Word: band
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...matter what the comments of the experts on football teams in the Stadium this fall, all have been unanimous in their praise of the bands which have beguiled the entr'actes. And noticeably has the Harvard band upheld the honours of the host. Those with an eye to color may have made more glowing mention of the Pennsylvania showmen, but satisfaction with a band which leaves little to be desired in execution has been sincerely felt by Harvard...
Though the appearance of the band leaves no doubt that it is made up of students at Harvard there is no definite feeling among any large group of supporters that it should be otherwise. Vague mutterings about "pants" occurred in the 'Alumini Bulletin' at one time, but for the most part there is still a preference for representation by a familiar uniform rather than by some second hand reminiscence of the circus tent on the rifle team. A tradition of performance precluding criticism, steadily nourished during the past two seasons, should be sufficient to give Harvard men of all ages...
...dormitories would be a mass of steady light, until finally the Harvard Band would form in front of University Hall. One by one those lights would go out. Now and again a student would be discovered who would rather have studied than have attended the rally, but the young man would be dragged out by the strong-arms to lend his unwilling voice to the parade that was to start...
With the climax of the 1928 gridiron season but two days off, students of the University, lead by the Harvard Band, will rally and march through the Yard and Square to Soldiers Field to cheer the Crimson forces in their final open practice of the fall campaign...
...clock this afternoon, the Band will form before the steps of Widener Library and then proceed through the Yard, passing by Holworthy, Stoughton, Hollis and Harvard Halls into the Square. Thence the route of the parade will be down Holyoke Street to Mt. Auburn and De wolf Streets to Mill Street behind the Freshman dormitories. The procession will then march over the Larz Anderson bridge to Soldiers Field. Cheers will there be conducted for the members of the team as they run through a light workout...