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Show EFFICIENT- SCHOOL BAND j v V v.; U i, v ' 'AW;. kx ' -u M ToungvUrt of All Hallows Who pat nUasiasn into tbotr work. On of th most Interesting features of th school' activities of All Hallows college In the school year new closing Is th military band, comprised of th members mem-bers of th various classes In th school. This band numbers forty pieces, and th average age of the youthful performers 1 a fraction over IS years. R-gqrrlleBi' of their voiifh these hovs have given close attention to their musical mu-sical studies and hav mad remarkable progress In the work. The spirit of loyalty loy-alty to the college and to Its institutions is found to a more marked extent tn no other department than In th band. There is keen rivalry among the hoys In the school for place in th band, and th ro-auit ro-auit i that every boy selected to wear the uniform of the band cherishes this privilege as on of th highest honors In the srhrtnl. I In addition to th study requirement that are demanded of th boys who r permitted to bcotne member of the bend, their general standing In every department de-partment of school work and discipline is taken Into consideration. Th effect of I this system haa ben to tone down the i natural spirits of the boy and to make them much mora earnest in their work then If ther were not euch a stimulus. Th band 1 under the personal dlreo-tion dlreo-tion of Prof. Anton Prierson, who h ehanr of th must department of the college. . Though th majority, nearly all. In fact, of th boys In th band hav been In th school only one year and hav had no previous training in mualc. the bend performs a wide repertory of marches and heavier number In a most creditable manner. The band was on of the principal attractions at Port Douglas Memorial Hay, when It furnished all of the muslo for the formal Memorial day exercisei at the military Post. |