Chronology of Music Making at the University of Dayton

"The University of Dayton traces its origin to the earliest days of the Society of Mary in the United States. The Marianists, commonly known as Brothers of Mary, came to this country in 1849 in response to a call for religious teachers from Cincinnati, Ohio. Upon their arrival, Rev. Leo Meyer and the Brothers placed themselves at the disposal of Archbishop Purcell. Father Meyer was sent to Dayton to assist Rev. Henry Juncker, pastor of Emmanuel Church. It was during his stay in Dayton that Father Meyer took the first steps towards the establishment of a school for boys by purchasing the ‘Dewberry Farm’ from Mr. Stuart, a scion of the royal Scotch family of that name. The deed of purchase was signed on March 19, 1850, with no other security than a medal of St. Joseph. The name of the property was changed to Nazareth, in honor of the Holy Family.

St Mary’s College was opened, July 1, 1850, with an enrollment of fourteen day-students. The first day-student to register, Lawrence Butz, served as mayor of the city of Dayton for two terms, from 1874-76 and 1878-80, and is well remembered in the history of the city for his honest and efficient administration. When regular sessions began the following September, both resident and day-pupils were admitted.” (12, Jan 1922).

• Fr. Leo Meyer purchases "Dewberry Farm" to serve as a school for boys. The property deed is signed on March 19. Board and Tuition for the first year is $18 per quarter for the resident students and $3 for those attending day school. An advertisement for St. Mary's School offers instruction in Reading, Writing, English, French, German, Arithmetic, Practical Geometry and Mensuration, Bookkeeping, History, Geography, Drawing, Vocal Music, Botany, Agriculture and Horticulture.

• Mr. Greiner, a local hotelkeeper, offers his organ for Sunday services and plays on occasion. Soon after, a fire occurs, destroying many buildings. Mr. Greiner takes his organ, which was one of the few items saved in the great fire back. Only ten boarders and a few brothers remained on-site after the fire. Only one of the brothers could sing, and so masses in the chapel became grave and silent.

• The violin is first heard at High Mass. Its player remarks, "This fiddle has done enough service for the devil, let us now consecrate its sweet tones to the service of God." A woman attending the mass comments, "My Lord! It was all so grand and devotional, I thought I was in heaven."

• Some fine singers emerge from the Society of Mary and the students. They include: Bro. Laignoux, Stintzi, M. Boden, Dominic, Bohn, Huber, Kraus, Prediger and Lenert. When singing is once again heard in the darkened chapel, some are frightened. Rev. Leo Meyer chides them, "Nah! Nah!! Nah!!! It's all over!"

• The State of Ohio incorporates St. Mary's Institute. Bro. Vogt is appointed Director of Music in the Normal Department of St. Mary's Institute.

• Walter Treditin, future president of the University of Dayton, is a member of the choir.

• Bro. Vogt becomes the official organist.

• Vogt is sent to San Antonio, Texas for rest and recooperation.

• The St. Mary's Institute March is first rendered at Commencement Exercises.

• William Seibold, another future president of the University of Dayton, receives the First Premium for piano.

• The Chapel organ is overhauled and put in prime condition by Bro. Lurz and Tremmel.

• Vogt is recalled to work at St. Mary's Institute in Dayton.

• (February) Musical entertainment is offered at the celebration of the Silver Pontifical Jubilee of Leo XIII. The audience was exclusively male, and the public was not invited. A representative from the Dayton Daily News remarks on the quality of the entertainment as "'an amateur performance without many of its disadvantages... a pronounced success.'"
• (April) An Easter Play is presented on 15 April. It is to be a musical program of "the highest order."
• (May) Commentary is made on the quality of the Easter Play in the Catholic Telegraph. The author remarks that the music "added very much to the entertainment." He goes on to say, "'The orchestra of the Institute is always a leading feature in the public entertainments at St. Mary's and for this year's Easter play it was at its best. Between acts it discoursed sweetest music, and all in accord with the sentiments evoked by the preceding act of the play.'"

• Vogt hears a group of four students experimenting with old instruments in the basement of St. Mary's Hall and goes to investigate. The first band is organized , and the rest is history. Vogt's hymn All Hail, O Virgin Mary, Hail is sung for the first time at the dedication of the statue of the Immaculate Conception.
• (December) The Jubilee Monument is dedicated and Bro. Robert and Bro. Vogt provide songs for the occasion.

