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It highlights the emergence of annual Greek tragedy productions beginning in 1908, including Oedipus Rex and other major plays, and describes the roles of faculty and student performers. Later sections outline the development of campus dramatic societies, venues, and the evolution of the Scarlet Masque as the enduring student theater organization.","THEATER AT WABASH COLLEGE: A BRIEF HISTORY  \nThe first reference to theater at Wabash College dates to 1836 when the faculty of the College passed the following rule:  \nFaculty met and took into consideration the subject of Thespian amusements and unanimously resolved that no student who enlists in Thespian exhibitions can longer be a member of this Institution; and that we strongly disapprove of attendance on such exhibitions; and students who attend will be liable to a public admonition, and if they persist, to dismission.  \nSuch anti-theatrical prejudices were quite common at the time. Wabash student John  \nB. Powers was suspended from classes on January 16, 1837 for violating the rule. It seems Powers was committed to perform in a theatrical exhibition of the \"Thespian Society\" in December 1836, before the rule was passed. Later, the faculty decided that the penalty was perhaps too severe in light of the offender's previous obligation to perform and his ignorance of the rule, so they were content to settle for a reading before the college of an admission of violation of college law.  \nIn the Wabash College academic catalogue of 1852-53, dancing was equated with other\"vices\":  \nThe discipline of the Institution is moral and parental. It seeks the greatest good of the greatest number; hence no young man who indulgesin card playing, dancing, intemperance, or other vice, or who habitually neglects his studies, will be allowed to remain.  \nThis statement was altered in 1868-69, changing \"dancing\" to \"profanity.\" By the late 1860s, the prejudices against drama had somewhat dissipated. Students were permitted to perform in plays and many of these productions included performances by local citizens of Crawfordsville. Although it is obvious that Wabash men participated in plays, dramatic readings, and other thespian amusements, these exhibitions were apparently not encouraged by the College until the early twentieth century.  \nIn 1908, about 100 feet south of South Hall (near what is now the front patio of Martindale Hall), production of a series of ancient Greek tragedies commenced with a performance of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. These performances continued annually until 1915 under the direction of Professor Daniel Dickey Hains (1873-1937), then Head of the Department of Greek. The productions had elaborate sets, costumes, and programs and were performed in English by Wabash men in the middle of June between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. They enjoyed, in the words of The Wabash, \"an almost country-wide reputation, pronounced by competent judges to be the equal of any of the Greek dramas ever presented at Harvard.\" Lulu Britton Hains (1873-1945), wife of Professor Hains, created and constructed the costumes for the productions and members of the Glee Club performed in the choruses. Women's roles were always played by men and at least two of the productions toured Indiana advertised as the first Greek plays performed in the  \nstate.  \nThe Greek plays performed over the years were:  \n1908 Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)  \n1909 Antigone (Sophocles)  \n1910 Alcestis (Euripides)  \n1911 Iphigenia Among the Taurians (Euripides)  \n1912 Electra (Sophocles)  \n1913 Medea (Euripides)  \n1914 Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)  \n1915 Hippolytus (Euripides)  \nThe College Dramatic Society was started in 1908 by Professor Lucian Cary (1886-1971) of the English Department. Their first production was George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man, performed in the spring of 1909.  \nThe Wabash Players began presenting plays in various locales around campus and in Crawfordsville beginning in 1916. Productions were given in the Strand Theater, the Masonic Temple, and in a space called the \"Little Theater\" on the first floor of Peck Hall. The following is an incomplete list of the productions ofthe Wabash Players:  \n1916 Pigeon (Galsworthy)  \nDirector: D. D. Hains  \nThe Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare)  \nDirector: D. D. Hains and Prof. Miller (with an all-male cast)  \n1917 The Glittering Gate","cbCaicjbl0G0mdde","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicjbl0G0mdde","pdf",107685,1,26,"English","en",105,"# Theater at Wabash College - A Brief History\n## Early anti-theatrical rules and disciplinary actions\n## Greek tragedy productions (1908-1915)\n## Dramatic societies and the Wabash Players (1908-1920s)\n## The emergence of Scarlet Masque and venue expansion\n## Institutional changes in the Fine Arts Department","[{\"question\":\"What were the earliest rules about student participation in theater at Wabash College?\",\"answer\":\"In 1836 the faculty resolved that no student joining Thespian exhibitions could remain at the institution and attendance could lead to admonition and dismissal. A student, John B. 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Productions used venues such as the Strand Theater, the Masonic Temple, and the “Little Theater,” and the Scarlet Masque later became the co-curricular student theater society.\"}]","THEATER AT WABASH COLLEGE - A BRIEF HISTORY | PDF",1787804440,66,{"code":4,"msg":31,"data":32},"ok",{"site_id":24,"language":23,"slug":33,"title":13,"keywords":34,"description":14,"schema_data":35,"social_meta":87,"head_meta":89,"extra_data":91,"updated_unix":28},"theater-at-wabash-college-a-brief-history","",{"@graph":36,"@context":86},[37,54,69],{"@type":38,"itemListElement":39},"BreadcrumbList",[40,44,48,51],{"item":41,"name":42,"@type":43,"position":20},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":45,"name":46,"@type":43,"position":47},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":49,"name":12,"@type":43,"position":50},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":52,"name":13,"@type":43,"position":53},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/theater-at-wabash-college-a-brief-history/149633/",4,{"url":52,"name":13,"@type":55,"author":56,"headline":13,"publisher":58,"fileFormat":61,"inLanguage":23,"description":14,"dateModified":62,"datePublished":63,"encodingFormat":61,"isAccessibleForFree":64,"interactionStatistic":65},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":57},"Person",{"url":41,"name":59,"@type":60},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-08-31","2026-08-27",true,{"@type":66,"interactionType":67,"userInteractionCount":20},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":68},"ViewAction",{"@type":70,"mainEntity":71},"FAQPage",[72,78,82],{"name":73,"@type":74,"acceptedAnswer":75},"What were the earliest rules about student participation in theater at Wabash College?","Question",{"text":76,"@type":77},"In 1836 the faculty resolved that no student joining Thespian exhibitions could remain at the institution and attendance could lead to admonition and dismissal. 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