Word: drumming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gale . . . . the Yale tooters looked blue all the way through in the flimsy outfits as the wind whipped through the loose-fitting uniforms . . . the Harvard Band started out with the temporary advantage of a lull in the storm, but the Crimson stands burst into a consternated hum when their drum major, failed in two attempts to catch his baton after throwing it over the goal posts...
...quite sure how the battle of the bass drum began . . . . but it ended with a three-wheeled drum carriage and a bruised Blue . . . . quick action saved the day for the drum, and it rolled on the field again just in time to join the half-time serenade of the Elis . . . a slightly besotted tuba player performed on his instrument and around it . . . . and the Wintergreen medley once again brought down the house...
...behind the "Miracle" were both with the Band while at College: Malcolm H. Holmes '29, Dean of the New England Conservatory of Music, Conductor; and Guy Slade '32, Drill Master. Bandmen fondly recall Holmes whacking the bass drum 14 years ago. A niche is secure for Leroy Anderson '29, arranger for the Boston Pops, composer of the famed 'Wintergreen," first gridiron composition of its kind introduced in 1933, and the beloved "Harvard Medley...
...Tune. Some of the world's Assemblymen had come to Manhattan last week half expecting the dizzy glories of ticker tape and drum majorettes. But the New York of the Fitful Forties received them soberly, gave them a welcome of cautious hope. The mood of the delegates exactly fitted this welcome...
From the bleak jargon of real estate listings, it was hard to recognize the old place: "A twelve-story brick and limestone hotel building equipped with steam heat (oil burner), hot water . . . two Otis drum elevators . . . three dining rooms, bar and 143 rentable units...