Harvard 1976
Harvard at Princeton
October 23rd, 1976
Princeton loses 14-20
Ladies and gentlemen (and Hahvahd Johns), the Princeton University Marching Band plays tribute to Princeton’s Birthday with a 230 balloon salute.
“Princeton Forward” (230 orange and black balloons are released as Band steps off)
Today being the exact 230th anniversary of the founding of the College of New Jersey, the Band would like to recall some of the greatest moments in Princeton history.
Princeton University and Amy Fox, Happy Birthday!
“Happy Birthday” (Armed with party hats and noisemakers, the Band forms CNJ)
In the beginning, the College of New Jersey was created all-male. These were hard times. But enlightenment came upon the minds of the trustees, and Princeton was declared coeducational. Students were convinced things couldn’t be beat. However, barbaric customs known as parietals were still enforced, thus preventing students from enjoying viable social alternatives. Parietals were abolished because of intense pressure, and, on the seventh day, as Adele Simmons would say, “It is good.”
“Happy Days are Here Again” (Band forms a series of male and female “sex symbols” [you know, the little circles with the arrows] before forming that sickening smile-face.)
But, the one ambition of all Princeton fans, past, present, and future: “2001”
(Band members with raincoats flash BEAT HAHVAHD signs) (First the Band flashes ‘BEAT HARVARD’ to the visitors’ stands. Then the flashers turn around in place, flashing ‘DRAVRAH TAEB’ to the Princeton stands. Finally they unscramble to spell ‘BEAT HARVARD’…except the ‘B’ can’t get the raincoat open until the last note.)
October 23rd, 1976
Princeton loses 14-20
Ladies and gentlemen (and Hahvahd Johns), the Princeton University Marching Band plays tribute to Princeton’s Birthday with a 230 balloon salute.
“Princeton Forward” (230 orange and black balloons are released as Band steps off)
Today being the exact 230th anniversary of the founding of the College of New Jersey, the Band would like to recall some of the greatest moments in Princeton history.
- 1746: The found of the College of New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J.
- 1747: The founding of Vassar, Mr. Holyoke, Yale, and other girls’ schools.
- 1748: The founding of SECH.
- 1826: The invention of the cotton gin.
- 1917: Freddie Fox is born.
- 1951: The conversion of Chancellor Green.
- 1974: Wawa
Princeton University and Amy Fox, Happy Birthday!
“Happy Birthday” (Armed with party hats and noisemakers, the Band forms CNJ)
In the beginning, the College of New Jersey was created all-male. These were hard times. But enlightenment came upon the minds of the trustees, and Princeton was declared coeducational. Students were convinced things couldn’t be beat. However, barbaric customs known as parietals were still enforced, thus preventing students from enjoying viable social alternatives. Parietals were abolished because of intense pressure, and, on the seventh day, as Adele Simmons would say, “It is good.”
“Happy Days are Here Again” (Band forms a series of male and female “sex symbols” [you know, the little circles with the arrows] before forming that sickening smile-face.)
But, the one ambition of all Princeton fans, past, present, and future: “2001”
(Band members with raincoats flash BEAT HAHVAHD signs) (First the Band flashes ‘BEAT HARVARD’ to the visitors’ stands. Then the flashers turn around in place, flashing ‘DRAVRAH TAEB’ to the Princeton stands. Finally they unscramble to spell ‘BEAT HARVARD’…except the ‘B’ can’t get the raincoat open until the last note.)