Word: brass
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first never believed himself capable. Mr. Curtiss then gave a very witty account of the condition of rowing in his day. He finished by announcing that on next Wednesday at 3.30 o'clock as many alumni as possible will assemble in front of Claverly to march with a brass band of 60 pieces to Soldiers Field to see the last open practice before the Yale game. Mr. Hall, in behalf of the Boston Harvard Club, then presented each member of the University crew of 1909 with a small golden oar in token of their victory at New London...
...control the government. "Self-government is the key-note of our institutions." Every well-educated man has that power for good or evil in his hands. Mr. Murray, then said that the current idea about Mr. Vahey, the Democratic nominee for governor, that he did "everything with a brass band," was false; and that from actual experience he knew him to be quiet and dignified...
...University band is now composed of 30 pieces, but more men are still needed, and all men in the University who have ever played a brass instrument are urged to come out. Besides playing at parades and mass meetings and at the Yale game, the band will also play at the torchlight procession in honor of the anniversary of the birth of John Harvard on November...
...play at the football mass meetings, and at the games with Carlisle, Dartmouth, and Yale. About twenty men reported at the first rehearsal last Monday; but there should be at least forty pieces to compose a good band, and all men in the University who have ever played a brass instrument are urged to attend the next rehearsal. The student band played last year at the Yale game at New Haven...
Following is the program for the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: 1.German March, Strube 2. Overture, "Martha," Flotow 3. Selection, "Trovatore," Verdi 4. Waltz, "Wiener Blut," Strauss 5. Selection, "Carmen," Bizet 6. Suite, "Peer Gynt," Grieg 7. Nocturne for Brass Instruments and Organ, Schumann 8. Finale, "Lohengrin," Wagner 9. Overture, "Zampa," Herold 10. Selection, "Fortune Teller," Herbert 11. Waltz, "Espana," Waldteufel 12. March, "Radetzky," Strauss