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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, April 24, 1918
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Bryan & College Interurban Ry
ALWAYS ON TIME
TRANSPORTATION OF CADETS AND CAMPUS PEOPLE SOLICITED
Glee Club Receives Much
Eclat on Famous Tour
A PICNIC JOURNEY.
Every college, to be well rounded,
must cultivate the aesthetic. With
this in view, Prof. Darden Ford or
ganized our Glee Club, a choice col
lection of gifted warblers, from the
soft pianissimo of the dove to the
crashing crescendo of the screech
owl. From the beginning, these
remarkable songsters have been se
verely handicapped by not being al
lowed to practice over three hours
a night, and these restrictions still
hamper the club. To insure a good
club, from “call to quarters” to
“taps” is entirely too short a time
for practice, but Prof. Ford persists
in “ramming” his men for practicing
even this short period. Unless
freedom of song is assured we can
never have a good glee club.
It is indeed inspiring, when en
gaged in concentrated study, to sit
in ones room and listen to the Glee
Club rehearse it’s favorite pieces.
Not only can every word be heard
with distinctness, but also indi
vidual voices can be recognized, such
as the shrill piccolo of Wise and the
organ toned Charlie Babcock.
In discounting internal compe
tition the club labors under the im
pression that quality is dependent
upon volume, and this has contribut
ed in a large measure to its success.
The club has made one trip up to
date. In Dallas it appeared under
the auspices of the Salvation Army
and received rapturous applause. It
has also appeared before several in
sane asylums of the state and has
everywhere invoked deep apprecia
tion. This is due to the mutual un
derstanding between the members of
the club and the inmates. People
can appreciate each other much bet
ter when they have something in
common. A. and M. has received
much encomium for her Glee Club
and the voices should not be allowed
to fall into disuse.
The success of the club was marr
ed by only one defect. This was
the presence of several vampires on
the club who continually used their
charms for evil purposes. Many
were the young ladies who fell vic
tims to their fascination. We are
sorry Prof. Ford could not prevent
this.
If the Glee Club should perish only
one substitution could be made on
the campus—a jass band. Prexy
has already taken the matter under
consideration.
For the benefit of the public we
give a short repertoire of the club,
featuring the leading men.
1. “Please Don’t Throw Bricks
at Grandma for She’s too old to
Duck,” sung with a plaintive lisp by
Charlie Babcock.
2. “The Curse of an Aching Ab
domen,” sung with many groans and
curses by Burnet, upon the occasion
of eating too much “reg” for supper.
3. “The Moustache, a Necessity
on a Glee Club Trip,” sung with wild
gesticulations of the body by Johnnie
Wilson.
4. “The Comforts of an Evapor
ated Waistline,” sung in a thin ac
cent by “Woodrow” Wilson.
5. “When it’s Onion Time Down
in Bermuda” or “The Breath of a
Nation” sung with loud breaths by the
entire company.
6. “This is no Time for Reveille”
sung to the tune of Early to Bed,
Early to Rise, etc., by R. R. Abicht.
7. “O, Those Wild Wild Women”
sung in a feminine accent by Direc
tor Darden Ford.
8. “The High Cost of Say-So’s,”
sung by Mr. Ed Longcope.
9. “Ein, Zwei, Driei, Vier” sung
by Mr. Fritz Murray, the Swiss Yod-
ler, to the accompainment of a tun
ing fork.
10. “Birds of a Feather Flock
Together” by J. T. Wilson, F. W.
Hein, Fritz Murray, and P. D. Drum-
mett.
11. “I am a Daughter of Mother
Machree,” sung by Jew Haner.
12. “O’Brien is Trying to Learn
to Talk Hawaiian,” By Pat McDon
ough.
13. “I’m a Real Kind Mamma,”
by Darden Ford.
14. Finale—“Plaster of Paris,”
by the entire cast.
Mr. Ford, the Director of the club,
has placed a heavy order with the
College Blacksmith Shop for Iron
Crosses, to be distributed among the
members.
We were coming from the picnic
And wondering o’er the land,
The moon was shining brightly,
And I held her little-—shawl.
Yes I held her little shawl
How fast the evening flies!
We spoke in gentle of love,
As I gazed into her—picnic basket.
I gazed into her picnic basket
I wished I had a taste.
Here sat my lovely charmer
With my arms around her—umbrella.
Embracing the umbrella
Of this charming little miss
Her eyes so full of mischief
I slyly stole a—sandwich!
—“Mac.”
’21
When Fish Drummitt first entered
school this year, he went to the hos
pital one morning for a “corn” treat
ment.
Trying to flirt with the head nurse,
“I beg your pardon but I’ve
seen you before.”
She “Yes,
I used to be
nurse at an insane asylum.’
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PROPRIETOR
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