VOLUME XXIX.
-■ - NUMBER 87
Gridsters Are
Optimistic
Over '2«» Outlook
^ To Continue Practice
Next Term; Weight
To Reinforce Line
, By RICHARD Tf. STRING
Sports Editor
If tlie same spirit prevails among
the University of Oregon football
players next fall that was apparent
'vilea tno winter
term practice
c n (1 e <1 sevcjra,!
days ago, the
1 0 2 S Webfoot
grid mnrhino is
going to be
mighty hard to
stop. Never be
fore, has such a
'successful mid
winter football
I /' OABcyUDOKV
'( Ar Liny!
I'Ll OU^T /PCI?
VkiLi him!
practice been licbl at the University,
between 30 and 40 candidates wore
reporting daily when practice ended.
| * * *
At a little informal meeting of
football lettermon and Coach John
J. McEwan several days ago plans
wore laid for next fall’s campaign.
The Wcbfoots are going out with
nothing short of a Pacific Coast
Conference championship in view.
The group of lettermon all pledged
themselves to do everything- in
their,power to put the Lemon-yellow
into the win column for a change.
* * *
Coach McEwan is well pleased
with the practice session just end
ed. In comparing the Webfoot foot
ball squad at this time of the year
with that of 1927 he believes this
year’s prospects are much brighter, j
“New strength and weight in the j
line makes things look much better j
than they wore last winter,” said
McEwan.'
* * *
Varsity grid, aspirants who think
they are through with the daily
practice session until next fall will
have to don the moleskins for at
' least six weeks next term. Accord
ing to McEwan yesterday, spring
practice will probably start about
the second week of the spring term.
After denoting most of this term’s
work to individual assignments and
personal attention, spring practice
will be busy with general team play.
McEwan plans on picking two teams
of about equal strength ami then i
train them into the defense and of
fense necessary for next fall. In
order to give some of the newer
men actual training under, fire two
regular games will be played.
* * *
Though much fortification for
next year’s linq comes from this
year’s yearling eleven, the supply
of good ends seem to be conspicuous
by their absence. With the. gradu
ation of Victor Wetzel, the finding
that Frank Riggs is ineligible for
further competition, and the ab
sence of “Red” Slauson, lefivos
Coach McEwan with a dearth of ex
perienced wingmen. Theodore “Ted”
Pope is the only letterman who will .
be on deck next fall. Tony Greer J
made his letter last fall but it is
thought that lie will not return to i •
■school.
Of the freshmen ends who have j
been showing the most promise are -
Lyle Harrington, ISO pounds; Wood- <
(Continued on page three) J
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Foulkcs Strings His
Ax and Emerald Puts
Ort New Type Dress
--
...Have yon noticed the new head
style, of the Emerald? Since the
'Fit of Mr. David Foulkcs, guiding
spirit of the mechanical department
of the Morning Oregonian, the Em
erald has changed its dress, or may
be its trousers. The top heads have
a nice, c1or'" airy look, with lots of
white sp Also one deck in tha
head has i removed.
The “t hat used to rest above
the namie e is gone. No more is
it “the” ;on Daily Emerald. It
is mw si. Oregon Daily Emerald.
Eot only but the Campus Dull
has a ne\ * no plate, so have the
theatres. £ >' the Seven Seers re
mains un -1 red.
Dob (!; ay, managing editor,
approves t ieso changes and de
clares th icy will become per
manent f >s to the paper.
Agents To Vie
In Sales Talk
Life Insurance Salesmen
Prepare ‘Lines’
Tiro annual life insurance sales
center, with six participants, will
be held tonight at seven o’clock in
room 105, Commerce building. Each
contestant will represent a life in
surance company, and will talk t0 a
“prospect.”
Students taking part arc: J. B.
Gray, Beaverton; who will represent,
the Barkers’ Reserve Life Company;
1’. R. JTalliu, Eugene, Pacific Mu
tual Life Insurance company; Ed
Pitkin, Eugene, Union Central Life
Insurance company; R. II. Robnett,
Albajnv, National Life, Insurance
company: Ralph Spitzer, Great I'alPj
Mont., Connecticut Mutual Life In
surance company; 1^. C. I'singcr,
Berkeley, Union Mutual Life Insur
ance. company.
Four of the contestants will be
selected to go to Portland, where
the contest, will be staged before a
group of prominent insurance men,
at a joint meeting of the Life Man
agers’ and Underwriters’ associa
tions.
