THIS is the first of two articles on the small college band which have been written for the Music Educators Journal at the request of the Committee on Public Relations of the College Band Directors National Association, an Associated Organization of the Music Educators National Conference. Mr. Whear is director of instrumental music at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. The second article will deal with the band in the small tax-supported college and will appear in an early issue. Chairman of the CBDNA committee on public relations is Arthur L. Williams, The Conservatory of Music, Oberlin College, Ohio.