Good Old Days: February 20, 2020

8 years ago

The Commoner

Feb. 22, 1895

The band has this week ordered an alto saxophone and expects shortly to purchase an Eb baritone saxophone. A fine F flute is expected to arrive soon. The boys are investing in new instruments and in new music as fast as the funds will permit, and expect before long to have a band without compare in this section of the country. It is Prof. Read's ambition to increase the number of pieces to twenty-four and a number of young men are at work gaining proficiency on the various instruments. The band as now constituted would be a credit to any city in the wes...