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...horde of men studying for hour exams who phoned the janitors during the interruptions were assured that the situation was well in hand. The failure of the system in Standish Hall of Winthrop House last week had no connection to the transformer problem...
Author Craig Gilbert got hold of a good historical triangle in the Miles Standish-Priscilla Mullins-John Alden business, molded assorted Pilgrims and Indians into some stock but sound musical comedy characters, and came through with a creation that manages not to sag between the songs, which is no small feat. Nor do the songs delay the action of the book. Both come together into a balanced musical that is played with the sort of informal enthusiasm that can make a good amteur show more entertaining than all but the best of professional shows...
...book, by Craig Gilbert '47, is an implausible version of the Pilgrim settlement in New England. Starting with a scene aboard ship, the story winds its way through the landing and establishment of camp; the plot thickens as Myles Standish goes in search of food and his sailors in quest of Indian squaws. All this causes the Mayflower women to go on a love strike, the men countering by importing a large shipment of Indian girls of every shape and size. The necessities of history force author Gilbert to reconcile the colonizers eventually, but not before he firmly establishes...
Cast and chorus for the Hasty pudding Club's musical "Speak for Yourself" were announced yesterday as the show moved into final rehearsals for next Wednesday's opening. The plot of the comedy was inspired by the historic Myles Standish-John Alden-Priscilla Mullens Pilgrim love triangle...
...cast: David S. Biddle '49 as John Alden; J. Jay Hughes '48 as Standish; Julian B. Hatton, Jr. '48 as Priscilla; Jerome Dickinson '48 as Desire; Frederick F. Lamont, Jr. '48 as Billington; Theodore Allegretti '47 as Massassoit; Eugene A. Gruhler '46 as Whitefeather ' Charles G. Loring, Jr. '48 as Pratt; Edward M. Lamont '48 as Carver; J. Bradley Cumings 3rd '46 as Allerton; Robert L. Daley '47 as Humility complete the list...