Word: drumming
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While Harvardians pampered the privileged percussion piece, rival schools were not so gentle with the drum. In 1947, an envious Eli attempted to crash through its cowhide face. But with tense skin and resounding timbre, the drum knocked the student unconscious...
Despite its stunning intercollegiate performance, the aging drum eventually succumbed to the unpredictable frost of the Cambridge winter, when one of its skins popped in a sudden rush of cold in January...
...cause. In just one night, organizers collected 1,115 dimes—one-tenth of the total sum needed. In addition to 10-cent contributions, some students pledged to recruit the help of cow-farming relatives in Texas in order to get a hide large enough for the new drum...
...drum,” he says, recalling the dime drive. “I think the highlight of the campaign was a picture published in The Crimson and the Boston Globe of us parading a cow in front of Memorial Hall with a sign that says, ‘We need your hide...
...February 11, just one week after the start of the campaign, a new drum had been ordered. The replacement, measuring 72 by 78 inches, helped the band keep the beat alive...