ee ee rN nh ~ ddecs Scealipeantieall x y east We 2. Ge - Pd ve ee ~ YEAR BOOK f OF THE ae Drama Club OF OGDEN Organized Nineteen Sixteen Federated Nineteen Seventeen MOTTO “The drama’s laws, the drama’s patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.” JOHNSON —Dr. MEETING S ¢ ol From AK. AA iv b & de, mm PD cae “+ F Chole Ue September Tenth to ‘May Twenty- delth Roll Call at Two-thirty p. m. es wit ‘ President Vice-President Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary — Treasurer | Auditor OFFICERS Mrs. Herman B. Way Mrs. Arthur D. Barber Miss Eleanor Emmett Mrs. Samuel Powell Mrs. Henry F. Volker - Mrs. Fred Coffman | Custodian Historian Parliamentarian Mrs. Harman Barton Mrs. Thompson Corn Mrs. Claude L. Coray | COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Mrs. Joseph E. Evans Mrs. Eber F. Piers Mrs. E. R. Dumke Mrs. Carlyle Eubank Mrs. E. A. Larkin COMMITTEE PLAY Miss Phyllis King Browning Frank Mrs. HOUSE Miss Minnie Moore Brown Mrs. Mrs. Arthur D. Barber Mrs. Lew Beason Mrs. Fred Coffman COMMITTEE EVENTS Philip COMMITTEE J. Dix CITY FEDERATION CLUB BREAKFAST PROGRAM Mrs. Joseph R. Morrell COMMITTEE, PROGRAM COMMITTEE, | Mrs. Mark Brown Mrs. George L. Abbott Miss Geraldine O’Neill CURRENT Arrangement Program COMMITTEE PRESS | Mrs. Miss Josephine Seaman Miss H. Aland Albert Ellen o Thomas Mrs. Clyde Greenwell | Miss Dana Kelly Mrs. Horace Nebeker Mrs. Royal Eccles 1927-1928 Mrs. Joseph M. Eccles 1926-1927 Miss Zelta Ballinger MEMBERS Aland, Mrs. A. H. . Ballinger, Miss Zelta \ Barber, Mrs. Arthur D. \ Barton, Mrs. Harman “S Beason, Mrs. Lew \ Brown, Mrs. Mark | ‘Brown, Miss Minnie Moore Browning, Mrs. Frank M. \ Clark, Mrs. Andrew T. \“ Coffman, Mrs. Fred \ Coray, Mrs. C. L. Corn, Mrs. Thompson DeVine, Mrs. James Dix, Mrs. PhilipJ. Dumke, Mrs. E. R. _ Eccles, Mrs. George S. _Eecles, Mrs. Jeseph M. ~Eecles, Mrs. Royal “Emmett, Miss Eleanor _ Eubank, Mrs. Carlyle ‘Evans, Mrs. Joseph E. \ Greenwell, Mrs. Clyde Hillabrant, Mrs. W. J. «Kelly, Miss Dana “Kimball, Mrs. William Rice King, Miss Phillis 2709 Brinker Avenue; 2770 Van Buren Avenue; 3573 1586 2661 Wall Avenue; 2762-W 1132 Twenty-fifth Street; 1132 2806 Eccles Avenue; 2909-W 2675 Jackson Avenue; 1598-M 2649 Jefferson Avenue; 2248 2865 Washington Avenue; 2699-M 1503 Twenty-sixth Street; 3730-M 706 Ae Abbott, Mrs. George Lowe Tel. 2723 Brinker Avenue; 1738 Twenty-first Street; 2697-M 2846 Van Buren Avenue; 649 Twenty-third 1471-W Street; 3426-J 903 Twenty-fourth Street; 483 | Roy; 11-J2 2527 Van Buren Avenue; 602 672 Twenty-sixth Street; 3758 2464 Harrison Avenue; 1587 2508 Jackson Avenue; 260 3132 Washington Avenue; 943 1079 Twenty-third Street; 3662-W 2511 Tyler Avenue; 1734 1121 Twenty-third Street; 3186-J 2561 Van Buren Avenue; 2117 Adams Avenue; 1326 1529-W 826 Twenty-fifth Street; 883 2635 Madison Avenue; 199 2S su ‘ : : - +e ae . + ss ae & =e oe ears : Sees CLR if - Wr SAM ARSE RV: O © © t~ ee — “ + ran =~ & ee SDE 5 os < OAS S C. rry P . See — ES Wa shing Street y Avenue Ch af : ~~ 458 Twenty-seventh Street; 1499-W Littlefield, Miss Elva “Morrell, Mrs. Joseph R. 2533 Eccles Avenue; 724 Apts.; 3577-J “ O'Neill, Miss Lillian . O'Neill, Miss Geraldine Fairview Apts.; Fairview Apts.; 3259-W 3259-W Nebeker, McGregor Mrs. Horace 2730 Harrison Avenue; 2446 \ Piers, Mrs. Eber F. : 821-J 2545 Eccles Avenue; : ‘Larkin, Mrs. E. A. _* Porter, Mrs. 2616 Van Gilbert Mrs. ‘t Seaman, Miss Josephine 706 Twenty-first Street; 2697-M 2780 Madison Avenue; Volker, Mrs. Henry