| The Auburn Knights Orchestra was organized on a permanent
basis in 1930. Within a few years it was playing at campuses throughout
Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. Jazz clarinetist Gerald Yelverton,
standing fourth from left in front of bus, played with the Glenn Miller
Band after graduation in 1938. Others were from left, same row, Joe
Mitchell, Herc Barnard, Julian Van Hodges, and Toby Griffith; on bus, Robin
Russell, Chick Hatcher, Hilding Holmberg, Ed Wadsworth, Frank Speight,
John Ivey, and Mike Ellis. -- Photo: Auburn Knights Collection; AU Archives |
