Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technique Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Max M . Levy Concert Manager EpGaArR B. CHIsWwELL, JR. General Manage Ortro E. ZwaNnzic Business Manager Ratpu B. Woo.ir Publicity Manager PARKER Haroitp W. Treasurer COMBINED MUSICAL CLUBS HE Combined Musical Clubs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology opened their forty-ninth year with every prospect for a successful season. With a large number of veterans back to form a nucleus of well-trained musicians, the various clubs were quick in getting organized for the opening event of the 1933-34 season, the concert held at the Franklin Square House. Preceding this year was a half century of musical history. In 1883, as the result of a minstrel held the year before, the students recognized the need and advantage that could be gained from a musical organization. Accordingly, this student interest together with editorials in The Tech resulted in the formation of the Glee Club. The primary object of the new organization was musical culture for the members and pleasant re- unions among the student body. The members hoped that they would “be able to give some slight entertainment to their friends and thus draw friendship closer to alle The premiere of the Glee Club was at Berkeley Hall on December 28, 1883 where it was heralded as a worthy successor to the 1882 minstrels. Such selections as ‘The Three Chofers” and an original guitar solo by L. S. Steel opened the evening’s pro- gram. At a meeting on October 20, 1884, the “Technology Banjo and Guitar Club” was formed and its organization perfected. Twenty-five members and a professional leader were selected. By the year 1886 the Glee Club had reached some prominence in Boston circles and sang at such func- tions as the President’s reception. In 1888, due to lack of support, both clubs were dis- banded, but were reorganized in 1890. In that year a Mandolin Club also was organ- ized and the three clubs united under the constitution of the Combined Musical Clubs. Each Club retained its own leader and managers but was under the control of the organization. This form of the Combined Clubs con- tinued until 1921 at which time the Man- dolin and Guitar Club was reorganized as the Instrumental club, with the intent of presenting the more serious type of classical music. ‘Two years later the Techtonians, a dance orchestra, was founded for playing the more popular jazz programs and to assist in playing dance music following the concerts of the clubs.

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Giapys LEssGAN ROGER Mr. LessGan LypiIa McCoon Pror. PENFIELD . Horace S. Borp J. P. Morcur THE CAST AND CHORUS Prahl, Phillips, White, Peterson, Cooper, Grosser, Jaskelainen Rifkin, Haarman, Mabee, Kanters, Clark, Hale, Gilman Rose, Crew, Austin, Lindenmeyr, Dickson, Applegarth, Bull, Greuter, Andresen The Cast Robert E. Lindenmeyr ’35 Henry Hoarp . . George G. M. Bull ’34 . M. Scott Dickson ’34 Joun D. ROOKAFELLER . Samson I. Crew °34 Charles L. Austin, Jr. °36 eae | Sherman A. Rose ’37 A. Rufus Applegarth 735 ; (Ewald H. Andresen ’ 34 Samson I. Crew 734 George G. M. Bull ’34 Wilfred R. Grosser °35 StupENT | le + + h sat eats Paul C. Grueter °34 BOLSHEVIK | Joseph Gratz °36 ( Frank L. Phillips 36 STUDENTS { : . ee |Martin A. Gilman 36 THE STAFF Scribner, Koegler, Allen, Weisburg, Graham, Lavenas, Farr, Hotte, Dauphine, Terry Weiss, Halfmann, Moffett, Werman, Weese, Rutledge, Grant, Robbins, Rose McKeon, Jackson, Fong, Hudson, Hitchcock, Clark, Day, Wentworth, Dale , Austin, Goldberg, Kopf, Bliss, Dee, D’Albora 157

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Whitmore, Chase, Cooper, Hammond, Stockmayer, Hazeltine, Anderson, Buckwalter, Rich, Ray, King Dee, Dayton, Jordan, Cayce, Fox, Clement, Hughes, Sutton, Ford, D’Albora, Jaskelainen, Moore, Ehrlich. S Germond, Mahr, Stackpole, Sharpe, Brook Stevens, Henderson, Harper, Doyle, Woll Comins, Coleman, Webb, Lincoln, Williams, Heywood, Waxman CosE Ee CiUis This year has seen two changes of his- torical note in the organization of the clubs. The Instrumental club name was, due to the request of the members of that club, changed to the more appropriate name of The M.I.T. Orchestra. Also, because of the lack of enough capable young men at the Institute for the formation of the Tech- tonians this year, the dance orchestra of the organization was repudiated. It is the hope of the management and members that there will be the required talent next year for the re-forming of this group. An endeavor to work for the college and not merely for the members has continually been the goal of the management of the clubs. Accordingly, throughout its long history much work has been expended to present up-to-date programs of real merit. The excellent esprit de corps so developed has carried the organization through many a strenuous year and has been especially notable in the way the members have dis- played great cooperation in making this a successful year. © The general policy of the Clubs has never differed markedly from what it is today although the organization has radically done so. An endeavor to combine a good musical performance with the proper amount of entertainment for the men who participate in the rendition, and to increase the prestige of Technology in a social way, has been the goal. The Institute clubs have formerly felt it inadvisable to devote their entire efforts toward either serious music or toward a kind of jazz-popular program. As a result, a middle path has been followed since 1921 by the formation of programs containing a few non-classical numbers and devoting the remainder of the selections to tendencies of lighter vein. With the reorgan- ization of the Mandolin club into the In- strumental Club strictly classical work was undertaken, leaving the Banjo club to per- fect its rendition of light popular numbers. Acclaim from the student body indicates that the clubs are now- devoting their best efforts toward their respective tal- ents.