San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-03-30
CORNER STONE LAYING.
FULL PROGRAM FOR T0M0RR0W'S
CELEBRATION.
History of the Beethoven Maenner-
Choir, Sketch of Its Director,
Dimensions of Building, Or
der of March.

the new nail VI Iue DeeJuOVei
Maennerchor, on Alamo street
nearly opposite the German-Eng
lish school, will be conducted a
4 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon with
the utmost pomp and ceremony.
Since the first inception of this
enterprise, last year, this event has
been earnestly looked forward tC
by all the members and tomorrow
will see the fruition of their hopes
we'll begun, in the building of the
finest singing society hall, club
rooms and auditorium in the state
PROGRAM.
The members will assemble in
their hall, in Scholz's building, by
$3.50 p. m. Headed by Prof. Carl
Beck's new band, the San Antonio
Musicians society, 80 pieces, they
will march out of the hall and pro.
coed to Houston street, and east to
Nentwig's hall, where they will re,
ceive the Krieger verein, German
Veterans association who will fall
in, and the march will be resumed
to Turner hall, where the San An
tonic Turn verein will join the
procession. Returning to ScholZ's
hall, the San Antonio Quartette
club will be taken up, and then the
procession will wend its way to
the Arbeiter verein hall, on East
Commerce street, where the Ar
better verein and Krankenkassen
verein will join in, and turning,
will double back on Commerce
street, past st. Joseph's hall, where
the Liederkranz Singing society
will be taken in. Passing down
Commerce street, and to Casino
hall, that association will swell the
ranks, and the parade will then
pass down Commerce street
to Navarro, and across the
river going south to the Sons OF
Herman Hall, where the three So
cieties of the Sons Of Herman will
be received. Proceeding down Gar
den street to Alamo, the procession
will turn toward Mission Garden
where the San Antonio Deutscher
Maennerchor, the Frohsinn Sing
ing Society and the Schuetzen
verein will take position in the
ranks. Then the grand march will
be taken up to the site of the new
building on Alamo street, where
the ceremonies will be held, as
follows:
Choral. Beck's Militaer Kapelle
German Speech. ........... DIR. Il. Hadra
Poem. Robert Schmerbeck
Laying of the Corner Stone by........
A. Stoves, Vice President Beet
hovtn Maennerchor.
Bundesled. Observation-Disclosures. Mozart
Combined Singing Societies in
Chorus.
English Speech .......k. L. Summerlin
Zubel Overture. Beck's Miltaer Kapelle
These services over the concert on
Alamo plaza will take place, the proces-
sion moving thither or disbandng, at
will.
ALAMO PLAZA PROGRAM.
Grand March and and Chorus, from
the Opera "Tannhaus, r,".... Wagner
Overture, Isl "DETAILS ROi, -. Adam
Polka MaZurka, Hand in Hand. -. Latan
Crosse Phantasie," from Offenbach's
OrpbeuS, ............... ROSenkranZ
Canzone and Quartette, from Opera
"Rigoletto." ........ Verdi
Champagne GallOpp. Lumbye
ORDER OF MARCH.
Mounted Police.
Chief Marshal II. Karber and
Aides,
Prof. Carl Beck's Military Band.
Beethoven MaennerchOr.
Krieger Verein.
Turn Verein.
San Antonio Quartette Club.
Arbeiter Nerein.
Kranken Kassen Verein.
Liederkranz Society.
Casino Association.
Sons of Herman.
San Antonio DeutsCher Maenner-
Choir.
San Antonio Schuetzen Verein.
Frohsinn Singing Society.
HISTORICAL.
From Prof. J. w. Schuwirth, the
only surviving active member who
was one of it's original mem bers
and who has been its efficient secre,
tary from the beginning up to the
present day, the LIGHT reporter is
Indebted for very interesting
Sketch of the society.
Its organization was effected In
this city in February of 1867, in q
peculiar manner: The late Judge
Jacob Waelder, whose family yet
resides in this city, had taken
charge of the task OF arranging 6
concert of amateur talent, for be
nevolent purposes. He requested
Mr.. w. c. A. Thielepare, formerly
mayor of San Antonio, and who
now resides in Berlin, Prussia, t
organize a singing society for thu
purpose Of rehearsiug and render
ing several vocal numbers at tn,
concert. This was done, among
the members OF this fist class, be
ing Messrs. Thielepape, Chas. Hup
pertz, now in Austin; Albert Piper
- Hermann, who is recently re
turned to San Antonio, it is learned
l. w. Schuwirth, Bernard KEN of