Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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N KTHE STANFORD QUADE f X FOREWORD STANFURD SONGS HEN Herbert Walter oo affectionately known to his classmates as Tod Sloan penned the following lines he wrote an EPIC It s just one nnle from Mayjield to the .Quad Going down 18 an easy job But the best way back that has yet been ound Is to sit on the ground and let the Quad come around It may not be discreet to dig up skeletons but sometimes it is Wise to do so The lethargic attitude which exists on the campus today with regard to song Writing makes it worth of Stanford About Stanford songs that were written and published in my time writes John M Switzer 98 it seems to me their background Wasn t much more than the Wonderful college spirit of those days We were a happy loyal determined lot of Stanford students so that 1C was perfectly natural to burst forth into song' When Bug Haslacher oo was told that he must reveal the truth about the situation he confidentially admitted that the atmosphere Was generally a smoky one in the backroom of a tavern conducted by a Swiss gentleman named Anzini in a town named Mayfield While the inspiration was nine ll ' ' W while inquiring into the inspiration of that body of loyalty songs which is the heritage 3 ' 5 0 , LL- - 1 , I - J 2 1- a W Q f10l 'W

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J ' X DEDIOATION - TO THE OOMPOSERS OF THE STANFORD SONGS, WHOSE WORDS HAVE EMBODIED OUR THOUGHTS, THIS VOLUME IS GRATE FULLY DEDICATED. Q ?

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J . 1 Y 1 K srANFoRD soNos parts youth and one part furnished by a foamy beverage, which if coupled with nothing stronger did no harm, though now taboo and supplanted, I am told, by spurious sub' st1tutes. Dr. Jordan refers to Charles K. Field, 595, known in his literary efforts as Carolus Ager, as the poet laureate of Stanford. Perhaps the song by' which'Field is best remembered is his Glitter of that Glamour, set to the tune of The Band Played On. The title was taken from a public remark of Professor Thomas Bacon of the Berkeley faculty that although Stanford had incurred a great deal of newspaper comment and 'sensational advertising, the glitter of that glamour was no more. The remark seemed to fit Berkeley so admirably after Stanford had beaten her that Field made good use of it in his song. The chorus ran: Frisco came with her strawberry girlsg With joy when the Cardinal wong The fog it did things to those cardinal curls, For we never let slip of the The gridiron was reeking, the girls were championship all shrieking And the band played on! Perhaps the more intimate tone allowed by the smaller student gatherings in the early days of the University was responsible for the enthusiastic outpouring of song. J. H. Polhemus, ex 199, a contributor of the Thanksgiving Lay, remarks, You have to visual' ize one of the largest classrooms in the inner Quad crowded by young men and women students. At the rally held before the game with California, the Glee Club would sing the songs which were generally written to the tunes of the current popular airs. The gathering was intimate and the allusions in the songs were often personal. The crowd was not critical, it was for anything that was on its side and took a slap at the other fellow. A college band today does not run into an excessive amount of poorly trained brass inf strument players which in my day was an attempt to really glorify the German bands that were tooting throughout the country. Adolph Gustave Kaufman, '97, organizer of the Stanford band, took great pride in his chef d'hoeuvre, which he described in his famous way as de best bandt in der woild vest of de Mississippi! The real saga of the time was, of course, verse after the formula of The Son of a Gambolierf' Everybody wrote at least one verse-the Irwins and Field several. Larrey Bowman, IOI, who died in 1909, was responsible for the original After the Game song and was also the adapter of One, Two, Three, Four. Bowman wrote this catchy piece after hearing the original sung all one afternoon by an Hawaiian band from San Francisco which Mrs. Stanford had secured to supply the music for a garden party she gave to the Stanford students in the spring of 1901. Charlie Field wrote an alumnus verse to the song which should touch every prospective grad: One, two, three, four Tet, nee, sam, see, How can I get any more? Things aren't what they used to he, Ein, zwei, drei, vier, I once was It, . I'll starve on this, that's clear, But now I m nit, ' One, two, three. The system of offering cash prizes for football songs was initiated and attracted scores of contributions. The prize songs running from 1896 through about 1915 resulted in additions to Stanford's loyalty music. Of course, most of these songs remain quite un' known to the present day student. Some of the more popular in their day were, When Stanford Begins to Score by W. A. Irwin, QQQQ f'Victory Song, by G. H. Yost, 'oo, Since our Boys are Back from War by H. D. Walter, 'or, Shirts' Aflame by Everly M. Davis, 'oo, and just Because They Hit That Line So Hard, the prize song of 1901 written by M. A. Thomas, Jr., 'o4. Sarah G. Morrison, HOI, answered the appeal made by the Senior Class of IQOO for a song to be sung on class day at the planting of the Ivy, a custom maintained for several years. fill