The Oregon Life Insurance com
pany has donated a silver loving cup,
cr which will be engraved the name
of tlie winner in the event. In ad
dition the Lite Managers’ associa
tion has appropriated a sum of mon
ey which will be used to purchase
suitable prizes.
Judges for the contest will be I.
A. Anderson, and Robert W. Earl.
1 he public and students are invited
lo attend the event, it is announced.
Sigma Xi Members
To Hear Anatomists 1
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Members of Sigma Xi will hear j
’wo speeches on anatomy at their ■
neeting Friday, March 9, in room i
105 Deadv at 8 o’clock.
Br. Harold F. Blum, assistant I
uofessor of biolog?, will spcaic on t
‘Recent Study on the Physiology of 1
he Heart,” and Ben I. Phillips, of 1
ho department of anatomy at the
University of Oregon medical school, r
vill talk on “Recent Developments i
if Studies on the Nuclear Extracts ,
ml Their Effect Upon the Blood.” -
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”Aviation Instructor” Woos Future }
Lindberghs; Leaves Broken Hearts
By LEONARD II. DELANO .. |
Once in a certain family, so the j
joke book says, a father, tempered I
with experience and considerable j
shrewdness common to the “hard-1
hearted” business man, undertook to
instruct his young son in the ways
of the world. Placing him on the j
top of a high book-ease, he told j
him to jump. But the son, like any j
inexperienced young fellow under
the circumstances, was a bit timid
of the forces cf gravity.
“But Papa,” he quavered, “it is!
so high up here.”
“Papa will catch you,” was the
answer the elder gave to his pupil.
But, alas! The book goes on to .
say that the hard-hearted father did
not ‘catch his son :4s he promised,
but let him fall to the floor with a
thump. It was training that the
son might never trust anyone’s word.
About February I, n person by the
name of O. S. Stanberry, claiming
to be an ex-test pilot for the Travel
Air airplane manufacturers of Wich-!
ita, Kansas, arrived in Eugene and,
0 few days later, on the campus.
Temporarily convincing David Lang
maek, local flyer, of his knowledge
of flying, he entered into an agree
ment with him to give a course in j
a
ground instruction in flying and tlio
theory of air navigation in conjunc
tion with Langmark’s regular school, p
Hoaxes Kappa Sigs
Claiming to lie y member of the
Kappa Sigma fraternity by reason
or membership in the University of
Kansas chapter, he was a welcome a
and frequent guest at the local chap- '
ter. In fact, members of the Ore-! I
gon chapter relate, he was a fro- f
quent visitor for approximately!
three weeks. Then, unluckily fori t
his board budget, one day he “pul-jL
led a boner” and displayed his ig- g
rorance of things a Kappa Sigma; 1'
should know. Ilis hosts decided he 1
had better leave. But not until he j ^
had sold his course to several house
brothers and collected “down” pay- II
ments.
In the meantime lie had introduce 1
himself at several other houses on
the campus. At the Chi Phi lodge
be followed up his capitalization of ! c
Lindbergh \s publicity fof aviation I
and several interested in flying sig- : n
nified intentions of becoming stu- i
dents. One, he declares, came quite 111
dose to becoming Stanberrv ’s lius- | a
iness partner. However, he decided | C
ti.at, if lie went into business, he h
would go into it on liis own account j si
(Continued on page five) ! si
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Marion Barnes Heads
Directorate of Nine i
Co-ed Workers
Women’s Houses Intend
To Schedule Dances
April 19-22
Plans for what should naturally bo.
the leapiest Senior Leap week in
three years because this is Leap I
year, are being definitely made, and ,
actual work will begin within a few
days when the newly appointed di-!
roc torn tc consists of nine Senior
class women, and forms what Marian
Pomes believes will be a very effi
cient group trf handle one of the big
gest events staged by the Senior
class.
The directorate includes: Marian
Barnes, chairman; E.lith Bain, pat
rons and patronesses; Georgie David
son, secretary; Rosalie Darker, Ruth
DeNcff. Alice Dougins, Pauline
StewUrt, Iris Saunders, heads of
events; Frances Cherry, publicity.
The committee chairman will ap
point their assistants within a few
days.
The schedule will include events .
for Thursday night, Friday after
noon and evening, and Saturday
afternoon and evening, of the week
end of April ID-22. Various kinds'
of dances will be staged by the wom
en's houses on the campus, includ
ing the annual Bar Room Bust, spon
sored by Hendricks Ilall senior
women.
