The Harvard Band has a proud and happy history that dates back more than a hundred years. Director Frederic L. Band plays for football and baseball games and gives several local concerts.
The football team wins the national championship, beating Oregon in the Rose Bowl. Band plays for two dances at the Union; travels to New York in August.
Personnel of 60 includes two wooden piccolos, a curved soprano sax, a small D trumpet, a C-sax and a bari sax. Successful concert season includes third annual concert and dance at Union, and spring trip to Atlantic City and Baltimore. Instrumentation includes two alto horns but still no sousaphones. Director Ambrose F. First free transportation and tickets to yAle and Princeton games away. Two xylophones and two banjos used as gimmicks at Dartmouth game. Wright Briggs, later conductor and arranger, joins as a clarinet player.
Band travels to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to support football team. Director Guy V. With Guy Slade as director, baton twirler, and drill master, 74 letters are spelled during football season. Arthur Fiedler is appointed conductor of the Boston Pops.
Band marches as only guest band in American Legion Parade. Band sets national record by forming 76 letters during football season. Slade tosses baton over goal posts 40 times without a miss in a two-year period. Band serves as Eastern band on N. Band switches uniform from crimson sweaters, bow ties, and sailor hats to long ties, dark coats, and white trousers. Leroy Anderson chooses as his successor the only bandsman able to start the ensemble without the use of a roll-off.
