Fitchburg High School - Boulder Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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GLEE CLUB. Glee Club. T he Glee Club made its delout at graduation. Sinee then it has appeared five times in publie, and has never as yet been hissed off the stage. A eolleetion of mis- siles, however, has been pieked up on and about the stage and is at present in Mr. Hiteheoek’s offiee, where eaeh artiele may be identi- fied and elaimed June 31. Aside from personal property , sueh as knives, shoes, stiekpins and “one purse eontaining a small sum of money,” the eolleetion ineludes sev- eral petrified buns from the luneh eounter. These may be had, three for one eent, Proetor. The elub membership was neeessarily limited for the sake of uniformity. No boys were eligible if less than two feet six or more than six feet two in height. Guy Lowe objeeted to “The Three Glasses” as an immoral song, but Geoffrion held that as long as there were only three, the song was strietly tem- perate and rather set a good example. He went on to say that in his experienee it was the thirty -third glass, ete. The elub narrowly eseaped serious trouble on this question. Lowe’s position was warmly sup- ported by Stuart Knight, Clifford and Connor, while 25

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LAMBDA SIGMA lipsilon. . . Alinneapolis High School, . . Alinneapolis, Alinn. Zcta. . , Fitchburg High School, . . . Fitchburg, Alass. Ivta. . . . . Williamsport High School, . Williamsport, Pa. Theta, . . . Day City High School, . . . Bay City, Alich. Iota, . . Duluth High School, . . . . Duluth, Alinn. Ka[)|)a, . . Elmira High School, . . . . lilmira, N. Y. Lambda, . . Steele High School, . . . . Dayton, 0. Mu, . . . . Central High School, . . . . Washington, 1). C. Nu, . . . . Binghamton High School, . . Binghamton, N. Y. Omicron, . . North High School, . . . . Columbus, 0. Alumni Associations. University of Michigan Alumni Association, . Ann Arbor, Alich. Detroit Alumni Association, Detroit, Mich. Saginaw .Alumni Association, Saginaw, Alich. Members of Zeta Chapter. 1900. Roy W. Lord, 1902. Harold B. Eaton Richard H. Aliller. Eugene Munn, 1901. Henry A. Frost, Roland Dempsey. Lester A. Stone, 1904. Carl Joel, Charles E. F ethybridge, Arnold Dickinson, John R. Ballou, W’alter Shanks. A. B. Sherman. 1905. Harold Cross, 1902. Henry S. Hubbell, Guy R. Lowe, Philip Stone. 24 %

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GLEE CLUB. I ’ctliy bridge and II. Merriam approved of Geoffrion’s ideas. The cit} ' settled the question by voting lieense. Tlie elub has twent ' -four objeets — twelve tenors and the same nuinl er of basses. This ineludes Xew- eoinb. During tlie performanee of any coneert pieee every ineinl er is expected to sing in one of two ke 3 ' S. Xo room is allowed for individualit on this score. Close harmon is not forbidden, but is rather frowned down upon b v i ublic sentiment in the club. The members composed a little sonnet which deals with “Our Director” (Cobb)— “At each re-hear-sal, And on every chance, Yon can hear his bellows roar” — which the} sang with great glee. At 1902’s graduation last Wednesda}-, the glee elub celebrated its first birthda . Here’s to its long life ! Members TEXOKS. HASSES. Ralph W. Cushing, Ralph H. Pales, Walter B. Clifford, Charles W. Cobb, George H. Cogswell, John Connor, Roland L. Dempsey, George W. Fitzroy, Guy R. Lowe, George H. Aliller, Charles E. Pethybridge, Howard B. Ross, John G. Woollacott, V. O. Geoffrion. Joseph V. Flynn, Edmund W. O’Connor, Edward F. Lee, Richard H. Patch, Thornton K. Ware, Robert L. Littlehale, Giw H. Newcomb, Leslie J. Mossman, Ilariw C. Merriam, Stuart W. Knight. 26