JUST PUBLISHED
     IN FRENCH'S STANDARD LIBRARY EDITION

     THE GREAT COLLEGE PLAY ENTITLED


BROWN OF HARVARD
                     A Play in Four Acts
                By RIDA JOHNSON YOUNG

                THE CAST OF CHARACTERS
ToM BRowN.
GERALD TIIORNE, stroke oar of the "Varsity Eight," who Is not hlis own
         master.
WILFRED KENYON.
(LAXT0)S MADDEN,
JOHN CARTWRIGHT,
"TUBBY" ANDERSON',
"IIAPPY" THURSTON,  -Students with properly developed college spirit.
WALTER BARNARD      I
WARREN PIERCE,      J
TIOMiPSoN, COYNE.
"BCe" I1HALL, "Varsity Coach."
VICTOR ('OLToS, who wants the English crew to defeat his Alma Mater.
CODRINOTON, lManager of the English 'rew.
ELLIS, Na3nager of the Vnrsitv crew.
CAPTAIN HlobfEs,
GEORGE SELWYN,          
JAMES VAN RENSSALAER, 'Membern of the Varsity crew.
ARTIHU  BLAKE,
AUSTIN LATCHOW.
OLD CLOTiHES MAN.        MaRS. KENYON.          MARrAn THORNE.
DOORKEEPER.             EMELYN KENYON.          EDITH SINCLAIR.
BUTLER.
                    SYNOPSIS OF SCENES.
                             ACT I
PLACE.-Cambridge, Mass.
ScENE.-Tom Brown's and Claxton 'Madden's apartments in "The
         WVetherby," a students' apartment house.
                             ACT II
SCEN.-YaTrd at Harvard. The exterior of a dormitory.
                             ACT III
SCENE.-"The Varsity Boat    ulb" on the day of the race with the
         En-lish Amateurs. The scene Is laid in the large ball of the
         boathouse.
                             ACT IV
SCEN-E-Same as Act One.
  "-Rrown of Harvard" has the genuine college atmosphere, with mo-
mesnts ,f excitement and even of sentimental interest. To begin with.
lilere is. of course. Brown himself, a paragon of all the ordinary vir-
tues, with the additional and rare one of modesty. Then, there Is
Wilton Ames, who is not his own master, and Victor Colton. who
wants the English crew to defeat his Alma 'Mater, and who Is not
abvOVe Using the weaker studenl to accomplish his own villainous pur-
pose. For the rest, theyv are college bos of various types, girls of the
sort who like to come to afternoon tea in the fellows' room and who
whoop it up for tbeln when any sort of a contest is on. The play's
cti.-f appeal come-s from the fact that It reflects In its entirety the
buoyant, wholesome spirit of youth.  Some lively and entertaining
glimpses of college life are shown. m Wimpses into typical student
sanetums. the fun and frolic of goodf-'ilowship. the chat of the crew,
snatches of college songs. the harmless flirtations of the town and
carmpus-these are all pleasant featuros of the piece. All this and a
stirring boat-Iace scene adl-d mnak('s a play of college life that fairly
teems with the varsity atinosphere. Ithe characters are well drawn
and there is action and movewerit tht'oughout the four ac'ts. Plays a
full evenlig.           iRtL1E. 50 CE.\TS