Harmonies Abound

In the summer of 1949 the Yale Glee Club took its first post-World War II tour abroad. The Club consisted of 65 young men, nearly all undergraduate students at Yale University. Some were combat veterans of WW II; others were recent high school graduates. All were devoted singers. The tour was planned for four weeks through Scandinavia, followed by two weeks in Germany, hosted by the U.S. Government as a good-will offering to the German people. In those two weeks the Glee Club gave fifteen concer