BAND CALLS '44 MUSICIANS

In an appeal to Yardling musicians to join the Harvard University Band, William P. Bernton '41, manager of the Band, announced yesterday that notices of tryouts beginning soon have already been posted in the Freshman dorms.

Anyone who plays an instrument is eligible for the tryouts, according to Bernton, who said that no previous marching or band experience is necessary. Besides players the Band also is interested in unusual drum-major or arranging talent.

New Yorker's "Favorite"

The Band meets every week for an hour and a half on Wednesday evening and Friday afternoon, but Berton said that even with such limited practice the Band has become the New Yorker's "Favorite Outdoor Musical Outfit."

Bandsmen get free tickets to all football games and to many basketball, hockey, and track events at which the band plays. There is always at least one trip away for the band, this year to the Yale Bowl and perhaps to Philadelphia for the Penn game.

Bernton hopes to receive many candidates from the Class of '44, which, according to the Dean's Office, is an extremely musical one.

Last fall the H.A.A. squelched an attempt to induct drum majorettes into the band, so now Bernton looks to the Class of 1944 to give the band added dash.