A History of the Rutgers University Glee Club

Contents

• Foreword 
• Introduction 
• Chapter 1  
• Early History 
• The Männechor Tradition and the English Catch Clubs 
• The Glee Club of London 
• Collegiate Glee Clubs in America 
• The Rutgers College Glee Club 
• Birth of the Rutgers College Glee Club 
• Composition of “On the Banks of the Old Raritan” (1873) 
• Sidebar – Howard Newton Fuller (1854-1931) 
• 1872-1879 – Fits and Starts 
• 1880-1895 – Stable Leadership 
• Loren Bragdon’s Leadership in the 1890s 
• Sidebar – Loren Bragdon (1856-1914) 
• Sidebar – The Rutgers Songbook (Songs of Rutgers) 
• Sidebar – Alma Mater 
• Chapter 2 – New Directions 
• George W. Wilmot (Musical Director/Leader, 1895-1906) 
• Raymond W. Smith (Leader, 1906-1915) 
• Collaborative Efforts 
• Merger 
• New Leadership 
• Chapter 3 
• The Modern Era – Rutgers at 150 
• Howard D. McKinney, ’13 as Director 
• World War I 
• Sidebar – Paul Leroy Robeson, ’19 (1898-1976) 
• Peacetime Pursuits – The Development of the Musical Clubs 
• Sidebar- The Jazz Bandits – Success after Rutgers 
• Rutgers University 
• Chapter 4 - Change in Focus 
• The Demise of the Mandolin Club and the Rise of The Musical Clubs 
• Leadership from Within 
• The Assistant Director – F. Austin Walter, ’32  
• World War II – An Unwelcome Detour 
• Sidebar – Glee Club Discography – From the Vicissitudes of War to European Tours 
• Post-War 
• Sidebar – Lake Minnewaska – An Idyllic Location for Work and Recreation 
• Chapter 5 – Prestige and Travel 
• The 1950s – The University Choir 
• Sidebar – Howard Decker McKinney (1889-1980) 
• The 1960s – International Travel 
• Sidebar – Glee Club on the Road – Sixty Years of International Travel 
• Sidebar – Glee Club and the Gridiron – Early Involvement and a Continuing Tradition 
• Sidebar – Soup Bowl – A Modern Glee Club Tradition – 1967-Present 
• The 1970s – The Centennial Year (1972) 
• The 1980s – Walter’s retirement – New Directors and Directions 
• Sidebar – Francis Austin “Soup” Walter (1910-2000) 
• Sidebar – Frederic Hugh Ford 
• Chapter 6 – Into the New Millennium 
• Sidebar – Patrick Gardner (b. 1953) 
• Patrick Gardner – 1993-Present 
• The New Millennium 
• The 2010s 
• 2020 – the Glee Club in the Year of Covid-19 
• Beyond to the 150th Anniversary Celebration 
• Sidebar – Christmas in Carol and Song – A Rutgers Tradition for Over 100 years 
• Sidebar – Student Leadership – A Glee Club Hallmark 
• Epilogue 
• Index