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| Charley's Aunt, 1915 Kentuckian |
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| The Kernel April 3, 1925 |
The Strollers, officially organized in 1911, was a group of
students who were interested in “dramatics.”
The group was founded by Paul L. Cocke and Ernest Becker, who were the
first president and stage manager respectively.
Some of the early performances included Brown of Harvard, The Virginian,
The Lost Paradise, The College Widow, Charley’s Aunt, Father and the Boys, The
Lion and The Mouse, and Mice and Men. In the 1920s, early in the first semester
auditions would be held for student membership and appearance on Amateur Night,
which was held on Halloween. According
the 1924-1925 UK Varsity Handbook, “the present policy is to select a number of
one-act plays, of clean wholesome works of good writers, and have everyone
present one of that number…. It is
Stroller custom and tradition for plays to be cast and directed by Stroller
members. They have a club room in the
building formerly occupied as the girl’s gym, but is now divided into workshops
for mechanics employed by Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, with rooms
for student publications and Strollers occupying one end.” Over the years, the
Strollers began performing in Lexington and around the state.
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