Missouri S&T Magazine, August-September 1945

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MSM ALUMNUS Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy ROLLA. MO .

VOLUME 19

NUMBER 4

AUGUST-SEPTEMBER,1945

John W. Scott ex-'89 Still Directing Band After s ixty yea rs of furni s hin g mu s ic at th e School of Min es a nd a lso fillin g presc ription s for s tud e nt s and fac ul ty at hi s dru g s tor e at th e corner of 8th a nd Pi ne, John W. Scott ex-'89 wi ll b e th e mu s ica l di r ec tor of th e MSM band a ga in thi s yea r, s tartin g his s ixty first yea r. Mr. Sco tt e nroll ed at MSM in 1885 a nd was act ive in mus ic while 2. s tud e nt h e r e. H e quit sc hoo l in 1887 to e nt e r bus in ess in Rolla and ha s a lway s ma intain e d hi s int e r es t in mu s ic a t th e Sc hool a nd parti c ul a rl y in ba nd mu s ic. He has d eve lop e d the MSM b a nd to where it is an outs tandin g g roup of play e r s and for years has bee n on e of th e featur es of th e games in St. Louis at W as hin g ton U ni vers ity and St. Louis U nivers it y . Whil e at s c hoo l Mr. Scott play ed in a Rolla band wh ich furni s he d mu s ic at pu bli c occa s ion s on th e campus und e r th e <lirec tion of Ira M. F le min g ex-'86. Th ese musical e nd eavors co ntinu ed mor e or less in a n unor ga niz e d way until Sep te mb e r of 1926, w h e n th e Min e r Ba nd of 25 m embe (s was or g anize d w ith Ed Hunz e '26 pr es'id e nt , J. Map le Wi ls on '26 secre-

tary - tr eas ur e r , and John W . Sco t t as dir ect or. Two years la t e r thi s band was r eor ga niz e d and beca m e th e M S M ROT C Ba nd with a membe rs hip of 28 and H. C. Hark es ex-'31, drum major a nd John VV. Sco tt, dir ec tor. It th e n b ecame a pal·t of th e mil itary unit. A fe w years ba ck, und er th e dir ec tion of Lt. Co l. Ca rl R . Jo nes, seve n mor e in s trum ents we r e add ed to th e band brin g in g: it .to a tMal of 35 m e mbers . S inc e that tim e it h as s uccess fu ll y se rve d both th e sc hool a nd th e milit a ry d e partment on th e camp us and it s rank s ha ve bee n fi ll e d eac h year w ith s om e exce ll e nt mu s ica l t al e nt. It is th e duty of t he MSM M ili tary Ba nd to f urn ish mu s ic fo r military dri ll , se r emoni es ' and parad es , a ls o for athletic g am es and ce rt a in oth e r eve nt s p e rtainin g to the sc hool. A n out s tandin g m e mb e r of th e band w h e n it was or ga nized a s a mi lit ary unit in 1928 was C. Jack s on Po tt e r '29, now Dr. C. J. Potte r, Ass is tant So lid F ue ls A dmini s trator and chief a id e to Harold L. Ick es , So lid Fu e ls Admi ni s trator. "I had a t e rri bl e tim e w ith Jack Pott e r, " :M r. Sco tt sta t ed. " H e p layed t he bi g bass So usa phone and I co uldn ' t keep him qui e t lon g e noug h to ge t in m y in s truction s . Wh e n Jack left hi s r oom in g hou se he wo uld s tart p layin g that So usap hon e. H e played- it ac r o ss the camp us, go in g into th e ba nd room, an d he p lay e d it bet w ee n numb er s a nd k ept on play in g until I co uldn 't ge t in a wo rd. Jack was a lways tootin g. Then w h e n th e r e hear s a l wa s ove r Jack w ould toot that horn a ll the way ba ck hom e. H e ju s t c ou ldn ' t stop p la y in g "Jack al s o p layed th e ba ss ocarina in th e Ocar in a Band (Ca nt. Page 11 )

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H. C. Harkes, Drum ?\laj or W. E. Christie ex· '34 C. S. Ab shie r , M.S. ' 33 W . R. George ex·'34 R. R. Townsend ex·'34

OUR

C. A. E. R.

GOA L

K. Rose '33 W. Kassay ' 32 W . Fort '34 W. Simpson '34

1000

G; P . R. P . L. E. A. P .

MSM

BAND

FOR

1930-31

John W . Scott, Directo r

MEMBERS Steen '33 W. P. M ays '32 J . I. Moore, Jr. '3 3 Rhoades ' 32 W . M . Gilmo re '33 W . W. Goghill '33 Reeve '31 A. N. Wil so n ex·'34 W. W. Westerfeld ' 34 Towell '33 R. M . Covell ex·' 32 E. P . Dowding '3 1 C. E. Ross '3 1

MEMBERS

IN

1945

H . C. Earle ex· ' 34 W . H. Woelfer ' 31 R. L . M c Creigh t '32 W . H. Lenz '33

TOTAL

J. L. Braze.l ex·'34

A. R. Helmkamp '33 H. J . Moreland ex·'3 2 G. J . Koch, :Jr. '32

SEPT. TENTH

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