Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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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

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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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N ETHE sTANFoRD QUADJ 4 f The result was the Stanford Mandalay, inspired by Kipling's On the Road to Mandalay. I Two songs vied for chief honors in IQO3. J. E. Lanagan who came to Stanford in that year to coach football praises The Cardinal Song by Miss Alice Kimball, '04, in the fol lowing words, This was one of the best football songs I ever heard and did much to inspire a rather weak team to fight for a glorious tie against much stronger opponents Miss Kimball is responsible for both the lyric and the music of her song. The Bum Bum Song, which continues to offer such splendid opportunities for bouncing water glasses off tables, was the song which shared with The Cardinal Song the honors of 1903. Cleve Baker, '04, who died in 1912, and Harry E. Bush, '04, received the inspiration for the Bum Bum' Song when in 1902 two University of Virginia men visited the campus and sang several' of their songs. Bush remembers that when Charlie Field heard the song he predicted for it a great future, magnanimously enthusing, Boys, I couldn't have done better myself. These words are inspiring. They will carry the song. The tune is nothing Bush thought he detected a sarcastic note in these lines, but Baker insisted that Charlie couldn't'be blamed for feeling a bit jealous professionally. ,Q The prize song of 1905 was written by Paul C. Edwards, '06, the present editor of the .f-' ' I ,424 '-- . J 1 , 'nh - an xl 55 X ' ' 5' 0 f '25 '- . 219 ff, ' 1113 'San Diego Sun, at six o'clock the morning the contest was to close. It came about through his roomfmate's habit of pulling him out of bed by the toes at any hour whatsoever. The stunt that morning occurred simultaneously with a rendering of Funicula, Euniculi on a slide trombone by another early riser in the Delta Upsilon house. Edwards leaped to his desk, inspired by the possibilities the Italian song offered. In about IO minutes he had produced some words to the effect that California had better give some attention to that streak of Cardinalm on the field. Rather disappointed with the results, Edwards abanf doned his work, 'Imagine his surprise when he was announced winner of the ten dollar prize. The roomfrnate who pulled Edwards out of bed had handed in his song. Come Join the Band, probably considered by outsiders the most representative of Stanford's songs ,and the one into which any group, singing to the Cardinal, will most easily drift, was the second prize song of 1907. It is the work of Mrs. R. A. Rouveyrol, '08, formerly MissgAurania Ellerbeck and now connected with the Century Play Company in New York City. Mrs. Rouveyrol was inspired to write the words to her song the night of the rally which preceded the Big Game, of 1907. The bonfire leaping up in all its fierce' ness called for a serpentine. The band struck up Old Colonial, and the exultant war dance started. The women hummed and some of them sang, Tra la ! The men whistled. And still the music cried out for words! words! words! The next day Mrs. Rouveyrol sat on the Delta Gamma porch and commanded her pencil to supply those words. Thus was Come Join the Bandfwritten. In October, 1909, an Hawaiianfstudent, William Achi, '11, and Geoffrey E. Morgan, '09, now lecturer, composer, and .-teacher, combined forces to turn out Sons of the Stan' ford Red in response to la prize contest, Achi had a great knack at composing and Mor' gan's experience on the Chaparral of which he became editor in his senior year, completed the list of proper ingredients for a spirited song. All the songs were tried out with a crowd of men in the Encina clubroom and Sons of the Stanford Red won first place by an overf whelming decision. Itwas sung for the irst time at the Big Game, November 1 3, 1909. Weston S. Wilson, '13, at present connected with the General Petroleum Corporation of Portland, Oregon, is the man who is responsible for the Burial Song. Wilson reports that the idea occurred to him one evening when he and two or three of his buddies were m it f I1?I