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VOL. XXVII, NO. 141.
THE UNIVEESITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1928.
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PUBLIC ATTENDS
ANNUAL DISPLAY
OF ENGINEERING
Large Crowd Fills Various
Buildings to Capacity
At Open House
DEMONSTRATIONS MADE
Week of Festivities Will Be
Concluded by Banquet
At Lincoln Hotel
In spite of a heavy rain that came
out of the dark clouds, between 3000
and 5000 people passed through the
doors of the various .. engineering
buildings. The doors were opened at
7 o'clock and in the midst of a down
pour people could be seen hurrying
to the various buildings located on
the northern portion of the campus.
The Engineers' banquet which will
be held today and which will climax
the big week will be held in the Ven
etian room of the1 Lincoln hotel at
6:15 o'clock: The expected attend
ance to this affair is around one hun
dred and seventy-five.
Mayor la Toastmaster
The toastmaster for the. evening is
Mayor Verne Hedge who will be in
troduced by Edward Jolley, last
year's Engineers' Week chairman.
Mavor Hedge is a graduate of the
department of electrical engineering.
Other events of the banquet are
the presentation of the civil engin
eering award which is presented an
nually by Prof. C. E. Mickey; the
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Dean Ferguson
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O. J. Ferguson, dean of College of
Engineering, which is holding its an
nual Engineers' Week. He is a na
tionally known figure in electrical
engineering. In February he attend
ed a meeting of the American Insti
tute of Electrical Engineers in New
York city.
Dyer Makes Lucky Guess,
Cits Council Pas
Mian
Eugene Dyer is to be the rep
resentative from the College of
Dentistry on the Student Council
for the coming year, as the result
of settling the tie for the position
between Dyer and Donald H. Por
ter.
Both candidates for the position
met in the lobby of the Temple
with James Jensen, chairman of
the council and Professor Lantz,
lulty adviser. A coin was flipped
to decide the question, Dyer mak
ing the lucky guess.
Both men received 42 votes in
the election, and that would have
been the deciding votes was given
to a third party. Dyer is a mem
ber of Alpha Sigma Phi and Delta
Sigma Delta.
OPEN NIGHT OF
PHARMACISTS
DRAWS CROWD
3500 On-Lookers View Eighth
Annual Demonstrations
And Exhibits
NEW FEATURES SHOWN
Experiments Are Performed
- In Laboratories of
Departments
Farmers' Fair Scene
CHEMISTS SHOW
MANY EXHIBITS
Professors Direct Displays
And Give Demonstrations
To 10OO People
PRE-MEDS MEET
IN OMAHA TODAY
Large Number of Students Will
Be Entertained on Annual
Inspection Tour
PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED
Official program of events for
"pre-med" day at Omaha today has
been issued by Dr. H. W. Mantner,
pre-medic adviser to all students ex
pecting to attend. According to Dr.
Mantner, "at least 150 men and a
small number of girls in the nursing
course will atend."
The program is as follows:
9:00 InsDection of College of
Medicine laboratories and hospital.
10:15 Clinics, University hospital
amphitheaters.
12:30 Luncheon, University hos
pital dining room.
1:00 Address of welcome, Dr. J.
Jay Keegan, dean (dining room.)
1:45 Baseball,. Elmwood park.
A. O. A. vs. S. O. L.
Pre-meds vs. Freshmen Medics.-
Dr. Mantner stated that all pre
medics who intend to make the trip
are" to register at the college office.
Admission to clinics and entertain
ment will be by badge only. Badges
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Chorus Will Appear
At Convocation Today
University Musical Organisation Will
Present 'Hiawatha's Wedding
Feast' at 11 O'clock
University chorus, under the direc
tion of Howard Kirkpatrick, will sing
"Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" this
morning at 11 o'clock' in Memorial
hall. The tenor parts of this selec
tion, which was written by Coleridge
Taylor, will be sung by Walter
Wheatley.
The chorus will be accompanied by
an orchestra of seventeen local mu
sicians. "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast"
is a musical setting of the well
known poem by Longfellow.
