Word: band
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Beyond these few remarks this editorial has nothing much to offer. Everybody knows that the Band must go to Princeton. It is the most obvious thing in the world. Why mention it? Because it is not so obvious to some of us that certain funds are necessary; because there are always some who are of the opinion that their small contribution won't change the grand total; because tonight we will be requested to help buy the Band's ticket to Princeton. Don't be embarrassed when the hat is passed round...
...York Newsboys Band of 200 pieces which is coming to Boston on a Government boat for the Scotty Memorial, has been invited by the Harvard management to attend the Centre College game and play in the Stadium...
...first place, an introductory chord played by the band is not enough to give most of us the note on which a song begins. In my opinion a few measures of introduction would at least start us in the same...
Secondly, we have difficulty in deciding just exactly when to begin to sing. One who sits in the back cannot hear the band, hesitates at the start, and finally chimes in with the man next to him. Later on he finds that he and those around him are far behind time. There are two ways of avoiding this. Let the song-leader adopt two perfectly definite gestures, the first one to get us set, and the second to "shoot". A little practice would teach us to recognize these, and to fall in with them instinctively. The second remedy, a simpler...
...optimism. The Crimson coaches believe that the M. I. T. contest did not show the team's real ability, and that a great improvement will take place this week. The Wakefield High School is not expected to present very formidable opposition to the Freshmen. On the other band last year's Princeton team was second to Cornell in the Intercollegiates by only one point while the University placed ninth...