‘an a oe ‘No Second Best for WSC. er Band Director Tells Lions The spirit and enthusiasm of _ Before long we will have ar-; ‘the ‘“‘new” Weber State College|rived, and since sae gees ions |SUccess we won't need ane ines Mi Pe pa roomeen ae CORE help then. Right now we do need|in any way it can to reach the ‘your support—even if it is only|goal of making the college the Arsalanian recently was reiter-|moral ated by Donald Threlkeld, band director, to the civic club Tuesdaya' 2) “We don’t want to be, and don’t intend to be, second best,”’ he said. ““The day is fast coming when Weber State will be right bp with the rest of the state’s big colleges.”’ , He said that it will require the support of groups such as the Lions Club because Weber is a young school and does not have a large body of graduates as yet to talk for it in recruiting football players or top band students. | Mr. Threlkeld, with the help of some of the Weber State band, showed how various tempos of music help stimulate players and spectators at football ales and other athletic contests. ‘DIFFICULT TASK He spoke of the difficulty of getting together a marching band in Utah, and said that for some reason college musicians back away from joining up. There are times of course during certain temperatures that clarinets can crack wide open, or the band can tear up the field for the players if they tromp all over it between halves. | Some of the changes that Mr. Threlkeld will make this year will be to seat the band higher in the stands for this Saturday’s game, so that the march music can be heard more easily by everyone. _ . A new “fight” song will reee the old one Weber has een using, and short pep songs will be used to pick up enthusiasm and interest during the game. ; The band director asked for support from the Lions and other -\period ‘The spirit at Weber State fs po a re encode. an the ne much;sic department is ready to he p cjvic clubs during this of growth. — support.” best in the state,” he added.