Hard to believe that some people once considered this entertaining.
Daily Illini January 10, 1918
Faculty Men Entertain With Darktown Minstrels
"Ladies Night" at the University Club will be celebrated by the faculty Friday evening with the first and only appearance of the "Darktown Minstrels." This troupe is made up entirely of faculty men under the direction of F. K. W. Drury. Its initial performance will be given in the University Club before an audience of faculty members.
Those who are taking part in the production are: interlocutor , C. S. Sales; end men, A. C. Harper, F. K. Drury (bones), and J. R. Fleming, H. F. Harrington (tambos). A quartet made up of five singers —count 'em— R. W. Arms, H. A. Brown, J. .M. O'Gorman, H. F. Moore and J. H. Greene, will furnish the chorus music and aid in a blackface repartee. In addition to the specialties to be given by the regular performers, Carl Rahm will appear with a zither solo and A. F. Fay will give a vocal solo.
"The show is being put on primarily for the entertainment of the faculty," said Mr. Drury in commenting on the entertainment. Unique programs will be distributed among the audience as souvenirs of the ocaaaion.
Daily Illini March 27, 1930
UNION MINSTREL PROMISES TO BE BRILLIANT SHOW
April 5 Production Predicted as Best Ever; Cast Includes Faculty, Students, Radio Stars
With a cast composed of 40 leading campus comedians, dancers, and musicians, as well as Hink and Dink, WLW radio stars, it is predicted that the Minstrel show to be presented by the Illinois Union on April 5 will be the fastest, most brilliant, and spectacular production ever staged on the campus.
Commencing with the same old idea which underlies all minstrel shows, every effort has been made to make up two hours of whirlwind action. Leaders in nearly all campus productions during the past three years have been secured to take part in the presentation and the best popular musical numbers, past and present, have been secured.
Hall Macklin '30, director of all musical parts of the show, spent two days in Chicago interviewing radio minstrel directors to determine the music best suited for the Union show, and he will direct a 15 piece band to furnish music for the entire production.
Quartets, duets, and vocal solos will compose a great part of the show, while Hink and Dink, assisted by Prof. A. R. Knight of the department of electrical engineering and Prof. H. A. Ruehe, head of the department of dairy husbandry, will carry the end parts: Prof. W. P. Sandford, head of the public speaking staff will act as interlocutor.
Outstanding of the many dances to be given throughout the presentation will be a cakewalk by Margaret Jacobson '33, who comes from Alabama where they know how its done.
Daily Illini January 4, 1940
Schedule Minstrel Show Tomorrow
Formal goers to View Illinois Union Production
A formal audience will view the eleventh annual Illinois union minstrel show at 5:15 p. m. tomorrow in Lincoln hall theater. A repeat performance will be given Saturday night before an informal audience.
Lampblack and burnt cork will dominate the color scheme as 16 acts are presented under the direction of Miss Soverina Nelson, associate in speech.
Following the show, formal dancing will bo held in Bradley hall with music by Verne Rickner's orchestra.
Seventeen fraternities have already reserved blocks of seats for tomorrow night's show, and less than 70 seats are now available for the performance according to Dean Wessel '42 and Alice Jean Van Dyke '41, co-chairmen of the ticket committee.
Joe Steinberg '41 and Mary Diemer '40 are co-chairmen of the minstrel show.
The set depicting a Southern mansion, was designed for the production by J. W. Scott, assistant in speech.
Some of the highlights of the show include:
An "operatic-swing" number by Shirley Hppp '41; solos by Betty Lovegren '41 ; specialty numbers of Dave Terry '41 and Charles Caudle '41; and a jitterbug act by Virginia Hrubes '40 and Leo Tibensky '40.
Gail Mischlich '40 is the interlocutor and the four end men are Lief Olsen '40, Jack Deegan '40, Bud Good '40, an*' Bob Bales '41.
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