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Glee Club
(includes Men's Glee Club and Women's Glee Club)

The first Glee Club was organized in 1898 by Frank L. Purdy and continued to perform productively until its last concert in 1907. "From 1907 to 1913 [however] music seemed to be a lost art as far as the University of Buffalo was concerned. In 1913 A. Bert Lemon, a student in the Pharmacy Department, attempted to revive the Glee Club. […] Lack of interest continued until 1919 when Dr. Lemon, still on the warpath, captured the interest of Richard Durrett, a war-time song leader in the YMCA service. Through constant effort, after much hard work and not a little discouragement, Mr. Durrett finally assembled a Glee Club and Orchestra and presented them in concert in 1920" (The Alumni News, April 28, 1927). The Girl’s Glee Club was envisioned as a separate entity from the Men’s Glee Club in the mid-1920s.

Men's Glee Club pictured in the 1927 Iris yearbook

Girl's Glee Club pictured in the 1927 Iris yearbook

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