Woman's enterprise., 1922-02-10
ACTIVITIES AND ORGAN
IZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

was only Olle Ie".H.i' An'' o'N ~
er taught the few small classes in
public school music and directed the
band, to begin with, and, later, as op-
portunity afforded, began the work Of
getting the various organizations to-
gether and giving each something to
do. The one teacher also taught a
few students in voice. During the
first year the Glee Club struggled
through swaddling clothes. The con-
stitution, now serving as model for
several other state university glee
clubs, was worked out very largely by
Professor E. B. Doran. The Oratorio
Society, composed mostly of people
from the choirs Of the city churches,
gave The Rose Maiden and the Crea-
ton.
The next fall the departments OF
piano and voice We're added. These
departments have had steady
growth in numbers and excellence un-
til the war, when Miss Katherine Nc
Comb took over both the departments
until the director returned from war
service. When Miss McComb left the
University in the fall of 1920 the two
departments were again made sepa-
rate and Miss Leila Opdenweyer re-
turned to her post as teacher of pi-
ano, and Mrs. A. M. Schutzman took
the work in voice.
The organization of Girls, now
called the Semi Chorus, was first
called together in 1915. However,
the number of girls in the institution
then was so small that the project
was dropped. 1t was tried again the
next fall and discontinued for the
same reason. The next time, the third
trial, the organization held together
the entire year and made especially
successful appearances at commence
ment time. The war year the Girls
Glee Club, as it was then called, could
not get under way, largely because
there seemed to be no member of the
faculty willing to give time to con-
duct it. Since the fall of 1919 it
has had its present name, and has
made satisfactory progress as good
singing organization.
The present officers are: Miss
Thelma Golden, president; Miss Eu-
genia White, secretary treasurer; and
Miss Jessie Chambers, press agent.
The girls made an excellent impress
sion in the sacred cantata, Saint Mary
Magdalene, at the choir concert at
the Saint James Episcopal Church in
December.
The present officers of the Glee
Club are: w. T. Mott, president; E.
C. Daigle, secretary; w. D. Moore,
treasurer; Edgar Hull, assistant Sec
retary; and Press Agent, ]. F. Way
mouth, business manager. These Of
fcers, with one other selected from
each part, constitute the glee club
council, which acts as governing
and stabilizing body. All these Of
ficers are elected once year, and
the self governing feature of the club
is one of its best.
Each of the organizations for the
| girls and the boys has quartet. For
the boys the Tiger Quartet has been
famous since 1915. The Tigerette
Quartet has been going for three
years. This group of girls does ex-
cellent work, musically better, as a
usual rule, than the Tiger Quartet
However the Tiger Quartet is the
more popular simply because the male
singing organization takes better
with the public.
There is one more singinv oreaniz-
alton, the University Chorus. This
one is the youngest, but has so far
amply justified its existence, The
chorus elected officers for the first
time last fall. Mr.. A. L. Batten is
president; Mrs. J. E. Lombard, Sec
retary-treasurer; and Miss Mildred
Morgan is the press agent.
There are now seven teachers who
are giving all or part time to the
work of the department. They in
clude: Professor H. W. Stopher, d.
rector of the department; Miss Leila
Opdenweyer, teacher of piano; Mrs,
A. M. Schutzman, teacher of voice;
Professor E. H. Charlton, teacher OF
violin and viola; Mr.. Hypolite T.
Landry, teacher of cornet; Mr.. Ru.
dolph M. Levy, teacher of clarinet
and saxaphone; and Professor D. H
Piller, teacher of cello, bassoon, and