University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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H U 1 - JVLen 5 virlee l lub OFFICERS George Clarke . Charles N. Zivley Francis Hale . , Harry Rode Gilbert E. Schramm . President Manager . Accompanist Librarian . Director The season of 1931-32 began when over a hundred and fifty men appeared for the tryouts late in September. After careful study of the voices and qualifications of the various applicants, the number was cut down to sixty. The first Austin concert was given in January and was heard by a large, enthusiastic crowd. On the last day of January the club made an appearance in the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio for the benefit of the unemployed of that city. Over five thousand people attended this concert and several thousand dollars were turned over to the various civic groups of San Antonio. The club is planning two tours for the spring. The first, a trip to Laredo, San Antonio, and Monterrey, Mexico, is to begin March 31. The second, a tour to Temple, Cleburne, Denton, Dallas, and Belton, begins April 18. The trip to Monterrey marks the first time that the Men ' s Glee Club has ever filled an engagement on foreign soil. The Men ' s Glee Club of 1931-32 has had the most successful year from the standpoint of tours, calibre of entertainment given, and membership that it has had in its many years of existence. Under the guidance of Mr. Gilbert E. Schramm, who is directing the club for the fourth year, the group has come to be recognized as one of the outstanding men ' s choruses in this country. The work of Mr. Hale has been of the highest type both musically and otherwise. George Clarke has labored unceasingly for the betterment of the group. Charles N. Zivley has succeeded in carrying The University of Texas Men ' s Glee Club over thousands of miles of territory and into nearly every section of Texas during his years as manager. First row: Campbell, Huffman. Morrison. Zivley, Schramm, Clarke, King, Baum, Fath Second row: Warner, Fahle, Harris, Hawkins, Williams, Wheeler, Foster, Weatherred Third row: Dyal, Elsik, Mattmiller, Burger, Braun, Moore, Bullock, Hinckley, McElhany, Hale Fourth row: Biesele, Bradfute, Taylor, Curry, Smith, Sparenberg, Rode, Lawton, Conklin Page 134

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A U - ) Det aters As survivors of elimination contests in which mort- than sixty entrants participated, twelve men were named during the latter part of the first semester to constitute the Varsity Debate Squad for the current year. Six letter-men returned to school to represent Texas again in the forensic arena: Spurgeon Bell, third-year man; Frank Knapp, serving the third of a scheduled five years on the squad ; Will Crews Morris, with two previous letters to his credit; Leroy Jeffers, serving his fifth consecutive year on the Texas team; and John J. Bell and Aylmer G. McNeese, both letter-men from last year, comprising this group. Roy I. Tennant and Edward Reichelt returned to the squad for their second year of service. In addition, four new men of promising ability in the persons of Jesse Villarreal, Simon Frank, Jarrell Garonzik, and Mathias Schon were added to the University team. Shortly after the selection of the squad, Leroy JefTers was elected captain of the Varsity debaters for the present forensic year. Texas opened the debate season with the traditional international debate held on December 14, this year ' s encounter being with an able and clever team from Robert ' s College, Turkey, in which the proposition, Re- solved: That Turkey Should Be a Member of the League of Nations was discussed, the Texas men taking the affirmative. Spurgeon Bell and Leroy Jeffers represented Texas in this contest, held in Gregory Gym- nasium, which resulted in an audience decision in favor of the Turks. The program for the remainder of the season included debates with the University of Kansas in Austin and at San Antonio, where the debate was broadcast over Station WOAL debates in Austin with the University of Oklahoma, Tulane, and Colorado. In addition, a Texas team made a tour during the latter part of March, meeting Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Washington University at St. Louis in the debate arena. The grand finale of the forensic year was staged during the Texas Round-Up in the latter part of April when the annual Lutcher Stark Contest for cash prizes totaling $225.00 was distributed between the members of the squad. The University debate team defeated Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Tulane and lost to Roberts College, Constantinople, and Arkansas. Top row: McNkese, S. Bell, J. Bell, Knapp, Rouse, Jeffers, Morris Bottom row: Schon, Garonzik, Frank, Tennant, Reichelt, Villarreal Page 233

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T n . C A C T S 1-9 3 2. Czrirls Cirlee Lxlub OFFICERS Florence Hester Hallie Orr Florence Atkinson . Peggy Ayer Geraldine Slaughter Gilbert E. Schramm President Vice-President Manager Librarian Accompanist Director The Girls ' Glee Club has again shown its ability to give the highest type of entertainment in vocal music. Many favorable comments have been received on the concerts which the club has given this year. The most successful out-of-town concert was given in Kerrville under the auspices of Schreiner Institute. Fifty-five girls out of over a hundred possibilities were selected for the glee club this year. The organiza- tion and the spirit of co-operation of the members have helped the club greatly in its progress. Mr. Gilbert E. Schramm of San Antonio has been the director of the club for the last five years, and his untiring efforts have played no small part in aiding the organization to obtain its present success. Miss Dorothy Gebauer is the faculty sponsor and chaperon on all out-of-town trips. The Varsity Co-Ed Quartette, composed of Jane Bland, Seawillow Haltom, Florence Atkinson, and Lois Thompson, has been one of the popular features of the club for a number of years. The quartette has ap- peared at the law banquet, the meeting of the house-mothers, several churches, and on a number of University programs this year. The octette, which is composed of the members of the quartette, together with Martha Pearl Hollis, Peggy Ayer, Hallie Orr, and Ruth Kraushaar, has completed its second year as an important unit of the club. Soloists of the Girls ' Glee Club this year include Frances Revell, Jane Bland and Annabel Murray. Caroline Williams directed the vaudeville skits which furnished the modern touch to the programs. First row: McLendon. Underwood. Mann, Bland, Murray, Atkinson, Schramm, Hester, Slaughter, Redman, Trumhoff, Halm. Hollis Second row: Rainey, Gates, Tait, Harris, Fuston, Cannon, Blackburn, Grasty. Spence, Brandeburger, Quarrells Third row: MooRE, Prokop, Reid, Carr, Sandtedt, Revell, Greenwood, Ayer, Kraushaar, Burns, Jones, Vela Fourth row: Peterson, Culberson, Butts, Mayhew, Montgomery, Kawlkes, Pittman, Schmidt, Decherd, Charleton, Miller Page isS