Word: band
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Captain C. C. Buell '23 will be the speakers. The eleven men who are to start against the Tiger team will its on the platform. W. J. Burke '23 and A. H. Ladd '23 will lead the cheers while C. D. Whidden '23 with the assistance of the band will lead the singing...
...song was rehearsed by the Glee Club last night, and the music will be practiced tomorrow by the University Band...
...anyone who maintains that the Harvard man is not proud, or unenthusiastic or indifferent; the singing at Saturday's game was a striking example. The proportion of strangers to students was approximately ten to one, and while each student was willing to support the band, he was unwilling to sing alone before ten strangers. This commendable modesty asserted itself when the band suddenly stopped playing without the warning of even half a cadence. The voices of the singers died in their throats and the hushed cheering section laughed good-naturedly at their own discomfiture...
...organizations to the wooden stands free of charge during the early season football games. No one can reasonably oppose such philanthropy, but there certainly should be a condition or promise that said organizations leave their musical instruments at home. Several times last year and again last Saturday the visiting bands have shown a remarkable instinct for playing at the wrong time. Our own band was delayed several minutes at the end of the first half by an uncalled for demonstration by our guests, and all attempts of the announcer to give scores of other games were met by a deafening...
...band is again in excellent condition. As, heralded by three trumpeters, it entered the Stadium and marched along the Harvard side Saturday, the results of secret practice were evident. From leader to bass drummers, all were in form. The approval of the crowd was emphatic...