Elmhurst College - Elms Yearbook (Elmhurst, IL)

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f t f f « f f t f I f f ' f f . f .t f If t MEN ' S GLEE CLUB: Top row; W. Sandner, E. Krueger, P. Schmidt, R. Lange, D. Plassman, C. Rasche, W. Lithgow, R. Graves. Second row; W. Hille, director, W. Fischer, D, Riechmann, N. Roberts, E. Stalhut, H. Grunewald, R. Rasche, K. Taylor, J. Schram, S. Fuller. Third row; A. Albion, R. Bizer, V. Kreimeyer, R, Herrmann, H. Kamin, R. Fritzsche, S. Pobanz, E. Gerfen, W. Westermann, R. Klepper. Bottom tow: A. Troyke, B. Obermann, W. Rauh, T. Jones, R. Nolte, A. Van Camp, A. Kluge, R. Scheef, E. Schlundt, coach. MEN ' S GLEE CLUB For many years the Elmhurst College Men ' s Glee Club has been an outstanding organization both on and off the campus. It is widely known as a result of the tours which it makes each year. The mid-season tour began February 17, at the height of the flu epidemic. The bus became a rolling hospital, but concerts were given as scheduled in Ripon, Wisconsin, Sheboygan, Menomonee Falls, Port Wash- ington, and Monroe, all in Wisconsin. Three kinds of musical selections were presented: sacred songs, songs of the people, and choruses from Gilbert and Sullivan ' s Patience. The folk songs were all arrang- ed by Waldemar Hille, the director. The senior and sophomore quartets, solos by Tenor (and coach) Edward Schlundt, and piano and organ renditions by W. Hille took care of the intermissions. The senior quartet is composed of Schlundt, Kessler, Carl Rasche, and Stalhut. The sophomore quar- tet is composed of Pobanz, Biermann, Schmidt, and Troyke. The officers for the glee club during the past year were: Carl Rasche, president; Earl Krueger, vice-president; Paul Schmidt, busi- ness manager; Robert Herrmann, assistant business manager, and Robert Klepper, sec- retary-treasurer. Waldemar B. Hille, head of the music department, is the director. Ed- ward Schlundt, a glee club alumnus, is the coach, and Sam Pobanz and Walter Sand- ner serve as accompanists. A radio appearance, concerts before the student body, before the inmates at the Elgin state hospital, and before several congrega- tions helped to fill up time in between prac- tices, and a post-season tour through the East, with New York as the main stop, is the principal objective. Attendance at rehearsals four evenings a week, voice lessons weekly, and diligent efforts on the part of all members of the glee club are required and account for the well- earned reputation the men ' s glee club possesses. Page Tiventy