The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-22
University News
S0PH0MORES IN
SONG TRIUMPH
Win Carney Prize at Annual
Event-Splendid Work
is Shown.

The sophomore class won the Car
neS sony contest which was held In
the university gymnasium Friday
evening. The prize was $50 and it is
the gift Of r. g. Carney of Williston.
who graduated from the university
with the class of 1901. The contest
was the most successful ever held at
the institution and Il large audience
was present. Prof. Vernon p. Squires
presided in place of President McVey.
who was away from the institution.
The judges for the contest were N. 3.
Black, Prof. c. A. Lampert and Miss
Ida Lamson.
Miss Genevieve Meacham was the
director Of the sophomore singers and
large measure to her work. The sec.
ond year people had Il splendid CHOIR
us and were entitled to first prize.
While there was only one prize offered
last evening the members of the 9TH
err. classes deserve a great deal of
credit for their songs which were h
best ever given in a Carney contest.
All Sing Alma Mater.
Each class sang the Alma Mater.
the university song, and four original
songs followed. In some cases the
music as we'll as the words were writ
ten for the songs. The juniors ap-
peared first on the program and the
first song rendered was THE Juniors"
the words Of which were written by
Harry E. South. The Junior sons
committee wrote the song entitled
North Dakota" This committee was
composed of Misses Anna Poupore,
Ada Jensen and Minnie Markell and
Messrs. Lawrence Fcetham and Oscar
Preble. The music for this piece was
composed by Ernest Rorke. Miss Pou-
pore also wrote the words for the reg
ular junior class song, Three Years"
The last number on the junior pro.
gram was the original Alma Mater.
Miss Eva Rorke wrote the words while
Ernest Rorke composed the music.
Miss Rorke directed the third year
chorus.
Winners Were Second.
The winners of the contest came
second last night and they made a de-
garet Plank composed both the words
and the music for the first number
which was the class song. Miss Hazel
Ladd wrote another song. The Soph-
ignores of North Dakota was com
posed by Miss Plank and Miss Meach-
am The wordsAfor the sophomore
Alma Mater. were written by Miss
Meacham and Miss Gladys Shand.
The freshman class appeared next
on the program and they had more
singers tina all the other classes to-
gether. Herman Wolff was the cho-
regus and he handled the chorus in a
very able maner. The words for all
the freshman songs were original, but
the music was not written by any of
the students. 1.-THE Tale of a Fresh
man." was the first original number
which was written. by Miss Alice Eek
man. Sing for. Alma Mater" was
the title Of a good song written by
Miss Bertha Kuhns THE Freshman
was another fine song composed by
Reba Wells and Miss Irene Cox wrote
ter.
The last chorus was that of the
seniors and they made an excellent
showing. The music for three of the
songs and the words for two others
We're written by Miss Fannie Frend-
berg. THE Seniors" was entirely the
composition of Miss Frendberg. Ed
ward Porter wrote college Days"
and Stately Seniors was written by
Miss Frendberg and Miss Edna Joslyn.
The closing Alma Mater, North Da-
son and Miss Frendberg. Lawrence
Anderson acted as director for the
seniors.
Object Is Il Great Interest.
The object i'll giving this contest
yearly Is to stimulate interest in song
writing SO that enough original com.
positions can be collected at the in
sutton to make up a university sons
book and a good start has been made.
The contest was won last year and the
year before by the juniors. 1t was
held earlier than usual this time in
order to make it a part of the annual
Founders day program. The interest
In the affair is growing every year and
each contest proves moro successful
than the preceding one. Each class
was required to have at least IS per
cent Of its members singing in order
to be eligible for the contest.
Another fine feature of the program
last evening was the music rendered
10y the university band at the opening
of the contest. The sophomores will
sing their songs again this evening in
the auditorium of Woodwork hall.
The. annual Founders day address
will be delivered by President McVey
at that time.
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