EXPERIMENTS ARE MADE
Professors in the department of
chemistry directed displays in the
Chemistry building last night to ap
proximately 1,000 persons. The dis
plays were held in conjunction with
the exhibits of the College of En
gineering and Pharmacy.
Prof. C. J. Frankforter gave two
demonstrations in the chemistry au
ditorium. His first experiment was
with thermite, and consisted of the
reduction of iron oxide to iron by
heating the oxide tcv a temperature
of from 4,500 to 5,000 degrees, with
aluminum.
Processor Frankforter Demonstrates
In showing the uses of thermite,
Professor Frankforter cut a piece of
iron under water, welded a slug of
iron on a plate, and cut a hole
through a . steel plate. Following
this he produced a chemical volcano
by reducing ammonium bichromate
oxide by heating. The oxide formed
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a miniature ioumain wnen neaieu,
and the residue amounted to seven
or eight times the original amount
of oxide.
Dr. B. C. Bren, in charge of the
organic chemistry laboratory, showed
those assembled the fundamentals of
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Scholastic Contests
Will Be Tomorrow
Medals and Scholarships Will
Awarded Winners in State
Academic Meet
Be
Approximately 3500 people crowd
ed Pharmacy Hall Thursday evening
to view the exhibits prepared for the
eighth annual pharmacy night ex
hibit. Several new features were
shown, and music was furnished
were shown, and music was furnished
by a specially organized orchestra
Farmers Fair Pageant comP8e& ' students of the college
Professor Taylor Will
Stage Horse Show at
Fancy riding horse show of Farm'
ers' Fair, to be held Saturday, will
feature Professor Emeritus W. G,
Langworthy Taylor. Professor Tay
lor retired from the teaching staff in
1911 after teaching economics in the
university from 1893 to 1911.
Professor Taylor's avocation dur
ing his leisure hours has been his
hobby of horsemanship. He is the
author of a book on "The Saddle
Horse," published two years ago.
Rinro Vila Tonicm Atinn Prnfpasnr
Taylor has written a book on "Credit Peia that Published in Augsburg,
In one laboratory the processes
gone through by the pharmacists in
preparing his various products were
shown. Among the processes demon
strated were those of comminuation
solution, extraction, infusion, and
decoctions. The finished products
were shown put up in solutions, mix-
tures, powders, syrup, capsules, oint
ments, cachets, elixirs, pills, lini
merits, petroxolins, oleoresins, mucil
ages and glycerites.
A synthetic copy of a pharmoco
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Farmers' Fair, annual event of the College of Agriculture, will be Sat
urday, May 5. It will feature1 exhibits, present a pageant, offer dancing
and many other forms of education and amusement. The above picture
shows the crowd at the dance pavillion at last year's Fair.
Systems," released in 1916. He has
also written numerous magazine ar
ticles on horsemanship and in 1925
he wrote a very valuable book entit
led "The Saddle Horse," which was
published by Henry Holt and com
pany.
"Shibam" Will Perforin
Saturday afternoon Mr. Taylor
will give a performance with his
purebred Arabian stallion "Shibam."
He has spent much time in training
"Shibam," who is now recognized as
a cultured horse among horsemen.
The exhibition that he and his
horse will give includes a wide va
riety of high school acts: galloping
showing right and left lead, galloping
sidewise, Spanish walk, cake walk or
Spanish trot, traverse and reverse,
pirouette, courtesy (bowing) and
other things.
Germany, in 1564, was exhibited. It
was from this copy that all other sim
ilar books of its kind have been de
veloped. It is a catalog of all formu
las used in former times.
Practical Application
An exhibit showing the very prae
tical application of pharmacy was the
pharmaceutical testing demonstra
tions. How both food and drugs are
tested for purity was shown by the
demonstrators.
The pharmacy dispensary was
open for the public's inspection. This
department is operated by the Col
lege of Pharmacy, and it fills all pre
scriptions ordered by the Student
Health Office for students, at cost,
An exhibit of mcompatibles, or
compounds that ,cannot Jje mixed by
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LARGE CROWD GOES
TO AG PEP RALLY
College of Agriculture Promotes
Celebration to Boost
Annual Event
MAY BREAKFAST
WILL BE SUNDAY
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Many Co-Eds and Mothers
Are Expected to Attend
Morning Fete
What was undoubtedly the pep- SPONSORED BY Y. W. C. A
Social Sciences building will be
tli acme of activities in the sixth
annual Nebraska Interscholastic con
test all day Saturday, when high
school students representing every
part of the state will take competi
t.ivo examinations for models and
scholarship awards.
