If DRESS UP••• JUST AS PRETTY AS A PICTURE FOR LESS THAN $6.00 PER MAN e/"zc!c Ihf2jf2 UI~~IU qt1.'lmf2nt 7'f2t1.tU'lf2j: • FIVE ATTRACTIVE STYLES. • WASHABLE EASY-TO-LAUNDER FABRICS. • SANFORIZED PRE-SHRUNK FOR PERFECT FIT. • FAST COLORS, WHITE, OR CONTRASTING TRIM. •. MADE TO YOUR MEASUREMENTS. • COMFORTABLE TO WEAR. ~~.~~~!:! 7~L~~c:.§IN~. ____ MAKERS or Ql,)ALITY UNIFORMS SINCE 1929 _ Eo;' Full Information Address Our Alent . THOMAS F. NEEDHAM • 1907 W. CHAMBERS • MILWAUKEE, wise. • '. THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF BARBER SHOP QUARTET SINGING IN AMERICA, INC "VAS YOU DERE. SHARLlE7" NUMBER VOLUME VII NO. DEvOTED TO TH", INTERESTS OF AUGUST, 1947 BARBER SHOP OOM1UT HARM(lflY "DOCTORS" TAKE OWN PRESCRIPTION AND WORK TO WIN CONTEST HILIGHTS OF INT'L. Few of the Judges who gave the nod to the Doctors of Harmonv at the end of the Int'!. Contest Saturday night, June 14, recognize;l BOARD MEETING one number they sang, written by "Jumbo" Smith tenor, which In three sessions of the old Board and lays at rest any buzz-buzz that "you've got to have numbers that one meeting of the new, group poli­ the judges know and like". Nor did many of the .i udges know cies, methods, objectives of the past how that Elkhart, Ind. quartet had worked for two years right year were thoroughly inspected and up to the contest time. An occupant of the room next to theirs applied to 1947-48. at Milwaukee reported that the Doctors stayed in their room most Among hilights: As of May 31 we had of the time after they arrived, had their meals sent in, rehearsed, 352 chapters with 18,896 members. and rehearsed some more. Washington, Oregon, Idaho and West­ THE DOCTORS OF HARMONY ern Montana now constitute the Pa­ Elkhart, Indiana Crowd reaction and comment from cific Northwest District, making 12 in all. Minnesota and the western other quartets, including the second half of Michigan's upper peninsula place Lions Club Serenaders, proved are now part of the (formerly Wis­ that the decision was a popular one consin) Land-a-Lakes District. and merited by every standard of judging. Extension activities should be directed toward quality, and proper leadership It was hard for the Serenaders to.take in new chapters rather than mere nu­ merical additions. The need for ad­ second place (for the fifth time) but ditional district officers to take re­ they took it standing up acclaiming sponsibility for the welfare of exist­ the Doctors' performance as the best ing chaptel's is also apparent. of the five finalists, a statement veri­ fied by the third place Mid-States From the report of the Ethics Com­ Four, Chicago; the Chordoliers of mittee came the resolution that re­ Rock Island in fourth place for the cordings should not be made of any quartet without its permission and second consecutive year, and the those who have cut such records Westinghouse Quartet, Pittsburgh. In should be advised not to distribute addition to these, the other 10 Semi­ them. The Ethics Committee also took Finalists were: (Morning Prelim.~ a full swing and follow through at Friday, June 13) Continentals. Muske­ suggestive actions and lyrics in any gon; Hi-Lo Quartet, Milwaukee; Jolly public singing by SPEBSQSA quar­ Fellows, Dayton; Four Naturals, New tets. Haven; Gardenaires, Redford-Detroit; Clef Dwellers, Oakland County, Mich. The Int'l. office is now keeping a du­ plicate set of information on old songs (Afternoon) Big Towners, Chicago; hunted down by the Old Songs Com­ Harmonaires, Gar y; Songfellows, mittee. A folio of barbershop arrange­ Evansville; and the Lamplighters, ments of public domain songs ar­ Cleveland. Rounding out the 29 quar~ ranged by Society members is con~ tets, winners in the Sectional Pre­ templated. In judging, the importance liminaries, who reported at Milwau~ of Stage Presence is recognized by kee: Tomcats, Massillon; Jolly Whal­ the fact that in the future the two ers, New Bedford; Bonanza Four, judges of Stage Presence will deal Reno; Antlers, Flint; Coca Cola Four, with 100 points each, total 200 points Hutchinson (Kans.); Mello-Men, Chi­ instead of 100 as formerly. Each will Milwaukee Journal Photo cago; Four Kernels, Omaha; Buzz start with 80 points deducting penal­ 1947 CHAMPIONS Saws, Columbus (Ohio); Harmoneers, ties for poise, presentation, appear­ Top, down-"JuniDr" Cripe, lead; Baltimore; Food City Four, Battle "Butch" Hummel bad' "Reverend" (Col/tinued on page 4) Kidder, bass; "Ju:nbo" Smith, tenor. (Continued on page 4) TABLE OF CONTENTS Barbershop Arrangements (list of) __ Page 18 Keep America Singing-George W. Campbell Page 43 Barbershop Recordings (list of) 55 Keep Posted.. _. 10 Barbershop Bafflers by Charles M. MerrilL 40 New Chapters Chartered................... 14 Answers to "__ . 