Three or Four Reams of Paper Precision Band Drills Require Work By Jackie Wardell Emerald Reporter Tt takes hours of hard work be ginning in the summer and con tinuing until game time on a fall afternoon to put the University of Oregon marching band on the field with the intricate maneuvers that v, in praise at Stanford last Sat urday. Director Robert Vagner and his staff meet early in summer term to decide the themes of the after noon performances and to select the music to be used. Once selected, the music must be a> anged to suit the proposed for mations and the expected person red. Students in the music school usually handle this phase of the preparation—this year John Hen drickson and Richard Ramsdell, g aduate students in music, did tup arrangements. Miniature Field The actual formations cannot hr- completed until the band forms i' the fall because the exact num ber of members must be known before the final routines are work er out with models on the minia ture football field in the music shook Routines on Paper The routines are then transfer red to graph paper and then onto d i to paper. Each member has a number, is assigned a particular position on the field for each se quence and receives a copy of the sequence as well as mimeographed copies of all the music to be play ed. Three or four reams of mimeo graph paper are used each game, according to Vagner. Band members first march through the routines without mu sir, then rehearse the music with out marching and finally put the t o together. “We try to have two weeks between performances be cause of the uncertainty of the weather,” said Vagner. “With only tucee practices a week a rainstorm O' two could leave us with almost no preparation,” he added. Joint Performance For this reason, the band, which spent last weekend in California, Viill put on a joint performance w>h the Oregon State college band | at Portland Saturday. "The rou I tine will of necessity be simple. We'll have only about half an hour to practice together,” Vagner stated. Synchronizing the field routines j with the public address system is ; also a major problem facing the I band. In Eugene, the UO band has | its own announcer, Estely Schiclt, ! music instructor in the Eugene ] public schools, who takes over when the band takes the field. The marching band avoids deli j cate instruments such as the oboe and concentrates on brass and per ! cussion instruments. Figures with moving parts are the hardest to work out, accord ing'to Vagner. A great deal of co ordination is needed for band mem bers to march, watch cues, and play difficult numbers at the same time, especially if they are con stantly changing from one selec tion to another. Two Routines Vagner cited two routines used in the Oregon-Montana game as extremely difficult. One was the fan which opened and closed as the band played, the other was the large tuba formed by the band while 12 tuba players played and did a dance step. "Our main problem is lack of interest by non-music majors in joining the band,” Vagner said. The average band member spends three hours a week rehearsing be sides the game afternoon. Most of our work goes into planning so that the students’ time won’t be wasted, the director added. He continued that a student wishing to join the band but hav ing conflicting classes on one or j even two of the rehearsal after ! noons aft.en can arrange to miss those rehearsals and still appear in the formations on Saturday. Substitutes always watch and participate in the practices in case of the illness of a regular member. 90 Members This year’s marching band num bers approximately 90 according to Vagner. This includes the girls’ band. 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The players, though hid den behind their horns are, front left to right, I’hil Cass, (Jury De Brokert, Lee Tucker, Francis Mayberry, Donald Thurber, Dwight Knight, Koy Childs and John Hanson. “Oregon State depends on the entire student body for band mem bers and we'd like to also,” Vagner concluded. “As it is now we’re en tirely too dependent on the school of music.” The band will have made four trips tins year three to Portland and the California trip. Raoul Mad dox, junior in music, serves as stu dent manager of the band on these trips. He is assisted by Ray Wal den, in charge of instruments, and Charles Humphries, in charge of uniforms. Ira Lee, brass instructor, is assistant director and Richard Stewart, graduate student in mu sic, is student leader. Activities Slate (Continued from f>a a.m. to 5 p.m. on the day scheduled. No appointments have to he made before going down, Miss Greer stated. laving organizations and tin day scheduled for retakes or makeups are as follows: Monday — Carson hall, Ann Judson house, Campbell club, Highland house, Philadelphia house and lichee house. Tuesday — Phi Delta Theta, University house, Alpha, Gam ma, Sigma and Merrick halls. 'Salesman7 Tryouts Start Next Week Tryouts for “Death of a Sales man” will be held Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the labora tory theater, Villard 102. This modern drama contains some very strong dramatic roles, according to F. J. Hunter, instruc tor- in speech, who will direct the production. The play, which is the third University theater produc tion, is scheduled to run Feb. 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13. Ducks to Meet OSC (C tintwiicd I nun Ixu/e one) field will probably be Ctece Hodges, right half; Novikoff, fullback; and Ted Anderson, left half. Beavers Have Had Trouble The Beavers, coached by Kip Taylor, a graduate of Michigan, and consequently a staunch single wing man, have had rough sailing. They lost most of their stars from a pretty fair club in 1951 and have been depending heavily on Sam Baker, their big fullback, to carry the load. Baker almost single handedly defeated the Webfoots a year ago at Eugene. k or more sports news, the start ing lineups and team records, please turn to pages four and five. $U Currents Music Listening Hours Announced The hours for the Peter Henson Howard music listening room in the Student Union are as follows: Monday 2 to 5 p in., 8 to 10 p.m. Tuesday 1 to 5 p.m., 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesday 2 to "> p.m. Thursday 1 to 5 p.m., 8 to 10 i p.m. Friday 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday 2 to 5 p.m., 8 to 10 , p.m. There will he Tuesday night rec I ord concerts as announced. Anyone wishing to use the room at any i other lime should call Klaine Cut ting at 5-9041. * * * Community Sing To Be Held Sunday A community sing, led by Char lotte Johnson, student teacher, will take place this Sunday in the Stu dent Union commuter's lunchroom fiom 7 to 7:30 p.m. Mary Sweeney will be at the piano. This is an in formal affair for those who like to sing all types of music, according to Dorothy Anderson, chairman of the music committee. Mixer Cancelled; Movie Scheduled The Fishbowl mixer scheduled for Dee. 5 has been cancelled so that a movie may be shown at that time. The regular Sunday time for the movie was unavailable on this weekend, reports Jackie Steuart, chairman of the SU dance commit tee. The next mixer will tie held sometime during the first weeks of winter term. e Campus Briefs 0 Pre-Nursing Club will meet at noon Monday at Wesley house. Members will bring sack lunches. Henrietta Doltz, head of the nurs ing department, will be the guest speaker. 0 .Malroni Buchanan was the only patient admitted to the cam pus infirmary Thursday. Other pa tients confined there are Craig Weathford, Don Traux, Stuart Ol son, Howard McGinnis, Ernest Bergstrom, Gary McManus. James Massey, Phil Singleton and Bar bara His ley. Dismissed Wednesday evening and Thursday morning were Don ald Wilkinson, Ernest Sellers, Julie Fuller and Lucille Swaggert. 9 Then; will !><• a meeting of all Amphibian members Monday night, at 8:30 at Gerlinger pool. 9 The Outing Club of the Wom en’s Recreation Association has scheduled an overnight hike to Walker's Barn, leaving Gerlinger Hall at 1:00 p.m. Saturday. The club will climb Mt. Pisgah. 9 The volleyball tournament of the Women’s Recreation Associa tion is now over except for the finals between Rebec and Highland which will be played after Thanks j giving. The winner must win two out of three games. 9 The psychology club will hold a business and social meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Student Union. All faculty members and graduate or upper division psychol ogy students who plan to attend are asked by the department to call extension 576 before 4 p.m. Monday to make reservations.