• (January) Further commentary is made on the Jubilee celebration. The orchestra accompanies a choir of 110 boys. William Koehler plays a cornet solo with orchestra. The audience joins in singing the "Jubilee Hymn." Bro. Robert Holsmer plays the organ, and the Brothers' Choir augments the benediction. Bro. William Lutz sings "Ave Marie" by Doss in his "beautiful tenor voice."
• (April) The St. Mary's Amateur Band Association is organized as well as a brass band. Bro. Louis Vogt describes the group as in "flourishing condition." A general rehearsal is held every week and each shows a vast improvement over the previous.
• (May) The May Devotions are closed by the singing of the choir accompanied by the band, which is described as "very imposing."
• (June) On Flag Day, Mr. William Hutchins does a "Stars and Stripes" tribute. On 18 June, the band gives a musical recital a orchestra. Students and out-of-town visitors attend.
• (July) The St. Mary's Institute Band is featured on Decoration Day (its first semi-public concert) and played both patriotic and popular music. They open their set with Nearer, My God, to Thee. The band is the main feature of the day "especially on the car which conveyed the jolly crowd to and from the place where sadness and hunger were unknown."
• (November) The St. Mary's Institute Band makes its first public appearance. The second division orchestra provides entertainment for the gymnasium dedication. A new Fife and Drum and Bugle Corps is organized. The SMI Amateur Band changes its name to the SMI Band because "we have undoubtedly ceased to be amateurs and can now rightly claim the title of artists." There are 30 members total.
• (December) The SMI Band appears at the annual Christmas entertainment, their final concert of the year. The classical and popular compositions that they present show the members' proficiency.

• (January) The SMI Band furnishes music for the drama Flirtation Cured. Their appearance, "creates an enthusiasm beyond description." The Normal Department Choir performs Foeppel's Mass is a "masterly manner." An "interesting" orchestra program is presented. Louis and Herbert Greif play "exquisite" solos on the violin and clarinet, respectively.
• (March) The orchestra provides St. Patrick's Day entertainment, including Irish airs.
• (May) The SMI band is featured at several basketball games. The band is described as the most popular society at the college. Youngsters played "instruments almost as large as themselves" like professionals.
• (September) Charles Meiler, an SMI alumni, is the leader of the Meiler Orchestra, one of the largest in the country. He is also a composer of note. At the Alumni banquet, the SMI Alumni March is encored. The SMI Band is also featured at the Flag Raising and performs We'll Rally Round the Flag Boys. One parade observer comments, "As the parade neared the flagstaff, a drizzling rain fell, causing most of the visitors to take shelter in the College buildings, but allowing the ceremony to proceed."
• (October) The SMI Student's Orchestra is organized and has its first rehearsal on 4 October.
• (November) Oscar J. Deis ('97) is appointed principal professor of piano, counterpoint and composition at Gottschalk Lyric School of Chicago.
• (December) The SMI Orchestra and Band present their first concert of the year. Herbert Greif has a clarinet solo of which it is written, "'pretty' is the word that perhaps would best characterize the piece he rendered." The SMI Band by-laws and Constitution are adopted and members are committed to "a permanent and flourishing organization in the College."

• (January) The Dayton Herald writes that the band has been a phenomenal group since its beginning. The band is made up of 40 players from the three division bands.
• (May) The SMI Band appears in full uniform, white duck pants and blue coats with caps, for the first time at Communion Day. The Band room now has new lockers for the uniforms and new chairs. The name of Band is changed to St. Mary's Music Association and includes the Orchestra. The Association attends four concerts: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The New York Symphony Orchestra, Kubelik, and MacMillan.

• (October) The Dayton Daily News writes of the musical performances during Expiation and The Office Seekers (presented by the SMI Dramatic Association): "The delightful music that was dispensed by the SMI orchestra and the singing of several songs by the well-drilled chorus added much to the pleasure of the afternoon." The select convent choir sings at the first solemn High Mass.

• (February) Songs of the SMI Glee Club are published for the "Old Boys." The SMI Band plays at the St. Mary's-Notre Dame basketball game after a leave of absence and the writer comments that the "music and singing added spice to the game."
• (July) The SMI March is featured at Commencement exercises.

