South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-09
N. D. GLEE CLUB
ON ANNUAL TOUR
Will Entertain at MiShaWaka
in It's Opening Perform
anCe.

Carrying with a personnel OF nifty
members. a director OF international
reputation and "a popular ten piece
novelty orchestra. the Notre Dame
Giee club appears at the Mishawaka
high school Thursday evening in its
second appearance Ga this city.
The Notre Dame Glee club. accord
ing TO critics, is this year an unusual
choral organization whose rare abil-
ity 10 entertain IS attested by the
wide popularity OF the club. During
the Easter holidays the club Will
visit several OF the largest cities Of
the west and il scholastic arrange
ments can be made, will tour the
southwest late in May. Requests from
eastern cities including Boston, New
York. Providence and Rochester this
spring had 10 be declined because Of
the inability OF the students TO leave
classes for an extended tour.
The Notre Dame Glee club, ac-
cording 10 the director, is something
more than an ordinary college mu-
seal organization. All members re-
ceive special credit for their hours OF
daily practice and practice is held
six days a week.
Varied Program
Folk songs, classic ragtime. two or
three classics, and one or two col
Iege songs will be included in the
porgram the Notre Dame club will
present at the concert in LaPorte IN
bers George O'Connell. who recently
returned from "a tour OF the country.
will render vocal selections OCOn-
nell. formerly member of the Paul
ist choristers Of Chicago, recently
became a member Of the faculty Of
the College of Music at NOtre Dame.
he is a tenor soloist
Another specially on the program
will be Fifteen Minutes Of Jazz" by
he NOtre Dame novelty orchestra.
Ten lively musically-iuclined colleg-
ians made up the orchestra. Their
playing i'm South Bend and Chicago
has won for them the reputation OF
being headliners. ready for big
league vaudeville The leader,
Charles Davis OF indianapolis is a
song and music composer one Of
his recent compositions is proving a
hit i'm Chicago. His talking songs
are bound TO prove popular with La
Porte audiences.
Joe" McGinnis and Charles Crow
ley two prominent athletes. provide
the merriment i'm a third act OF the
specialties. McGinnis is president OF
o oil. TrrT. 80 = Tra.
varsity track team. Crowley. a typ
zeal Bostonian, played on the foot
ball team last fall Both men are
possessed of talent galore as enter
rainers
Cosmopolitan Club.
The personnel OF the club as 4
whole Is cosmopolitan to- say the
least. No less than twenty-five states
OF the union are represented by
members. one member. Jose Cor
mona. calls Salamanca, Spian. his
home While a majority of the menu
hers come from the middle west. Cal
ifornia, Oregon Texas. New York.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Mary
land. and other distant states boast
OF Representatives with the club.
Director John J. Becker. who will
lead the cIIb in Mishawaka. had had
wide and varied experience as a
conductor and composer An Indi-
anan by birth. ne early showed eX-
Ceptional musical talent and after
studying and completing his course
with the masters i'm this country he
went to Europe. He was free schol-
ship upil Of Alexander Won Felitz.
director OF the Stern conservatory
at Berlin before the war. and former
conductor of the Royal opera at
Leipsiz. His work with Mr.. Won
Fielitz consisted in coaching piano
and studying and conducting theory
and harmony.
Under Great Masters.
In counterpoint and composition
he has had the opportunity of study
ing with one OF the greatest living
composers and theorists of the day.
William MiddIeschuIte. He was a
free scholarship piano pupil OF Luigi
GULL. the great Italian pianist Of
the st. Cecilia academy Of Rome. He
also studied piano and theory with
George Gruger and pursued his stu
dies IN pipe organ with Walter Kell-
ar Of the Vincent de Paul church.
Chicago.
Besides these advantages he has
had the kindly advice and criticism
OF Mr.. Carl Busch. the great Ameri-
can conductor and composer.
Dillon J. Patterson. assistant 10
Dean Becker, as director OF the or
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Dame after having served with Sou