Interest centers about the new
academic pentathlon, the contest cor
responding to all-around competi
tions of athletes. The five highest
students in the pentathlon will be
nwnrded freshman scholarships in
the Univetsity.
The results will be announced and
th medals awarded in the Social
Sciences auditorium at 3:45 o'clock,
The program of events, with room
numbers where examinations will be
held:
8 o'clock English composition
mi; Fnirlish literature. 101: 9:30
Alcebra I. Ill, and TV, 302; Geom
etry, 801; Trigonometry, 301. Amer-
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Eneincsrn Till Have Aeroplane to
Experiment on, Bat Not to Play in
Editor' Note! Below the
second of a series of short ar
ticles concerning; various campus
developments which have al
ready been started, or are
planned for the future.
(By Maxim Hill)
A new single-seater aeroplane will
be in use for students of mechanical
engineering next year, although the
men will not be allowed to take a
merry gpir, when they desire to be
free from classes. The machine will
be used only ,'or testing in laboratory
Work, and -will remain upon the
ground accoiding to acting Dean J.
W. Haney oi.' the department of me
chanical engineering.
The aeroplane is a part of the
equipment used !n the new labora
tory to he built up in the basement
of the Mechanical Engineering build
ln8 whin the military department,
h'ch now occupies this space, is
toved Into Andrews hall. ' Seven
aeroplane engines have been re
ceived from the government and new
altitude meters and air speed meters
will be used in aeronautic tests.
Give Practical Tests
"We are sure to keep our car and
the boys at home by giving practical
tests in ,vtomotive engineering,
within the laboratory," declared Mr.
TTnnpV.
A complete car will be used in this
department and students will get a
working knowledge in testing in? eii
transmission and thu assembled
car separately, all done on a testing
block with no danger cx a spin, or
an arrest for speeding.
By second semester -ext year me
new laboratory will be .eady for use,
although it takes some time to secure
equipment and to build up such a de
partment Increased facilities of
such a laboratory make it possib.e to
add new optional courses of practical
training in steam power, automotive
and aeronautical engineering.
piest meeting held at the College of
Agriculture this year took place at
the Ag hall last night Over 300
people were present.
The College of Agriculture band
played as the crowd was gathering.
Harold Marcott lead the group m
several agriculture yells. After this
Anton Frolik, treasurer of the board
of managers, who was in charge, in
troduced Gladys Renfro, who ex
pressed the opinion that an unusually
large crowd would attend the fair
as it has been very well advertised.
Prof. H. J. Gramlich, chairman of
the animal husbandry department,
said that all indications point tow
ards an unusually good fair this
year.
Snorpheum Orchestra Plays
Among the several skits which f ol-
One hundred and fifty girls and
their mothers are expected to be pre
sent at the "May Morning Break
fast" which is to be held at Ellen
Smith hall, Sunday morning, May 6
at 8 o'clock.
The breakfast is an annual affair
when former Y. W. C. A. staff mem.
bers get together with the present
staff members. The mothers of all
the girls are cordially invited so that
they, too, can become better ac
quainted wit hthe work and the spirit
of the association.
Honor Advisory Board
Not only staff members but all
girls interested in the Y. W. C. A.
are urged to attend. The members
of the advisory board of the associa
tion who may be in town, will be hon
lowed, the eight-piece Snorpheum or- orei guests at the breakfast.
cnestra piayea several very gooa se- Songa wm be led by Catherine
lections. The Danielson twins and Beekman, and members of the Ves-
irea orau, aiso oi tne onorpneum, pers choiri Each member of the Y.
A A. ! ill. A 1 I
enieriainea me crowa wim a iumo- W. c. a gtudent cabinet will intro-
Iing act. following victor bander's duca thfl membePg of heP Rtaff finH
jig", the follies girls presented a briefIv .xnlain tha work nf w
part of their coming show. This
P'trt of the program received an es
pecially large applause.