F. SUSTAINING ‘\. Ballantyne, Mrs. Roland “Browning, Miss Clara May Rich, Miss Gladys MEMBERS 857 Twenty-seventh Street; 3205-R Be HONORARY Kniscley, Mrs. Philip Warren 1630 Flowers Apts.; 1206 566 Twenty-fourth Street; 1926 Way, Mrs. Herman B. - Wright, Mrs. Arthur | 3139-J 2455 Monroe Avenue; 3260-M | Thomas, Miss Ellen 1786 Avenue; Street; 508 Twenty-seventh Samuel _ Powell, ' Buren 1275 Doxey Avenue; 2262 Washington hes 2849-W Avenue MEMBER Perry Apts.; 1667 . “PROGRAM SUBJECT STUDY FOR THE YEAR: STAGECRAFT MODERN SEPTEMBER TENTH Change from Realism to Expressionism...............-----+++ Miss Ballinger “He Who Gets Slapped” (Andreyev) .....2..2....-0---000000++ Miss Brown (Chopim) ..............----<----0-+ ......Mrs. Hillabrant Piano Solo, Nocturne and Mrs. Barber, Hostesses Mrs. Way Five O’clock SEPTEMBER Tea TWENTY-FOURTH Movement: Instigators of the New Fuchs..................--:ss:-ssesescceecessessenenaes Mrs. Larkin Scenes from “Hamlet” (Shakespeare) ...............---------+-- Mrs. Dumke Miss Thomas ieee i Mal Sele is Appia, Aria Craig, “Le Perle du Bresil” Mrs. Dix and Color of the Modern (David) Mrs. Eubank, OCTOBER EIGHTH Hostesses Stage.........2c:.----:.s-nscccectecweeeneneeecteees Mrs. Powell “La Pisanelle” (D’ AnnumzZio) coccocsceecnssctoteiseetnetaonbeeneconeece Mrs. Clark Piano Solo, Prelude (Rachmaninoff) «.....------:-11------ Miss Emmett Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Beason, Hostesses 6 i 7, ‘ ¢ 5 MBER ey MS + Dh! 4 i e A tod: Comer peg ? : am. Ga RON is ramenax ee FPO PSeel LR AGE La ie, ae aie a ee a 5 CaeY ae : pte FPR ; 9 hyENS pte bs 3 Lodideied . Bias tes are ; 2 . eZ e Cate: ES REIS? i SRL Pag ae eT Be nnee: Oa {3p tg at ¢ ni Mai Biv}ehe : so) Cheek SE tictes do bead) F a ey Mee a ub has Be ayy > ieee Doe Act“ee geet) a OE ‘ Ng| CE as ERAT og neay ee Mag: gh ORNL ts 2 ae Ms ur "4 ‘ . f esa Rae PONGe 2 Reap<ihoaeiP Li sage i! To Ae Pe OCTOBER The Art of Light........ Hd and the Masses” (Ernst New “Man Vocal Solo, “Casla Diva’? Samson Music Artist as Director et Delilah (Saint Mrs. a NI Morrell and Mrs. Aland, Hostesses NOVEMBER Lecture: The ga Toller) ............-.--+-0+-+- Mrs. Coffman (Bellint) .......---.-.-----0:---0-00e00 Mrs. Aland Mrs. DeVine “ * TWENTY-SECOND FIFTH of the Theatre of Tomorrow. Saens).........----.---- Prof. Mark Robinson Supervisor of Music in the Ogden Public Schools. Selections from the Opera Mrs. Royal Eccles and Miss Seaman, Hostesses Guests NOVEMBER NINETEENTH eee OOP HEE AL) Mrs. Corn se Acting Dee OMA Beason Characters Created by Clair Kames...............---------:-- Mrs. O’Neill “Rose Windows” (Stark Young) ...-----+-------- Miss Geraldine New Vocal Solo, “Make of a Shirt” (Sidney Homer).........- Mrs. Porter Mrs. George Eccles and Miss Lilian O’Neill, Hostesses | DECEMBER THIRD Kelly The Russian Stage of Today..............---------:-++++ ie Miss DeVine “The Revizor,” (Gogol) ~.....---.----:---0---ceeereececreeenentenentenens Mrs. ing Vocal Solo, “Winelle” (Dell? Acqua) ......~-..--.--+---+-++- Mrs. Brown Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Barton, Hostesses : q “ en en 7 Bi = “5: MARCH SEVENTEENTH Possibilities of the Cirque Medrana......................-.. Mrs. Hillabrant Be... Mrs. Dix ee Whe Test CRemalliy bo Mrs. Volker and Miss Thomas, MARCH Reciprocity Program THIRTY-FIRST Club .................