Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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Left to right: ROBERT HAMILTON, First Tenor; ROBERT FORSBERG, First Bass; RONALD LANDER, Second JOHN MORRELL, First Tenor; GORDON STEARNS, First Bass; JOHN NUNGESSER, Second Bass; PETER RAC Second Tenor; ARTHUR GROVE, JR., Second Tenor; DAVID OSGOOD, Second Bass. In 1937, the little town of Meddybemps in Northern Maine distinguished itself by being the first to pay a certain Federal tax. In the same year, the augmented octet, the Meddiebempsters, got its start, taking its name from Meddybemps in the hope that it would both distin- guish itself and not be quickly forgotten. The Meddies have enjoyed another active and pros- perous year, after starting at a slow pace owing to the difficult task of selecting and training four new men. Perhaps the graduate most conspicuous by his absence this year is Angus Johnston, who has been dubbed, with plausible justification, as “Mr. Moddiebempster” and who caused some to question the validity of the old saying that no man is indispensable. Early campus appearances of this year's group were highlighted by the religiously faithful return of Angus. Some of his famous numbers have been sacriligiously assigned to new members; others will fade away with his memory. The Meddies, in addition to their work with the Glee Club, gave their usual array of independent concerts which included participating in the annual Wellesley Octet Weekend, entertaining at the Middlcbury Winter Carnival, giving a charity performance at the veterans’ hospital at Togus, and singing at a testimonial dinner sponsored by the Boston Alumni Association in honor of retiring-Prcsident Sills, not to mention at least a score of appearances for various social organizations throi Northern New England. Veteran Mcddie Ron Lander distinguished hints writing the hook and lyrics to the student musica a Fact,” produced by the Masque and Gown. d Stearns, one of the Meddies new this year, was i those who wrote exceptionally fine music for the The Meddies displayed their versatility, or lack tn hv taking part as a group in the musical. Peril a J most outstanding of the three songs which the Ml sang in “It’s a Fact” was Lander’s clever parody, 1 On a Bat.” j As to the officers in the group, Pete Race took o position and pitch-pipe of last year’s director, Bil ham, and soon assumed the confidence and ease predecessor. Dave Osgood struggled behind the sed his nebulous distinction as business manager, hid job consisting of the handling of the Meddic’s record release, a long-playing endeavor entitled, I ami the Young Men.” As with other compatible groups, the qualitl achievement of the Meddies runs in cycles. All this year’s group never quite approximated till quality of last year’s long-practiced and wcll-cxpeij group, it did, nevertheless, crystallize in the coil the year into a smooth, well-blended singing organil

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f p 0 ecison (Oxecuhve President EDWARD COGAN Publicity Manager RICHARD H. ALLEN Secretary PETER A. LASSELLE Production Advisor RICHARD W. AHRENS Business Manager THOMAS R. PICKERING Members-at-Large THOMAS R. PICKERING LAWRENCE B. SPECTOR Production Manager WILLIAM F. HOFFMAN MASQUE AND GOWN

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©ZYMANDIAY SOCIETY In tin; early fall of 1951 a group of interested undergraduates formed the Ozyinandian Society. Assuming the heart of Shelley’s immortal ode, the lines, “Look upon my works, ye Mighty and despair!” the group has pursued a study of various classical embodiments of knowledge. Informal discussions characterized the Society’s activities throughout its initial year. Uniting the Koinan and Anglo-Saxon with Dante and Chaucer, the group transcended the literature of the Middle Ages to our Twentieth Cen- tury. Classical background was ob- tained from Homer and Catullus, while lighter reading came from Hemingway and Joyce. “Only such writing as has been adjudged perfect or the very greatest of its kind by critics over the past two thousand years,” has been considered. “Here is that rare thing: a unique organization, bringing together the greatest in writing and the most perceptive in criticism.” Seated, left to right: P. LASSOE, P. LEWIS. Standing, left to right: A. KENNEDY, W. GRAFF, R. CHAMBERLIN, J. NEVIN. Absent from picture — W. T. JOHNSON. A CAPELLA CHOIR The A Capella Choir, consisting of twenty-six men hand-picked from the Glee Club, per- formed every Sunday at the Chapel Service under the direction of Professor Russell L. Locke. Mr. Locke directed in the absence of Professor Tillotson, who was on Sabbatical. Mr. Locke did his usual excellent job all the way through the year, giving new expression to such time-honored music as “Cantate Domino,” “Jesu Dulcis” and “Crucifixus.” Several of the more outstanding numbers were those arranged by Mr. Locke himself. Two of these were “David the King” and “O Magnum Mysterium,” a beautiful anthem which made its dehut at the Christmas Carol service on December 13th. The choir held a concert of their own in the spring and repeated some of the best num- bers they have done in the past. Row, left to right: BRIGHT, D. KING, ILL, PROF. LOCKE, tor; D. HAYWARD. DLEMAN, R. HOL- ). Second Row, left ht: M. de la FE, B. CRONKHITE. J. ZY, E. KEENE, JEUTSCHMAN, G. -J, D. HOERLE, C. ■FFY. Third Row, o right: P. PIRNIE, 'JGLAND, D. REID, ILLSBURY, M. von IE. T. HAMILL, 4acCORMICK, W. 5, C. von HUENE.