University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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ANQN Friday afternoon, March 14, 1913, after giving a ttBig Chicago for the Santa. Fe, the Glee Club deyarted on its first western invasion. i We were thirty-six in one car; Mr. Moulton, Mr. Stevens. thirty songsters and four mandolinists, not to mention the faithful porter. ChillicotheJ the first stop, was reached just as Hollingsworth dove under the berth for a dress shirt stud. Thirty-five' people putting on , evening clothes at once do not leave many spare corners in one small car, and it took several nights to work out an efficient system for dressing. The concert was held in a church itelmostjt large enough for every one. The only thing we regret was the rough way in which Zeddies broke off a part of the balustrade to use as a baton. Saturday we were up early studying hard for the first exams, to he held Sunday. At about 1:45 we landed in Chanute, admitted by Stanley to he one of the prettiest towns in Kansas. After the concert in the evening a few of us attended the Eagle daHCPa swell affair. We stayed in Chanute on Sunday until 2 and passed the morning writing exams. 0n the way to Wellington we bottled the clatterin g Law students in one end of the car, and hit the books once more. Morrison read two pages of French in an hour. We had a fine dinner before the concert and discovered Harvey House waitresses to be rather interesting. Referenceeo. K. Morton. We awoke the next morning in Waynoka, Oklahoma, and started right in with an exam, while Zeke and Mr. Stevens looked the town over on horse-baek. The concert went well despite the sandy tones, and Lon Payne scored a hit when he yelled at the closeettSeven Rahs for tlong pausetethis town. Tuesday, March 18th, proved a big day and a. chilly one. Kept warm by Delt mackinaws, we rambled all over the town of Canadian, Texas, and vicinity. Some went to the Pecos River, others rode to the neighboring sheep ranches, and a very few studied. Amarillo, Texas, greeted us with a big sandstorm, and most of our explorers bought goggles so that they might really see the town. That this was our last day of exams was plainly noticeable in the amount of ttpep't that we put in the concert, held in the Opera House before our biggest and best audience. We returned to the station to find our movable home a quarter of a mile up the track. All morning of the next day we travelled through country with immense herds of cattle, and arrived in Clovis, New Mexico, in time for lunch. Lolly Spent the afternoon in search of a 'bath tub. After the concert 3. large representation attended the Elkst dance, with Lundberg and Spengler appearing as bright social lights. uThe Commis- sion passed a busy night. March 21, just a week after our departure, we spent in travelling through a beau- tiful country of mountains and canyons. The concert at Belem showed that we Were getting to he in the professional class. By this time the ttwho-could-wear-onecollar-or- vest-thealongest race was well under way. Bob Miller and Lunde led in this event and Henderson led in the white glove race. Saturday morning we landed in Albuquerque. Ponies were hired, and a number of the boys visited the Pueblo village about thirteen miles out. Zeddies and Zeke tried to overtake a distant mountain, and Were late for the concert. MacArthur, while absorbed in fussing, missed the train, and having no money in his pockets, bummed a ride on his good looks. Snow was on the ground when we landed in Gallup, New Mexico, but this did not stop the Scandinavian trio, Loilesgard, Lungren and Lunde, who headed an expedition cross country! . Found no Indians, hut investigated a coal mine owned by a brother of Hugh J ennings. Monday, March 24th, was spent in crossing Arizona. First, there were vast ex- panses of desert, and then the picturesque San Francisco Mountains. We had lunch at J Ash Forks, 5,000 feet above the sea level. 0g Coleman dined sumptuously at the invi- t tation of J. Greene and G. Lyman. The train slid into Kingman, the concert town, just as the sun was setting. Tuesday we explored Kingman, and then boarded the train for Needles, California. To celebrate our last concert we called off the tiraceii and put on clean shirts, collars, and gloves. Protests from Hi Lewis. At the supper table we heard from Mr. Moulttm 14

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Cup null an11 that President Judson had wired permission for a trip to the Canyon. Prexy must have heard the cheer that we gave him. We awoke 0n the twenty-sixth to the wails of the fellows who had been robbed of all their valuables. After some detective work, a trial was held in the car, and Mr. Moulton was convicted on the testimony of the porter. He was fined a treat for the whole crowd and paid like a little man. The next morning we arrived at Los Angeles about 8:30, after a trip through a country of palm trees and orange groves, and by 9:00 We were scattered all over the city. Several visited Venice for a dip in the Pacific, several located friends and relatives, and others merely Hsaw the sights? We started East on the twenty-eighth at about nine olclock and spent the entire day climbing the Coast Range. Mr. Riley of the Harvey House at Needles was waiting for us with a big chicken dinner when we pulled in at 7:15. After we left here the interior of the car began to look like a souvenir store. Saturday, the twenty-ninth, we found ourselves at the Grand Canyon. After a. hasty breakfast, most of us decided to make the trip afoot down the Bright Angel Trail. It was a lively race to the bottom between Lolly and Lunde, the Scandinavian goats. When Lolly reached the river he couldn't stop until he was nicely seated in the icy water of the Colorado. We had lunch before attempting: the long climb to the rim. Weinman started ahead of the crowd, and we found him asleep on the edge of the trail about half way up to the top. It was a tired and lame crowd that turned in that night as the train pulled out of the station. The trip proved interesting as long as the mountains and canyons lasted, but as soon as we reached the monotony of Kansas plains we were anxious to be back in the ltWindy City? We finally arrived one morning at about 11:30 and ended our western invasion with another lTlig Chicago for the Santa Fe? LOWER SEVEN,