Word: drum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...excelled in its savage-soothing this fall. From the drop of the hat at the Bates game, they have consistently outfought their opposition, formed more and bigger letters on the field, and completely hypnotized the audience with their symphonic renderings. New uniforms of surpassing beauty have been obtained, the drum major has dropped his baton but a single time, and excepting the persistent bashfulness of the big drum between the halves, the job has been exceptionally well done...
...present holders of these offices are: Malcolm Seymour, '35, manager; Raymond C. Collins, '36, treasurer; and Herbert M. Irwin, '37, secretary. Other band officers are Guy V. Slade, '32, drill master; Franklin Leroy Anderson, '29, musical director; and William B. Tabler, '36, drum major...
Sherman Henriksen of Eagle, Neb., the defending champion, was a favorite, but even some Nebraskans favored Harry Brown, from Beemer, up in Cuming County. He had placed second last year. To spur on two Iowa entrants, Estherville sent its Drum & Bugle Corps to Fairmont. The folks from Redwood Falls, Minn, brought along the town band to cheer on their Ted Balko, 29, four times Minnesota champion, fifth in national honors last year...
...bower, gave her in marriage to his son, Guildford Dudley, and confounded for the nonce all other aspirants for the throne. Lady Jane swooned prettily when she heard that the Council in its pliancy had named her Queen of England. Meanwhile London could hear the rumbling of the distant drum, as the Eastern counties rose for Tudor Mary, and Catholic troops moved towards the metropolis. While Ridley harangued the mobile at Paul's Cross, the craven Northumberland capitulated without a struggle. Lady Jane went meekly to the Tower...
...land. Every big newspaper in the land devotes pages to daily stock-.market news and quotations. But the Exchange also gets more space in the Congressional Record than any other business institution. Therefore last week its Governors came to an unprecedented decision: the Stock Exchange itself would drum up business...