Show Quartet Singers Sought by Army Too Many Tenors Found Not Enough Baritones FORT DIX N N. J. J The J.-The The trouble with the army Is It has too many tenors And not enough baritones or basses This disparity at first glance seems hardly worth noticing However How ever It U is a source source of grave concern to a number of high ranking officers for this reason It may upset the army's current plan as outlined In a defense department department de de- de pamphlet of ot organizing at least one barbershop quartet in every service club and tactical unit in the country The snafu came to light when the army's office of ot special services started a 60 day course here in hi the techniques of soldier show enter The idea is s to teach a small group of ct t soldiers soldiers about about 5 50 0 In n this case case to to teach other soldiers soldier s to entertain themselves That's That where the tenor heavy hea army ran into trouble With the heart of the m music phase listed as barbershop quartet singIng sing sing- Ing tag the army neglected neglect d to C enough baritones and basses A bar bar- quartets quartet's table of organize organization tion-es tion tion Uon- Uon as s the army puts it It calls calls for fo r one tenor one lead usually a atenor atenor atenor tenor one baritone and one bass We Just jus dont don't seem to have hav e enough baritones or basses bUses complained complained complained com com- Capt II H. JI n. Copeland chief of ot the special service music section W We have plenty of tenors though he added Copeland attributed the dance of ot high voiced soldiers to the youthfulness of today's army The average age of ot our bur soldiers I Is Is' less than 19 he said He explained that most young oung men have tenor voices voice acquiring a deeper deep deep- er pitch as at thy they grow older Unfortunately Un Un- Unfortunately fortunately he be pointed put out many young soldiers also acquire army discharges discharge a as they grow older Despite the drawbacks however Copeland said laid this type of or singing Will was best for the army's purposes s. s |