-- Salt Lake Ladies’ Literary Mrs. Nebeker, Hostesses Mrs. Morrell, Mrs. Hostesses Coffman and Guests Five O’clock APRIL “The airy BN Nac (b) FOURTEENTH on the American Stage......... .......Mrs. Barber (Oo We) anc ceuce cance peedee teen ole Mrs. Nebeker Movement The New (a) Tea Ape” “Oak elias Ae, spe sae cummins eorec gee tir ca sdecamenie taper ate a Mrs. Aland (Grant Schafer) Tree Talks” “Wings of Night” Mrs. (Winter Watts) Miss King, and APRIL TWENTY-SECOND Day Annual Vocal Solo Hostesses Kimball Vie ats Miss King (American Composers).......- 1 GRR anes Five O’clock Miss Emmett and Tea Greenwell, Mrs. 10 Hostesses MAY TWELFTH Resume of Current Plays..............--cssccoce-c-ceessecsceenseenesteces ..Mrs. Abbott assisted by Mrs. Porter and Miss Emmett. © “In A Garden” (Philip Barry) .....---.---.-.---------Mrs, Jos. M. Eccles Mrs. Hillabrant and Miss Ballinger, Hostesses MAY TWENTY-EIGHTH Club Breakfast REFERENCES: THEO GE TOBY Continental pesec tsnctinsts poner oodansd omnes Hiram Kelly, Moderwell Stagecraft....................---- vga, MacGowan and Jones The Theatre AdVaneing..............:--cccccceeccececcensecenceseenenennenanenecenene Craig Our American Theatre. ............-.-----ssceceseseecesseeenseeeseeseeeeeneneneenenses Saylor SAB OES Krows ER hah ENTER Play Producing in America..............---- NE The Theatre of Tomorrow......-........-::s-:ccessceeeeseeeecsereeeenteees MacGowan Theatre Arts Monthly The Drama hil CONSTITUTION ArticLteE I. Name The Drama Club of Ogden (founded in 1916) ArticLe II. Purpose or Purposes (a) Shall be the united effort toward the study of the spoken and lyric drama. To create a sympathy for the highest form of the dramatic (b) and lyric art, creating a permanent taste for good drama and to obtain the best plays in our City. Articte II]. Membership Section 1. Membership shall be of three classes: active, sustaining and honorary, preference to be given to college women. The needs of the Club’s purpose and program must govern the selection of Candidates to be voted upon. Readers, players, soloists, artists, pianists, executives, etc., shall be preferred as they are needed; the membership being limited to forty-five. Sec. 2. A candidate for active membership must have been a resident of Ogden for one year or more and sign the following form of application: “IT desire to become an active member of Drama Club of Ogden, and having carefully read its Constitution and By-Laws hereby promise, if admitted to membership, to endeavor to further the purpose for which the club is formed.” Sec. 3. Application shall be presented to the Membership Committee at least one week before being voted upon by the Drama Club. Sec. 4. Election shall exclude from and shall be by membership. ballot rejected candidates Sec. 5. Names of again within a year. three can not negative be votes presented 12 « i a Dec ok s aie CaS eE , ; Baie — ae 7 Cet -% : Me Ses* ae poet 3 oH : . - a ow a Tes er: . see eatin. ) fy, ewan 1 eT, 4 ‘ + oa + ¢ e for as chy * . Bt ; , ee i 2 Powers eae * i e af 4g ed f * y 420) ve. PV ee See eee aay a«f) “ak”* " é : § Bo ye Toe. f r I eo Ste ek Pa | CORR Me ; tae hes ga, Se ee sae tea dietS ioa r Pe At ee ee Wi ky ; i pth f ‘ Lay ee ee ° - AY £ apeys See i Jad. Gia tit a Bo ee a> bi Ae ; alk es a an 4 ese 7 ERE e : 7 ee? oS +2 A . ' ad Ps . f ee . ! '** t phd a Se ON A A A 1 Pent Sa Vier Ce << Lae ys ts - Pee pre Sec. 6, Active members shall consider themselves honor-bound as far as possible to study the subjects under consideration by the Drama Club, to perform literary, musical or committee work assigned them. Three consecutive absences, without