College Songs at Harvard and Yale.

The publication of the program of the Yale musical clubs for their Western trip has suggested a comparison between the different kinds of songs sung by the glee clubs of Harvard and Yale. Here is a list of the Yale songs to be sung on the Western trip:

Alma Mater, Shepard

Hunting Song from RobinHood, DeKovin

College Songs a. Nellie Was a Lady Carm. Yalen

College Songs b. Upides, Carm. Yalen

The Happiest Land, Hatton

Morning and Evening Star, Aide

College Songs a. My Last Cigar, Carm. Yalen

College Songs b. PeterGray, Carm. Yalen

Down the Road to Sally's, Shepard

Jack and Mary; an Episode, Shepard

In a Year. Diegert

Predicicament, Lee-Tweedy

Bright College Years, Carm. Yalen

This is eminently a program of some of "the good old songs." Five out of the thirteen are taken from the Yale College song book, and are familiar to everyone. There are very few ridiculous, rollicking songs such as have characterized of late the programs of the Harvard Glee Club.

As for the Harvard music, take, for instance, the winter concert in Sanders Theatre given last year. The songs sung then were:

Drinking Song, Benedict

Birdling in the Linden Tree, Arr. by Osgo

Hinz von Stein, Thav

Mulligan Musketeers, Atkin

Serenade, Thompson

Waltz, "Breeze of the Night," Lamothe

The Moonlighter, Abbott '93

A Barnyard Idyl, Atkinson '91

The Owl and the Pussy Cat, De Koven

The Three Glasses, --

Mrs. Craigin's Daughter, Atkinson '91

Fair Harvard, --

Out of this list there are not more than three that can really be called old songs, "The Owl and the Pussy Cat," "The Three Glasses," and Fair Harvard." On the other hand quite a number of the songs are entirely new, being written by men in college.

Here, then, are the two different ideas, the one to give an audience a taste of the old songs, and thus in a way keep up traditions; or to amuse the audience with music which they had never heard before, and for which, except for the time being, they probably care little. Which of these two ideas is the more appropriate for a college glee club is an open question.