E AGE EIGHT THE MICHIGAN DAILY . Ii' if "If, Marching Band To Play * * I I , , * * * Con9rga hsattoni MICHIGAN *1 Art Plus Precision. Mark 'U' Bandsmen By LEONARD GREENBAUM West coast football fans will see the nation's best college band this afternoon when the Michigan Marching Band takes to the field at the Tournament of Roses. Led by Prof. William D. Revel- 1i, the band will display the pre- cision marching, the snap forma- tions and the musical technique that has brought it nation-wide fame and acclamation. * * * The half-time shows have changed from squad drills mixed with un- related formations to the present thematic musical pageants. Mili- tary marches have been replaced with hit tunes such as "Bali Hai" and "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Today the Michigan Band is organized to provide entertain- ment through a combination of good musicianship, good march- iog and good showmanship. Besides the huge formations co- vering the gridiron, the band also performs several dance numbers in which the bandsmen move up the a . .14'omy O .Jltntic c /1 over tl DOBBS HATS JOHNSTON & MURPHY SHOES )GI lead er in ree Jeca . ENGLISH IMPORTS BURBERRY COATS I I DURING THE past few years the band has experienced a tran- sition from a military organiza- tion to an entertainment troupe. I field while performing dance Statistical Method Puts OSUon Top By GEORGE FLINT When Ohio State's ill-fated Buckeyes ran rags around a helpless Iowa trwrn, 83-21, this fall, Wes Fesler's oays immediate- ly rose to the heights of the hypo- thetical national football rank- ings. BUT TO THE statistician, that gridiron merry-go-round was far from a prediction of things to come, as one of radio's foremost rumor-carriers labels his ,oracular productions. Comparative scores as a method of ranking football teams are strictly last year's model, according to a sport- loving mathematics expert, Prof. :Harry Carver of the Literary College. Just take a look at this season's Western Conference standings as worked out by one such method: steps. * * * THE 135-MAN group uses a 200- step per minute pace for entrances and later relaxes to approximately 160 steps per minute for forma- tions In addition to the season long practices, the band has been re- hearsing for the afternoon's s h o w at Occidental College, Glendale, their home while on the coast. The trip to Pasadena was made possible through the Buick Divi- sion of General Motors. While en- route to California on a modern streamliner the band stopped at Alberquerque, New Mexico, where it paraded through the streets of the desert oasis. * * * FURTHER STOPS will be made on the swing home at Fresno, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Wichi- ta, Kansas. In several of the ci- ties the band will not only par-i ade, but will also display its fam- ous formations. The trip to the Rose Bowl comes as a fitting climax to one Pan Iovwn I- State St. at Campus Ann Arbor 41 Adams Ave. East Detroit THE MARCHING BAND IN A TRADITIONAL FORMATION AT THE "U" STADIUM * * * * * * e' * * * -* * * of the most successful seasons the Marching Band has ever had. Besides being the subject of a Life Magazine article, the band also received plaudits from the New York newspapers following the Army game in Yankee Stad-' ium. Writers on the metropolitan papers called the band "one of the finest college musical organiza- tions in the country" and - "thej best that has ever played in Yan- kee Stadium." FOR THE New York show, it presented a pageant depicting a visitor's impression of the "big ci- ty." One of the most unusual per- formances of the season came at the Ohio State game at Co- lumbus. The rivalry between the two bands is not even exceeded by that between the football teams. In the midst of swirling blizzard, accompanied by 45 mile per hour winds, Michigan won a 9-3 victory and the trip to the Rose Bowl. At half-time, despite the freezing temperature and though often hid- den from the spectators by the heavy snow, the band went through its formations. * * * AS A NIGHT-CAP to the OSU game, the band traveling on busses started back to Ann Arbor during the height of the storm. Snow drifts, poor visibility, icy roads and mechanical difficulties forced them to stop over in a small Ohio town. Restaurants and homes were op- ened to the tired bandsmen who encamped where they could for the night. The team efforts put forth by the students and the long hours of rehearsal and planning with Prof. Revelli and assistant direct- or Jack Lee have paid off through- out the season. When high strutting drum ma- jor Dick Smith leads the band on- to the gridiron their "Hail to the Victors" won't have a hollow ring. RAH-RAH GAINS STRONGHOLD: Wolverine Club Boosts Campus Spirit Comparative Scores. Official Standings Team Points Team Pet. By BOB SOLT Ohio State 33.41 Michigan .750 Drumming up strong student Illinois 22.57 Ohio State .714 support for the championship Michigan 22.30 Wisconsin .714 Michigan grid teams, despite even Wisconsin 