excuse, will be Excuses must be in the hands of the considered a withdrawal. secretary and hostess before the club meeting. Sec. 7. Honorary membership may be conferred upon any member who has become a non-resident person by unanimous Honorary membervote of those present at any annual meeting. ship shall not be conferred upon more than two persons in one fiscal year. Sec. 8. Sustaining membership may be conferred upon any member who has become a non-resident temporarily; or a member who is physically incapacitated to attend regular meetings. Said member must obey all rules of active membership in regard to dues, etc., and is entitled to all privileges of membership except the privilege of voting. A sustaining member has the precedence in becoming an active member when said vacancies occur. Sec. 9. No from one who ArticLe Section 1. president, a IV. Officers The officers of this club shall be a president, vicerecording secretary, a corresponding secretary, a These seven shall constitute a treasurer, an auditor, a custodian. | of Directors. Board _ membership from resignation shall be accepted is in arrears for dues. | Sec. 2, All officers shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting and continue in office one year, or until the next subsequent A majority of Sec. 4. No member shall Sec. 3. stitute an election. secutive terms. Sec. 5. Vacancies voting by ballot. may all | | | election. votes shall office hold for be necessary to con- than two con- more | be filled by the members | 13 of the club ArticLe V. Meetings Section 1. in May. The annual meeting shall be held the first meeting Sec. 2. Regular meetings shall be held from the second week | in September to June, inclusive. Sec. 3. Special meetings may be called by the President. The call for the special meeting must state the special business to be transacted and no business shall be transacted except that stated in the call. ArticLe VI. Quorum Section 1. One-third of the active membership of the Club shall constitute a quorum at any regular or annual meeting, but at no time shall lack of a quorum at a regular meeting prevent those present from proceeding with the program of the day. Articute VII. Section 1. This Constitution may be amended at any annual meeting by a two-thirds vote of all active members present, the proposed amendments having been submitted in writing and read to the club at a regular meeting at least two weeks before being voted upon. Sec. 2. Amendments may also be made at any annual meeting without previous notice by the unanimous vote of all members present. Sec. 3. By-laws and standing rules may be adopted, amended, or repealed at any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote. 14 PTE ty eT ee ee EE ee eeSat BY-LAWS ArticLe I. Dues Section 1. The annual dues of active members shall be five dollars, and those of sustaining members five dollars, payable the first meeting in September, which dues shall allow each member one guest on each tea day. Sec. 2. Members failing to pay dues before the first of November shall be at once notified by the Secretary and those not paying before the first of January shall forfeit all rights to mem: bership. Articte II. Duties of Officers Section 1. The regular term of all officers shall commence at the adjournment of the last meeting of the club year. Sec. 2. The duties of officers shall be such as are implied by their respective titles and such as are specified in these by-laws. Sec. 3. The President shall