Word: playe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Band will refuse to play at Commencement if the University denies members their board for a three-day rehearsal period before graduation week begins, Manager Paul B. Finney '50 said last night...
After hearing Watson and Finney present both sides of the case, the Band in a near-unanimous vote put itself on record as unwilling to play at any of its seven Commencement engagements unless board were granted for the three days in question...
Watson said that if the Band refused to play, the University would be forced to hire a professional union band in its place. It has only been for the past two years that the Band has performed at graduation; before then professional outfits provided music...
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Finney explained last night that the Band "wants very much to play at Commencement but will not pay to play...