Georgia Tech Glee Club

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Ancient History It is unclear when a group of Tech men first harmonized and called themselves a glee club, but it is accepted that the singers represent the Georgia Institute’s of Technology’s oldest student organization. A Technique article reported in October 9, 1917 that “The Glee Club was first started in 1906 and was composed of some eight or 10 men who would gather every afternoon under the Academic Building and practice.,” the Technique reported in an October 9, 1917, article introducing new students to campus customs and clubs. An Atlanta Constitution article dated June 20, 1907, records the group’s roots a bit differently: “One of the great social organizations that helps to make the thorny path at Tech tread easier is a musical club organized last February under the suggestive title of the Tech Glee Club.” The oldest college glee club in the Southeast, the storied history of the Glee Club includes travels around the world on military transport planes, being surrounded by screaming girls, and even referring to themselves as “heckuva” engineers” to appease Ed Sullivan. By 1924, the club was so popular that it drew over 200 voices to the fall tryouts, according to the student newspaper. “Seventy-five survived the first cut. This number will later be cut down to 50 as soon as the management decides who are the sheep and who are the goats.” In 1926, the club broadcast on WGST radio three times and staged shows throughout Georgia. A March 19, 1926 review of one tour sto

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