RUTGERS
1958
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band.
Ladies and gentlemen, this afternoon the Princeton University Band presents its traditional opening-game show....a salute to the old and the new. First a farewell to the departing senior class.
Next, a welcome to Princeton's 212th freshman class.
Today we revive an old tradition...A salute to the class which entered
Princeton 50 years ago.
The Band now honors the Class of 1912 with their own "1912 March."
COLGATE
1958
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band presents....There You Are -- the show that takes you into the past.
We take you back to 1154 B.C. Two-hundred and thirty-six Greek soldiers slip through the gates of Troy, hidden in a huge wooden horse, to execute the succesful seige of Troy. There you are!
(Band forms horse)
July twenty-sixth, nineteen fifty-six....President Nasser of
Egypt seizes the Suez Canal.
There you are!
(Band forms pyramid)
April fourteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve.
The S.S. Titanic, a new trans-Atlantic liner, sinks off the coast
of Newfoundland on its maiden voyage.
There you are!
(Band forms ship, which sinks into water)
Nine-hundred fifty-four B.C.
A blind old man totters along a dusty road, groping his way.
He is Oedipus, King of Thebes.
There you are!
(Band forms heart)
YALE
1958
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band presents a review of the motion picture industry in the modern era. One of the more successful types of motion pictures in recent years has been the war movie. The band now depicts "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
Our next picture is a Nordic Western..."The Vikings."
This is the tale of a tribe of Norsemen who spend most of their time
guzzling beer in a hide-away cave.
Right now the men are returning from a raid.
(Band forms beer mug)
After the battle, up to the cave for a few beers.
Back to the ships for another raid!
Back to the cave for some more beer!
Just one more beer before the next battle.
Another type of movie currently popular is the low-budget nature
film.
Only two ingredients are needed for this type of movie:
Brigette Bardot and....
Our final picture is the widely acclaimed social saga of a small
New England town:
Peyton Place.
PENN
1958
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band presents "A Cram Course for Quiz Shows"....a series of interesting facts which may prove useful in preparing for an appearance on a T.V. quiz program.
Our first category is biology. The lightest internal organ in the human body is the kidney, which weighs 5.3 ounces. However, it can increase to a weight of 15.7 ounces.
The next category is history.
On October 8, 1871, a fire in Chicago Illinois, started by a cow kicking
over a lantern in Mrs. O'Leary's barn on 558 Dekoven Street, caused
losses estimated at one-hundred and ninety-six million dollars.
In the category of sociology: In 1955 there were one-hundred and
eighty-eight thousand, seven-hundred and thirty-two inmates in state
and federal prisons in the United States.
(Band forms block)
Our last category is agriculture. In 1957 California led the United States in the production of wine, producing one-hundred and ten thousand barrels.
COLUMBIA
1958
(Band marches on to "Give My Regards to Broadway")
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band presents a MUSICal review. We follow the Princeton tiger on a weekend trip to New York as expressed by hit show tunes of the past year.
Friday night the tiger goes to see the hit show "The Music Man."
(Band forms trombone)
Later in the evening we follow the tiger as he goes to his
favorite hide-out in Greenwich village for some evening
entertainment.
(Band forms keyhole)
The following day the tiger returns to Old Nassau to spend a
typical Princeton Saturday night.
(Band forms face with horns)
HARVARD
1958
(Band marches out in satellite formation)
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band presents a musical review of the news highlights of 1958. Throughout the year the news was dominated by the battle for control of outer space. Here comes a sputnik now.
A new era of naval
warfare was ushered in when the United States announced
the successful cruises of several atomic-powered submarines.
The Band now depicts one such submarine attempting to break through
the ice at the North Pole.
(Band forms globe, tuba line near top as submarine)
An important event on the international political scene was the
friendship established between Russia's Kruschev and Communist
China's Mao Tse Tung.
(Band forms heart)
In 1958, as in all other recent years, Rock and Roll was always in the
news.
One of the new stars to appear was Jerry Lee Lewis.
We tune in on Jerry Lee now as he serenades his beautiful 14-year
old wife on his guitar.
BROWN
1958
Ladies and gentlemen: the Princeton University Band presents (fanfare) Believe It or Don't!
June Sigafoos is the world's fattest female. June weighs over four thousand pounds.
(Band forms scale)
June Sigafoos is a hippopotamus.
Rodney Renefrew, the man on the flying trapeze, once jumped from a
height of four hundred feet into a bucket of water only one
foot deep.
(Band forms trapeze)
Rodney only did this trick once.
Rudy Shmenk ascended Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the
United States, in the fastest time every recorded,
performing the feat in two hours, twenty six minutes, and forty-three
seconds.
(Band forms mountain)
Unfortunately, Rudy's record was disallowed because he walked on his hands.
Sam and Oliver Pennypacker, performing in a small cage, once fought
off seven wild
tigers with their hands tied behind their backs.
After several minutes, however, the tigers loosened their bonds and
quickly devoured the two men.
(Band forms cage)
CORNELL
1958
Ladies and gentlemen: the Princeton University Band presents (fanfare) Believe It or Don't! (fanfare)
The Band will depict through song and formation a series of startline facts. Be sure to listen for the conclusion of each sequence at the end of the song. June Sigafoos is the world's fattest female. June weighs over four thousand pounds.
(Band forms scale)
June Sigafoos is a hippopotamus.
Rodney Renefrew, the man on the flying trapeze, once jumped from a
height of four hundred feet into a bucket of water only one
foot deep.
(Band forms trapeze)
Rodney only did this trick once.
Rudy Shmenk ascended Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the
United States, in the fastest time every recorded,
performing the feat in two hours, twenty six minutes, and forty-three
seconds.
(Band forms mountain)
Unfortunately, Rudy's record was disallowed because he walked on his hands.
Sam and Oliver Pennypacker, performing in a small cage, once fought
off seven wild
tigers with their hands tied behind their backs.
After several minutes, however, the tigers loosened their bonds and
quickly devoured the two men.
(Band forms cage)
DARTMOUTH
1958
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band presents.... A Salute to the South.
One of the highlights of any year in the South is the Kentucky Derby. We take you to Churchill Downs, outside the track, where thousands of racing fans gather nervously, downing their mint juleps before the big race.
And now, let's go inside for the big race.
Ladies and gentlemen, the 84th running running of the Kentucky Derby.
No salute to the South is complete without a tribute to
that great southerner, Eli Whitney, who went down in history for
his famous statement:
"Get your cottin-pickin' hands off my gin."
The Princeton University Band closes its 1958 season by saluting the
many alumni present at today's game with Sousa's march:
"The Thunderer."