Word: songs
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...Dramatic Club will hold two competitions, one for a poster for the "Scare-crow," the new play to be given by the Club in Boston in the early part of December, the other for original music for a song in the same play. Both competitions will close November 22. Competitors will report to R. Douglas '12, Westmorly 106, and J.S. Reed '10, 35 Bow street, for the respective competitions tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock...
...those present--and there were over five hundred--made even an attempt at singing. Only about one-half of those who did make the attempt seemed in the least confident of the words. It is disgraceful that so few men know even the first verse of their College song. We are printing the first verse, and hope that every man will make himself thoroughly familiar with it, so that on future occasions when he is expected to sing "Fair Harvard," he will know the actual words and not have to mumble unmeaning sounds...
...Forty songs were received for the football song competition held this fall. The songs were accepted in two classes, those having original words and music, and those with original words set to some familiar time. Five of the first class and three of the second were chosen by the Harvard Song Committee for further trial before the members of the University at mass meetings. These are: "Harvard Wins Today" by "Roland Franklin": "Victory Today" by Rumpel Stilskin": "Harvard's Triumph March" by Herman Hoffnungsvolle"; "Harvadiana" by "Aucassi" and "Nicolete"; "Harvard's Jubilee March." words by "Cy Young," music by "Hans...
...Grimes's thoughtful sonnet "The Beaten Trail," Mr. Greene's graceful translation "From the French of Rousard," Mr. Seegar's very melodious "San Cristoval," Mr. Gilkey's "Song," containing a poetic idea, Mr. Reed's charming "Melisande," and Mr. Thayer's ambitious "Midnight"--these together, one is happy to see, attest a widespread power among Harvard students to write finished and fine-spirited verse. More sustained effort is manifest in Mr. Hunt's adaptation of the delightful Middle-English lay "Sir Orfeo." This rendering--of which half is postponed to the December number-- is of striking excellence. Mr. Hunt employs...
Since some of the most effective football songs have resulted from the application of old tunes to new texts, we would suggest that the Song Committee might do well to conduct its competition in two classes, requiring both music and words to be original in the one class and in the other considering songs with familiar music. As the time for rehearsing new songs after the close of the competition will be very short, this method might increase the effectiveness of the music both at mass meetings and at games. We would further suggest that if there...