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Negroes do not go to the Gem Theater, where the first-run films are shown. They do not eat in the white restaurants, or use the public library; and while the whites swim in the WPA-built pool, the colored folks, as the townspeople say, must "drown in the river." The schools have been separate as long as anyone can remember. Says Mrs. John C. Fisher, owner of the Cairo Citizen: "We've just never thought that this wasn't natural...
While chances are than none from the physical education college will drown in the pool tonight. Springfield is not, and never has been, a swimming power. Coach Charles Silvia has plenty of depth on his squad, but only a handful of the Indians can cause trouble for the Crimson...
Many drunks actually drown themselves in their own blood, according to Dr. Michael A. Laongo, who gave a slide-talk on legal medicine last night in Langdell Hall. The drunks fall, break open their faces, and lie in a stupor while their blood seeps into their luags and asphyxiates them, Luongo said...
Suddenly, windows began opening in Strauss Hall and freshmen booed and cat-called. The din became increasingly greater, and Sullivan yelled louder and louder into the microphone. Finally the students managed to drown out Sullivan...
Librettist Alex had a good story and told it well. And Composer David had the taste not to try to drown out the drama onstage with too much brass from the pit. His score, dramatic and often lyrical, was not always distinguished. But together, action and music moved on to the climax with the inevitability of a conveyor belt...