Table of 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