Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-19
SWEDISH CHORUS
TO AID HOSPITAL
Five Organizations to Unite IN
Concert at First Lutheran
Church, Moline
TO BE AN UNUSUAL TREAT
Lulu Tyler Gates Coming as Substi-
tute for Miss Wilmer, College
Lyceum Attraction.

Preparations are now completed Tor
a benefit concert to be given by the
Swedish national chorus in behalf OF
the new Lutheran hospital of Moline.
The First Lutheran church in Moline,
with a capacity of more than twelve
hundred, has been secured for this
event, which will take place next
Thursday evening The chorus cen
sists of 10 male voices and will rem
der a program of such merit as will
attract the discriminating music low
ers of the three cities and make 1T
worth their while. The program Will
be published when all details have
been arranged The chorus Will be
under the direction of Professor J. V.
Bergquist of the Augustana Conserva-
tory of Music.
The Swedish national chorus is
made up of five male choruses united
into one, Syea Male chorus, Moline;
Olive Male chorus, Moline; Wenner-
berg chorus, Augustana college, Apol-
10 Glee club. Rock Island; Lutheran
chorus, Augustana college. 1t has
been made a permanent organization
with Ernst w. Olson of Apollo, presi-
dent: Alfred Carlson, Olive chorus,
secretary, and \. Kempe of Wenner-
berg. business mana ger.
With its aim to be an exponent OF
choral singing of the highest order,
the organization combines benevo-
lent purpose The net proceeds of
the concert will be applied to the main=
tenance of free bed for needy pa
tents in the proposed new hospital !
The concert next week Will be the first
of a series of annual events of SINH /.
lar character and Identical in purpose:
Miss Gates Substitute.
The management of the Augustana /
Iyceum course received word yester-
day that Miss Wilmer, who is sched- /
lled for tomorrow evening. will not
be able to ill her engagement. The /
yceum bureau offered Miss Lulu Tyler
Gates as q substitute and guaranteed
hat she would be success. Knut .
Erickson, the manager Of the lyceum,
has wired the bureau TO send Miss
Gates and she Will appear in the col
eye auditorium tomorrow evening.
Miss Gates has an unusually large
'epertoire, which includes such as
Polly of the Circus" by Margaret
Mayo; a Servant in the House" by
:. r. Kennedy: SKY PHO" by Ralph
,onnor. and others. Which one of
hese will be selected for presentation
ere has net as yet been decided upon.
There is every reason 10 believe that
he patrons of the Iyceum will be very
LEASED with Miss Gates.
Series Debates Arranged
All the necessary arrangements
ave been made for the series of inter
hub debates at Augustana college.
he question to be used in these COM {
etitive debates is Resolved, that all
he sororities and fraternities should 4
c abolished from the colleges and I
Universities in the United States" The f
rst of these debates has been sched- =
led for March IL The Balfour club ,
ill defend the negative in a debate a
it'll the Edward Everett, the coed {
Tub. while the Gladstone will defend ,
lie affirmative in a debate with the
febster. These debates will all be
cid in secret on the same day and &
lie winning teams from both of these t,
ill meet in a final debate which will p
2 public. a cup is to be provided t,
II the winning team in the finals. t
The teams of the various clubs were t;
losen yesterday at the regular meet C,
& of the clubs and are: Il
Balfour-Evan Anderson. leader;
alton Kempe. Nelson Miller
Edward Everett-Esther Youngberg,
yrtle Sommers, Lillian Lundell
Gladstone-Alvin Lugn, leader;
mil Dalberg. w. ~ Milspaw.