1964-09-20 - Harvard
{Ed, June 2004 - The phrase "cleverest band in the world" is handwritten into this script with the word cleverest being crossed out and replaced with wittiest. If only the name had stuck. Also, the "going up, going down" make an early appearance in this script as well as what will later be known as an amorph.}
Half-Time Show
[on signal from drum major]
Ladies and gentlemen: The wittiest band in the world - the Columbia College Baby Blue - featuring Alan Campbell on bagpipes.
[march to midfield, play Billboard]
[on break]
Today the Band will try to bring the alumni up to date on some of the recent happenings on the Morningside campus. An old grad revisiting the campus after a few years' absence notices first of all a magnificent one million dollar unfinished bridge, almost connecting the School of Law with the main campus across Amsterdam Avenue. That's right -- the one that was scheduled to be completed this September...and before that it was scheduled for last April...and before that...
[form London Bridge Falling Down, play London Bridge]
[immediately]
While some things are going down, others are going up -- dormitory rents...Residence Hall inmates are watching with interest as linen is changed once a fortnight, trash is emptied twice a day, and the University Residence Halls continue to price themselves out of business. The Band portrays the inside of a typical dorm room, and questions the rent hikes.
[mass together, play How High the Moon]
[Break, on]
It may seem strange, but a large part of each resident's rental goes to payoff a loan used to build a dormitory which has been called New Hall since 1959. Why couldn't the money be used for a building with an original name?
[Form "NU ?" , Play Never Borrow Money Needlessly]
[on break]
The not-too-warm thermometer by the scoreboard shows the success of the drive for a new
gymnasium at columbia --- needed to replace the present facilities. It looks like the gym won't be ready this year as a matter of fact, laying of the cornerstone is probably at least five years away.
[Form 1964->1969, Play Beyond the Blue Horizon]
[on signal from Mr. Dann]
Ladies and gentlemen -- the Columbia College Alma Mater.
[slight pause after Souci]
The Columbia University Alma Mater.
[Play Deutschland]