek tragedy,, : zations Brewing rally was held and play was abandoned. Shortly "Antigone," the theatre has I definite plans for a campaign\ T h e· theatre, designed by Iafter it faded away due to been in dramatic disuse, save were laid. ! Professor Herbert Baumer, of lack of interest. for h i g h school commence With an enthusiasm mcom· \ ments and University honor the Unive;sity Architect's of- I' But t h c Amphitheatre it prehensible to a student on' fice, rs drvrded 1 n to three burlt rs lymg fallow rn Mrrror ary initiations. today's campus, student, There are Jess sentimental, parts: the stage; the parterre ! Lake Hollow, waiting for a or orchestra circle and the . play. but better-equiped places to alumni and alumnae groups produce plays and musicals, the bowl-like amphitheatre or pushed for the theatre's con ... seating section. places like Mershon Audrtor ;truction. ium Derby Hall and the "This is primarily the girls' The stage is. raised a few cru~bling University Hall I addition to the campus - a feet f r o m the ground and across the front is a wide con Chapel where rain is not a real sylvan theatre/' wrote Laura Thomas Walradt, M.A. crete wall which ends at each factor determining if "the side in a stairway leading show goes on." '08, in the July 1923 issue of the Ohio State University from the stage to the parter Once. however, you could Monthly. "Can you see it? - re, which is flanked by two r..:ount on a Shakespearean a grass stage surrounded by great urns. comedv in the open air the· evergreens a n d flowering The upper portion of the atre eVery spring, gi~en b~ shrubs, flooded w i t h light parterre provides tl)e · main the Browning Dramatic Soci from unseen sources ... it entrance to the seating sec ety, the group responsible f?r will be perfect. It will be a tion. Branching off it are ' its construction m the mid· gem. It will be one of the two aisles which pierce the 1920's. places that you will want to rising rows of stone seats The Society's history went show the University's visi· and travel up toward the bal- back to 1882 when it w a s tors. ustrade which rims the the- originally founded as a lite_r "It will be charming as the atre. ary society for women. But m Stadium is magniticent. Think The Amphitheatre was ded the Browning Literary 1905 1! the Stadium built primari I icated on June 11, 1926. A Society, always to be an all ly for the boys. It seats its steel box, containing the orig women organization, became thousands and thousands. 1 inal architect's plans, pictures a dramatic society and began Well, here is a little theatre of Browning members, t h e producing William Shakes that the g i r 1 s want. It will, campaign material and news ' peare's plays. seat hundreds. Who will help paper accounts of the prog- "The one play a year was them . b u i 1 d this beautiful ress of the theatre, was bur aiven the Friday or Saturday thing for the University?" ied in a marble column at the ~ight before commen_cement The proceedings of the Ohio 1 west end of the stage or the w e e k of commence State University Board of ment " said Mrs. Elsie Coates Trustees for February 5, 1924 Kittl~, a Columbus resident read: and OSU graduate, who "The Secretary presented coached t h e Society as "a sketches of a proposed the labor of Jove" from 1921 to atre for the Browning Society its demise. to be located in t h e Hollow "The all-women cast dress east of the Spring and the re- ed in Pomerene !! a 11 and.

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