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...first piece will be a light song, "Now Is the Month of Maying," by Marley. "Old Harvard," to be sung to the tune of the Belgian National Anthem, with the words especially written for the occasion by D. T. M. McCord '21, has been selected for the second song of the University singers, while the feature of the evening will be a prize song, Horatio Parker's "My Love," which will be rendered by each one of the competing clubs. At the end the "Stein Song," by F. F. Bullard, will be sung by all of the clubs together...
...misleading, them through their ignorance of its policy. A suggested remedy for this situation is a change in the name of that society, so as to eliminate all possibilities of further criticism. The Glee Club under its present system is rather more inclined toward the choral and the stately anthem than it is toward the rollicking-student song. Were the club to alter its name to that of "The Harvard Chora Society," not only could there be no more doubt as to its character, but it would also be more appropriately named in the eyes of those...
Perhaps it will be some time when the national anthem or a Harvard march is being played by the band; perhaps it will be when a line of veterans passes by on parade; perhaps it will be before the glowing fireside where old age looks out over the past,--then the memory of some humorous and forgotten incident or the thought of a friend will rise out of the obscurity of the past and lend to the mind that inward satisfaction that comes from the assurance of a youth well spent...
...Whenever the National Anthem is played at any place when persons belonging to the military service are present, all officers and enlisted men, not in formation, shall stand at attention facing toward the music (except at retreat, when they shall face toward the flag). If in uniform covered, they shall salute at the first note of the Anthem, retaining the position of salute until the last note of the Anthem. If not in uniform and covered, they shall uncover...
...should not, in being proud of our flag and our national anthem, fall to the level of the rabble, which hoots, throws stones, and riots when some slight form is omitted, not from an exalted and generous conception of the meaning of their nation and a desire to preserve its honor, but simply because, being a rabble, it loves to hoot, throw stones, and riot...