Word: playfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...third quarter was marked by wide-open play and several near misses. Early in the period fullback Lanny Keyes, again playing a fine game on defense, booted away a shot aimed straight at the goal...
...game progressed and the play became more ragged, the opposing coaches began to pace the sidelines. Ekpebu was the only forward on either team to get even a close shot. Then came the shot that brought the fans out of their seats, and McCall was a hero...
Today at the Stadium the Harvard University Band will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a gigantic musical reunion, a highlight of its happy, humorous, and impressive history. Many of the men who will play in the almost 400-piece reunion band are those who have been responsible for establishing the Band's unique position in the University community and its fame throughout the country. Although beset by war years, financial worries, rival school's cheering sections, and the Dean's Office, the group has always in its 40 years managed to entertain its audiences and have a good time doing...
...early years for extra revenue. The organization never, however, was subsidized or controlled by the University. The Band constantly increased its size each year until there were about 80 men marching in 1927. Even then, improvisation was necessary. For instance, at one game violins had to be borrowed to play the missing clarinet parts in the football songs. Two of the members that year were Leroy Anderson '29, renowned composer, and Malcolm Holmes '28. From 1942 until his untimely death in 1953, Mal Holmes was the Band's director and the prime mover in its rise to the top among...
Through the forties, then the fifties, the Band expanded at a fast rate, cutting records, touring the country, giving campus concerts, but always supporting the football teams. Since the Band's creation, its main function has been to play at football games. Its members are faithful and enthusiastic followers, and the coaches, players, and fans appreciate it. The Harvard Athletic Association, the Varsity Club, and coaches of many sports have expressed on occasion words of praise for the Band's support...