Claim That Big Drum in Band Is "Phony" Receives Denial

"The big, six-foot bass drum in the Harvard band is a phony," so runs the story in the current issue of the "New Yorker," and the writer proceeds to claim that "the boom-booms you hear come from a little bass drum alongside."

Last night this little scoop of the "New Yorker" received a damaging blow in the form of a complete denial from M. Bryce Leggett '38, band manager. "The drum is in A number 1 condition," he announced.

Leggett was inclined to treat the article as absurd. "Strong arms beat that drum," he said, "and they beat it in a business like manner." He inferred that no little drum could possibly pinch hit for his real McCoy.