Anton Frolik stressed the fact
that everyone would have t be at
work by 7 o'clock Friday morning
and that - Saturday meant work for
all Ags and Home Ecs. He said that
ail classes on the College of Agricul
ture campus would be excused Fri
day and Saturday.
Arthur Hauke, president of tha
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group. The breakfast will be over in
time so that any girls who have
early Sunday school classes will be
through in time to meet them.
For convenience, all girls who ex
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MAY 10 IS DEADLINE
FOR IVY DAY POEMS
Graduate Finds
Iridium Worth
$300 an Ounce
(By Harl Andersen)
Results from four year's work, a
tiny bit of silvery metal about the
size of a tomato seed, was displayed
by Mr. A. S. Carlson, down in Prof.
C. J. Frankforter's laboratory in
the basement of Chemistry hall Wed
nesday. "That's a sample of pure iridium,
worth three hundred dollars an ounce
on the commercial market," stated
Mr. Carlson, as he carefully refolded
the speck of gray in its tissue paper
wrapper. "Thi3 piece here is worth
probably between fifty and seventy
five cents."
Is Nebraska Graduate
Mr. Carlson is a graduate of the
University of Nebraska, receiving his
degree in 1910, majoring in chemistry
and geology. Much of his time since
graduation has been spent in re
search work upon the platinum met
als of the "rare earths" group. Since
1924, he has devoted his efforts to
an attempt to ascertain the presence
of these metals in the gravel beds
near Newark, Arkansas.
For years renowned chemists and
industrial companies throughout the
United States have worked to get
this valuable metal from the Newark
sands. One company, according to
Mr. Carlson, spent over two hundred
thousand dollars in this work, finally
becoming insolvent, but failing to
learn anything concerning the pres
ence of the metal.
"The difficulties are many and va
ried," Mr. Carlson commented. "Fin
ally a man by the name of Emerson
from Massachusetts succeeded in get-
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J
'CAPONSACCHI
HAS LONG RUN
Players Will Give Browning's
Epic 11 Times in Lincoln;
Go to Omaha May: 12
FINAL TOUCHES
ARE PLACED ON
FARMERS' FAIR
All
Committees Work Today
In Preparation for
Annual Event
ALL DAY ENTERTAINMENT
VESTAL GROUP HAS
INITIATION SERVICE
Thompson Will Attend
Meeting a Advisers
Dean T. J. Thompson will leave
Wednesday, May 9, for Boulder,
Colo., where he wil lattond the
Colo., where he will attend the
sociation of Deans and Advisers
of Men, from May 10 to 12. The
meeting will be a combined ses
sion of the western and central
sections of the organization.
A discussion on the topic
"Methods for Creating (Special
Opportunities for Gifted Stu
dents" will be led by Dean
Thompson. The discussion will
be concerned with the Various
methods of creating and awarding
of scholarships and honors to ex
ceptional students.
Mortar Board Sponsors Traditional
Contest) Winning; Author
Will Bo! Crowned
Ivy Day poems must be submitted
by May 10, according to Mary Kin
ney, chairman of the Mortar Board
committee. No limit has been set
for the length of the poems. All
university jsenioi's are eligible to
compete ar.d the winning poem will
apear on the Ivy Day programs.
A tradition of long standing, the
Ivy Day poem contest is an annual
affair although it did not appear on
the 1927 Ivy Day program. The win
ning author is crowned by the May
Queen and the winning poem is
printed on the programs for the dsy.
The poems will be Judged this
year by Dr. L. C. Wimberly, Dr.
Louise Pound, and Dr. F. A. Stuff,
all of the English department. !
Honorary Arts and Science Society
Admits Eleven; Symbolic
Ceremony Is Held
A beautiful symbolism wa3 por
trayed in the Vestal initiation ser
vice last night at n,uen bmitn nan,
when eleven new girls were chosen
as next year's members to this hon
orary Arts and Science society. Dr.
Hartley Burr Alexander, former head
of the philosophy department wrote
the manuscript for the service that
depicted the spirit of wisdom and the
seven muses of arts and sciences.
