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Caption: Book - Banks of the Boneyard (Charles Kiler)
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The University Band 91 that he was paid $4 a lesson. Colberg must have been the German teacher referred to by Mr. Porterfield, and without doubt he was the teacher and Henry E. Robbins was the first leader. Then came Henry M. Dunlap '75, J. A. McLane '78, C. H. Cobb '8o, John B. Roberts '83, H. B. Braucher '85, Grant Gregory '87, C. Wesley Briggs '89, William E. Sandford '92, Glenn M. Hobbs '91, Charles A. Elder '93, R. V. Sharpe '93, William L. Steele '96, John T. Atkinson '96, again William L. Steele '96, then head of the School of Music, Walter Howe Jones, and last but by no means least, the great leader and organizer who happily is still with us, Colonel Albert Austin Harding. Senator Henry M. Dunlap '75 proudly told me many times that he was the leader of the band during his period in college, that he played the military calls for assembling the students for drill and chapel, and that his instrument was the E-flat cornet. It was through his leadership that Frank I. Mann '75 became a member of the band and played the solo alto. These two gentlemen lived to see the band develop into the great present day organization, and never failed to attend band concerts and all other University functions where the band performed. To Senator Dunlap was awarded the first " I " gold band medal, and I am the proud recipient of the second award. I can remember back to the days of the leadership of Grant Gregory '87, who was not only a good leader of the band but a college orator and literary society leader as well. Then came C. Wesley Briggs '89, who was leader during his last two years in college, as was Grant Gregory before him. The college careers of these two men run parallel, as Briggs was also an orator—in fact he represented our University in the oratorical contest when the Illinois Oratorical and Athletic Association met He here in 1889. didn't win, but you should have heard him give an imitation of the oratorical flights, as well as the enunciation and pronunciation of the fellow who did. This bird pronounced the word heart—"he-art/' and how any group of judges could give him first prize was one of the wonders of my day. My first year in the band was Briggs's last year as leader. He died many years ago, but Grant Gregory, who was his predecessor, lives in Provincetown, Mass., and has been kind enough to send the following letter and account of his connection with the band. I am happy to have the statements published herewith from
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