Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-02-04
THE COLLEGE BOYS
SCORED A TRIUMPH
Glee and Mandolin Club From Frank
lin and Marshall Delighted Large
Audience Last Night.
FROM The world Of Thursday

AUDIENCE Last Nt9nt.
From The World OF Thursday.
The concert given by the glee and
mandolin clubs of Franklin and Mar
shall College, Of Lancaster, Pa, last
night in the assembly hall, High
School building, was oae of the most
enjoyable heard here in years. A large,
intelligent and appreciative audience
was present and the warm reception
accorded the college boys was fully
merited-indeed their reception was
more than cordial; it was enthusias-
tic. The program was unusually long,
comprising twenty numbers, including
Alma Mater" with its college yell,
and, with one or two exceptions, every
number was encored. That the enter
tainment struck the popular chord was
clearly manifest. A concert by g col
lege glee club of such proportions had
not been heard in Martinsburg for sew
eral years, so that to many il the aud
ience it was a novelty. Then the pro-
gram possessed a variety that was alto
gsther pleasing.
OF the glee club it may be said that
i is exceptionally well balanced, the
bass section being especially strong.
and bears the mark of superior tram
ing. This was evidenced in the more
serious numbers, though there was
nothing lacking in the lighter music
where humor played an important
lart. Mr.. H. F. Robert, the talented
-eader, may well feel proud of his or
ganization.
The mandolin club. under the lead
ership of Mr.. J. K. Evans, of course
pleased the audience, for this form of
musical entertainment is always popu-
lar. Though the club is not large in
numbers the music was played sweet
" and the boys made hit.
/. is seldom that an organization of
this sort carries two star violin play
ers, and the audience was hardly pre-
pared for it The solo work of Mr.. ].
i. Warfei and Mr. ]. r. Shepleg was
distinctive feature of the concert,
and rarely have Marti1sburg people
the opportunity of hearing two such ar
lists. The weather, 70 be sure, was
anything bu favorable for this class
OF stringed instruments. or the per-
formance of the two young men would
Rave been still more satisfactory. Mr.
Warfel's number was the Romance
Sans Paroles" by Wieniawski, aad he
played it WITH a delicacy of execution
and a poetic conception that stamped
him as an artist of great promise. The
same may be said of Mr.. Shepley, who
played ''Heire Kati," dificult com
position by Hubay.
One number on the program, quar-
tet, was omitted and Mr.. Repert favor
&C the audience with brilliantly exc
cuted solo on the piano. showing that
he is quite as accomplished as plan
ast as he is as a chorus director.
A pleasing feature of the concert
was the bass solo by Mr.. p. r. Pontius
who sang with fine effect The Clang
of the Forge by Rodney. As an en-
core he sang comic song VITA guitar
accompaniment
To add further variety to the pro-
gram there were two readings, and
both were well received. NJ. II f.
zimmerman read THE Able" and Mr..
ID. Il. Kraybill read one of James Whit
comb Riley's poems. Both young men
were encoreI and they responded with
hn'orous selections that were loudly
applauded
One Of the hits Of the evening was
the familiar song Hes a College
Boy" sung by Mr.. r. y. Owens and
the glee club.
The concert lasted for TWO hours
and at its conclusion shortly before
eleven o'clock an informal reception
was held and many in the audience.
especially young ladies, remained to
meet the college boys and have few
minutes chat with them.
Afterwald light refreshments were
served to the visiting students the
girls of the junior and senior High
School classes acting as Mattresses.
Later the students, to me number of
about thirty. ass mbled at some half a
dozen private houses in town where a
Jolly time was spent for a while, a
number of young ladies gathered at
each contributing much to the enjoy
ment of the occasion.
The boys left this morning for Bed
ford, Pa, where they give n concert
tonight.