The reigning spirit, Academe, en
tered bearing the lamp of wisdom.
The seven muses with their symbols
grouped themselves in the back
ground. The vestals, the guardians of
the Lamp, bearing small unlighted
lamps received the light at the altar,
and were sent forth to select from
the audience those who were to have
the honor of becoming Vestata for
next year.
Grecian Dance
Miss Sarah Vance played the harp
during the candle lighted ceremony,
While the ne w keepers of the Lamp
were being selected, miss Margaret
Dailey gave a Grecian dance, inter
preting the ancient worship of Wis
dom, and the portraying of the car
rying on of the light through the
years.
The following are the newly init
iated girls: Merian Wiggenhorn,
France Holyoke, Elaine Haverfield,
Margaret West, Helen Blish, Lyn
dell Brumbach, Lydia Wagner, Fred
rika Wagner, Gretchen Goulding, La
verne Keetle, Helen Macftalty. .
ACTING IS OUTSTANDING
"Caponsacchi," dramatic presen
tation of Browning's "Ring and The
Book" played for the eighth time last
night to another good house. Hart
Jenks, member of the original cast
and former member of University
players, has done brilliant work as
Caponsacchi, the priest. Josephine
Logan-Jones as Pompilia, the young
wife, whom Caponsacchi befriends,
has been giving excellent perform
ances.
"Caponsacchi" will be given eleven
times altogether in Lincoln. This is
the most performances that any Uni
versity play has ever had. The play
is the heaviest piece of work from
the dramatic standpoint and the
longest play that the players have
ever produced.
Two Shows Today
Three more performances will be
held in Lincoln. They include a ma
tinee Friday and an evening per
formances Friday and Saturday.
Caponsacchi will be taken to Omaha
May 12 for an afternooi. and an eve
ning performance. The Omaha pre
sentation is being sponsored by the
Alumni Club and the College Club.
The Players have been asked to
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Net Singles Meet Is
Set for Wednesday
Chancellor Burnett
Talks to Alumni Group
Chancellor Burnett addressed a
grroup of ahirani of tha University of
Nebraska at fecumseh Thursday
evening. The banquet at- which
Chancellor Burnett spoke was the
first meeting of a proposed aiumnl
organization to be established at Te
cumseh by university alumni resid
ing there. Chancellor Eurnett re
turned to Lincoln immediately after
the meeting.
V. Royce West, editor of the Ne
braska Alumnus, accompanied Chan
cellor Burnett to Tecumseh.
Open Tourney Will Be Held for All
University Men Except Varsity
Squad Members
An open tennis singles tournament
will be held Wednesday, May 9, ac
cording to an announcement by
Jimmy" Lewis yesterday. Any man
of the University, not a member of
the varsity squad, will be eligible for
the event. Entries will be received
in the athletic office until the day
before the meet starts.
Tennis games on the interfrater-
nity program were postponed yester
day because' of the scheduled games
between Nebraska and South Dako
ta universities; Games for today and
tomorrow follow:
Interfrat Games
Friday south court, Phi Delta
Theta vs Delta Sigma Phi, 1 to 2:30;
Farm House vs Alpha Gamma Rho
2:30 to 4. North court, Beta Theta
Pi vs Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1 to
2:30; Sigma Alpha Mu vs Phi Kap
pa, 2:30 to 4; Theta Chi vs Tau Kap
pa Epsilon, 4 to 5:30.
Saturday Pi Kappa Phi vs Delta
Tau Delta; Delta Chi vs Delta Up
silon; Sigma Chi vs Pi Kappa Alpha;
Lambda Chi Alpha vs'Phi Gamma
Delta; Sigma Phi Epsilon vs Phi Sig
ma Kappa; Alpha Sigma Phi vs Delta
Sigma Lambda; Alpha Tau Omega
vs Omega Beta Pi; Phi Kappa vs
Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Thousands of Spectators Are
Expected to .Witness
Pageant Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the day that Farmers'
Fair will take place. Today will see
the parade floats completed, the ex
hibits set up in the student activities
building, the dance floor carefully
laid, the stands for the barbeque.
yellow dog, hamburger, built, the re
maining tents erected, the live
stock groomed for exhibition, and the
final touches added to miscelleaneous
other things.
