Gavelyte Annual 1911

THE GAV~ LYrrE. 4.7 Oratorical A ssociation Cedarville oll g.e i a member of th Ohio Inter- ollegiat Oratorical, one of the olde t oratorical a ociations of the middle we t. 'rln. · a ociation i in tnrn a member of ihe Inter-State A o iation at which ar r epre ented eleven tate of the middle west. rrh e annual preliminary contest ·wa. held in the Opera Hou e, Jan. 20, 1911 , the winner to repre ent edarville at the 'tate onte t, held ai Hiram, Feb. 10. Ir. Wendell }i'o ter won tile honor with the oration '' The Task of the Times' ' and ably repr ented CedarYille at Hiram on the above mentioned date. PHILO PLAY. The Philad lpbian Literary Society presented their aunual play in the Opera Hou e on fay 2, staging the well known drama, " A Scrap of Paper' ·. The cast wa made up of player of ability, the parts having been ,rnll a igned and mo t compet ntly acted. The play was under th effici<.•nt direction of Mi s Vera Andre-w, an Alumna of th la of '04, to whom much credit i due for the succes ful rendition. rrhe play wa. mauaged by J\Ir. 'ha . Yoho. The cast comp) te was as follo,vs: :i\Ii.sse. Canie Town ley, Florence Williamson, Emily 1illigan, Grace Beckley, Katherin McGiven and Ila Ram ey; Me srs. R. W. stick, Robert on]ey, Ream hroade ·. <'ecil Burn , W. P. Harriman , aud Cha . Yoho. 1\li s 'tacy Co1 1 ard of "priu~– field and l\1r. tick were favorii of the audience, having appear d in a very umqu and plea ing mu ical number. PHILOSOPHIC PLAY. Although not an annual event, th Philo ophi ociety ihi year taged th w 11 known olleg drama, "One of the Eight". Thi play wa written by orman Lee 'wartout, author or ' Half-Back 'andy' ' an I other "col– l ge plays" known th world over. Th principal part w •re apably lrnndl0d h.v Mr. Wend 11 Foste I' and 1-i Grace Mo1·tou. 'J'he ph1y was undt>r 1ht> dire ·tion of Prof. Alberta Creswell of' th Ora1ory Dept., "'flho ·e co11si 1-Pni and faithful work made th pro<luC'tion of the play po, . ible. 't'h p1o1 "ns tht• killd that app ,aJs 1o a coll ge ,111diem·e and i1 is 1o he hop d tllc1i 1 Ill' 1'11 ilosopl1ic Play wm also hecornr a 11 an11ua l e,, 111.