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Caption: Book - History of the University (Nevins)
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CONCERTS 257 "The Opportunity,' : with a number of other serious dramas. After 1911 there was a distinct increase in dramatic activity, and scarcely a year has gone by without a half dozen student or faculty plays—two or three of the former by the students themselves. MThe range has been from Shakespeare to Synge, Ade, and Galsworthy. In 1913 a branch of the Drama League, which has assisted in bringing good plays from the nearest cities, was founded at the University. Save for the annual May Festival, abolished in 1911, the students in the early part of James's administration had scant opportunity to hear good music. The Star Lecture Course occasionally brought a good musician, or the music school arranged a recital. The Festival was done away with on the understanding that a series of concerts was to be substituted, and the President at once called the Trustees' attention (1912) to the opportunity to assist. "The University/' he said, "has not given as much attention as it should to the cultivation of the aesthetic tastes of the student body; . . . there is a notable lack of opportunities to see and hear productions of merit in music and drama, painting and statuary/' and he urged it to greater attempts to interest students in these things. The music school agreeing to help, an appropriation was made for a series of concerts, upon which $5,000 was expended; the result was so satisfactory that the experiment has been repeated yearly. Left to their own devices for much amusement, it was natural that the students should originate many entertainments of their own,M^Thus in 1907 two were born at once—the electrical show and the Interscholastic circus. The first was the result of months of preparation, and was both spectacular and educational, guides
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