The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-29
One of Biggest Crowds Ever AS
sembled in Church Auditori-
um Hears Program Cele-
brating Thanksgiving
BIG AUDIENCE JOINS
IN PATRIOTIC SONGS
All Numbers Well Rendered !;
Many Forced to Encore,
Chorus Work Shows Eff
feet Of Training.


Taking on patriotic touch from
start to finish, and with the congre-
cation joining Justify with the large
chorus in singing the national airs
and sacred songs, the Victory Sing
given under the direction Of r. b.
Cook yesterday afternoon at the
Methodist church, proved to be a
complete success from every stand
point, and compared fayorably with
any special program ever given in
the church
The crowd started pouring into
the church early and before the time
set fer the opening number, the audi
torium was filled to it's seating ca
pacity the late arrivals being forced
to stand 1t is probable that no
more enthusiastic audience ever as
sembled in the church auditorium.
IT was not necessary for the leader
to urge the congregation to sing
Evidently every one there came there
to sing and they sang with rousing
lythm and volume thar carried the
strains of the patriotic songs for
blocks around.
The rendition Of the special num-
bers, both by the chorus and by in
diyiduals showed the effects Of lons
and careful training Although the
solo work was splendid it did not
surpass that of the chorus of 30 yoic.
es, that for rendering and harmony
was probably the equal Of choruses
that has appeared in the city
audience was hearty and gen
erous with applause and many en-
cores resulted. Among those who
were forced to respond to encores
were Herbert Kicker piano solo, Ar
Ia Goff, violin solo, and Miss Irene
Mays, violin solo The applause fol
lowing other special numbers plainly
indicated that the audience desired
more Of the same" but the per
formers refused to respond
The Rock Island quartette upheld
its reputation as an Al musical or
ganization in the rendition of Juan
ita, which was followed by a storm
of applause. The number was splen-
did.
Short to-the-point talks were made
by Rev. William Denham, Rev Sal
ter and Rev James In talking of
why we sing Rev Denham ~ent
back some time into history and
showed that man is complex being,
high strung, nervous and needing mu-
sic to ease the tension Of a busy life.
He declared that OF" all music, that
rendered by the human voice is the
most satisfying and soothing
Inc speaker outlined briefly the
purpose of the occasion, stating that
it was in strict accordance with a
nationwide movement or service of
Thanksgiving for the glorious sue.
cesses achieved by the American ar
mics aud those Of tile allies on the
field Of battle and the peace that is
so near as the result.
A vivid comparison Of christian
democracy arrayed against autocra
I cy or right against might, was the
! theme of Rev Salter The speaker
speaking of "our cause showed that
we took up arms against militarism
because it was right and declared
that never was there any doubt as
to the outcome of the conflict, be-
cause right had to win
Rev James based his tal6 on the
life of David touching the high points
through to the writing Of the Psalms
He declared that David had taken
into his life the things that made
him glad and that because of the
life that he led he was able one
morning, while walking alone to ut
ter the beautiful 23rd Psalm, "The
Lord is my shepard
The speaker showed how the
American people had attained theil
present position through faith in the