Word: band
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...grew to three-quarters of a length, but never did anybody see any open water between the shells of California and Yale. They were going along at a high beat of about 40 strokes a minute; yet the two crews seemed tied together, side-by-side, by a rubber band that would stretch just a little. A short race (2,000 metres), it was soon to end. Coxswain Stewart of Yale pulled out his red handkerchief, which told the eight boys facing him that they would have to sprint like mad. But they had been sprinting all along...
...sooner were the Rector's stones hoisted on high than a band of his own students, crying "Vive Warren! Vive Mercier!" mobbed the Rector's huskies, hurled down many of his stones, and marched away in triumph, singing La Braban-Qonne, the Belgian national...
...which included an Irish team, a Polish team, a Chinese team, a Jewish team, a Lithuanian team, a Finnish team, a bearded Russian team, a Negro team, etc., etc. Grandstand sections could be roped off for the supporters of each; in each grandstand section the management would hire a band to play the national songs of its occupants, thus making the scene more noisy and pleasant. A flexible system of points for good dancing and demerits for loafing should be instituted; the team which was leading the marathon on points would have the flag of its nation higher...
Gradually, in the U. S., outdoor music has come to have its proper share of attention, from philanthropists, from able musicians, from audiences. For example: In Manhattan, there are two important outdoor organizations. One is the Goldman Band which plays songs and marches, operatic arias and favorite symphonies in Central Park, or on the campus of New York University. These concerts cost nothing to hear. Sponsored by the Guggenheims (Mr. & Mrs. Daniel and Mr. & Mrs. Murray), they are conducted by Edwin Franko Goldman, who, ever since the concerts began eleven years ago, has never missed a performance. For denizens...
...Rotarians roared lustily at this and proceeded to other diversions such as listening to the music of the 50-piece Sauk Centre Boys' Band whose members range in age from seven to fifteen. They toured the city in cars and busses, played baseball and golf, attended the movies, and witnessed a pageant which traced the growth of Rotary from the time 24 years ago when it originated in the mind of one Paul P. Harris, Chicago lawyer, to the present when it has 140,000 members from 44 countries...