University of Oregon monthly., January 01, 1908, Image 16

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Ti)e Gipe Club Trip
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The Glee Club trip is one of the pleasant events of the
College year, arid is, a well-earned reward for the hours of hard
practice and constant drill in preparation for the totir. It is
an excellent outing for there is always'a spirit of good fellow­
ship prevalent among the members of the club, an atmosphere
of absolute freedom and rest, utter abandonment of books for
the time being, and a calm resignation of all worries-—into
the hands of the manager. The trip this year| was .of ten
days duration. Concerts were given at Albany, Salem, The
Dalles, Ta Grande, Baker City, Walla Walla, Pendleton,
Hood River and Portland. The trip covered in the neigh­
borhood o f . one thousand miles, traversing the whole width
of the state, almost to the Idaho line, thence to Walla Walla^
Wash,, and finally back to Portland, where the club disbanded
and pnost of the boys returned to their homes to spend the
holidays,
...There are many trivial obstacles and petty inconveh-
iences'encountered on the journey, but they are cheerfully
overcome as; they are m et; by the optimistic sallies and jests
of some of the boys. ,por in s t a n c e O n e cold, rainy morning.
o<er in Eastern Oregon, the club stood huddled around the
depot stove, a listless, sleepy crowd if ever there was one.
The rain, beating down upon the windows , of the waiting,
room, seemed to play a melancholy dirge that cast a gloomy
silence over the whole club. The second tenor could stand
it no longer. “ Mercy, ?gpodtie&s, me,” he. cried with tears in
his eyes and a pathetic tremor,,in his voice,/‘we chorus girls
do have a hard life.” Such a remark as this always lent
additional merriment to the trip, and brought forth a hearty
“ha, ha,” from everybody, | Np one seemed to mind it par­
ticularly if the hotel rooms were cpld, or if the meals were not
exceptionally,fine, or if the train should arrive 30 minutes