• William Wohlleben, S.M. is a member of the SMI Orchestra, playing organ.
• (June) The Chorus and Orchestra perform the William Tell Overture with "marked ability" and the presentation is "warmly applauded." On 9 June, the Music Association is given an outing in recognition of the work done during the school year. They have "impressed everyone who heard their artistic rendition of both classical and popular music."
• (December) The SMI Orchestra performs at an elocutionary contest. The piece entitled Patrol is critiqued by A. Small who writes, "the music is heard very faintly, increasing in volume with every new movement and becoming very pronounced as the patrol is supposed to have arrived." William Freund, 16 years old, plays The Old Folks at Home on the clarinet with an added cadenza. Robert Schenk is described as a young virtuoso who "mastered the double stops, octaves, tenths. The harmonics kept the audience spellbound."

• (February) The SMI Band is reorganized.
• (March) On 23 March, the Dayton Daily News highlights the performance of the Band at an oratorical contest.
• (October) Several faculty members join the SMI Orchestra. Tympanies are added to the music assets.
• (November) The Dixie Minstrels (J. Glee Club) is performed.

• (February) Robert Schenk is the featured violinist at a presentation given by a professional orator, Mr. Griffith. Shenk is "no small part in contributing to a better understanding of the play."
• (May) On 23 May, the Dayton Daily News writes about the SMI Athletic Banquet. The Glee Club is featured.
• (September) St. Mary's Institute becomes St. Mary's College.
• (October) Instruments (horn, two trombones and a bassoon) are added to the SMC Orchestra.
• (November) Camping Out, a comedy in three acts, is presented at SMC Hall by the SMC Athletic Association. Admission is 25 cents.

• Robert Schenk is pictured in the Dayton Daily News as a "Symphony Season Artist."
• (March) The SMC Band is featured at the Rose Poly game The band "endeavors to relieve the strain under which the rooters for the saints with be laboring."
• (June) SMC Choir Director Bro. William Schumacher remarks that the "success [of the past season is] due to the cooperation and good will of the members of the choir and the effective methods used in training the members in voice culture."

• (May) Music is featured at the SMC Athletic Association Banquet.

• The first musical recital is given in the Gym-Auditorium. Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Cincinnati donates the Gold Medal for Music.

• Bro. Thomas Poitras organizes the SMC Glee Club.

• (February) The SMC Band is reorganized and Mr. Fred Moehring is appointed Director of the Band.
• (November) The Hawaiian Quartet is a success and creates quite a stir in Dayton. Henry Lai Hipp "played and sang Hawaiian airs and songs with the air of a professional."

• Maurice Reichard receives a 4-year scholarship to SMC. He is introduced to Bro. Louis Vogt who instructs Reichard in piano, french horn, trumpet and other brass instruments. Reichard begins some teaching this year.

• (February) The Lilioukalani Quintet provides an entertaining and varied program with "quaint songs and musical productions while the humorous presentation of popular pieces proved fascinating."
• (May) Reichard is featured as a xylophone soloist. The SMC Orchestra and the SMC Student Jazz Band present a concert at St. Elizabeth's on 1 May. Rev. O'Connor (an SMI graduate) talks about his experiences in the army here and in France and organizes a special band to play in hospitals and camps in France. This is done under special commands by Gen. Pershing.
• (November) Two orchestras, one for students and one for students and faculty, are organized.
• (December) Lawrence Boll, director of the minstrel celebrations, describes the experience as "a grand old laughing feast, that's what it will be, and you cannot afford to miss it."

• Reichard describes Bro. Louis Vogt at a parade "heaving and panting as though he wasn't going to make it." The name of the university is changed from St. Mary's College to The University of Dayton.
• (January) The minstrel show is given by the college Glee Club. The Dayton Daily News describes the experience as full of "laughter and merriment"in a "beautiful garden" setting. The performers appear in black face.
• (November) Nazareth Hall, used as a museum for the previous five years, is dubbed the new location of the Music Department. The Music Department was also located there 1894-1896.
• (December) On 16 December, the Student Orchestra performs at the Loretto Guild Bazaar and plays several selections by Beethoven in honor of the 150th anniversary of his birth.

• The Varsity Glee Club is established.
• (October) Musical entertainment is provided at the Catholic Student's Mission Crusade. "Too much praise cannot be given to Bro. Louis and his entertainers for the musical programs given."
• (December) Bro. Bernard Schod is appointed moderator of the Varsity Glee Club. Joseph Penyak is appointed the director. They have rehearsals twice a week.

