Word: drummer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...historic point of view, occurred when the battalion of veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic marched up. Tremont street and approached the densely-packed stand at the corner of Boylston street. As soon as the old Boys in Blue came in sight (they were led by a drummer who was also a veteran of the Civil War), every person in the stand stood and shouted, while the men who fought for the flag and liberty more than fifty years ago paraded proudly, with eyes to the front and heads held high. Cheer upon cheer greeted the old soldiers...
...cast of characters for the Hasty Pudding Club's annual play, "The Fattest Calf," has been picked as follows: Baggageman, P. B. Kurtz '16 Sadie, a lunch counter girl, J. P. Spang, Jr., '15 A. Drummer, R. Cutler '16 A. Hobo, D. R. Sigourney '15 Station Agent, Harold Amory '16 Manager, R. P. Baldwin '16 Steve, J. S. N. Sprague '16 Bassanio, C. F. Farrington '16 Shylock, J. S. N. Sprague '16 Antonio, D. R. Sigourney '15 Portia, F. S. Allen '16 Duke, R. Cutler '16 Othello, W. T. S. Thorndike '16 Jurors, J. Harper '16 F. Brooks '15 Clerk...
...that so much attention has been given to the brown-tailed moth, the elm-tree panther (or whatever it is,) and other pests in the Yard, why not rid it of that human pest called the insurance drummer? He stands around, enters Sever, and our very class-rooms in his impudence, he pounces on instructors and students, dreaded by all, a babbling symbol of the imminence of death. Can we not even in the privacy of our work-rooms eschew the cringing advances of this infernal nuisance? Is it not within the authority of our excellent "Yard Cops" to expel...
...most famous men to perish in the Titanic disaster last spring. He was an artist, and at one time a war correspondent during the Russo-Turkish war, winning medals for bravery at the siege of Plevna. He also served in the Civil War as a drummer-boy. His paintings took prizes and medals at Paris, New Orleans, and Chicago. He was granted the degree of A.M. by the University...
Jameson, C. H., 5 Drummer...