According to Marian Barnes, if
present indications work out, the ,
Senior men of the loop year class
of 11)28, will be royally entertained.
‘Lillie .Emerald’ Out
For Second Time
A few weeks ago an enterprising
voung journalist by the name of
Clarence Craw conceived the idea
>f a house organ for the members
if the Oregon Emerald staff. ITe
;ommnnicat.ed his ideas to his fel
low staff members, and they too be
anie enthusiastic, as did Hay Nash,
alitor of the Emerald, and Dean
Erie W. Allen, of the school of
ournalism.
But when Clarence carried his
den, to higher authorities; vs. Jack
lenofiel and the executive council,
ns idea met with little enthusiasm.
But a journalist ■ like Clarence
mows no defeat. A number of staff
numbers rallied to the financial sup
iort of his project, and the day of
he newspaper conference the “Lit
lc Emerald” made its initial ap
icnranee as the result of a day of
hop work by Clarence, Joe Bice,
nd Anthony Peterson.
The first edition of the “Little
Smornld” met with so much favor
lint the second issue, which is to
e out this afternoon, was financed
y the school of journalism.
Like the initial number, the sou
nd edition of the small publication
i a three-column four-page affair,
ight by eleven inches. It contains
ossip and short news items of the
lumbers of the Emerald staff and
lie school of journalism. On the
mat page is h cut of the new Goss
rc*ss on which the Emerald is print
1. There will be enough extra
ipies of the paper printed so that
ny student in the school of journal
ini may obtain one, Craw said.
lumber of Patients in
Infirmary Increases
Eleven of the twelve students who j
re in the infirmary today are con- i
alescing from bad colds while j
thelyn HI ssom is being treated
in an infected foot.
Those confined to the Infirmary j
‘day are: Betty Cheney, Marian!
awry, Dorothy Lundburg, Mar
ian t <■ Looney, Frances Dietderich,
ary Duckett, Corinne Hill, Michael
;agan, Charles Colistro, George
Ic her Jr., and Winston Strong.
Ianuf aeturing Plants
To Be Visited by Class
A series of trips to manufacturing ■
mcerns has been planned by A. L.
omax, professor of business ad—
inistraticn, for his class in man-1
'aeturing. The first trip was to !
io Eugene foundry, and future trips!
■e. planned to the Columbia Tire'
f'inpauy in Portland and to Port-,
nd woolen mills. About 12 or .15 j
udents go on these trips and they i
udy manufacturing processes. I
W ashingtdn Huskies
Leave for South To
Vie for Coast Title
fPy United Prpssl
rXTVKBSTTY OP WASTTTXO
TOX, Seattle,-Man-!! 1. Basketball
players of the vnivorsiy f Washing
en left here today I.ns Angeles
v here they will play against the
University of Southern California
for tin- week of noxl Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday to decide the
Pacific coast championship.
Washington capi-a od the Xorth
w.-stern division of (lie conference
with nine victories and only one
defeat. They were hoatou liv the
Pniversitv of Oregm . U. B. ('. and
California .tied for list nln.ee in
the southern division, but U. S. C.
wen in the playoff.
Coach Kdmondsoii of Washington
was accompanied by ten men. They
included Dick Boislol, Monte Bin
der, dolln Dnbpiist, \lfie dames and
Milt Berenson, the regulars.
fi i llamcttc II i ver
R call y Wall 1 am e!
Indian Legend Reveals
Old Nom-de-plume
Tn portaging over flip sand at the
load of the Mili-raco, few students
enow that the Willamette was once
ailed the Multnomah river, after
:n Indian tribe by that name, and
ho few who have this .information
irobably do not know that its cor-j
•ect spelling after it was rechrist
uiod is “Wahlninet.”
All these highlights and a dozen
'.lore were brought out in an old
Indian legend read in assembly yes
erdav morning by 1’rof. L. TT. Hen
lerson ef the botany department,!
whose official title reads, Curator i
d the Herbarium.” Tn the language
if the students, this means that he
was the collector of the hundreds]
if rare plant specimens in the bnse-j
'.n ut, of Heady, enclosed in a strong
octal case, painted green.
