harvard 1979
Princeton at Harvard
October 27th, 1979
Princeton wins 9-7
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Marching Band takes a long, hard look at the Cambridge Syndrome.
“Princeton Forward”
Morning breaks over the Charles. It’s a day not unlike any other. The last Wellesley girl has caught her bus. Your roomate has taken out the Globe and brought in the trash. It’s time to get up and walk the Cliffie. But all is not calm in Cambridge. A strange glow engulfs the campus. The temperature rises and flamers are seen all over Harvard. Noses have turned skyward. The core curriculum has melted down again.
“Classical Gas” (Band forms a blob which explodes into CH4)
Somewhere in the bowels of Harvard Yard a phone rings. Ace janitor Derek Bok rushes to pick it up only to hear a strange, eerie sub-human voice at the other end saying, “PAHK the CAH at HAHVAHD YAHD” (read in a real Harvard jerk-off voice….honest Madge, that’s what Harrison told me to write). Recognizing the Senator’s voice, Bok tries to hang up, but the former law student runs on, commanding, “Mr. Bok, report to the bridge at once.”
“Star Trek Theme” (Band forms a star)
Boldly going where no man has gone before, Bok races around the Harvard campus, immediately recognizing the symptoms of the dreadful syndrome. Forming:
a) delusions of grandeur
b) confusions of gender
c) profusions of MIT women
d) Princeton envy, or
e)
f) New Haven anyway,
the Band suggests that you all get out while you can.
“Show Me the Way to Go Home” (Band forms ‘F YALE’)
But don’t worry, we’re just kidding. Everyone knows there are no breeders in Cambridge.
“Marcho Grandioso” (Band forms a big-time double wavy line and marches off, impressively)
October 27th, 1979
Princeton wins 9-7
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Marching Band takes a long, hard look at the Cambridge Syndrome.
“Princeton Forward”
Morning breaks over the Charles. It’s a day not unlike any other. The last Wellesley girl has caught her bus. Your roomate has taken out the Globe and brought in the trash. It’s time to get up and walk the Cliffie. But all is not calm in Cambridge. A strange glow engulfs the campus. The temperature rises and flamers are seen all over Harvard. Noses have turned skyward. The core curriculum has melted down again.
“Classical Gas” (Band forms a blob which explodes into CH4)
Somewhere in the bowels of Harvard Yard a phone rings. Ace janitor Derek Bok rushes to pick it up only to hear a strange, eerie sub-human voice at the other end saying, “PAHK the CAH at HAHVAHD YAHD” (read in a real Harvard jerk-off voice….honest Madge, that’s what Harrison told me to write). Recognizing the Senator’s voice, Bok tries to hang up, but the former law student runs on, commanding, “Mr. Bok, report to the bridge at once.”
“Star Trek Theme” (Band forms a star)
Boldly going where no man has gone before, Bok races around the Harvard campus, immediately recognizing the symptoms of the dreadful syndrome. Forming:
a) delusions of grandeur
b) confusions of gender
c) profusions of MIT women
d) Princeton envy, or
e)
f) New Haven anyway,
the Band suggests that you all get out while you can.
“Show Me the Way to Go Home” (Band forms ‘F YALE’)
But don’t worry, we’re just kidding. Everyone knows there are no breeders in Cambridge.
“Marcho Grandioso” (Band forms a big-time double wavy line and marches off, impressively)