appoint all standing committees, and be ex-officio of the same without a right to vote. Sec. 4. The Recording Secretary shall receive and present all applications for membership; keep an accurate classified list or the membership of the club, with the address and telephone of each member; receive all money due the club and pay the same to the Treasurer, giving or taking a receipt for each sum transferred: notify delinquent members as required in Article 1, Section 2 of these By-laws, by January 1 of each year, take from the roll the names of all those whose dues have not been paid and those who have been absent three consecutive times without excuse. Sec. 5. The Corresponding Secretary shall notify all applicants for membership of their election or their rejection, also notify all officers of their election and committees of their appointment and in general conduct the correspondence of the club. Sec. 6. The Treasurer shall pay bills only upon warrants signed by the President and Secretary; keep an itemized account of all receipts and disbursements and present a written report at 15 the first meeting each month of the transaction of the preceding month. The book in which the record of receipts has been kept, together with the warrants and vouchers, also the annual report of the Treasurer, shall be submitted to the auditor at least one week before the annual meeting. Sec. 7. The Auditor shall examine the books of the Treasurer. Sec. 8. The Custodian shall have charge of all properties of the club, except such as are in actual use, subject to the direction of the club. The Sec. 9. The Historian is appointed by the President. duties are to present definitely a terse review of the club’s work during the year and file such report, with the year book, with the Custodian. ArticLe Lil. Committees Section 1. There shall be six standing committees, consisting (1) Membership, (2) Program music of three members each. and literary, (3) Current Events, (4) Press, (5) Play, (6) House. shall investigate the — Committee Sec. 2. The Membership qualifications of applicants and report their recommendations to the Drama Club. Sec. 3. A prospective member must be placed upon the waiting list without any information as to when her name is to be voted | upon. The result of the ballot shall be given only to the Presi- dent, who may See Note: note book. inform the sponsor Resolution and the Secretary. of December 18, 1920, in Secretary’s Sec. 4. The Program Committee shall have no responsibility for the program until January 1, following their appointment at They shall recommend subjects of study and the first meeting. when approved by the club prepare a calendar for the literary and musical work for the year, completing all arrangements for the carrying out of the same. 16 Sec. 5. plays The of recent Current date. Events Committee shall report upon all Sec. 6. The Press Committee shall inform papers as to time, subject, place of meeting and such news of interest to the public. Sec. 7. The Play Committee shall recommend and be responsible for the development and enactment of a play or a series of plays during the year. Sec. 8. The House Committee shall recommend a place of meeting and shall have general charge of the room or rooms agreed upon and the club’s furnishings of the same. ———— Sec. 9 A Nominating Committee consisting of three members shall be elected by ballot the first meeting in March. This committee shall recommend three names for each office of the