[Ads-l] chowder and marching society

[Bill Mullins]

The archives have the subject phrase back to 1939, from Barry.

https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2002-November/026963.html


1912 Fifth Year Record Class of 1906 Princeton University 72

Just for a starter on Sandy's biography, get over into the back of this book and read a page headed "1906 Chowder and Marching Club."

https://archive.org/details/fifthyearrecord00goog/page/n92/mode/1up?q=%22chowder+and+marching%22


1920  Harvard College Class of 1908 Decennial Report Apr 46

Member: Massachusetts, Boston, and Middlesex Bar Associations, Masons, Elks, Harvard Club of Boston, Middlesex Sportsmen's Association, Beacon Hill Chowder and Marching Club.

https://archive.org/details/secretarysthird00goog/page/46/mode/1up?q=%22chowder+and+marching%22


1921 Vanity Fair Jan 39/1

I have often envied the ubiquity of the professional orator who is able to address the Union League Club, the Bronx Boy Scouts, and the McGuffy Chowder and Marching Club all in one evening.

https://archive.org/details/sim_vanity-fair_1921-01_15_5/page/39/mode/1up?q=%22chowder+and+marching%22


1922 American Gas Journal 23 Sept 278/2

The martial music of the band inspired a deep desire on the part of some of the voyagers to march and then came into existence the Johnny Sayer Chowder and Marching Association.

https://archive.org/details/sim_pipeline-gas-journal_1922-09-23_117_13/page/278/mode/1up?q=%22chowder+and+marching%22

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