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The histoiy of UNL's Marching Band is soon to be published by band Alumnus Gary Steffan and will include many
photographs of past and current scenes.
Book will showcase band's history
By Susan Cowick
In mid-December, Gary
Steffan will have his first
book on the market about
the history of the UNL
Marching Band.
Steffan said he was
appointed historian by the
board of directors of the
Band Alumni Association.
For the past six years, he
said he has gathered infor
mation and photographs,
with much of the funding
coming from his own
tool0
pocket.
"The book, which has
the history of the band
from the late 1800s up to
last fall, contains 250 to
300 pages with approxi
mately 400 black and white
pictures and 100 colored
pictures," he said.
Steffan said he became a
member of the band in
1968 and marched in it
until 1974. He said he has
kept his membership in the
band fraternity, Gamma
Lambda, to keep in contact.
"For lack of something
to do after 1 quite march
ing, I started asking Jack
Snider (band director) ques
tions about the history of
the band," he said. "When
he couldn't answer my ques
tions, I started digging in
old yearbooks, looking
through the chancellor's
files in the archives and at
microfilm."
Next, Steffan said he
went to the Band Alumni
Association to search for
band members.
Sent questionnaires
"I sent questionnaires to
living band members to dig
up memories of band trips
and pranks and to discover
more history," Steffan said.
He said he collected so
much information he didn't
know what else to do but to
write a book.
"History of college bands
is a neglected area. The
band was founded as a
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military band and remained
that way until 1954. It was
the first college band to
have a paid director and be
listed as a class with stu
dents receiving credit for
it," Steffan said.
He said the band played
a major role in the begin
ning of football of the UNL
campus.
Steffan said, "Rosco
Pound returned to Lincoln
from Harvard and introduc
ed the game of football. He
used the band to arouse
spirit and spark interest for
the game. In 1890 the first
game was played and the
band was present.
"Every year since 1902,
the band has attended an
away game with the football
team. When the team went
to the Rose Bowl in 1941,
the band was not going to
go. There was so much pro
test, the band was taken and
received more attention
than the team.
Loving cup trophy
"In 1927, John Philip
Soussa awarded the band
with a loving cup trophy for
being one of the finest
bands in the country. It
appears to be the only
trophy of its caliber present
ed to a college band by
Soussa. It was hidden for
years until I recently found
it during my research,"
Steffan said.
During WWI, he said, the
military was increased on
campus so the band decreas
ed in size.
"The band had to get
permission to recruit stu
dent soldiers so they would
have enough members to
play," Steffan said.
During WWII, women
were introduced, he said.
"The band was not able
to enlist men, so women
were used. After the war,
though, it became all ma1
again and stayed that way
untU 1972," Steffan said.
In 1972, the government
began pushing colleges to
accept women band memb
ers, he said.
"Kansas, Michigan, Ne
braska, Minnesota and
Texas A&M were the last to
allow females to join. Snider
let women join the band be
fore the government got to
him. Texas A&M still has an
all-male band," Steffan said.
Today, the band has an
equal amount of men and
women if the flag squad is
also counted, he said.
Steffan said he has plans
of writing more history
books on the band in the
future.