Although I admit that there have been days when I was ready to hoist the black flag, I’m not advocating insurrection here. Just this morning I was given a full box of things that had belonged to Holmes McNeely, director of the Rice band from 1951 to 1967. A guide to his papers in the Woodson is here, and they’re fairly extensive. But I was very surprised by something in today’s box, a Rice song that I’ve never encountered before:
I was initially fooled by the date at top right and spent quite a bit of time looking for Mr. Shannon in the years around 1950. Thwarted, I turned to an old alumni directory where I found Richard Shannon, class of 1934, president of the band his senior year. His place of employment was listed as “Dick Shannon Music Productions.” I think this is our man:
If anyone is familiar with this song please let me know.
Bonus: Graciously sent in by loyal reader Betsy Wittenmyer, MLS 2018. It’s pretty and it also makes me think of campus in the olden days.