19.09 Illinois .667 frigid weather and underdog odds, N'western 12.60 N'western .500 is the job of the 40 students com- Minnesota 10.53 Iowa .333 prising the co-educational Wol- Indiana 6.90 Minnesota .250 verine Club. Iowa 1.20 Purdue .200 Since the Maize and Blue foot- Purdue 0.00 Indiana .2,00 ballers play a tough season's With the lowest team as the schedule in which every game is a basis, it will be seen that no Big critical game this booster club, is Ten grid squad finished in the kept busy preparing for the Sat- same position by the comparative urday afternoon battles in the score method except for North- University's 97,000 stadium. western. Purdue, the cellar-dwell- r, was tied with Indiana in the COOPERATING with the cheer- official conference rankings, leaders, the club plans colorful, interesting features. One of their PROF. CARVER'S mathematics activities during the past season 1A2 UU lIU dLnnA , UUW t G 3 FOR THE WEATHER-WISE a THE BRUISER Plump calf, buttressed by stormwelt, over a strong Weatherproof sole- this year 'round oxford defies the elements: Taylored from Golden Chestnut for ... WANTY & REULE DOWNTOWN .. . 210 South Main--Phone 2-5102 ;. _ _ r + BANDSMEN AND CACTUS, 1947 MEMOIRS . . of statistics class also worked out the 1950 standings by the more; efficient and strictly modern least-; errors method. Following an intricate mathe- 'matical procedure, which will be omitted-advisably, from this corner - this system gives weight to a victory over a bet- ter team. Conversely, a lower; numerical value accrues to an - eleven for a loss to a poorer team. If you grope your wa'y through the intricacies of those revela- tions, another complication may a was a bu e and and yenlow flash card display. Coated with a metallic lustre, the cards form a continual pattern during the two hours of football. The club worked a combined total of 800 hours per week to plan the display, mimeograph instruction sheets, and trans- port the cards to and from the stadium. For home-games, the club spon- sors Friday night pep rallies that include special speakers, bands, torches, bonfires and entertain- ment. jo R. COUSINS SPIRITED COLLEGIANS-A few members of the University of Michigan Wolverine Club gather around the club car before leaving for a football game. A Willow Run motor corporation loans the car to the club for use in carrying out its many activities. I be introduced. AND FOR THOSE students M G S E i w wishing to travel with the team to MICHIGAN STATE, which will away games, Wolverine Club trips enter actual conference competi- at reduced rates are arranged tion, played three Big Ten teams These trips include transporta- this year. If the Spartans are in- tion and hotel reservations, plus cluded in the ratings, the com- information on Michigan social- parative standings look like this: get-togethers in the town where Least Errors System Pts.'the away game is being played. (with The latest such enterprise byr Team Points MSC) the club is the chartered all-{ Michigan State 1.616 student' streamliner to the westt Michigan 1.334 1.234 coast and back for the Michigan-t Ohio State 1.221 1.202 California clash and the otherc Illinois 1.205 1.182 New Year's day festivities ini Wisconsin 1.193 1.170 Pasadena.t Northwestern .883 .856 The club's activities howevers Iowa .364 .361 are not limited to the football Indiana .227 .266 season but are continued Purdue .000 ,. .000 throughout the school year. The various statistics found * * * above may be used to prove that DURING THE CAGE season, Illinois or Michigan State or the club provides half-time enter- Michigan should be playing foot- tainment for basketball fans. An ball in the Rose Bowl this Janu- additional project is the recording ary 1st. of interesting campus events of Funny thing, though-science the school year, enabling students or no science-it's the Wolverines to purchase an album of memories who'll be Pasadena bound De- they can listen to long after cember 18th. graduation. 1K --------- * * *, Already underway are the club's plans for the coming se- mester. These include raising additional funds by exhibiting commercial films with strong box office appeal, and sponsor- ing live jazz concerts in con- junction with the University Hot Record Society. The only concern club members now have is that present world conditions may cause a military training program to be set up on the Michigan campus, forcing the club to temporarily discontinue its activities as happened during the last war. But until such a situation occurs, the Wolverine Club is continuing to offer aid to any campus organization with a plan or project that will raise school spirit and serve the stu- dent body in any way. I Happy New Year WOLVERINES! We travel with you. N4 ,. Friendly Drive-Thru Service " BEER " WINE * SOFT DRINKS O KEG BEER Open Daily 10 A.M., Sundays Noon to 7 P.M. 114 E. Williams Phone 7191 tA To Our Michigan Team - Health, Ambition, and Strength s pt v^ Photo-Jack Bergstrom .5_ It I I I ii 11 l II