41 Over the Editor's Shoulder...... ....._............ 34 Cartoon by Beaudin 9 Pioneer Recording Quartets~"Curly.. Crossett._ 46 President's Column~Charles M. Merrill 7 Coast to Coast (by Districts) 26 27 30 Public Domain Songs........... 35 Coming Events ..: : 42 Song Arrangement in this Issue 22 Do You Rememb€'r?-J. George O'Brien 36 Songs Sung at Milwaukee 11 Directory of All Chapters and District Officers.. 62-63 Spark Plugs-for Meetings--Frank H. Thorne _ 13 Editorial Pages (Directory of Int'l. Board) 8-9 Stub Pencil at Milwaukee.. _._ "....... .. 16 Founder's Column._ . 28 Story Behind Song on the Cover.. 29 "Good Conduct," Walter Jay Stephens "'._ 8 Swipes~from the Chapters.... 47 Information You Want (about Songs) 37 The Old Songsters-Sigmund Spaeth .._ 25 I See by th€' Papers 44 The Way I See It-Deac Martin_ 40 It Helps to Know................... 12 With the Int'J. Champions.. 38 4 The Harmonizer Judges Study Judging in INT'L BOARD MEETS NEWS FOR SEC'S (Cofuimud from PIJ&' J) Rules-Methods Seminar The Board has authorized the ance, etc. and adding earned credits. issuance of special solid gold Quartets not appearing in costume or Premising the judges meeting, after­ lapel emblems for Past Chap­ uniform dress will be disqualified. The noon of June 14, on necessity for ter Secretaries. Order from the Judges committee continues to work judges to know rules and their in­ Int'l. Sec., $6.00 plus postage. toward international uniformity in terpretations, and on "bending o~er Don't send checks in advance. judging. backward in giving all competmg Just send in your order. Emblem and invoice will be sent by the It was recommended that the Society quartets all possible 'breaks'," Chmn. look into the possibility of setting M. E. Reagan conducted a demonstra­ manufacturing jewelers, Wey· hing Brothers. convention dates two years ahead in tion-discussion session with certified order for the host city to be fully judges that would have gone all after­ prepared. Chapter secretaries were noon but for the fact that most had urged to utilize the plan offered by dates to attend the afternoon Jam­ "YOU'RE ON THE AIR" the Int'!. office for direct mailing of boree. Thanks to Mutual the Harmonizer to members. Inter­ national Secretar~' Carroll P. Adams Reports and congratulations on the was retained, unanimously, for the Starting with fundamentals, he dem­ Mutual Network broadcast from Mil­ 1947-48 fiscal year. The ten·year his­ onstrated the flladder of tones" (chro­ waukee continue to filter in. It seems tory of the Society is moving along on matic scales), seven basic chords and that about 19,000 members who did schedule with a wealth of material be­ their inversions used most frequently 110t attend the Int'I. contest were ing collected for editing into shape by in barbershop quartet work, the grouped with family and friends the time the clans gather at Okla­ "circle of 5ths" which is an infaIliable around the country's receiving sets, homa City in '48. and they'd notified most of t~eir guide to key changes; and gave the music-loving friends to do likewIse. group a quick taste of the ~'C!ock ~ys­ The program went out from 400 sta­ BARBERSHOP HARMONY tem" by 'which each chord IS Identified tions, through WG~, ~hicago. ~he by its place on a 12·unit "clock" face. audience at the AudItorIUm, exceedmg APPROVED BY WAR DEPARTMENT 6,000, received written instructio,!s \Vhen Imm. P. Pres. Frank H. Thorne about the part it was to play, and It Reagan stressed the fact th~t ~ules heard in May that the War Depart­ played its part like an old trouper ment had banned barbershop harmony must uencourage" quartets whIle pre­ under guidance of Geo. W. Campbell. serving" barbershop type harmo?y. In among American and allied personnel "Good radio!", the comment of an ex­ in Germany, his immediate pl'otest to that connection most of the Judges perienced producer sitting in the audi­ felt that the melody also should be Gen. Eisenhower was loaded with ence, covers the planning, and execu­ fncts as to why such a move was preserved, though an occasional ori?­ tion which proceeded with split-second questionable. Letters flew, cables inal note thrown in by the quartet m precision, no flat spots and no gaps. clicked, with the result that Thorne search of unusual arrangements would Cutting into the stage program as the was able to read to the Saturday af­ not be judged too harshly. It was judges' decisions were in final stages, ternoon Jamboree, Milwaukee, a mes­ generally agreed that 6th chords. can listeners got a lift from cl'owd sing­ sage of assurance that singing was be used logically for song endmgs, ing of The Old Songs, learned facts banned only after hours, and that the but that ending on a 7th chord "leaves about the Int'I.