The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-26
MIkIh HND MUOIG
Schubert Glee Club Have
Their Annual Dinner
Last Night. ,
BATON FOR CONDUCTOR BAIER
Music From the Ministers
and Doctors Standpoints
Fun on Tap.

The members of the Schubert Glee Club
met last night in the Arena, New York
City, not for a vocal combat, but to eat
their annual dinner, hear all sorts of nice
things said about them, justify them,
and, lastly, pat their conductor on the
back and give him a baton. 1t is a queer
fact about musicians, that although they
are supposed to keep good time, yet they
are a most unpunctual set of people. That
held true last night. 1t was long past the
dinner hour set when President John J.
Voorhees, took his place at the head of
the table and requested Rev.G. s. Bennitt,
DID,, rector Of Grace Church, Erie street,
to say grace.
AT the table sat Dr. Edwin w. Pyle,
Colonel Chas. w. Fuller, Rev. G.. s. Ben
NIT, Frank P. McDermott, Thomas j.
Adams, ]. Sidney Adams, Frank A..
Byrnes, Richard B~raithwaite, William II.
Brown, Victor Baier, Julius w. Baier,
John Bailey, Samuel r. Collins, Richard
S. Carrick, George A. Decker, Oberlin
Dealing, William T. Dey. Alfred Evans,
Samuel S. Eells, John c. Gillies, Cort-
landt Goodwin, W. Eugene Hicks, MAJ F.
Fackert, F. C. Mussgetter, w. D.. A. Man
gels, II. E. Evertsen, James S. Hedden.
Alanson K. Hedden, John c. Inwright,
John S. Jackson, George Y. Lewis. I. l..
| Brown. Prestly S. Mclaughlin, Benjamin
II. Old, Edward NJ. Patterson, Henry v.
Piaget, Jr., William E. P. Rogers, John
F. Rich, Edward B. Sperry, George G.
Tenant. Joseph A.. Dear, Jr., Grant NJ.
Thomas. William H.. Wolfe, Frank YOU
mans. Isaac F. Goldenhorn, Mr.. Richard,
Mr.. Nicherson, Mr.. Mott. Harry T. Bur
leigh.
This was the dinner served
Blue Points.
Cream of Celery, aux croutons
Celery
Broiled Pompano a Ia Maitre dHotel
Potatoes a la PariSlenne
Filet de Boeuf, pique a "a Borde 5;a
French Peas StuIea FlenieAeos
Sorbet au Kirsh
Roast SQUAD on toast -
Fancy Ice Cream Assorted fruil
AS the cigar smoke curled up at the END
of the menu President Voorhees,, whom
the toast list called concertmeister pro-
ceeded to tune up his orchestra, /. e.,
speakers. He began by con~gratulatlng
the club on its last concert, which he SAID
was the best ever given. The citizens, ne
continued. owed a debt to Jersey city LOT
the instruction it had received in music
from the club's efforts. Mr.. voorhees,
having served three consecutive terms,
the constitutional limit, thanked the clup
for the honor it had given to him. he
had enjoyed their society, meetings ana
concerts. Referring to Mr.. Baier, MI
/ Voorhees, said, amid loud laughter, that
he had sired and damned the club.
DIR. Edwin A. Pyle, as second violin IN
the orchestra, proceeded to tell what a
doctor knew about music. lie gave an in
teresting talk on the advantages of sing
ing. which should, he said, be cultivated
in infancy. Singing was a muscular feat
and depended on a powerful pair of lungs
,arynx and resonators of the head. lie
described head and chest registers, TAI
setto and timbre, and astonfshed the
singers present by telling them they had
thousands of minute hair cells in the ear
which received the sound ave and car
ried them to the brain.
Lawyer Isaac F. Goldenhorn, intro
duced as the Ole Bull of C~eleryville,
played two violin solos in a style fully
iustifying the reputation he has received
as a cever player.
lawyer Frank P. McDermott, "the
clarionet in the orchestral talked of the
Country Choir and argued that as the
church leads in moral influence SO the
country choirs were the headwaters of
musical influence. It was impossible, he
said. for men week by week studying
magnificent lyrics not to be influenced
~, thar ra1iOiol1c continent Counfry
choirs were a good deal better than they
looked and some looked a good deal bet
ter thar they northumberland it re-
young man walking with a young lady
in the moonlight. She remarked to him
that the Katydids were remarkable
creatures. AT the same moment, hearing
the country choir singing in the church
nearby, she added, That's fine music"
to which her absent minded companion,
thinking of the Katydids, replied
eyes and they do it with their hind
legs Loud laughter.)
Ecclesiastical Music was an instruc-
tive address by Rev. George S. Bennitt,
who traced the~present free forms of
church music in America to the fact that
this country had avoided the prejudices
! OIL OLQSr countries dHu udu SGlSCtSQ Lie
best from the French, German and
Anglican styles. Mr.. Bennitt preceded
this by sketching the development of
ecclesiastical music from the psalms sung
~antiphonally in the Temple of Jerusalem
to the Gregorian tones and latter day
hymns.N Speaking Of these, he said, many
should be weeded out of the hymnal since
they were ditties. As instances of the
ancient way of giving out the first line of
hymns in church Mr.. Bennitt said
81 remember once when I was a
student hearing a deacon give out this
oh happy is the man who hears the
209th hymn, Qaughter), and another who
followed the practice of giving out the
first line:-'Great God what doll see and
hear the 2o1st hymn" (Renewed
laughter.)
Mr.. George G. Tenant who was not on
the Orchestral list interposed here with
a humorous little speech presenting on
behalf of the club a baton to Victor
Batter. The baton was of ivory and
mounted in silver.
Conductor Baier was clearly surprised.
He found words, however, to thank the
members whom he complimented on their
work.
Col. Chas. w. Fuller who was down on
the toast list is a trumpet to make