Prom Operetta Chosen

The supply of undergraduate talent for writing comic operas seems inexhaustible. In the competition-for this year's operetta to be presented in Prom Week no less than three brand new productions were submitted to the committee in charge. After some debate the collaborating work of R. T. Hastings '11 C. G. Newcomb '12, H. L. Armes '12, and R. J. Powers '13 was accepted. The piece is perhaps less an operetta than a playlet with incidental music. The plot is amusing, coherent, and well worked out; the music is catchy and the lyrics, as a whole, no doubt the cleverest in years. The title is as yet undetermined. Choice hovers several alluring captions. A change is made this year in the method of conducting the operetta. Hitherto the authors have staged their own work and enjoyed the proceeds. In the present instance a prize was offered for the best operetta. The Dramatic Club will stage it and the treasury of that organization will benefit by any surplus. It is hoped in this way to put the undergraduate dramatics at Dartmouth in a financial position that will make possible the undertaking of more serious work than any hitherto attempted.