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...western trip of the Glee and Banjo clubs terminated Monday night, the men arriving in Cambridge at a late hour. The tour in every respect satisfied the strongest hopes of all the members. Before houses crowded with the most enthusiastic audiences, the clubs did themselves great credit, and deserve the heartiest thanks of the college for so admirably representing it. The Harvard clubs at the different cities seemed to vie with one another in the manner of receiving their guests, and nothing was wanting in the way of hospitality...
...students accepted the courtesies of the Rittenhouse Club after the concert and endeavored to repay the obligation with songs and with banjo music...
Saturday morning, December 22, was a busy time for the members of the Glee and Banjo clubs. After early breakfasts in Cambridge, the members met at the Boston and Albany station a few minutes before nine o'clock ready to begin their journey westward. The weather was clear and bracing, and the spirits of the men were high in anticipation of a glorious time as well as of a successful series of concerts...
...college songs, received hearty encores. The success most pleasing to the Glee Club was that of the glee "Courtship." The New York audience was the first to recognize the delightful little touches in the glee, and broke out spontaneously before the last bars had been sung. The Banjo club succeeded in winning an encore every time it played. This was true of every concert during the tour...
...degree of excellence that members of Harvard's old glee clubs, in the days when the mission of a glee club was confined to singing before the halls of Matthews and Holworthy, were astonished at the growth which the club has attained in the days of their successors." The banjo men received their full share of favor...