Several of the largest tents have
been up for several days, the fence
about the campus has been intact for
a week, loads of construction mate
rials have been delivered to the fair
grounds. Everything points to a
bigger and better fair than has
ever been held before, according to
Arthur Hauke, chairman.
Students have been utilizing their
spare time for the last week in pre
paring for the big event. All classes
will be excused today on the Agricul
tural campus and the students will
begin in early morning to put on an
intense campaign of final prepara
tion. The old power house on Ag
campus, used by Ormand Benedict
and Henry . Eeachel as materials
headquarters, has been a center of
intense activity for several days.
Today will see the climax reached
and final check taken of the mate
rials used. The parade preparations
are progressing better than ever be
fore, according to Robin Spence,
chairman of the parade committees.
Eight new International motor
trucks have been in the Machinery
Storage building since the fore part
of the week where carpenters have
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R. 0. T. C. INSPECTION
WILL BE MAY 14, 15
Showing Made by All Branches Will
Determine Possibility of
Blue-Star Rating
Inspection of the university R. O.
T. C. unit will take place May 14
and 15. All branches of the units
will be thoroughly tested by inspec
tion officers, and the showing made
will determine whether the blue-star
rating will be retained by the univer
sity for the coming year.'
The program for the inspecting of
ficers for Monday morning includes
a call to the chancellor s onice, in
spection of juniors and seniors in
theory, an exhibition by seniors in
the use of the 37-MM. gun and the
trench mortar. Juniors will be In
spected in field engineering.
Parade Monday Afternoon
On Monday afternoon the entire
regiment will take part in'a parade,
and a selected company will perform
in an exhibition in close order drill.
Other activities will include extend
ed order drill, pitching shelter tent3,
calisthenics, guard mounting by the
Pershing Rifles, and military sketch
ing and machine gun drill by the juniors.
Tuesday morning, Company B will
engage in tactical exercises. The
freshmen of the company will be in
spected for scouting and patrolling
while the sophomores will be inspect
ed in musketry. Seniors will be test
ed in combat principles. In the af
ternoon Company C will oe inspected
in theory, automatic rifle, rifle
markmanship, military hygiene and
first aid.
Hart Jenks Talks Informally About
His Role as an Actor in Interview
"What do I do with my spare
time?" Hart Jenks laughed. Per
haps he wasn't expecting such a
question. "Well," he continued
smiling, "I enjoy reading books, biog
raphies, and plays. I used to be in
terested in athletics, when I was in
school, but now my time is pretty
well taken up, you know."
HartJenks is known to all follow
ers of University drama. Three
years ago he played regularly with
the University Players taking leads
in a number of productions. This
week he is back again with the Play
ers, playing the leading role in "Cap
onsacchi." To one who has never
met Jenks, he makes a striking ap
pearance; a man whose pleasing
smile and voice betray the fact that
he is an actor, a dramatist.
He sat back in his chair with his
arms thrust from cut hi3 slicker, e.s
it had been rainy that afternoon.
"Golf T" Another lauh. "No,
thank goodness, my idea of golf is
just to hit a ball around, lose it, and
find it again, what's the difference?"
Plays Many Parts
When questioned in regard to the
productions in which he has ap
peared, Hart replied, "I played in
Hamlet, Caponsacchi, Merchant of
Venice, Enemy of the People, and
the Immortal Thief. I was a mem
ber of Walter Hampden's stock com
pany. Hampden played the part of
Caponsacchi whilo I played "Tomma
ti," the chief Judge, in that produc-.
"Hampden operatca a permanent
company at hia theater on 62 and
Broadway, run fa the same stylo C3
those by Mansfield and Booth. I!
attempts to put the best he can h,'.
his productions, in an effort to rti
drams, and not as a money-n1.;.:-.!
scheme." Jcnka coHttotse i chv-m -.-Uonally,
UU ta tVu!; ris
ers and their production of C..:-. .-
sacchi. I think, in ::-..?. rc.-.-ct t.--, it