• Reichard begins to play guitar and banjo in professional jazz orchestras. He also continues to teach at the University. This same year, the first musical concert is given in the Gym-Auditorium.
• (January) It is announced that the Glee Club will be the nucleus of "Varsity Night," an evening of mirth, music and song.
• (March) The Glee club is rehabilitated and nearly 40 people show up at the organizational meeting, where it is decided to make the group dramatic as well as musical.
• (June) The UD Band leads off the Encampment.
• (October) The UD Band, 34 members strong, appears at a football game and plays the new UD Athletic March (McCarthy).

• (January) The Music Department begins to garner renown in the city of Dayton and surrounding communities.
• (April) It is predicted that the Orchestra talent will meet or exceed that of any orchestra in the city.

• The UD Band gives their first public concert in the spring at the UD Auditorium, and the event becomes an annual tradition.
• (October) The UD Band receives congratulations from the residents of Pittsburgh, PA while visiting the city.
• (December) The University buys a new organ for the Chapel for $15,000 from the Wangerin Organ Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lawrence Boll, Harry Finke and Louis Penella write a new UD March. James Dreyes ('24) designs the cover.

• The UD Band officially introduces national Music Week at the NCR Schoolhouse. Solos are rendered by William A. Keyes and William S. Howe.
• (February) The new march is highly praised and receives a radio broadcast. The UD Band gains a national reputation, especially in Cleveland and Cincinnati. At a concert on Lincoln's birthday at the National Military Home, a veteran of the Spanish-American War comments, "It's the best concert I ever heard."
• (June) Maurice Reichard marries Cecilia Lehman.
• (November) The UD March is broadcast by the Little Symphony Orchestra of KDKA Radio Station. The March is also programmed by the US Marine Band in Washington, DC and John Philip Sousa's Band.

• (March) A piano concert is given. George Boehmer is a major part of the program and some of his selections include To a Wild Rose and Le Secret, about which it is noted that he plays "with speed and accuracy which might have flattered even the author." Victor Virant, Bill Schmidter and Gabriel Estrada are all labeled as "budding pianists."
• (May) The Glee Club meets on Monday and Thursday evenings for fundamental training in music (notation, scales, keys, chords, time, and properties of tones). Bro. Thomas organizes a system of monthly tests with noted progress.
• (December) The UD Band becomes increasingly involved at basketball games, football games and in parades.

• (October) Dan Donovan is named director of the Glee Club. They have confidence in their director, who cites perfect attendance at rehearsals as requisite to success.
• (November) The Glee Club makes its first appearance under Dan Donovan at the halftime of the Dayton-Marine game. The "Song of the Vagabonds" is a big hit and everyone joins in the singing of the Dayton Anthem.
• (December) After several weeks of practice, the Glee Club appears on two records featuring UD songs. They will "spread the fame of the University in song over a wide area."

• (January) The Glee Club is in preparation of the coming Frolic. All members, especially the leading roles, give Mr. Donovan great support.
• (February) The Glee Club Frolic at Memorial Hall is proclaimed a great success. The second half of the program is presented in the style of a minstrel and is received with "wild acclaim."
• (May) Brother Louis Vogt's Golden Jubilee is celebrated during a concert at Victory Theatre on 6 May. The annual band concert is dedicated to him. A small, select crowd is invited.

• Bro. Vogt retires as band leader, but remains active on campus. Reichard looks for members for the UD Band. He only comes up with 11-12 who can play. Somehow, by recruiting faculty and outside help, he ends up with a 50 piece band. They are featured at football games, basketball games and a spring concert.

• An AD in a local newspaper invites the community to see "Clouds Roll By," a musical written by Robert McBride and Richard Frankensteen (composer). Reichard and Frankensteen, a sophomore majoring in commerce and finance, direct. The production is broadcast over WSMK. Frankensteen's father also composes music. Female characters are recruited from Julienne. A picture of the UD Band appears in the Journal. Reichard finds more students to teach and develop the Band.
• (May) On 7 May, the Band presents its annual NCR concert. "On the Fairest Hill," written by Bro. Vogt, is performed by 60+ instrumentalists. Wendell Cooper has a trombone solo. "Clouds Roll By" is considered a success, as the students play to capacity crowds. People were even turned away. Maurice Costello, the tenor lead, is lauded. The funny Novelty Quartette of Flanagan, Faust, McCawley and Pudenz is praised.
• (December) The Banjo and Glee Clubs are organized.

