Colgate University 1939 Yearbook (Hamilton, NY) - Full Access

· Sing, Sing, Sing polite hu h fell over the eled crowd in Tew York' u martest night spot," the Rainbow Room, a the olgate Glee Club was announced. ne tired old man shrugged in resignation and turned to watch the lights of the city dance through the steel blue of the night. "Just another tunt," he thought, "just a bunch of kids who'll b llow like they all do." Engros ed in watching the lights of a boat moving down the river, he barely heard the craping and rustling as fifty hurried out on the dance Ooor and took their places. As an old sea chant rocked the room his eye cea d to follow th boat and dropped thought– fullv to his table. ~The number ended; enthusiastic applau swept through the audience, and Dir dor Roberts raised his hand for the econd election, an old Kentucky mountain ballad. The man turned sharply in his seat and faced the Glee Club. The boredom which had marked his first p e had gone down the river with the boat he had been watching, and wa now replaced by intense absorption. Resting his elbow on the table he chinned hi hand, hi eye narrowed. and a light smil played on his lips. the ballad rose to a stirring conclusion he jump d from hi s at and applauded violently. Nor wa he alone in his enthu ia m. The approval of the crowd shook the room, a the boys mov d from the Ooor, and continu d until Berrv \\ alker brought them back to ing a college song. Four time thi cene was repeated and ach en– core wa marked by this abandonment in uproariou acclamation. The Rainbow Room one rt wa the climax of an extremelv succ ssful New York trip . The complete enthu ia m which greeted this performance atop the RCA Building wast pica! of the other PnoF. Tuo.,tAS Roa&nTs concerts in Mount ernon, Pelham 1an r, and Brooklyn. Direclor 134