Purdue debris . Nomatter whether it was the Glee Club, the quartette, the MandolinClub or Mr. Fink, the productions were above criticism. It wasthe first time that the students were made to believe that thereis mrsic in Purdue. Gypsy Life was portrayed by the rolland swing of the music, and thoughts of the wild, free life of the rover came into the minds of the- audience. Plantation life onthe Mississipi)i was ])iclur(.(l for llif crowd hy the song. ADay in the Cotton Field. The sound of the steamboat wliisllctold of the coming of the boat, the darkies danced for the anuise-ment of the passeng


Purdue debris . Nomatter whether it was the Glee Club, the quartette, the MandolinClub or Mr. Fink, the productions were above criticism. It wasthe first time that the students were made to believe that thereis mrsic in Purdue. Gypsy Life was portrayed by the rolland swing of the music, and thoughts of the wild, free life of the rover came into the minds of the- audience. Plantation life onthe Mississipi)i was ])iclur(.(l for llif crowd hy the song. ADay in the Cotton Field. The sound of the steamboat wliisllctold of the coming of the boat, the darkies danced for the anuise-ment of the passengers and then the boat was gone into tliedistance. The carefully trained chorus also presented tlie .MmaMater song, written Ijy Dr. Coulter. Every line rings trueand is a start toward the ])()ssession of a real Iurdue Song. \\ hen the entertainment was over, everv one knew thatthere is music at Iurdue and tliat the musical clu1)s could taketheir place along with the I)esl of college organizations in 73 Some Other Events CONVOCATION Dr. W . !•:. Stone—- W (.•Icomc lo llic Students, Septeniljer 12, 1906. ***** Kcv. 11. T. (iary— Success, (Jctober 10, 1906. Ires. R. L. Kelly— ••Xeed of Physical 1 )eveloi)nient, October 17, 1906. Irol. U. J. Aley- ?•Success, ( )ctol)er 24, lX)6. Dr. Irank CranstalT, li-e(l Cutler and (). 1. Ius^li—.Musical Rtcital, ( )clol)er 25, lX)6. l\e\-. Wilbur (liapuian — ••rwi-nlvMliird Isabn, October M. lJ06. Mrs. Mary Planner— Readings, November 7, 1906. Judge D. P. Baldwin— The Seeing Pye, November 14, 1906. Miss Lynn and Miss Ridgely— Musical Program, December 5, 1906. Dr. J. B. Lee— Temptation, December 12, 1906. Pres. Edwin Holt Hughes—- Honor, December 19, 1906. Dr. W. E. Stone— 1\) the Students, January 9, 1907. Prof. T. F. Moran— The Political Situation in England, January 23, 1907.


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