Word: drumming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Band yesterday began its campaign to finance replacement of its eight-foot bass drum, and the first contributor to the "Dimes for the Drum" campaign was varsity football coach Lloyd P. Jordan. He gave 100 dimes to Band manager Arnold H. Aronson...
...least one aspect of its replacement attempts, the Band met with success yesterday. According to Aronson, the Slingerland Company of Evansville, Indiana, has assured the Band that it can locate a big enough cowhide, cure it for the necessary three months, and deliver a new drum, even bigger than the old, by the start of next football season--if it can be paid...
...order to be sure of delivery by early next fall, Aronson said the Band has ordered the drum. But, the manager pointed out, with trips to three away football games next season, the Band alone cannot finance the cost of a new drum...
Announcement of the Band's plight has already brought several offers of help, including that of a freshman who volunteered to write a Texas-ranching uncle, trying to find a cow with a hide big enough for the drum heads...
...White ran a reverse one November afternoon and threw to Bob Cochran to climax a brilliant team effort over Yale and give the Crimson its first Big Three title since 1946. The sudden change of fortune on the gridiron apparently was too much for the Band's big bass drum, however, for the silent partner to the latest Crimson victories expired with the term...