The annual theatrical production of the Pi Eta Society, to be presented during April, is an original comic opera entitled "The Financier." The book and lyrics were written by H. H. Hemingway '08 and L. W. Pritchett '08, and the music by R. J. DeGolyer '08. The production will be coached under the direction of H. F. Hurlburt '01, with C. O. Wellington '07 as the undergraduate manager.

The play is in two acts, the first laid in a New York hotel, the second in a broker's office in the same city. The plot centres about James Percival Brown, a recent graduate of Harvard, and Joshua Phineas Brown, a Chicago millionaire, whose initials are accidentally the same. While Joshua P. Brown is expected to arrive at a certain prominent New York hotel, James P. Brown, on the day of his arrival registers at the same place, and, being mistaken for the millionaire, is given a magnificent reception. He also accidentally opens a letter to the millionaire from a certain newspaper, requesting a market forecast. James Brown, more commonly known as "Jimmy," is about to disclose the fact that he is not the great man, when he meets an old college chum named Knight Byrd who induces him to keep up the pretence and to manufacture a market forecast for the paper. The letter is written with random carelessness and sent to the paper before the real millionaire arrives. Joshua P. Brown, of course, quickly dethrones Jimmy; but the letter has already done its work and Vanderventer Parks, the father of Frances Parks, "Jimmy's" flancee, is almost ruined by the consequent drop of the stock in his company. At this discovery the hero at once writes another letter, booming the stock which formerly had fallen so low, and again signs the initials which are at once his own and the millionaire's. The last letter to the paper has the effect of making Vanderventer Parks, a rich man, and of winning Frances Parks for "Jimmy."

By the clever arguments of his chum, Knight Byrd, "Jimmy" is protected from the wrath of the millionaire Brown. The latter returns to Chicago, a sadder and a wiser man, while Frances Parks and "Jimmy" leave on their happy honeymoon.

The rehearsals for the play will start very soon, and two performances will be given at the club theater on April 23 and 25. A matinee will be given in the Tremont Theatre, Boston, April 15, and graduates' night will probably be on April 11.