The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-12-28
LARGE AUDIENCE
GREETS C0LLEGIANS

( At the rise 0f the curtain last Thurs
dsv night. when the University OF
oregon Glee Club appeared here at the
Monroe Opera house, a large and ap-
preciatiye audience greeted the college
song and stunt men. A great number
Of the audience we're alumni Of the
/ different colleges Of the country, many
Of them having graduated from u; of
/ o.. and and as the program proceeded,
the songs and jest Of the merry lads
hrnugbt back memories of student days
that the heightened the enjoyment OF
the music and song.
4 that's q good looking bunch OF tel'
lows" was the whispered comment
that passed through the audience as
the glge club, when the curtain rose,
sang ensemble the university song,
+ ooh. Oregon Indeed, IL was good
to behold the clear cut features, the
smiles and neat appearance Of the
Young collegiaus. Not a number OF
the program that was not entertain
ing Kenneth F. Frazier, with a rich
and deep baritone voice, held his
\ Listeners. when be sang "On the Road
to Mandalay." "
one of the hits Of the evening was
made by the skt, "A Maid for q
/ Night, " when Vernon NJ. Vawter, to
! fool his roommate, the lad with a per
petual crouch against the girls and an
anti.queener donned rats and skirts
and by quick metamorphosls became
n little Bright Eyes. -
The singing Of the China boy, Harry
/ j. Ding. who appeared in the Oriental
costume. was not only pleasing but dis.
4 tinetly novel. The most interesting
/ stunt Of the evening was Birds Of q
Il Feather. " By Melvin z. Ogden, Vernon
\ Vawter and K. Burns Powell. The
scenes depicted were those Of two mer
ureparing for a stunt for which they
Il had been made an offer by circuit
A third man was needed and Ogder
wandering into the quarters while the
two were arguing over prospects, was
accepted. The amusing part Of the
/ sketch came with try0uts for parts
| Mr.. Powell is an artist with the from
| bone and his limitations Of little CIR
reciting, MARY has a Little Lamb
and the address of the old minister
! brought down the house.
The sketch, "Mr. Crane Visits Ore
gon," written for the club by Dear
Collins. we'll known for his 'Nesciu'
Nitts" savings, which appear in the
Oregonian. The grouchy steel mag
nate, who recently published his tiradt
against higher education, pays a visi
to Oregon to make an investigation Of
the innermost workings of the Univer
sity. Highly prejudiced, his frs
sights do not tend to change his con
! victions as to the evils, which he ha!
asserted exist He falls into tht
hands of Prof. Cassius Leanord0 30
l vine, one of those inane members o.
college faculties, whose hobbies are t
leave behind them unreadable books OIL
extraordinary impractical subjects
i However, as the sketch moves and tn,
climax is reached, the little ''be-mus
tached professor is exposed. Tit
students declare that his erudition il
derived from the theme of his senio
students and Millionaire Crane, cranini
his attitude, leaves to the Universit!
Sinking fund $3.50, 673, 023.13, which h,
had previously promised to the Thera
peutics professor.
Numerous jokes with local havo
were cracked and Hood River Learned
that Chester Huggins wss making al
excellent mark in the fine art o
"Queening."
The Glee Club was entertained by
dance at the Heibronner hall after thu
! performance. The High School stu
kdents were the hosts of the enjoyabl,
affair