DARTMOUTH
1959
(As band marches out to "Happy Days are Here Again")
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band salutes the last fifteen years, a review of significant events during this period.
April 1951, General MacArthur, released from his Korean command, defends his policies before Congress.
The year -- 1953.
All good Republicans will remember that famous Wisconsin
senator's search for the facts.
February, 1945, all good Democrats will remember F.D.R.'s
report to the people after the Yalta conference.
A Prediction for the future: when the present T.V. scandals are
over only one unfixed show will remain on the air, good old
one and two and three and play and....
(Band forms champagne glass)
Finally, the Princeton Band salutes the Dartmouth football team.
CORNELL
1959
(Band marches out)
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band presents....There You Are...the re-creation of great moments in history.
March Fifteenth, Forty-Four B.C.: Julius Caesar, ignoring his wife's warning, leaves for the senate. There you are.
(Band forms dagger)
The year is Eleven-Thirty-Six B.C.: Helen of Troy ponders the
progress of the Trojan War.
There you are.
(Band forms heart)
June Eighteenth, Nineteen-Forty: Adolph Hitler's troops skirt the
Maginot Line and drive southward.
There you are.
(Band forms Eiffel Tower)
October Seventh, Eighteen Eighty-Five: Sigmund Freuid discovers
psychoanalysis.
There you are.
(Band forms couch)
March Seventeenth, Nineteen Fifty-Nine: Hordes of Yale students stage a
Saint Patrick's Day Riot in New Haven.
There you are.
COLGATE
1959
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band salutes the Big K, Mike Kopliner and his proctorial staff.
(Band marches out in a 'K')
First we see Mike using the new short wave radio system.
There's a riot and Mike summons help.
(beeps)
Reinforcements arrive to quell the disturbance.
The proctor serves as a guidance counselor.
We overhear Mike consoling an undergraduate, just before he enters
the Dean's office.
(Band forms heart)
We recently overheard Sweeny chastizing an 18-year old freshman, whom he caught trying to purchase liquor.
(Band forms '21')
It is nine-thirty Saturday night.
There's a knock at the door, a girl scurries into a closet,
an undergraduate sheepishly opens the door.
It's Axel; he sings --
(Band forms '9')
PENN
1959
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band presents (fanfare) This is Your Life, Elizabeth Trailer.
Just a starlet Liz, you met and married a poor boy from the other side of the tracks named Jilton, whose father Conrad owned several boarding houses.
(Band forms hotel)
Recently Liz, you met your present husband and his wife.
(Band forms triangle)
Not all of Liz Taylor's career is social.
Last year your fine portrayal of a cat in a recent Kentucky Williams
play thrilled all Princetonians.
(Band forms 'CAT')
In closing Liz, your career has proven one thing.
COLUMBIA
1959
The Princeton University Band presents -- New York Newsreel.
(Band forms jail cell)
Our newsreel cameras first take you to a jail cell in the 47th precinct, where the Imperial Dragons, one of New York's finest social clubs, is holding a meeting.
Next we go to Yankee stadium where we find Casey Stengel mulling
over the Yankee's third-place finish.
Our camera-man was also on hand when Nikita Krushchev took New York
by storm with his winning smile.
Finally, our cameraman overheard Steve Rockefeller
whispering into the ear of his new bride.
YALE
1959
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton Band salutes that zany era, the Roaring Twenties.
In the field of entertainment, who can forget the dance
marathons.
(Band forms clock)
The date -- February 14, 1929.
The place -- a Chicago garage.
Al Capone sends his good friends the O'Bannions a Saint Valentine's
Day gift.
(Band forms heart)
Then there was the stockmarket -- 1927 (Band plays one scale) -- 1928
(Band plays) -- and then came the crash --
Finally, there was Princeton's gift to literature,
F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(Band forms beer mug)