COLLEGE ACTORS CRITICIZED

Professor G. P. Baker '87 spoke on the college actor and his relation to the professional stage at the open meeting of the Dramatic Club yesterday afternoon. In his talk he emphasized the need of plasticity in the college actor, pointing out the tendency of amateur actors to simply learn the lines of the author, and neglecting to correctly impersonate the character. The college actor should remember that he is merely a color in a pattern, a part of a "stock company", not a star of the evening. Professor baker stated that the only way to build up a role is to study stage directions as well as lines. The actor must act emotionally as well as with his mind, must study every aspect of the character which he is to interpret. He also emphasized the need of a warm, colored voice upon the stage, the lack of which would destroy all the effects of an otherwise well-created character.

I. Pichel '14 spoke of his experience as an actor and stage manager since leaving College. This is the first of a series of open meetings to be given by the Dramatic Club during the rest of the year, at which prominent persons connected with the drama will speak.