1922 Cedrus Yearbook

4•444414.4+ ilrtiff+.441. tiff r The Minstrel A V.IONG the many interesting and talented entertainments promul- gated by the college, stands the "minstrel," given in the Opera House, March the twenty-fifth. The "minstrel" cast was composed of those of genuine musical talent, experienced actors and actresses, and comedians, and all that goes to make up a very presentable theatrical party. The audience rose in roars of laughter as the end-men demon- strated their wit and humor. They represented four "colored gentle- men" who were in great perplexity concerning their relations to their fellow, and their fellow men's melon patch. The program was divided into two parts, the first part being a one-act farce, and the second part the "minstrel" proper; black-face end-men, negro songs, and plenty of "hot"jokes on any and everybody. In the jokes no one was spared, not even the most dignified could hope to get exemption from the feeling that a deck of playing cards might be pulled out of the pocket of their Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes and thus hold them up to the gaze of the assembled populace as men who lead the double life. As a whole the entire performance measured up to the "minstrels" of previous years, both in quality and quantity, and although these per- formances as a college activity had been discontinued for some years previous, we hope that the example set by the 1921 minstrel show will be continued in the years to come. G.S. R. 57