The chrmying >t(l_ legend present
ed at assembly was given to Pro- ’
fessor Henderson bv a botanical
friend, and in order to appreciate j
its real beauty one should read it
over slowly to himself. The plot!
hinges about the sou of a great
medicine man in the Multnomah
tribe—Stepparuppa, or '“Step” —
whose love for a certain beautiful
Sittaneara leads him to undertake
a perilous journey to the Blue Moun
tains, “The Top of the World” to
bring her father a message from old
Squawkomia, the seer. That is the
I rice of her hand. Nor is that the!
worst part of it. During the whole
journey lie must eat no meat or
fish.
However, that obligation worries
the reader not, since Step’s mother,
herself, was a sort of naturalist,
and has versed him thoroughly in all
the uses of mushrooms and food of
the snoods. He goes first up the
Croat Biver (Columbia) as far as
the LePage (John Day), which then
takes him to the Blue Mountains
at its source.
The Wappata, a. certain white
mushroom, he used for bread; (This
is the same thing that Lewis and
Clark called the Arrow Loaf); and
for tidbits he ate the Honeycomb
or Pink (Jill varieties. With only!
salt did the brave supply himself, I]
and the last part of the journey lie;,
feasted on puffballs, this time with - |
a side dish of Hedgehog,^Umbrella j <
and Blood mushrooms. Sometimes L
he found certain plants with tubers i
at the base, and at sucli times theC
gallant Step made believe lie had j .
potatoes. . j,
To protect himself* he wore a, ; >
••haplet of blood-red seeds from the
berries of the Peace Flower along C
the John Day, by wh ich moii should j
knew that lie was a messenger to j ,
Ike old Ho or squaw, and not a man I j
out in search of fight. j {
After, weeks of privation, feeling!
very lean from his Lenten diet,
Htcp accomplished his mission* and | *
brought back a prophetic message!
trom Squawkomis, predicting White j
Men’s wars, and incidentally to win |
the faft* Sittaneara’s hand.
According to Prof. Henderson, I J
each botanical term in the legend, 1
ox*] d an a t »* v with the common name,! ^
is correct, m ! later in the season,
perhaps, the professor will read the I *
legend before audiences elsewhere.
Dr. E. T. Hodge Will Not 1
Go lo Geology Meeting
Contrary to preliminary announce- ! (
rmnt, i’rofi - r E. T. Hodge is not t
t ■ attend the meeting of the Na- 1
tional Gn.l - a 1 Society at Ber- i
hi'lev, California, he said yesterday, t
Professor Back ird left for Berkeley -
Tuesday and Dr. Smith left yester-11
i£.v* h
League Helps
Students Send
Grades Home
Envclopo Sale Benefit?
And Advertises New
In f innary
Vi omen of Canijuis Flare
Stamped Containers
In Readiness
Ora do envelopes, the palp of
which is being sponsored by the
A\ omen’s Longue for ilii' benefit of
a now student infirmary for the
rumpus, on nip olT flip proas yester
day mid nro now :it the regisfirnr’s
office for the use of students.
The onvclopoa nro stamped and
will bo sold to students from win
dow eight, registrar's office, for
(ivo cents. They boar in tlio nnpor
left hand corner the caption, ‘‘'The
University of Oregon Needs a Stu
dent Hospital.” Beneath tins in a
box is the statement, “Women’s
League, with the support, of the
students of the University of Ore
gon, is sponsoring the sale of these
envelopes as a contribution toward
a now infirmary.” The printing is
done in dark green.
Burly Filing
The registrar’s" office is very ur
gent in its request that students do
not wait until the last week to file
these self-addressed envelopes in
which their grades nro to bo for
warded to them, at the end of the
term, but purchase their envelopes
and turn them in immediately.
The system of uniform envelopes
instituted by the league, although
not compulsory, will greatly relieve
the rushed work in the office as
well as acquaint the people of the
state with the lyted of a new in
firmary on the campus. With all
sizes and shapes of envelopes turned
in last term for grades, all of which
had. to be filed alphabetically, the
efficiency of the office was greatly
hindered, by the slowness and in
convenience in the process of filing
and mailing. For this reason, as
well as for tlio benefit of the new
student, infirmary, students are urged
by the league to purchase the en
velopes.
Plan Works
The plan was initiated by the
Women’s League following the ex
ample established at Stanford and
other universities following the
abolition of the grade sheet, and
the direction of working out the
details of tlio envelopes was placed
in the hands of Dorothy Baker by
Bather Hardy, president of the
Women's League. The league plans
to place the envelopes for salo
■ach term, and in successive years
lie funds from the sale will be
given to various benefits as they
iriso.
