A record crowd heard the Glee Club on Tuesday evening in the first of the Club's annual series of Yard Concerts. The air was raw; more people than usual remained standing, wandering about the grass in an effort to keep warm. But the men on the steps of Widener held the attentions of all for a half-hour of informal song.
Most of the numbers on the program rocked Memorial Church on its heels, the old building sending back echoes of protest. Randall Thompson's "Tarantella," a sultry Basque setting, was particularly strong in diction and attack, something for which the Club is famous. Singing out-doors is a real test of such polish: Tuesday's audience heard every word. The concert ended with four choruses from "Patience," and afterwards members of the University joined the Glee Club on the steps to sing football songs. Merriment prevailed, and the spring counterpart of the football rallies had once more got off to rollicking start.
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