columbia 1977
Columbia at Princeton
October 8th, 1977
Princeton wins 28-7
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Marching Band takes a long, hard look at what Princeton doesn’t offer.
“Princeton Forward”
One thing that Princeton doesn’t offer is majors in Physical Education. However, many students pursue athletic minors without official University sanction. For recreation, some students play ball, dribble, shoot, score, or, more likely, strike out. The athletically unsuccessful can always try their hand at solitaire. Fulfilling their Phys Ed requirement, the Band gets physical and performs its favorite exercise, the jumping jack.
“Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A.” (The Band forms a stick figure which does one or two jumping jacks)
Of course there are some school schools that Princeton just does not have. Some suggested schools are: the Burt Lance School of Creative Accounting, the Idi Amin School of Charm, the Consolidated Edison School of Electrical Engineering, and the Columbia School of Elementary Education. The Band now forms:
a) Burt Lance’s liquid assets
b) Idi Amin’s charm
c) the power reservoir of Con Ed, or
d) Columbia
“I’ve Got Plenty of Nothing” (The Band spells out ‘ZERO’)
There’s been a lot of BICKERING on campus about ALTERNATIVES to SELECTIVE music groups. PROSPECTS looked dim for those musically UNACCEPTABLE instrumentalists who we cut from Glee Club Inn, the University Orchestra Club, and the Kats & Jammers. For some, the Band presents a MUSICAL ALTERNATIVE to this DEHUMANIZATION. Forming a band on the field, the Band salutes itself, and provides what is sorely lacking at Princeton: musical entertainment.
“The Stars and Stripes Forever” (Band members salute each other while forming a block band)
October 8th, 1977
Princeton wins 28-7
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Marching Band takes a long, hard look at what Princeton doesn’t offer.
“Princeton Forward”
One thing that Princeton doesn’t offer is majors in Physical Education. However, many students pursue athletic minors without official University sanction. For recreation, some students play ball, dribble, shoot, score, or, more likely, strike out. The athletically unsuccessful can always try their hand at solitaire. Fulfilling their Phys Ed requirement, the Band gets physical and performs its favorite exercise, the jumping jack.
“Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A.” (The Band forms a stick figure which does one or two jumping jacks)
Of course there are some school schools that Princeton just does not have. Some suggested schools are: the Burt Lance School of Creative Accounting, the Idi Amin School of Charm, the Consolidated Edison School of Electrical Engineering, and the Columbia School of Elementary Education. The Band now forms:
a) Burt Lance’s liquid assets
b) Idi Amin’s charm
c) the power reservoir of Con Ed, or
d) Columbia
“I’ve Got Plenty of Nothing” (The Band spells out ‘ZERO’)
There’s been a lot of BICKERING on campus about ALTERNATIVES to SELECTIVE music groups. PROSPECTS looked dim for those musically UNACCEPTABLE instrumentalists who we cut from Glee Club Inn, the University Orchestra Club, and the Kats & Jammers. For some, the Band presents a MUSICAL ALTERNATIVE to this DEHUMANIZATION. Forming a band on the field, the Band salutes itself, and provides what is sorely lacking at Princeton: musical entertainment.
“The Stars and Stripes Forever” (Band members salute each other while forming a block band)