Purdue debris . Paul S. Emrick On October 2nd, 1905, Paul S. Emrick was elected Director of the PurdueUniversity Military Band by its membership, which at that time was onlyforty members, while he was still a sophomore in the School of ElectricalEngineering-. Upon graduation he was engaged in railway engineering workuntil his return to Purdue as an instructor in the Electrical School andDirector of the Purdue Band. Spots, as Professor Emrick is best knownby the students and alumni, was the first to conceive the big college bandidea, and due to his untiring efforts and devotion in perfecting th
Purdue debris . Paul S. Emrick On October 2nd, 1905, Paul S. Emrick was elected Director of the PurdueUniversity Military Band by its membership, which at that time was onlyforty members, while he was still a sophomore in the School of ElectricalEngineering-. Upon graduation he was engaged in railway engineering workuntil his return to Purdue as an instructor in the Electrical School andDirector of the Purdue Band. Spots, as Professor Emrick is best knownby the students and alumni, was the first to conceive the big college bandidea, and due to his untiring efforts and devotion in perfecting the idea. Pur-due University has at the present time one of the largest and best collegebands in the country. Spots is greatly responsible for the large number of State engagementsobtained by the Band and also for the nation-wide reputation the Band nowpossesses. It is due largely to his whole-hearted interest that these accom-plishments of the Band have been made possible. • Hundred Fifty eight Wc^Wcl^cK. torn row—Lewellen, Beeson, Hastii cond row—Miller, WaM, Shierling, Third row—Isley, Thorns, , Senior Band Men AT the end of the second year only the men who have shown morethan passing interest in the band and who are more capablethan the majority, are retained, and at the end of the third year an-other cut is made, so the few Seniors who have served through thefour years are to a great extent the nucleus around which the organ-ization is built. Many duties of administration and direction fail up-on the men and usually all of the Seniors hold some form of executiverank or are distinguished by an honorary position, such as chief orprincipal musician. Special attention is given to individual under-classmen by these Seniors. Membership in the band is entirely volun-tary on the part of the Seniors, and they must attend all rehearsals,play at all engagements, as well as attend to their additional success of the band is determined to a great extent by the effortsof
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