Word: western
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...concert was as good, if not better, than those of past years. The programme was long yet varied, while the selections rendered were chosen with great skill. The singing of the Glee Club and playing of the Banjo Club was such as to warrant the expectation of a successful western trip. Both Clubs showed the result of their almost continual practice during the fall in preparation for their projected trip of next week. In short, we congratulate the management on the presentation of a concert fully up to the high standard set in former years...
...morrow the Glee and Banjo clubs leave Cambridge for their western trip. It was only by the most persistent efforts that the faculty finally gave their consent to the trip, and even then with some misgivings. We feel certain that the confidence reposed in the members of the clubs will not in any way be abused, and that the organization which will represent Harvard during the holidays will reflect credit upon the college. The trip of the Glee Club will do much to bind those graduates, who live too far away to be present at any of our athletic contests...
...arrangements for the western tour of the Glee and Banjo Clubs have been almost completed. From the multitude of details, we have selected the following for the information of our readers...
...present college year close Wednesday, after which the campus will be entirely deserted for three weeks, the vacation having been increased a week to make up for the decrease in the Thanksgiving recess. The change was made this year for the first time, particularly in the interest of western men who are unable to put the extra days at Thanksgiving time...
...University Glee and Banjo Clubs will make an unusually extensive western trip this year. Cleveland is the place to be honored with the first concert, and the event will surely be a pleasant one, on account of the large number of men in college who live in that city. The other concerts will be given at Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Denver, Kansas City and St. Louis...