Word: brasses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This discarding of identification numbers is directly in line with the efforts of the business world in recent years to add the subtle personal touch to its work. From banks to bakeries, and now to busses,--the human element is a goal which all strive to attain. Witness the brass plate by the grated window, when you cash a check or buy a Pullman ticket, which informs you whether it be Mr. Stevenson or Mr. Warren with whom you are doing business! All this shows a change in the state of mind of the employer towards the employee. Instead...
...fighting eleven Saturday than it has previously this season--which is saying a great deal. During games, mass meetings, and parades to the field its playing has been a real inspiration. Undismayed by the good-natured jokes poked at it or by the paper missiles tossed down the brass horn by amateur marksmen. It has played its way through the football season to a triumphant finals...
...recently decided to increase the size of the Pierian Sodality Orchestra. Last year its membership was fifty. This year it will be increased to full symphonic strength of seventy-eight men. To meet this increase, applicants for all branches of the orchestra will be accepted. The brass and wood wind section will take the largest percentage of recruits. Oboes and bassoons particularly are in demand. There are three vacancies for drummers who can read orchestral arrangements...
Freshmen who play orchestral instruments, and particularly those who play instruments in the brass and wood wind section, are urged to apply for trials next week. Orchestra practices have been so arranged that they will not conflict with College work...
...feature which is planned by the leaders this year will be a bugle and drum corps, candidates for which are especially desired. In addition to men playing these instruments, positions are open to ten violinists, four 'celloists, and players of all brass and reed instruments...