The herald., 1895-07-14
LISTEN TO THE SLOGANS
The College Cries From
All Over the Country
YALE AND HARVARD ALIKE
But You Wouldn't Think So 10 Hear
Them.- Difference Is the
Way They Are Given.

From Maine to California, and from
Greenland's icy mountains to India's
coral strand there rings now through the
air low, chanting sound that to the un-
accustomed ear might be that of an In
dian war dance or Sioux funeral, or yet
as series of earnest camp meeting ditties,
but which to the trained American ear
means only one thing-ths cheer OF the
college lads and lassies who are bidding
farewell to their study homes for three
month.
The origin of the college cry is not
known, but that II now means an oc-
casion OF Joy and happiness is settled.
The staidest colleges give their cheer
with exuberance, while the newer ones.
whose cheer was invented by more riotous
blood. throw into their yells absolute
revelry. Nor are college cheers always
meaningless. They have their special sig
nificance, which to the college-bred ear is
much.
Two Of the greatest Of the American
colleges have cheers precisely alike-Yale
and Harvard.
The cheer is Rah. rah, rah! Rah, rah,
rah Rah, rah. rah! Yale
Rah, rah. rah! Rah, rah, rah! Rah.
rah, rah Harvard
In the case of Yale it is quick and
sharp, while the Harvard men draw theirs
out long and deep.
And Cornelfs manly sons. striving to
set themsel loud yell, shout:
Cornell Yell Yell yell! Cornell!
The Williams college boys serve their
cheer for the most part with their dinner,
bringing it out between courses and al
ways treating ,passers,,by to it 2fter des-
Schewy" sIls sort Of way. with IN outburst
at the start and close. You may have
Rah, rah. rah! Yums! Yams Yums!
Trinity, