sentences:  The band's first director, Glenn Cliffe Bainum, took the helm in 1926 and introduced diverse halftime drill formations.In the early 1940s, with Bainum serving in the military, Harold Finch took over as band director until 1945, when the band was disbanded due to lack of personnel.Bainum restarted the marching band program in 1947 and continued as director until 1950.