us ▁Vice ▁President ▁Dan ▁Qu ay le , ▁class ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 9 . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁later ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁De P au w ▁March ing ▁Band ▁was ▁led ▁by ▁Director ▁of ▁B ands ▁and ▁Al umn us ▁Dan ▁H anna , ▁class ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 7 . ▁Prof . ▁H anna , ▁loved ▁by ▁his ▁students , ▁strongly ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁Tig ers ▁playing ▁on ▁the ▁field ▁or ▁the ▁court ▁should ▁always ▁know ▁that ▁regardless ▁of ▁the ▁score , ▁the ▁mus icians ▁were ▁always ▁behind ▁them . ▁H anna ▁led ▁bands ▁at ▁athlet ic ▁events ▁as ▁large ▁as ▁ 1 0 0 ▁and ▁as ▁small ▁as ▁ 1 5 . ▁Aff ection ately ▁calling ▁his ▁march ing ▁band ▁the ▁St umble bum s , ▁H anna ▁inst illed ▁a ▁little ▁z an iness ▁into ▁each ▁performance ▁including ▁once ▁having ▁the ▁march ing ▁band ▁form ▁the ▁shape ▁of ▁a ▁ban ana , ▁begin ▁pe eling ▁itself , ▁all ▁the ▁while ▁playing ▁the ▁stri pper ▁as ▁they ▁" st umbled " ▁off ▁the ▁field ▁during ▁the ▁Battle ▁for ▁the ▁Mon on ▁Bell ▁- ▁which ▁was ▁tele vised ▁nation ally ▁on ▁ABC . ▁He ▁also ▁created ▁the ▁long - standing ▁" T arn ished ▁Sp it ▁Val ve ▁Award " ▁who ▁he ▁regularly ▁gave ▁to ▁the ▁largest ▁" character " ▁in ▁the ▁St umble bum s . ▁ ▁The ▁De P au w ▁University ▁Band ▁appeared ▁at ▁football ▁games ▁in ▁ 1 9