Finances Force Band To Alter Tour Plans

The Band has been forced to curtail considerably its planned Southern tour because of financial reasons. The 55-man group will play only at the Harvard Club of New Jersey, in Newark, Monday night, March 30, and at the Washington, D.C., Club the following night.

T. Carter Hagerman '60, manager of the Band, said that there is "an outside chance for an engagement in a Southern city, but I doubt it." He said the reason for the abbreviated trip was not because of the financial loss from the October fire at the Band's headquarters, nor because of segregation troubles, a factor previously indicated as a hindrance to the Band's plans, but rather a lack of regular funds.