Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-19
THIRTY OF
U. OF 0. BOYS
ARE COMING

When the 80 college lads of the
state university fae4 the footlights at
the Grand Opera House next Satur-
day evening, they will be given the
final concert of one of the longest
tours which University of Oregon
Glee club has ever taken. Generally.
heretofore the clubs have given the
last concert of the season at Port
land. This arrangeue Of the tours
mas been premeditated as the last
concert OF the season is generally the
best and the Portland audiences are
the most critical with which the lads
have to make good
Melvin Ogden, the director of the
club, has revolutioUized the program
this year. He has left out the fea-
lures generally furnished by the
Mandolin club and added a number
OF skits and songs portraying the
sunny side of college life. The pro-
grams teens with fun.
The greater part of the features
Will be furnished by the Glee club in
the regular sections, which are of a
high order Stunts and specialties,
however, have not been neglected, for
this side of the entertainment has re-
ceived special attention from Director
Ogden this year
The musical numbers to be fur
nished by David Campbell. Kenneth
Frazier, and Harry Ding, will be of
unusual merit Campbelrs reputation
as a pianist needs no rehearsal in
Oregon, while Frazier has been sue
cessfully featured as soloist by the
Glee club during the past two sea-
sons. Ding will sing in native Chi
nese costume, providing a unique and
Ienjoyable deviation from the usual
program.
There will be three vaudeville
sketches. The longest is the conclud-
ing act entitled "Mr. Crane Visits
Oregon" in which the entire club
participate. 1t was written by Dean
Collins IL, the original "Nesclus"
Nitts, in collaboration with Director
Melvin Ogden. Collins is responsible
for the plot and part of the dialogue,
while Ogden supplied most of the
lines and adapted the sketch for pre-
sentation. Numerous musical num-
bers will be introduced during this
act, including the singing of the pop
lar Gee, But It's Great to Meet a
Friend From Your Home Town." by
Glen Storie, who portrays a Fresh
man with remarkable fidelity to ma
ture, going so far as to submit to an
actual "bath-tubbing.
A 1O-minute farce, entitled, maid
for Night, will serve as vehicle
for the histronic talents of Norton
Cowden and Vernon Vawter. In this
skit Cowden appears in female dis
guise, and his make-Pp is said to be
one which will block the stage en-
trance with taxicabN
The third sketch to be presented is
entitled, Birds of Feather" with
Burns Powell, Melvin Ogden, and
Vernon Vawter as the co-stars. 1t
was written by Burns Powell, and
deals with the efforts of two Thes-
plans who wish to put on vaude-
vile sketch to secure a third member
for their troupe, Vawter being the ap-
plicant for the position Burns Pow
ell has a song, entitled, "We Certain
ly Have Our Troubles" the words
and music of which he himself wrote
The native talent in the university is
also demonstrated in 0gden's de-
scriptive pianologue, Jack Dalton
and the Papers" of which he is the
composer. Still another original
feature is the Indian War Dance,
which will be introduced, and which
is the work of a student at the Che
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