• (February) The UD Orchestra performs at the Dayton Art Institute. Joseph Bender, the reed instructor is featured on Evening Star by Wagner and Herman Wittmann, the violin instructor, is the soloist for Thais by H. Mouton. The UD Orchestra is heard over WSMK on 22 February. DeWitt Somers appears as a baritone soloist at a debate on 19 February. "Only after much applause and several encores...the speaking part was begun."
• (March) Reichard cuts the band to 50 for the concert because of unusual talent.
• (May) On 25 May, "Varsity Night" is presented. This production features a vocal quartette, a dance orchestra, instrumental and vocal soloists, and dancers. Harry Baujan (the football coach) and Reichard plan the events. The Band plays at the laying of the cornerstone for Good Samaritan Hospital.
• (October) Frankensteen writes music for a new operetta called "Gypsy Moon." There is a contest to select the title. He also directs. Reichard is in charge of orchestrations and chorus. William Hoefler and Robert McBride also contribute to the story line.

• Maurice Reichard reorganizes the Glee Club (40 voices). William Barth, UD drum major, is pictured in the Journal. His article appears with publicity for the Booster Parade. A picture of Reichard and the UD Trumpeters: Kenneth Wever, Robert Jones, Robert Hodous, John Lindsey, James Reneck and Paul Little is featured in the Dayton Daily News.
• (January) The dress rehearsal for Gypsy Moon is held. The Alumni Association sponsors the production. It is calculated that 2, 000 tickets @ 50 cents each must be sold. Reichard and Dr. Louis Waldemar Sprague complete the overture. Only 20 orchestra members will participate because the space is limited in the auditorium.
• (February) "Gypsy Moon" is hailed as a financial and artistic success. The local drama critics say that it is the most "ambitious program ever sponsored in Dayton" and one of the most memorable musical productions. The production goes on tour during the coming summer through Detroit and on to the Chautauquas. It is continued as long as financial circumstances permit. Bing Crosby announces his intention to record I Want You Dear, a song from Gypsy Moon.
• (March) The Orchestra is invited to play for The Shannons of Broadway, a benefit performance given by the Loretto Players.
• (May) UD Band presents an open-air concert and an estimated 10,000 attend. Frankensteen writes a special song for the senior farewell at Greenwich Village.
• (September) The UD Band introduces The University of Dayton Flyers March, written by Barry Dwyer at the Findlay game. Dr. Thurman Lautenschlager, a graduate of the Law College, enters "the realm of music." His song, I Am Lost if You Leave Me Now is presented on WLW. He has his MD, is a journalist, and has his LLB degree. He also has a article published in American Medicine.
• (October) A Glee Club of 40 members is formed. The group has a prospect of many appearances and radio auditions are scheduled.
• (November) Lou Tschudi, basketball coach, writes the words to Dayton’s Dream Girl. Charley Reeder writes the music and Ear Williams arranges the piece that debuts on WLW.
• (December) Tschudi's Dream Girl grows in popularity and is available for purchase in the Bookstore.

• Lou Tschudi and musical entertainers present a program for children at the Barney Community Center under the auspices of the Kiwanis Club. Reichard leads a parade of the combined bands of Steele, Stivers, Fairmont, Roosevelt, Fairview, American Legion, Boy Scouts and the UD Band. The group totals over 400. Mrs. Reichard appears with the UD Orchestra at the Dayton Art Institute.
• (January) Reichard is selected as the music director for the Rozanne Guild, a local opera company. They present The Bohemian Girl on 27 January at the Dayton Art Institute. This year's Band is thought to be the best in school history. Performances are taped for the first time.
• (February) UD Orchestra plays for the Bohemian Girl production. ROTC students act the parts as soldiers.
• (May) The UD Trumpeters play a piece written by Reichard for Mother's Day.
• (September) UD sponsors a Booster night in which several bands appear between the halves of the game. The UD Red Devil Band makes its first appearance of 1933. Only 15 freshmen are added. Don Davis is the drum major and Paul Little is named the student band manager.
• (November) The Band engages in extensive fund-raising. They sell red and blue feathers at games and sell over 700 feathers for a total of $28 for road trips in 1934. The UD Band is pronounced to be one of the largest and best drilled bands to represent a college or university this size. At this time, the band averages 65 members and is seen at football games, civic demonstrations and classical concerts. The band rehearses twice a week and Reichard comments that the "student body would appreciate the band much more than it does if there was a clearer and more thorough understanding of the exact position the band takes in the activities of the University of Dayton." Glee Club rehearsals are held every Tuesday from 3-4 PM in the gymnasium. Anyone qualified is invited to attend.
• (December) The Glee Club is broadcast on WLW, the Crosley Radio Station. They were invited to participate in the Refiner's Carnival by Don Becker, the program arranger.

