Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
.HE first attempt to place
transatlantic program ex-
change on a SeriaS basis

CIld1SS Oh q series OASIS
- will be made tomorrow by
the National BroadcaSting Co.
with the introduction of an in
ternational forum, with statesmen
and thinkers of Great Britain and
the United States speaking across
the Atlantic each week.
international Viewpoints" is
the general title of the new series.
It is planned to have the forum
run for eight weeks, with an
American and an EngliShman
speaking to the international
audience on alternate Mondays.
Sir Philip Kerr, the Marquis of
Lothian, will open the series. His
voice will be heard over WRC
from 1928 to 3:45 o'clock. The
following Monday afternoon, May
10, William Hard, political CORE
spondent who covered the London
Naval Conference for the N. B. c.,
will speak for the United States.
He will analyze the differences
of British and American politics.
THE University Of Maine "Stein
Song" which Rudy Vallee and
his Connecticut Yankees popular
lied, was adapted from a march
entitled "Opie," according to a
story published in a recent issue
of the Herald of Camden, Me-, a
clipping from which was sent to
The Star Radio Department last
week by Mrs. Richard A. Weaver,
3707 Woodley road, an alumnus of
Maine. The article said:
1.-THE University of Maine
Stein Song popularized by
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut
Yankees over the radio, has
deeper significance to the people
Of Maine and to the alumni and
undergraduates Of the university
than most people appreciate. The
song as it Is now played and sung
was adapted from a march en-
titled 'Opie,' composed by Band
master FenStad Of the United
States Army and arranged as a
song by Prof. A. w. Sprague OF
the department of music of the
university in 1902. The words for
it were written by Lincoln r.
Colcord of the class of 1904.
"It was a very popular song
from the first and considered the
best military march played by
the University of Maine Band fol-
its corps of cadets. When the I'd
Maine Infantry, Maine National
Guard, went to the Mexican
border in 1915, its band was COM
posed almost entirely of students
of the University Of Maine. Nat
urally these bandSmen liked to
play the Stein Song They
played it so often that the men
of the I'd Infantry got to singing
1t on every occasion and became
very fond of 1t. In 1917 when
the I'd Maine Infantry became
the 103d Infantry of the 26th
Division, its band was still COM
posed of students from the U. OF
M. The band played this march
for the 103d Infantry in France
and whenever there was a great
review or other event of impor-
lance it figured prominently.
"In the first engagement ir
which the 103d Infantry partici-
pated, the tight at Belleau Wood
the bandSmen Of the 103d were
called upon to act as Stretchel
bearers. This was dangerous duty
and several of the University
of Maine students were killed
Thereafter whenever the regi-
mental band played this song, al
it often did, the tears filled the
eyes of the men of the regiment
whose thoughts naturally revert
ed back to the brave young mer
who did their job so well on the
battlefield and who there made
the supreme sacrifice. So this
University of Maine Stein Song
and march is sacred to all the
veterans of the old 103d Regiment
and when they hear it, they take
off their hats and sing it with
the greatest feeling.
1.-THE new 103d Infantry of the
Maine National Guard, which was
organized by the War Depart
ment to carry on the glorious ira
ditionS Of the old regiment, has
now adopted this Song-march as
it's regimental march. This year
when the Maine regiment goes
to Camp Devens to participate In
the mobilization of the 43d Ma
tional Guard Division, to which
it belongs, its band will play this
march-Song as the regimental
march on every occasion. The
War Department has recognized
1t as the distinct march Of this
regiment and so it will probably
always be.
Maine people everywhere de-
light in hearing this stirring
march. When they all come to
know that it not only represents
the splendid university Of their
State, but also Is sacred to the
State because Of the noble young
men who once played 1t In France
and died on the battlefield doing
their duty, this song will have
greater significance for them
than 1t now has"
1R.
| A UTOMOBILE radio finds a
devotee in Mrs. Herbert Hoo
yer, whose personal limousine is
equipped with a radio receiving
set. It is frequently tuned-in
| while she is out for q drive.