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...Harvard University Band has voted not to participate in Commencement for the first time since 1947 unless the 25th Reunion Committee lifts restrictions on the activities in which Bandsmen may take part...
Dean Watson, Chief Marshall at Commencement and a graduate of 1937, and other Reunion officials still expressed hope yesterday for a compromise whereby "we could use the Band and make it worthwhile for them too." But Band manager Edward A. Alpers '63 pointed out that without a sufficient range of activities the Band could not attract enough members "to put on decent concerts...
...Reunion Committee has offered to pay for a private Band party. Alpers argues that Bandsmen must be kept active constantly to make it worthwhile to sacrifice their time. Aside from free admission to a Boston Pops performance Monday night of Commencement week, no activities are open to Band members between their Sunday night Harkness Commons concert and their Wednesday night concert with the Glee Club...
...make the Wednesday night concert successful," Alpers said, "we need a full band." Last year the first four trumpets held summer jobs and could not stay in Cambridge, so the Band was forced to hire professional musicians. The Reunion Committee agreed to pay the $170 bill...
...Band "really wants to play," Alpers stated, citing publicity advantages as a benefit. "It's good for us and it's good for the alumni. They get a big kick out of the Harvard songs. But Band-Reunion relations have been deteriorating since 1954, and each year there are fewer reasons for our staying here...