The Men's Glee Club describes itself as a "brotherhood that commits itself to excellence through artistry, achievement in academics, and outreach to the community.

With membership consisting of community members who were in the Men's Glee Club during their time at Ohio State, the Alumni Society presents regular reunion concerts and sings at various events in the Columbus area, sometimes joining up with the current membership of the Men's Glee Club.

Thus, the Men's Glee Club is the second-oldest currently active student organization on Ohio State's campus, the oldest being the Agricultural Education Society.

[13] However, the arrival of football on Ohio State's campus revitalized interest in the choral arts as a means of raising school spirit at sporting events.

Such widespread support for the Glee Club directly inspired the assembly of the first University Orchestra during the next school year.

[18] The Glee Club's support for other extracurricular endeavors continued into 1891 when Kate E. Morhart became the first woman, first freshman, and first Ohio State student to win the state oratory competition, thanks in part to a Glee Club performance that put Kate's audience into a more receptive and jovial mindset.

[19][20] Continued apathy toward organized musical groups, combined with a membership that was struggling academically, promised to doom Men's Glee Club to obscurity by the end of the century.

[21] Luckily, an initiative headed by professor William Lloyd Evans, Walter Von Steck Snyder, and Charles Herbert sought to permanently re-form the Glee Club on October 13, 1895.

His focus on community outreach led him to take the club on their first multi-stop tour around the state of Ohio during the 1898-1899 school year.

[25] He also introduced the (currently defunct) tradition of the Glee Club taking part in musical theater productions by having them put on a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S.

[26] Perhaps most important, in 1900, Gayman pushed the Glee Club to compile and publish Songs of the Scarlet and Gray, the first official songbook of the Ohio State University.

[34] In particular, the music, which was adapted from the well-known "Spanish Hymn," was carefully chosen: Although initially well received, the song was lost for a few years.

Eventually, The Lantern re-published it before the 1906 football game against Michigan, solidifying its significance and leading to its adoption as Ohio State's official Alma Mater.

In fact, the Men's Glee Club premiered two songs in the concert about their Alma Mater, though only one would make a lasting impression: Under the direction of A.R.

[37][38] Later given a second edition in 1923, this book included modern Ohio State fight songs such as "Across the Field" and "Buckeye Battle Cry".

Dartmouth won the competition, but the men from Ohio State placed third, finishing ahead of Yale, Harvard, and Princeton.

In 1991, the Glee Club performed on the Hour of Power television program, based out of Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California.

In 1994, they shared the stage with theater greats like Lauren Bacall and Tommy Tune in a television tribute to Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

[10] Two more international tours occurred in 1999 and 2002, when the group traveled to Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Italy.

[1][10][49] These trips have taken them all over the United States, to locations including Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Hilton Head, South Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; and New Brunswick, New Jersey.

[50] The Glee Club returned to Ohio Stadium to sing with the Marching Band for a halftime show in 2006, their first collaboration in over 40 years.