Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-18
MANDOLIN and GLEE CLUBS
Give An EXCEPTIONALLY Good Con
cert at Saint Johns
College.

Music had charms last night at ST.
Johns College. ana the large audience
in Mcdowell Hall was well pleased
with the excellent program rendered
by the Mandolin and Glee Clubs. The
occasion was the annual concert given
by these musical organizations Of old
st. Johns aud never did they play
better or sing better than last night
While last years concert was good
this years was far better, aud great
Improvement was noted in all numbers
on the program. The Mandolin Clnb
plays in excellent time. and with a
snap and vim that carries along the
beautiful melody. They are credit
TO the leader, Mr.. w. ID. Wrightson.
and show careful training and faith
full practice. The selections were well
chosen, and rag time music was only
introduced as enCores, for the club
was encored many times and showed
they had a number of good selections
in reserve.
The Glee Club sang very well. They
have good voices and sing in time
and tune. They were never fiat and
there were no discOrdant voices. The
leader OF the Glee Club, Prof. b. Y.
Cissei, has also reason to feel proud
OF his efforts in training the musical
cadets. The stage setting was made
attractive with United States flags
and trophies won in athletics by st.
Johns. Potted plants beautiiied the
stage effect and the arrangement of
the electric lights enhanced the attrac-
tlveness When a moonlight song was
sung. the soft blue lights were used
TO advantage, and at other times the
red, green and white lights were prop.
erly manipulated.
In the rear of the stage was a dainty
coy corner piled with college pillows
III college colors that gave "a homelike
air TO the scene. The song "Until
The Dawn. by Parks, was beautiful.
ly sung by the Glee Club The ac-
companist OF the evening was Miss
Elizabeth Starr, the we'll known mu.
sician of Baltimore. Mr.. Ii. Rodgers
Gore gave beautiful mandolin solo
"Spring Song, by Mendelssohn.
There are few things Mr.. Gore does
not do. de holds the championship
for running and has broken many rec
ords in athletics. De plays baseball
and football and plays the mandolin,
not to mention the fact that he sings,
and he does everything well. There
the Capital that Mr.. Gore is the best
''all around" man at St Johns and
stands fair show for that prize at this
years commencement.
The quartet composed of r. A. Har-
rison, first tenor; w. ID. Wrightson,
second tenor; Z. Matthews, first bass
and Nj. keene, second bass, sang in
good voice Queen of The Beautiful. =
The quartet rendered other selections
in very cFeditable manner. Mr.
Wrightson, another versatile college
man, played the saxaphone with great
effect. Mr.. Wrightson also has a good
voice and is quite distinguished mu-
sician at the college. The hit of the
evening was burlesque ON Annapolis
composed by MIR. George Donald Riley
and sung by Mr. E. A. Harrison. 1t
contained 'steen verses, one of which
had to do with the two daily news
papers in town, scoring the one for
publishing the tax list and including
in the list people who had paid their
taxes and had the receipt.
The song went on TO relate the "hot
air" shot off by the other paper ON
this occasion. The parody introduced
nearly everybody and everything in
Annapolis and ended with chorus
something like this:
Annapolis. slow Annapolis,
It's sure to be like this
In CHEEKY, beery, old Annapolis. -
The concret was very entertaining
and great credit to the college and its
music-loying students.