Word: drew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since the separation from the combined M.I.T.Cambridge group, the University chapter has been using the old constitution of the combined organization. Last night the executive committee met and drew up a tentative draft of the proposed constitution which will be the basis of discussion at the membership meeting, tomorrow night...
...started in 1903 when John Drew, an actor, presented his souvenirs and library of theatrical books which he had amassed during his career. Never an institution to look a gift horse in the mouth, the library has since built this humble beginning into a respectable, or rather, an imposing reminder of the glory that was the Theatre...
Sandbars & Sioux. The typical upper-river sternwheeler, displacing perhaps 300 tons, drew a mere 20-to-30 inches of water, burned some 25 cords of hard wood a day. In emergencies, it could lift itself over shallows by means of special stilt-like spars poised on its bow. In the '70s, military as well as civilian passengers were carried, for there was increasing Indian trouble, much of it traceable to Chief Crazy Horse and his Ogalalla Sioux...
...Yellowstone to the Big Horn River, then up to the Little Big Horn. There the Far West tied for safety's sake to an island in midstream rather than the shore, for Crazy Horse and his Sioux were known to be somewhere around. The 7th U.S. Cavalry drew fresh supplies from the hold of the Far West, galloped off under command of a dashing, handsome 37-year-old brevet major general who wore a flowing red tie and had distinguished himself at Gettysburg...
...wherry class drew the most hopefuls, with 25 men slated to open the regatta competition with five elimination races scheduled for Monday at 3 o'clock. Men who place first or second i these trial races will meet i two semi-final races on Wednesday. The first two of each of the semi-finals will meet in the final race on Friday...