Brown & White / Glee Club CDs
(You can hear and see samples from the CD
projects)
The Franciscan archivist has all of the Brown & White magazines, and
they're in first class shape! I recently spent several hours reading through the
Brown & White issues that cover the years of my attendance - - but even more
interesting were the articles and pictures of students from surrounding classes.
I saw how the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors from my grad year grew up, as I
read about their accomplishments and antics. I also saw how the men I only knew
as seniors (from my freshman year) were scrawny little punks in their first years!
I found Tom Cruise and Ron Glass... and then I went back to look up the Friars - -
Aubert and others with hair! Lots of funny anecdotes from senior year write-ups.
We recently secured a perfect copy of all issues of the
Brown & White magazines from the archives and we copied most of the articles and pictures
into an Adobe Acrobat document
on a CD. It's similar to the encyclopedias and other reference materials
that are available on CDs. You can select a time period and browse the pictures
and articles. Images can be copied and printed. We even added some movie
clips. There's a cost associated with producing the CDs,
but we think it's worth it to preserve these years of Franciscan history.
Are you interested in having your own copy of the Brown & Whites? If so,
you can get one for $10 (cheap, includes shipping). Just send a
check (payable to Mike Niklas) to
FAA CD
8055 Mill Road
Troy, OH 45373
The seminary glee clubs have won many awards and entertained thousands of
people over the years. Fortunately, they also made a record (which Fr. Aubert
kept in mint condition). The Glee Club record has recently been converted to CD
along with professional recordings from various alumni (e.g., Gregg Martinez, Joe Ebbeler,
and Tom Shumate) and the "Ultima" and "Seminary Fight Song." A special bonus on
the CD is a funny conversation among Fr. Aubert, Uncle Herman, and Aunt Florence
that was taped following their 1974 trip through the Southwest. As with the Brown & White
CD, we're making the Glee Club CD available to alumni for $10 (including
shipping).
You can get one by sending a check (payable to Mike Niklas) to
FAA CD
8055 Mill Road
Troy, OH 45373
Here's a comment from Paul Springer:
I have been enjoying the CD tremendously. It is something very special
to me for a couple of reasons: I was in the glee club and Fr. Aubert was
my cousin from Metamora. Thus Uncle Herman and Aunt Florence were
relatives, too. Both my brother, Duane, class of '56 and I, class of '62,
are alumni. So that makes it clear that the LP was recorded sometime
before June of '62. It was recorded at the seminary in various places: the
chapel, outside and in one of the rec rooms. It was done by someone
outside of the seminary.
As far as the solos, I can only remember a few on "Jimmy Brown":
The main solo was done by Frank Vanden Eynden of St. Bernard, class of '62
The three short solos in that song were: 1st (don't know), 2nd - me, and 3rd -
Ron Glass of TV fame (class of '63). I don't know who did the other solos,
but I think "He's Got the Whole World" was a young guy from the class
of '64.
A second Glee Club CD
has also been produced. It features a few additional recordings from the 60's, several recordings from the glee clubs
of the 70's, and more songs from talented alumni. Click here for more
information on Ultima II.
