Air Force Band Heralded Lhit' with Cougar Audiences
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WASHINGTON STATE DAILY UNIVERSITY Number 9 Pullman, WashingtonEVERGREENThursday, October 5, 1961 Volume LXVIII Washingtonian Plays in Band Stern Receives Reuther Meets Air Force Band Heralded Key AEC Post Harry Stern, deputy director of With Denise the WSU nuclear reactor and as- lHit' With Cougar Audiences sociate professor, chemical engi- On Ford Strike Master of ceremonies was neering, has been appointed to a By Padlne Larson picked as a result of auditioning s. By DWIGHT PITKIN more than 1,400 professional mu- Sgt. Harry Gleeson, also a mem- key study committee of the Atom- Presenting a program of versa- DETROIT (}P)- United sicians and the majority of men ber of the Singing Sergeants. ic Energy Commission. Auto tility, various interpretations and make the band their career. Gleeson has been a member for Workers President Walter P. Reu- types of appeal, the United States The committee was formed dur- ther met with top Ford Motor Howard Martin, better known two and a half years. Touring is Air Force Band scored a "hit" fun," he said, "especial'lyfor the ing a recent meeting of fellow- Co. negotiators today in an ef- with their audiences on the Wash- as "Martv." has been in the band ship advisers for nuclear reactors fort to hammer out settlement of for fifteeh' of the band's eighteen single men. We meet a lot of in- ington State university campus teresting people and see a lot -of in Gatlinburg, Penn. Representa- a strike that has shut down Ford Tuesday, Oct. 3. years. His fellow musicians speak tives of the Atomic Energy Com- plants across the nation. of him as "morale booster" of interesting places." 1heir program ranged from In the stghten-year-old history mission were at the meeting, Reuther and Malcolm L. Den- Broadway hits and American the band, whether they are on the of the band they have played on Stern said. ise, a Ford vice president for lao classical music to the compost- road touring or in Washington, five continents before approxi- The purpose of the committee bor relations, met for 30 minutes. tions of such countries as Ger- D.C. is to evaluate the content of nu- Top-level negotiations then were Outstanding in the percussion mately 20 million people. They many, Italy, and Mexico. In fur- have played in 45 countries in 39 clear engineering programs in recessed until 2 p.m. to allow sub- tltering their versatility the com- section was Don Sullivan, a five American colleges and universi- committees to work on language year member of the band. In world capitals. posers ranged from John Philip When they are not 'on tour the ties. Stern will be working with involved in national noneconom- Sousa to Victor Herbert and from "Fireworks," a composition writ- band performs official duties in nuclear scientists and engineer- ic matters and local-level dis- Leonard Bernstein to original ar- ten' by band member Serge De- Washington, D.C. This includes ing fellowship advisers. putes. rangements by members of the Gastyne, Sullivan finds himself playing at lawn parties on the Ford's 120,000 hourly produc- band. blowing a whistle, banging a Capitol steps and performing of- tion workers walked off the job The internationally acclaimed cymbal, pounding the bass drum ficial jobs for the President. Tuesday after negotiations broke Singing Sergeants also scored a and shaking a castanet almost The band has achieved wid e down on a national noneconom- "hit." l\1-Sgt. William DuPree, simultaneously. IPAC-GPAR popularity over the years because ic contract. Bargainers had tenor, was particularly outstand- Sullivan graduated from Bald- it is capable of resolving itself reached .agrsement on wages and ing in "Una Furtiva Lagrima" win-Wallace College in Berea, into a 100 piece marching band, benefits. Still unsettled are local and his final number, "Sere- Ohio. Following graduation he a 90 piece symphonic orchestra, Caucus Times issues at many key plants. nade" from the Student Prince. was teaching in a band clinic and an 85 piece symphonic band, a The Singing Sergeants received met Col. Howard who was there Reuther said he was suggest- as a guest conductor in the clin- 25 voice glee club, 5 dance bands ing to Ford that national and lo- the most enthusiastic applause and numerous chamber and in- following a medley entitled, "This ic. Col. Howard needed a drum- Announced cal settlements on working con- strumental groups. Few bands in is Show Business." It included se- mer, Sullivan was auditioned and ditions be placed in one package the United States today can claim Greek and Independent caucus- lections from "My Fail' Lady" accepted. so as to end the strike without this distinction. es will be held Oct. 10-13. These