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Following the scheme which was originated last spring, the Instrumental Clubs will be divided into four divisions, the Banjo Club, the Mandolin Club, the Vocal Club, and the Specialty Division. Each of these divisions is directed by a leader and a committee chosen by members and candidates. In the trials, in order to secure the greatest possible accuracy in each case, each applicant will be judged separately by each division, whether he intends to take part in the work of that particular unit...
Mandolins, mandolas, guitars, violins, cellos, flutes, clarinets, mando-celloes and bass violas are all needed for the Mandolin Club. Many of these instruments, with piccoloes, trumpets, trombones, saxophones, cornets and drums are used by the Banjo Club. The Specialty Division concentrates on various musical and comical acts which are interspersed throughout the program to very the entertainment...
...best play, to Willis Richardson of Washington, D. C, for The Broken Banjo, a one-act play (produced after the awarding of the prizes...
...Betty Compson). He reviewed a Frontier Days parade, was made a member of a Sioux tribe, abandoning his regular pipe for one two feet long with eagle feathers, was christened "Great White Father No. 2" (at the same function, Governess Ross was made "Princess Nellie Taylor"). He entertained a banjo-accordion-saxophone-violin orchestra in his rooms, and later played the piano for them for an hour. He reviewed the troops at Fort D. A. Russell, lunched with Senator and Mrs. Warren...
...result of the election of officers for the University Instrumental Clubs has been announced by the management. The officers elected are: President, Donald Coats Gates '26 of New York City; Vice-President. Richard Thomas Flood '27 of Brookline: Secretary-Treasurer. George Emerson Smith '26 of Worcester: Leader of the Banjo Club, George Beere Moynahan '23 of Mattapan: Leader of the Mandolin Club, Gordon Atherton Norton of Belmont: Leader of the Vocal Club. William Rowell Chase '26 of Brookline: Librarian, John Hill Monroe '27 of Brookline: Manager, Reginald Franklin Conroy Vance '26 of Fredericks burg, Va: and Assistant Manager, William Brewster...