Composite photograph of The Harlequin Club, 1921

John H. (M.D. ’59) and Mary (A&S ’57) Beaumier recently donated this oversize composite of The Harlequin Club to the Raynor Memorial Libraries.  Herbert W. Kuhm (1898-1979), the drama club’s founder and president, served up a caustic Jazz-age brand of campus humor. Young Kuhm was also the humor editor of the student annual, The Hilltop; organized the all-university vaudeville show; and supported himself by managing the morgue in the School of Medicine.  Peter A. Brooks (middle row) was another founding member of the Harlequin Club.  Brooks joined the Society of Jesus following graduation.  In early 1944 Father Brooks became the 17^th president of Marquette University. 

University Archives.  Record Group 4.5, Series 11.