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tion of Irwin Shaw's "Bury the Dead." Other Leading: Roles She also took leading roles that summer in "When We Awaken the Dead," by Hendrik Ibsen, and "Oliver, Oliver," a comedy by Paul Osborn. Her outstanding performance in 1935 came when she star red in "Married' for Money," an other comedy. Ill health interfered with her dramatic activities in 1936 but this did not prevent her from working with others in the Civic Theatre, a modern theatre in the downtown business section of Syracuse, leased by the University for its players. "She swept the auditorium floor and pitched right in with the others on productions," said Professor Falk in commenting on duties of the Governor's daughter with the troupe. Father Sees Play Miss James scored her biggest hit in her senior year when she played the leading role in "daughters of Atreus." Governor James came up from Pennsylvania to see her performance.

Playing the difficult role of Elektra, Miss James astounded professional critics by royal family destroyed by the passions of love and hate, by pride and revenge. Said The Daily Orange critic of her performance: "Miss James was a vindictive Elektra; her portrayal gaining in strength and maturity with the development of the character." Today friends of "Jimmy'' will cluster around the radio in the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house where she lived and try to tune in on Inaugural ceremonies in Harrisburg. "Jimmy" didn't become an actress, but tonight she will be a First Lady. Holiday at City Hall City Hall took a holiday. Few offices were open today and many of the workers are marching with various political organizations.

The regular meeting of City Council will be held on Thurs day morning. 22 TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 17, 1939 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Dorothy James Gave Up Promising Career on Stage to Help Her Father by Becoining His Housekeeper Faculty Praised Her For Roles at Syracuse Syracuse, Jan. 17. Daughter of the Pennsylvania DreaKer ooy who today becomes Governor, pretty Miss Dorothy James, 23 year old daughter of Governor elect Arthur H. James, once dramatized the miner's life while starring in undergraduate theatricals at Syracuse University.

Only a year and a half ago, "Jimmy," as she was known to college chums, turned her back on a promising stage career to keep house for her father in the mining town of Plymouth. Today she enters the Executive Mansion as the youngest First Lady in the history of Pennsylvania. It was in July, 1934, that Miss James, appearing with the University summer repertory theatre, played the role of a union leader's wife in "Black Diamond," a labor play depicting mining conditions. Governor James, then Judge James of. the State Superior Court, sent miner's equipment to his daughter to be used by the troupe.

Faculty Praises Her Professors in the School of Speech at the University were disappointed when Miss James put aside her stage ambitions and went home to Pennsylvania after the death of her mother. She Was regarded by them as one of their most promising actresses when she was graduated in 1937. Professor Sawyer Falk, director of the University dramatic department, terms her "one of the best emotional actresses in University dramatics in the past five or six Her career in the campus was phenomenal after the time in her freshman year when she scored a hit in "The Cherokee Night," a play by Lynn Riggs. She filled an important role in the drama most unusual for a first year student. Said the drama critic of The Daily Orange, undergraduate newspaper, commenting the next morning on her role: "To Dorothy James go the laurels for a tempered, convincing and sustained performance." On the strength of her first appearance, Miss James was invited to play with the summer repertory theatre that year.

While appearing with that troupe, she scored her hit in "Black Diamond." The drama was part of the series of labor plays then popular on Broadway after the introduc 71 fl This scene from "Black Diamond" presented in 1934 by the Syracuse University summer theatre had for its feminine lead, Miss Dorothy James, daurhter of Pennsylvania's new The play depicted conditions In the mining: industry. the supple manner with which she handled her task. The play, a Grecian tragedy by Robert Turney, presented the heroic legend of a Lewis Served Three Decades in Public Life Lieutenant Governor Samuel S. Lewis became the second in command of Pennsylvania State's government with a record of service in public office covering more than three decades. His first office was that of postmaster of his native city of York under an appointment by President Theodore Roosevelt.

He was reappointed by President Taft. He was educated at York High School and in the law department of Columbia University. Lewis entered the State service in 1917 as a clerk in the corporations bureau of the auditor gen eral's office. He was elected auditor general in 1920 and State treasurer four years later. His last public office was secretary of highways in the second Pinchot administration.

Neither Snow Nor Rain Moved Inaugural I ndo or 8 Since '55 Students Disagree on Reeison For Hold ing State Ceremonies Amid Bitter Cold of Mid January Days Inauguration of Pennsylvania governors have occurred in January for just about a century. All January inaugural ceremonies have been held in Harrisburg, those until 1855 within the State House and since then in front of the Capitol. Neither snow nor rain has prevented ceremonies. There have been many questions as to the choice of this generally cold period for the induction of a new administration and while students of government have disagreed as to the cause, the general belief dn Capitol Hill and in Harrisburg is that the new governor and new Legislature might have the advantage of financial experience of the Commonwealth for the preceding calendar year. Almost from the days of the Committee of Safety which operated under the Constitution of the Revolution, that of 1776, the men heading Pennsylvania government began their service in the latter months of the year.

