MINNESOTA TO HAVE THEATRE

The University of Minnesota is to have a theatre of its own on the campus. A large lecture hall in the Men's Union, generally known as the Chemistry Building, will be remodelled into a complete, modern theatre, seating 400 people.

The class in architecturre at the University, under the direction of Frederick M. Mann, is now working out the design and construction of the theatre, taking up successively the proscenium arch, the seating arrangements, the lighting effects, etc. Charles E. Skinner, of the rhetoric department, who conducts the class in dramatic technique, has general charge of the project, and with Mr. Mann is securing for the playhouse the latest ideas in lighting and scenic effects. The theatre will have its own orchestra pit, seating eight or ten pieces, and its own greenroom and dressing rooms. The productions will be written by the audiences, for the dramatic students will act out their own plays there.

The University has also three dramatic clubs, each of which will give two performances at the theatre during the school year. The theatre will also serve outside organizations. The first visit of the dramatic club of an eastern college will be made by the Triangle Club of Princeton, which will give a play there late in December.