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GLEE CLUB AT AUGUSTA
John Hope, II
Well, another Glee Club and Orchestra trip has gone
into history, but this one was not colored by the mis
fortunes which befell and belated us on our last tour.
True, it is that we motored as before, but we had the
advantage of riding in a real bus and of having much
better roads.
Tuesday, March 26th, at 5:30 A. M., we started for
Augusta thirty-one strong. Our ride was rather un
eventful as there were exactly thirty-one sleepy men
present.
Arriving at Augusta about 12:30 (1:30 Augusta time),
we were dispatched to our respective homes where we
enjoyed some real southern hospitality. At 4:30 we ap
peared in a matinee at the Lenox Theatre. The audi
ence was small, being composed principally of school
children. After the afternoon performance, we were
free until the night concert.
At 8:30 in the same auditorium, the curtain was
raised to the tune of a snappy march by the orchestra
That same snap and finish characterized the entire pro
gram. We played to a highly appreciative as well as
critical audience. After the concert, we were invited
to a social given by our sponsors, the Y. M. C. A. To
say that we enjoyed this party to the utmost is need
less, for there we saw the reason for Augusta’s boast
about charming young ladies.
But all good things must have an end and at 10:30
Wednesday morning we bade farewell to this seat of
southern aristocracy, riding eighteen miles to Aiken, S.
C., a winter restort of some distinction. There we played
a dinner program at the Inn. The night program was
played at the school. We had a very good audience,
including Mr. E. B. Williams, a recent alumnus of
Morehouse, who made a few remarks with reference to
Morehouse and the development of Negroes along ar
tistic lines. We are greatly indebted to Mr. and Mrs.
Carroll for their kind hospitality, because in addition
to finding lodging for thirty-one men they single-handed
ly fed nearly all of us.
The next morning, after duly initiating three “rookies”
we started for Atlanta, stopping to visit Walker Bap
tist Institute at Augusta, for a short while. It was a
very pleasant visit because in addition to seeing one
of the brightest looking student bodies we have seen
for some time, we saw our old friend “Chicken”
Charlie Clark, a star athlete, known at Morehouse as
the “Southern Sensational,” he has managed to hold
his title since his graduation through his commendable
work at Walker.
Leaving Augusta at noon, we spent the next two
hours “holding court.” This is a well-organized court
in which members of the Glee Club and Orchestra are
tried for their misdemeanors, crimes, “hogs,” etc. We
have a jury made up of the whole, excluding the judge
and the attorneys. The court is presided over by a
“competent” judge (who happens to be yours truly)
who conducts the trial and then pronounces the final
verdict. Any guilty party must “run the gauntlet.” It
is just a question of how many times. With the able
counsel of Attorneys Moreland, Reid, or Stewart, some
men have been acquitted, but most of them were guilty
For further information about the court consult Messrs.
Allen Bibb, H. C. Talley, Watson or Walker. We
arrived in Atlanta about 8 P. M., singing “Good Lawd,
I Done Done.”
The Classical Club has had interesting discussions
and talks on Greek social life, history, government, re
ligion, economic life and philosophy. When we study
Greek life, we realize the great amount of truth in the
statement “there is nothing new under the sun.” The
Classical Club realizes that Greece is the intellectual
fountain of modern thought.
N. Huchley.
In the last few weeks, we have acquired a telephone
booth in Graves Hall. From the students’ point of view
it is a howling success but, as to the telephone’s thought
on this matter, I am not so sure. We have noted that
the great bulk of calls are “in-coming” rather than
“out-going.” The outsider might marvel at the appar
ently' wide popularity of our student body, but we have
the inside dope on our colleagues.
It so happens that we have a pay station which of
necessity reouires the exorbitant deposit of five cents
for each “OUT-GOING” call. Now it so happens that
the Morehouse division of “the cream of the race” is
exceedingly race conscious as well as patriotic. Be
ing students of economics, they have studied quite thor
oughly the question of private ownership of telephone
and telegraph, and have finally come to the conclusion
that it is very detrimental both to the Race and to the
nation. Therefore they have contrived a plan by which
one mav get his call for about 2.5 cents per, thereby
getting two opportunities to “jib” for 5 cents instead
of one, which would get an “out-going call.”
This is the plan. The gentleman might write a letter
to a young lady telling her of her manv sacharine quali
ties and of the utter impossibility of his living through
the night without hearing her sweet voice. The ladv
not relishing a funeral, rings Graves Hall, the gentle
man thereby getting his call at reduced rates. An
itemized statement would include 2 cents to “Uncle
Sam” for stamps, .5 cents to Morehouse for stationer,
making a grand total of 2.5 cents. This, however,
does not include the value of the contents of the letter
which is usually negligible.
So. vou see that the telephone will hardly be a fi
nancial success. But on behalf of the occupances of
the first floor, we ask you kindlv. kindlv to have your
friends call a little before UP. M.. as there are a few
of us who would like to sleep.
A TENNIS COURT IS BUILT
True it is that, “necessity is the mother of invention.”
We have been trying for, lo, these many years to
cultivate a second tennis court on the campus. To my
certain knowledge the same plot has been plowed at
least three times and, last year it was actually leveled
off. However, nobody would play on it. The other