club. ——-*= _—— ArticLe IV. Meetings Regular meetings shall be held on Saturday at 2:30 Section 1. sharp in the afternoon. AN RwWNe Sec. 2. SN POS eee order of exercises Call to Order. Reading of Minutes. Special Order. Communications from Report of Treasurer. Standing music, oe The Committees Current Events, Special Committees. Unfinished Business. Miscellaneous. Program of Day. Adjournment. the shall be: Chair. (Membership, Plays, ARTICLE House. Program, literary or V. The general subject of study and plan of work shall be decided | | by the club. a7 ArtIcLeE VI. The fiscal year shall be the calendar year. ArticLte VII. The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in “Parliament- ee cis siaiaeatin_ fit Ti a ’ aasieasancmiig viiaitidieeae ary Usage for Women’s Clubs” by Emma Fox, shall govern the proceedings of the club, subject to special rules which have been or may be adopted. 18 BIBLIOGRAPHY Papers The in length minutes to fifteen limited Change from Realism to Expressionism: Continental Stagecraft, Chapters 1, 2, 3. l, 2, 3. of Today, Chapters of the New Movement: Theatre Theatre Arts Monthly, October, 1926. Instigators Theatre of Today, Pages 125, 128, Pages 66, 75. The Theatre Advancing—Craig. Theatre Arts Monthly, December, 1924, Pages 817-18. Color on the Modern Stage: Theatre of Today, Chapter 5. Play Production in America—Krows, The New Art of Light: Theatre of Today, Chapter 6. Continental Stagecraft, Chapter Art and Play Decoration, Production Vol. 16. in America, Pages 179-182. 6. Chapter 22. New Acting for Old: Continental Stagecraft, Chapter 3. Arts Monthly. The Drama, January, Theatre Theatre Arts Monthly, April, 1927; Aug., 1925. The Russian Theatre—Saylor, Chapter 15 and 3. The German Theatre of Post-War Times: Continental Stagecraft, Chapter 4; Pages 54-58; Pages 69-67; | Chapter II. 1926; March, The Presentational Theatre of Copeau: Continental Stagecraft, The Redoutensaal: Continental Stagecraft, Chapter 14. Chapter 16. 1926. ct rel ot Possibilities of the Cirque Medrano: Continental Stagecraft, Chapter November, 1925. on the American Stage: Theatre Arts Monthly, a 16. Stage: i P. ae . he = ee ease ee ~~ tur ns a. The New Movement on the American Continental Stagecraft, Page 29. The New Movement sata ae a ee wbs-t Our American Theatre—Saylor (Entire Book) Special Reference, Chapter 12 and Pages 37-39. Theatre of Today, Chapter 8. The Drama, April, 1926, page 240. Theatre Arts, August, 1925. GENERAL REFERENCES Theatre of Today—Hiram Kelly, Moderwell Continental Stagecraft—MacGowan and Jones The Theatre Advancing—Craig Our American Theatre—Saylor Play Production in America—Krows The Theatre of Tomorrow—MaeGowan. Theatre Arts Monthly. . The Drama. The bibliography will, we hope, give some assistance in preThere is much more readily accessible; and paring the papers. various come current out. magazines have most excellent articles as they 2 r « : nye 4 t } 4 oe a } 5 i | pon t eGl ‘ , f’ “i ai ges, * y é ¥% 7 * rt 4 ? fs , 4 9 es $ i q j iso, j f f / eee a Pon Sates oe Ay Paty laa “s Botan a ae a atta Oe Mrs. Herman B. Way, who will leave Thursday for Houston, Texas, to make her home. | = iis “Laugh, Laugh; Death is no More’ ae x) 2i% oe ie ; 1 sae RE ee © * os PROGRAM © Instrumental Trio Miss Mary Fisher, Mrs. Junius Smart Miss Kathryn Fisher — mek “Lazarus Laughed” By Eugene O’Neil/ Ruth Moench Bell Sa SEX sorppet 3 Sek . as ce Sa ee ee ie. Re ete rt ne i > s aa ee Ee - es e . - ee TE . a> ee‘ eevee ey on, eo ‘ 5 ¥ >