"ATHALIE."

The venture of the French Department in producing one of the greatest of French tragedies has met with a success which cannot fail to satisfy all concerned. It is impossible as yet to announce the financial results of the undertaking, but it is probable that expenses were cleared in spite of the high and unexpected custom-house duties on the costumes. The extra performance on Saturday afternoon, which was nearly as well attended as the others, helped to cover the extra expense.

It is hardly to be disputed that the University has never made a dramatic production on so large a scale, and that a French tragedy has never before been so well staged in this country.

The acting, of course, was the weakest part of the production, but considering that is was not professional it can be called exceptionally good. Such acting is rarely seen in amateur theatricals and the French Department is to be congratulated on the generous services it has received from outside the University. In fact the way in which the title role was played by Miss Cushing nearly lifted the acting to the level of merit of the music and the costumes.

The management has been extremely effective. No detail seems to have been overlooked. The whole machinery of a small theatre had to be constructed and set in motion for only four performances and a dress rehearsal; and the smoothness which has marked the whole production is a credit to the executive ability of those who have had the affair in hand.