Philadelphia Manual Training School - US Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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J CLEE CLUB. URING the month of November somebody said, Let's get up a Glee Club, which was a starter, but the final did not end in a Glee Club, but A Melodious Banjo Chorusf' The Chorus immediately elected a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and the following members were elected to nll the positions: W. Bartine, President and Leader, VV. E. Barrett, Vice-President, H. M. Gates, Secretary and Treasurer. As a trophy an assessment of five cents from each fellow was ordered for new music, but we still clung to our old books, the College Songs. Our meeting-place was the Faculty room. Say, but it was won- derful how the boys would stop singing when a professor would come in. Our crack tenors-how harmonizing when they would strike the high notes. Oh, if Billy could only get Zlmfe, and Dan tone down a little. - Owing to all the A boys being large, their voices were large also, so we had to look further down for small voices, and VVayne, Fugate and Leidy were the selected ones. , But those beautiful bass Qbasso discustoj, one in particular, Papa's Willie, was so bass that it was not bass at all, and when spoken ,to, the same old chestnut: My voice is nothing yet. Never mind, his girl evidently liked it, for after he left her, in the entertainment to go on the stage, she said, Wl1y did you not stay up there longer. But you see Buck had introduced her to a pretty fellow, so that accounts for it. 58

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and pass on to our bright and shining star, our swift young farmer of Ridley Park. This was the noblest Roman of them all. From the numerous medals displayed upon his manly breast we can infer what a great athlete Hayes is. His unpar- alleled success can only be attributed to the strict training Qon bunsj which he undergoes. We all have our peculiarities and that of Gene is that he is always out of training Qaccording to his own statementj at the time of the contest Qwho is not Pj. Some of us never forgave Gene for winning the running high jump at the Fall Sports, and we only spared him on account of his extreme youth and his promising future. Although there are many cliques inthe school where students are very intimate, We were all surprised to see Gates and Dicker- son on such close terms in the Midwinter Sports, when they met on the red stage-curtain in their celebrated wrestling match. It was quite touching to observe how very affectionate they were, each insisting on the other having the place of honor-the floor. Even Bird Moyer overcame his natural reserve enough to stand forth before the public gaze on this occasiong we trust that there is a promising future yet before him. Our friend jules also made an effort to achieve honors, which, although he did not succeed, was very noteworthy in so small a boy. And now I think that is all. Oh, no I there is Dick Scott yet. I almost forgot him. However, there is not much to be said about the athletic abilities of this gentle creature. He may im- prove with time. The only claims that Dick has to the name of athlete are sundry records at jumping, and he once accident- ally won the shot-put through no fault of his. Before the Fall Sports some evil-minded person set adoat rumors which caused this innocent and inoffensive young person to receive the appellation The Dark Horsef' but this proved to be a false creation, proceeding from a heat-oppressed brain. In his official capacities Dick is prepared to act as mascot for any club or team at reasonable prices. And now, having slandered all of these good people, Twill go and borrow a gun and a bull-dog and prepare for emergencies. 1 57

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Following are the members : ' Surnames. Barrett-Whiskers and Chappie. Irwin-Prohibition. Moyer-Our coming voice Athlete. Daniels-Our cracked tenor. Montague-We do do not know what to call it. Barrel tone and bass. Kavanagh-Chappie with the deep Bass voice. Lawrence or Papa's Willie. Hults-My Professor Won't let me fsingj. Middleton-I would like to, but can't. Halstead-I don't know it. ' And among the sopranos Wayne was chappie. And inally and not lastly Pat, or the purser's manipulatorg but as the attrac- tion wore ofQ so did the Glee Club, and as a house made by M. T. S. students it Went up. S9