California Rowers To
Meet Washington Soon
UNIVERSITY OK C'A LI KORNTA,
Vlarch 1.—(I’.I.T.)—The California
Varsity crew, which leaves hero
Vlarch 21) for ils regatta with Wash
ngton at Seattle on April <i, lias
icon invitei] to stop off at Corvallis
nit establish the course j record on
he 'Willamette river for the Oregon
Hate College, which has just taken
p rowing.
In a letter to Coach Ky Ebright,
V. A. Kearns, director of athletics
it. Oregon State, extended tho in
itation either on the way north to
Seattle or the way back.
Ebright is favorable to the idea,
ml if the executive committee np
iroves, California will be the tirst,
uiiversity to row on tho Willamette
onrse. The Bears’ time will au
omatically become a record.
J. C. L. A. Magazine Is
Suspended by Editors
TT. C., Los Angeles, March l.(P.
. I’.—Persistent controversy among
he two literary organizations on the
ampus, and ultimatums from mem
:ers of the English department re
iueating the use of “all material
r none” have caused the discontin
anee of the Literary Review sup
dement, according to a statement
nade recently by Editor James
fickizer, ’28*
The editors experienced great dif
’icuity in obtaining material pf
ollegiate quality. Most of the cou
ributions were themes used in col
:go and even high school courses,
ninteresting to the general public;
he poetry was little more than dog
crel; the essays superficial, and
lie stories pointless, the editors
barge.
Cards Are Trumps
!u Came of Campus
Exam Preparation
J -
Tt is remarkably surprising the
number of bridge games which
spring up like ill timed mushrooms
around the campus when the time
for exams draws near. About two
weeks before the term’s examina
tions begin, the students who, in
all probability are the very ones
who should hn studying, start shuf
fling decks and making bids. Any
thing to relieve the mind from that
dead feeling which is the first re
sult of the thought of the coming
ordeal.
Hearts instead of biology, dia
monds instead of geology, chibs in
stead of botany, spades instead of
mineralogy, no trumps instead of
English- this is what panin stricken
students of Hie t'niversity are
taking up, to kelp cram for t lie
exam.
Bishop Remington
To Read Service
Prominent Episcopalian Is
To Be Vesper Speaker
Bishop Remington, of the Episco
pal diocese of eastern Oregon and
Washington, will read the service at
the vesper service, Sunday, March
fit 4:SO in the music building.
Bishop Remington will remain on
tiie campus until Wednesday morn
ing and will confer with students
and address several group*.
This will be the bishop’s first
visit to the T'niversity of Oregon
and lie is particularly interested in
meeting students from eastern Ore
gon. Schedules for conferences may
be arranged for Monday and Tues
day with Mr. Davis, secretary of the
W At. C. A. Bishop Remington will
ml Sunday night in Corvallis and
will return to the campus Monday
morning.
Music fur the vesper service will
lie given by Boris Helen Patterson, |
uho will play a harp solo, and John ,
■Stark Evans, who will he at the
organ. .
Marian Lowry Gets 1
Infirmary Release (
l
Marian Lowry, senioi; in journal- ,
ism, who has been in the infirmary J
for the past, two weeks .while rocov- I
ering from mi attack of the flu, ]
was released yesterday. I
Her only regret, she says, is that
because of eye trouble they would t
not allow her to road the last year’s |
copies of several national raagn- i
zincs that furnish the usual read- i
ing material for infirmary patiiyits. t
Miss Lowry is society editor of the I
Eugene Guard. '
Chosen Few
ToParticipate
I n Canoe Fete
Sigma Pi Tau, Builders
Of Last Two Winning
Floats, Entered
Pairings \\ ill Bo Drawn
At H o'CIock Toilay
On Library Steps
Tlie chosen few have been chosen.
Don Hoelnr trtiick in his thumb and
pulled out the slips, tlie first I t in
each division being tho eligible ones
for participation in the canoe fete,
fhe first, 11 girls’ houses were
Irmvii in the order named: Alpha
Omicron I’i, Gamma Phi lleta, Delta.
Gamma, Alpha Phi, Susan Campbell
Hall, Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Delta
Delta, Pi lleta Phi, Alpha Xi Delta,
Hendricks Hall, Kappa Alpha Theta,
1 ’hi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, and
Delta Zeta.