• (April) The Band holds its 11th annual concert at the NCR schoolhouse. Bernard Carlen has a xylophone solo (Light Cavalry). A guest vocal group performs Aristocrats. Reichard premieres his new march. William Barth makes his final appearance with the UD Band. He is profiled in the Dayton Daily News. He has been with the Band for eight years (since prep school). He is 6'5" and plays the piccolo. He is also drum major and captain of the UD rifle team. This year's NCR concert is the largest audience to hear a UD Band concert in an auditorium.
• (August) Louis Tschudi, resident of 27 Lawnstreet and UD basketball coach, is featured in an article in the Dayton Journal. He has several songs published by the Rhythm Writers Club including: Dream Girl of U of D, I'll Be Like Tarzan I Guess, School Day Travesty, and The Divorce Case. He collaborates with Jack Reeder. His is also known to perform with Michael Hauer's orchestra and has a proclivity for The Man on the Flying Trapeze.
• (September) The UD Band makes its first appearance of the 1934-1935 season at 4 PM on the courthouse steps. They perform snappy marches and typical football music. Don Davis heads the 50 members.
• (October) The UD Red Devil band travels to Chicago for the DePaul game at Loyola Field. All regular classes are called off for two days. The band parades through Union Station.
• (November) Six reserved seats for the Ohio University and Wittenberg games are raffled for a fundraiser. Musicians also visit the Home for the Aged on 25 November. Ray Holan and Bernard Carlen entertain on the xylophone.
• (December) A feature appears in the local paper on Donald Martin Davis, UD's drum major. He is also a member of the basketball team, but only the captain of the reserve squad. He sings Bass in the Glee Club and with the Flyer Varsity Four, a newly formed quartette. He "declares that he will not marry until he is 25 years of age." Some new features in the Music Department include discussions on music theory, history and appreciation. Two groups are organized to meet to furnish a background for the study of harmony and counterpoint.

• (March) The UD March is heard on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee as a salute to WHIO, a new Dayton radio station.
• (June) Reichard receives his Bachelor of Arts.
• (May) The Monogram Club presents a minstrel show. Maurice Reichard directs, Ken Booher plays the accordion and the Glee Club provides the singing. The Dayton Daily News proclaims the show a success. At a student assembly on 20 May, the UD Band, Orchestra and Glee Club are honored. Awards are presented to Charles Dugan, Henry Dexter, Karl Presser and Arthur Pfister. The annual Band concert at the NCR auditoriums praises by the Dayton Daily News as having the "wide approval of local music lovers, as evidenced by the constantly increasing audiences they have attracted." Robert Meyer and Bernard Carlin are soloists. A picture of the Band at the 12th annual concert is published in the Journal.
• (September) The first class of women students is admitted, and the "Women’s College" is created.
• (December) Reichard collaborates with Jack Moore, a well-known bowling alley proprietor, to write songs for Dick Burrow's Orchestra. Some of the songs include: Love is Like a Bubble, Yes and No, and Life Begins at 40. The Chapel Choir announces that "vacancies caused by defections among the original group of singers has been filled by better talent." The Choir has one weekly practice. Joseph Varley sings most of the leading parts of the mass. The School of Women presents a Christmas play. The production is entitled Nativity and is organized by Monda Hott. The Glee Club assists with caroling.