and a rendition of "Chopsticks" Although the band members party caucuses will select the setting another deadline on local which in addition to the choral represent a great number of candidates to be voted upon in issues. background, featured three cornet states there is one Washington- the WSU class elections held Denise, commenting on Reuth- players. ian, -Gary Oules from Chelan. Nov. 2 and 3. er's proposal for combining 10-- The band, under the direction Oules, a clarinetist and Singing Tickets Sold Out cal and national issues, said, of Colonel George S. Howard, Sergeant, graduated from Cen- Delegates to the GPAR cau- "We have been working on local Tickets for the Oct. 6 stage cuses will pick the candidates for has often been called America's tral Washington College of Edu- production starring Dame Judith issues and will continue to work Ambassador of Music. In start- cation and shortly thereafter met the Greek Primary election. The on them." Anderson are sold out, according actual candidates for election are ing the organization eighteen Col. Howard at a music conven- to Marvin Swenson, activities picked in the Primary. years ago Col. Howard pioneered tion, auditioned and was accep- program adviser. in the theory that a musical' or- ted into the band." The Independent caucuses are ganization could become the ideal Oules said he liked living in • patterned after the National Par- ambassador of a nation. Washington, D.C., very much be- ty conventions. The delegates Thomas Hardy It is not entirely the music, cause of the "more active cultur- Governor Tours chosen here are final, for there however, that makes the band an al life in that part of the coun- is no Independent Primary. try." But even with all the cul- ambassador, it is the musicians Europe tor Fair Freshmen GPAR caucus meets Exhibition ture he admits he would still rath- themselves within the organiza- in the CUB Ballroom, Sophomores er live on the West Coast. OLYMPIA (!P)- Gov. and tion. The membership is hand- meet in Science 207, Juniors in Mrs. Rosellini left for Europe Wednesday on a 10-day promo- Todd 144, and the Senior caucus To Run Weeks tion tour for the Seattle World's will be held in Todd 128. All "The Thomas Hardy Exhibition Activities Center Band.to Tell of GPAR caucuses meet Oct. 10-12 Fair. of Sculpture will run three weeks. Gets New Men • The governor and his wife at 6:30 p.m. The show, which began last night, 'Life In Chino' boarded a Canadian Pacific Air- The Independent caucuses are will continue until October 25, in The Activities Center has two lines plane in Vancouver, B. C., also held Oct. 10-13. IPAC Fresh- the Arts Hall Gallery," stated new graduate assistants on the William Band, Chairman of the and will arrive in Rome, Italy, man caucus will be held in John- Mr. Gaylen Hansen, Professor of advising staff, according to Marv Physics Department will speak Thursday morning. son Hall Auditorium, at 6:30 p.m. Art. Swenson, program coordinator. on "My Life in China" at a meet- After three days in Rome, the all three nights. Sophomores will Mr. Hardy, a Professor of Art One of the new assistants, Karl ing of the American Institute of Rosellinis and World's Fair offi- meet in Wilson 13 at 8:15 p.m., from Reed College, began the Buyers, is a graduate of the Uni- Physics. The meeting will be held cials will travel to Cannes, Oct. 10, and at 6:30 p.m, Oct. show with a lecture, which was versity of Nebraska. The other at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 in CUB 213. France, where they will stay Oct. 11 and 12. followed by an opening tea, assistant, ApI> Legg, is a gradu- Band spent time in China while 9-12. IPAC Juniors will meet in sponsored by Delta Phi Delta, the escaping the Japanese during ate of Central Washington Col- Rosellini is scheduled to speak Todd 344 at 8:15 p.m. Oct. 10, at art honorary. World War II. A book dealing lege. Buyers is a recreation stu- Oct. 12 in Cannes before 2,000 6:30 p.m. Oct. 11, and again at with his experiences in China, "The exhibition," asserted Han- dent, while Legg is working on an travel agents attending the Am- 8:15 p.m. Oct. 12. Seniors meet sen, "consists of sculptures, and advanced degree in education. "My Two Years with the Chinese erican Society of Travel Agents, at Todd 244 at 8:15 p.m. all three Communists", has previously been drawings, which are studies for These two men will advise various conference. nights. published. the sculptures. The sculptures are student committees during the Roselliui and his party are to principally of metal, based on sea year. The Institute invites all stu- return to Rome after the speech dents interested in the speaker forms, animals and plants." Also new in the activities cen- and will fly back to Vancouver and physics to attend.