Word: glees
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...gaieties of no other week, except perhaps Commencement week, can be compared to those of the present. Last night the Glee and Banjo clubs gave their twenty-third annual concert in the Hyperion Theatre before an audience that more than filled the house. Members of the freshman class were quite as conspicuous as usual by their demonstrations. To-night occurs the long-talked-of promenade. No pains nor expense have been spared to make it a complete success in every way. But you are in no mood even to hear of promenades till after your dreaded "mid-years...
...results of the prestige gained by the Glee Club from its success during the Western tour has been a stream of invitations from people in neighboring towns. The club has accepted some of these and has others under consideration. A concert will be given in Quincy, February 15, under the auspices of the Quincy Tennis Club; another will be given in Newton, Feb. 20. The managers of the latter concert have promised to give $150 of the proceeds to the 'varisty crew. An invitation has been received by the club to sing in the Town Hall, Brookline, for the benefit...
...members of the Freshman Glee Club have been practicing faithfully for some weeks, and the prospects of a good club seem to be very fair. With the exception of the pianist, the permanent officers of the club were chosen at the beginning of the term. Before that time the unsettled state of the organization, and the knowledge that the officers were elected only for the time being, made it impossible for the club to have regular times for rehearsals, and, therefore, precluded the possibility, of its rapid progress. At present there are about thirty or forty candidates for positions...
...Hadley, M. A., of New Haven, and others have been invited and are expected to be present. A business meeting will be held during the evening. In order to make the occasion as social and informal as possible, songs will be sung by a portion of the Yale Glee Club...
...Glee Club did not take a trip during the Christmas vacation, but will probably make an extensive one in the spring. The Glee and Banjo Clubs gave their first concert of the season at Queenston. Arrangements are now being completed to give a concert in Baltimore on March 1, and one in Washington, March...