DRAMATICS

The change of policy instituted by the Dramatic Association in getting Stuart Walker's Portmanteau Theater to play before a Hanover audience was a distinct success and received commendation from the reviewer and the community. The best of the four short plays produced was "Gods of the Mountain," although "The Very Naked Boy" received the most applause, and "Six Who Pass," and "Nevertheless" were very pleasing.

Of the players, all were good, well fitted to their parts and well appreciated, but Miss Nancy Winston, Mr. Gregory Kelly, Mr. Morris and Mr. Walker stood out as the individual stars of the performance. In the words of the reviewer "Miss Winston — no, Nancy Winston — is the ideal ingenue (a la francaise). In Gregory Kelly, the eternal boy and the clever actor inhabit one personality. Mr. Morris was highly effective in all his roles, especially as the headsman. Mr. Walker was a delight as the ballad singer, and in 'The Gods of the Mountain,' he dominated the play — and the audience."

"The Witching Hour" was produced in Webster Hall Saturday, December 16, by members of the dramatic association, and although only a small audience was present, the play was a distinct success. The stars of the performance were E. D. Towler '17 in the part of Jack Brookfield, the moralizing gambler, D. Richmond '17 as Mrs. Whipple, the grief distracted mother whose son was on trial for murder, and H. E. Maroney '19 as the district attorney.

The entire community suffered a severe blow by the death of J. N. Colby '16 caused by pneumonia who was doing second year work in the Tuck School. He was a man with numerous friends, prominent in many branches of college activity while he was an undergraduate, and a loyal and dependable worker at whatever task he attempted. Hi's loss is keenly felt by everyone with whom he ever came in contact, and by the College which has lost a man whom it was proud to have as an alumnus and a representative of the type of men it graduates.

Little more than a week after the death of Mr. Colby, N. F. Arnold '20 died in the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital from the effects of an abdominal wound received in an accidental shooting in Sanborn Hall.