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THE GLEE CLUB
For many years the Collegiate Glee Club has been bne of the outstanding features of the Commencement exercises ana this year the high standard set by the students of former years was, to say the least, equalled. This organization is one which
involves great co~operation, for it includes practically all the :student body. Here special mention might be made of Mr. Felker, Miss "B" Welsh, and Miss K. Bell, whose untiring efforts -for many weeks did much to achieve. the nota.ble success it at-
tained.
The old school song, "Oh Ifs Glorious", is one of the an~
tiques that has come down through the ages, but each year its spirit is revived with new words composed by the aspiring poets Df the Collegiate, not the least of whom is "Sleepy" Johnston. This year the verses with reference to the staff and collegiate w ere very capably sung by V era Leinster, the soloist of the glee club. By her unusually clear enunciation the listeners were :able to grasp at least in part the deep appreciation we feel to· wards those who have given us the new school.
"The Collegiate Music Box Revue, consisted of four popu- lar acts, in each of which the principals appeared on the stage through the doors of a large imitation phonograph, at each side of which stood two pages in costume, in the persons of Herbert Dixon and Alex Brown. ·
The first scene featured the popular ballad, "When You and I Were Seventeen," which was sung by Frank Teskey, dressed as Cupid. While he sang, Louise Bassett and Harold Shipley in picturesque Crinoline costume, presented living testimony to the beauty and gracefulness of "the old fashioned waltz" which could not be denied. They were given ovations by the crowds which showed the appreciation of this short-lived journey back to this, the most care-free period in the span of life.
In the next act "Cog" Smith gave a very realistic repre- Page Thirty-seven