Word: songs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Song Said to Be Inferior...
...Raising the standards of music sung in college glee clubs was the avowed purpose in founding the Intercollegiate Musical Corporation, with the Harvard Glee Club as a charter member," said Mr. Woodworth. "The objection raised by Harvard this year was that the prize song, chosen by the Corporation to be sung by each contesting club, is musically of a very inferior quality. Such a choice defeats the purpose of the contest...
...This difficulty over the prize song is not a new one," Mr. Woodworth continued. "In 1921 Harvard protested the prize song on the ground of its musical inferiority. At that time there were only eight clubs competing and Harvard's withdrawal would have seriously prejudiced the success of the concert. Because of this Harvard agreed to compete, with the understanding that the prize song in the future have the approval of every contesting club. This understanding with reference to unanimous consent was incorporated in the rules and regulations of the Corporation...
...Another Song Requested
...plan has worked well until this fall, when Horatio Parker's 'Lamp in the West' was announced as the prize song for the 1926 contest. Harvard immediately protested, again on the ground of musical inferiority, called attention to the unanimous consent agreement and requested that another song be chosen...