Fourteen men’s living organiza
tions are also necessary to tho pic
ture, and the following ones will
■’liter the fete landscape: Phi
Gamma Delta, Kappa Sigma, Friend
y Hall, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta,
'hi Psi, I’lii Sigma Kappa', Beta
Photo Pi, B.u liehmlon, Phi Kappa
I’si, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha
lleta Chi, Sigma I’i Tau, and Delta
Pan Delta.
The name of Sigma Pi Tau has
-icon engraved on the canoe fete
■up the last two times it has been
i]* for the prize. It rests on their
nantet now, and it' they should on
er the winning float again it will
x' there permanently.
This morning at 11. o'clock on tho
ibiary steps the pairing will bo
mule. Ronald Ilubbs, Jack Jones,
md Roy Herndon will do the drnw
ng, assisted by Sally Hugh son, who
s in charge of the lottery for tho
■anoo fete, and Elsie Goddard, see
•etary of the canoe fete directorate,
l’here will be two hats used, one
•ontaining the names of the girls’
louses and ono for the men’s or
;a ii iza lions.
“The pairings are -going to bo
air this year,” says Miss Hughson.
'Everybody is invited to come and
latch the drawings, and the results
rill be announced from the steps.”
The remaining living organizn
ious. were drawn in the order
allied, and will compete next year
pith the lirst seven drawn this year,
loginning with number 16 the
ouses are numbered to 21. Kappa
Cuppa Gamma, Alpha Gamma Delta,
’hi Mu, Kappa Delta, Sigma Beta
’hi, Oregon Club combined with
lamina Nu, and Timelier Cottage
Ills the Three Arts Club. There
re seven remaining in tho men’s
ivision: Alpha Upsilon, Psi Kappa,
lignin Nu, Delta Epsilon, Sigma,
’hi Epsilon, Alpha Tau Omega, and
’lleta Chi.
English Singers Charm Audience
At Recital; Show Close Harmony
Voices Are Like Wind Instruments; Acoustics of
McArthur Court Hurt Effects
By NAOMI GRANT
With individual voices that had
tho soft intonation of wind instru
ments and that blended like chords
of an organ or the soft music, of a
string quartet, the English singers
last night sang motets with rever
ence, folk songs with gusto and
ballets with happy abandon.
The opening lines of the first mo
tets came like the chanting of some
distant choir with bass tones like'
the deep notes of an accompanying
organ. While some of the harmonic,
perfection of the first numbers was
blurred by faulty acoustics this same
quality showed to better advantage
in the more animated “Hosanna to
the Sou of David” which followed.
While technically perfect, the bal
let “Sing We and Chaunt It” was
sung in a'carefree manner that was
especially apparent in the light and
aceelevatod fa, la, las of the refrain.
No one in the audience seemed to
be bored by the frequent repetitions
in this number, for they varied from j
moderate fortes to infinitesimal ,
pinnisimos. And not even the fa, |
la las sounded the same for the!
last ones were sung with delibera- I
tion.
The reedlikp quality of the Sing- j
its’ voices was particularly appar
ent in “O Softly Singing Lute”!
which seemed to breath an under- !
urrent of sighs. The group snatch- j
:,s fell with a marvellous soft clar
ity. The ipost difficult number of j
the group was “Though Amaryllis
Banco,” which in addition to tho
prevailing counterpoint of tho pro
gram, presented tho added compli
cation of complex rhythm. And tho
more perplexed the lover became
as to who should be his lady lovo
Hie more perplexing became the
structure of the number. Tho lis
tener was only conscious that six
vi ices were weaving a musical mesh.
Then in contrast came the single
declaration “Heigh Ho, I’ll lovo no
more” in wliicji one heard the so
prano voice with a comparatively
simple background.
An outstanding feature of tho
folk-songs based on old ballads was
their demonstration of the fact that
the old English songs were based
on the music of words. One could
hear a “rolling” sound when that
word was sung, or the sound of tho
sea. The solo parts of the numbers
were exquisitely rendered, but it
was the harmony of the other voices
that furnished the atmosphere. The
most popular number of the group
seemed to be tho “Wassail” song.
Beginning with reserved animation
that presaged a merry feast, tho
toast to the ox was sung with gusto.
The climax was reached in the al
most ribald “May the devil take tho
1 utter, bowl rpd all.” Tho music
ni tho word “tripped” was played
up in delicate fashion. From this
point tho song faded to a pianissimo
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