Our Glee Club Boys

Under the heading " Michigan Boys Meet with a warm Weieome nt Central Music Hall," the Chicago Herald of Maren 25, 1888, bas tliis to say of the entertainment glven by tbe U. of M. Glee Club: There is no great noTelty In conceits by college glee clubs. Several occur every year and there is such a general resemblance between them tbat they cannot readily be distinguished one from anotlier. To use an agrlcultural simile, "thev are as much alike as two peas.'' But however much they may resemble each other there is a perennial charm in these concerts which even the most artistic of chamber "recitors'' cannot equal. Every "oíd boy" U carried back to bis own college days by the jolly songs of tbose happy undergraduates who know nothlng of the inUery occasioned by bilis from the butcuer and baker. Bringlng wiUi them a breezy reminder of the "Groves of the Acaderny'' they Rtir up ruany pieasant memories and sonie Unit are tearful. It wa on tliis account In part and partly on their own belmlf that the Glee Club of Michigan University received such a warm welcome at Central Music Hall last evening. The Yale and Princeton clubs having already vislted Chicago this seasou, it was interesting to discover what the leading Western University could do in the same direction, and If applause mean anything, the verdict was complimentary to the Western boy 8. The club is composed of ninteen dapper young men, all of them bright and enthuslastlc. The average vocal endownent of the choir is very good, and there las plainly been no little careful training avished upon the boys by somebody. 'hey slng with spirit and understanding, ut without that smoothness of tone and erfection of finisn which may come later, erhaps about the time the sheep.-ikins ilossom on tlie baccal hu reate tree. That he bill of the evening was a typic.il glee lub programme oes quite without sayüg. The sole signitlcance of such a conert lies in the old college songs. WitliUt "Ching-a-Ling"and the "Meerschaum Jipe" it would not be a college concert at II. Xu full appreciatiou of this fact tbe lub rendered not only these songs but Uiers of like characteraud others still of se ntimental sort. M. H. Clark whistled witb great success, Mr. Cole warbled, nd, amid a crash of resounding encores, ie evening. pee] away quite agreeably. After the concert the college boys were anqueted in royal stole by their frlendg f the University Club, and to-day tbey will leave on a brief tour through Indina and Oblo.