IN REGARD TO THE BAND.

The announcement is made on another page that the University band will not be taken to New Haven as in former years. This action, we have been given to understand, has not been taken because of the inferiority of the band to other years. Quite the contrary is true. There has been a general feeling that this year's band is somewhat more of a band than we have had in former years. The decision seems to have been made, however, not on the basis of a comparison with other years, but through the desire to have a thoroughly capable and well-trained band at Yale Field, such as will be found on the opposite side of the gridiron. This standard of excellence is obviously beyond the range of a student organization and it is too much to expect of it. The University band as constituted at present hangs together only through the perseverance of a few men who assume the responsibility to do what they can with the material available and make use of what outside talent they can secure. It is not a Pierian Sodality institution though men of that society have taken the initiative in developing it. It is obvious that the scope of such a band is limited.