• A Mixed Chorus is organized. A Women's Glee Club is formed with Monda Hott, president and Alma Braun, librarian.
• (January) An announcement about The Bosn's Bride, the newest Reichard operetta appears in the Journal.
• (February) UD presents All Aboard the Barnacle (same as The Bosn's Bride) and Martha Hoerth leads the chorus of 60. The production involves the Notre Dame alumnae Glee Club, the UD Glee Club and the Monogram Club. A quartet consisting of Bill Regan, Don Davis, Bob Meyer, Dan O'Keefe and Ed Millonig is featured. The operetta appears at Julienne auditorium on 16, 18, and 19 February.
• (April) The Glee Club competes with eight other colleges at WBNS Columbus radio contest on 18 April. The travel expenses are paid and awards range from $75-100. Both the listeners and the judges vote for the winner, with the listeners' votes counting 30% and the judges' votes counting 70%.
• (May) The Band presents its annual NCR concert on 17 May. The Glee Club assists. Robert Meyer plays Concertino by von Weber. He is encored and plays My heart at thy Sweet Voice. Reichard composes yet another concert march. Schubert's Unfinished Symphony is performed "exceptionally well" and "recalled to the audience the tragic circumstances under which it was played." Reichard's march is received with great enthusiasm.
• (October) The UD Collegians, a dance band, announces its tentative program. They are under the direction of student Stan Wawroski. On 13 October Reichard announces his plans for a co-ed chorus separate from the Glee Club.
• (November) The Mixed Chorus has its first practice and consists of 16 men and 16 women. Planned repertoire consists of operettas, minstrels and radio programs.
• (December) The UD Band picks an All-Star band. Whole bands are picked, not individuals. The Band, Glee Club and Mixed Chorus are featured on WHIO singing college songs such as "Men of Ohio." The songs are interspersed with sports highlights.

• Courses are need in music for elementary education. Reichard is appointed Field Secretary in the Student Promotion Service.
• (January) Reichard is injured in an auto accident when a piece of glass from the damaged car pierces his throat. He makes a quick recovery.
• (February) A minstrel show is presented on 14 and 15 February in the Dayton auditorium. Jess Bailey, a sophomore, is featured in the musical. The UD Flyers March is included in the folio being compiled by Intercollegiate Music League, Inc. containing representative songs of outstanding American universities and colleges.
• (March) The College of Women organizes a "Spring Swing" and Stan Wawroski's Swing Orchestra provides the music.
• (May) The annual NCR Band concert in heard on 23 May. Bernard Carlen presents an original composition entitled Prelude in D Minor. Maurice Reichard's Nocturne is premiered. Robert Kaiser has a trumpet solo. The UD Band is now composed of 45 students from 17 different cities. The UD Broadcast Series begins on WHIO. The Varsity Quartette: Joe Varley, Jack Ferron, William Regan and Elmer Will are heard. One show highlights the works of Reichard, including Serenade (piano), Idyll, When the Day's Work is Through, and My Love Song. The UD Collegians receive an offer from the Music Corporation of America for a summer tour through the mid-west, but decline because many of the band members are already employed.
• (October) The ROTC Band acquires new equipment and new instruments including: baritone, horn, clarinet, two cornets, Turkish cymbals, euphonium, two melophones and two trombones. The Band receives new uniforms: double-breasted navy blue serge coats and trousers to match trimmed in red. They are first worn on 30 October.
• (November) Bro. Vogt composes two new hymns that are used in chapel services. They are called Sweet Flower of Jesus and My Song of Today. Thirty-five students show up for the organizational meeting of the Mixed Chorus. The programming for the year includes Negro spirituals, semi-classics, classics and popular music.
• (December) The idea for a musical comedy is presented. Roy Boemer comes up with the plot. Maurice Reichard is the music director and Benny Carlen is named the orchestra leader.

• Mrs. Tom Fletcher is called upon to teach piano and other courses.
• (January) Reichard organizes the Dramatic Club. The Journal runs an article on the importance of the UD Band at athletic events. The article is entitled "Maestro of UD Band Cites its Inspiration." The author goes on to note that the worst defeat occurred when the band was absent. Reichard comments, "'Last season was a hectic one for us. We were kept on our toes 60 minutes of every game. Took a lot out of the boys.'" He goes on, "'Members of the band are known to lose weight during a game.'"
• (March) The date for the musical comedy is set as 1 May. Frank Gabel ('30) is entrusted with writing the lyrics.
• (May) The 15th annual NCR concert is presented. Charles Wilke and Bennie Carlen are soloists. Reichard presents the audience with his latest creation, Waltz in F. The UD NCR concert is the oldest musical tradition on campus. Carlen gets two encores. About 1,000 people are in attendance. Swing it Judge, the musical comedy, is hailed as the best musical yet. Walter Treditin says it is "'the best on the campus in recent years.'" Co-eds Connie Hochwalt and Kaye Herold take the leads.
• (August) Bro. Louis Vogt, the first great musician on the UD campus, dies at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
• (September) The Music Department is officially established at the University of Dayton. Maurice Reichard is named the chairman of the Department.

• Miss Betty Thomas receives the first B.M. awarded at the University of Dayton.

• Reichard retires.