The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-02-05

Wallis says in the Barometer, the col
lege paper:
The best glee club the Oregon Agri-
cultural College has ever produced, ap-
peared in concert at the Presbyterian
church Friday evening of last week.
With stronger and better parts, new
and original selections, and with stunts
and skits typifying college spirit,
q. A. C. can well feel proud OF the
songsters who have been SO well
coached by Prof. VIM. F. Gaskins,
dean of the School of Music. To say
that not a single number failed to
make a hit is amply proven by the fact
that every number was encored, while
the quartet had to appear three times.
The glee club numbers varied In
their nature from the most classical to
the most popular pieces. They were
we'll selected and sung with perfec,
harmony. A. NJ. Woodman did excel
lent work as piano accompanist.
/ The tenor and baritone soloists, re-
spectively l.. Ross Johnson and Ran
dolph Thomas, have voices Of rare
quality and rendered excellent solos.
The quartet, composed of Johnson,
Greene, Thomas and Jordan, gave one
of the best numbers of the evening.
Their rendition of Absent" was
beautiful and fairly brought down the
house with applause. The violinist,
Lawrence Skipton, who has been with
the club the past three years. proved
himself a genius, playing Second Ma
and
"Humoresque.
An original number, entitled, "The
Rural Troubadors, given by Messrs.
Scudder, Steinmetz and Hollowell, was
unique and comical. The trio broaden
ed every smile as they appeared IN
their rural garb singing quaint and
merry song, Where is my Little Dog
Gomez" Scudder' plucked away at his
banjo, while the other two provoked
mirth with "rube" expressions. They
were heartily encored after singing,
"He Never Game Back" Henry Rus
sell. the Harry Lauder of the west, in
his Scotch monologue and Scotch attire
sKillfully initiated a carousing Scotch
man who was just feeling good.
His encore number was, why | Wear
Kilties.
A truly burlesque number, entitled
"Trials of Fussess, given by
Messrs. Jonasen, McColl1m. Poulson,
Greene, Flint and Boon, fairly brought
down the house with laughter. Jona-
sen played the part of popular and
charming college girl. McGollum, who
very bewitchingly gained admiration
as maid servant, received the many
callers of the ''fussess. Greene be-
came desperate in his affections and
spset the whole plot.
The Cremation of Sam McGee," a
reading by Joy Scudder, was vivid
story of the frozen north. The last
number, an original one by the glee
club in which part of the fellows ap-
peared in college attire and sang col
lege melodies, certainly left lasting
impression of college life and college
spirit. Part of the bunch came ir
dressed as hoboes, with long, lean,
hungry expressions on their faces
Greene, who played the role of Jew,
and who appeared to be the leader Of
the "Coxey's army" bunch, cracked
some rich old Hebrew jokes between
the songs. Finally four charming
young ladies from Cauthorn Hall, rep
resented by Messrs. Jonasen. McCol
lum, Flint and Poulson, sang the orig
inal college song, Girls, Girls, Girls, ;
and were heartily encored.
The club will leave shortly after ex
aminations for a fortnight's tour o.
eastern Oregon.