This was found advantageous in 1778 and when the Constitution of 1790 came with its provision for the present frame of government and two houses of the Legislature, December was chosen. Eight Governors, commencing with General Thomas Mifflin, took the oath of office in mid December. That document also provided for convening of the Legislature about the time of an inauguration. Revenue Estimates Troublesome of the new year in odd Almost from the days of the Penns there were difficulties in estimating the revenues for the new year for which appropriations were to be made; legislative journals contain complaints of a cumbersome arrangement. Legislators spent months in Harrisburg.

There were no means of travel except by stages until the thirties and except for Christmas, and sometimes not then, the lawmakers remained in Harrisburg continuously and the Legislature began business Monday mornings and held Saturday morning sessions, too. With the effective date of the Constitution of 1838, which had been drafted a couple of years be for and then submitted to the people for ratification, came the fixing of January dates for the inauguration of a governor and convening of the Legislature. Like many other more or less, minor matters this was seized upon in the exciting time this constitution was being voted upon and much debated. David Rittenhouse Porter was the first governor to be inaugurated in January. The framers of the Constitution of 1873, under which the State Is now administered did not change this arrangement and January inaugurations have been the rule for within a few days of a hundred years.

Inconvenience of Weather Weather conditions have brought inconveniences but the January date has held. Legislators meet to organize the first info ILofffflosG Soafsll misooimi 8 AcQfcaStf (8ofl 'Sun tab WogMS Pennsylvania Power Light Company has that distinction and is proud of it. The consumption of this vast tonnage of coal for the generation of energy, supplied throughout the twenty eight'counties in Eastern Pennsylvania served by the Company, provides employment for many miners and railroad workers. Over 1,334,500 tons a year, which is more than a ton of coal every 25 seconds or an average of 72 carloads every day in the year come from the hard coal mines of Pennsylvania to feed the plants which, in turn, convert it into those great servants of modern living, Electricity, Gas and Steam. More than 6,000 scattered throughout the 9,270 square miles of territory served by the Company (an area larger than the State of New Jersey) found steady employment during the years of the depression.

These employees operate electric generating plants; maintain high tension transmission lines; service substations; and distribution lines throughout the 65 districts into which the 11 divisions of the territory are subdivided, and in each of which districts fully equipped branch offices are maintained for the convenience of more than 400,000 electric customers and more than 60,000 gas customers residing in 700 cities, boroughs, villages and along the 7,132 miles of rural distribution lines. The comfort and convenience of this clientele is the goal of each employee of the Company. That the Pennsylvania Power it Light Company is a tangible part of the warp and woof of the communities it serves, is best attested by the fact that many thousands of the holders of the securities of the Company are resident in the territory. PennsyBvainiQ Power Lifjlht Company EFFICIENT PUBLIC SERVICE numbered years following elections of November and every four years a governor is inaugurated. No governor may succeed himself.

The Constitution of 1873 settled that, but two governors have been given the oath for new terms with one term intervening. The fixing of the third Tuesday of January for the inauguration every four years enables the legislature to get started and create a committee to manage the inaugural ceremonies. For many years a senator has headed this joint committee for the January ceremony, among the predecessors of Senator Henry J. Pierson, of Lit itz, Lancaster county, as chairman, being Warren R. Roberts, now auditor general; William H.

Earnest, Frank A. Smith, Edward E. Beidleman, John E. Fox, William E. Crow and others.

Judge Fox had the honor of being chairman for three inaugurations. James Becomes a "First" Governor Arthur H. James is the first former lieutenant governor to be sworn in as governor. William Frame Johnston became governor after serving as speaker of the Senate. He succeeded Governor Francis Rawn Shunk, upon his death bed resignation in 1848, although he did not qualify ir several days after.

He was elected governor that year for a full term. William Bigler was elected governor after service as speaker of the Senate, defeating Johnston in 1851 and being himself defeated 7. CIS II by James Pollock in 1854. William C. Sproul was the only president pro tempore of the Senate under the Constitution of 1873 to be elected governor.

Simon Snyder and William Fisher Packer went from speakership of the House to the governor's chair by election of the people. Raysor Marches Again With West End Club William F. Raysor, who has paraded in more Firemen's parades than he can remember, was in the Inaugural march with the West End Republican Club. HAMILTON R. MARSH COMPANY AUTOMATIC SPECIAL LITHOGRAPHIC MACHINERY PURPOSE MACHINERY SUPPLIES Complete Equipment For Printer Bookbinder Eleventh Race Streets PHILADELPHIA Greetings to the JEW ADMINISTRATION Pennsylvania Belongs in Front THE PITTSBURGH COURIER Congratulations to Governor Arthur H.

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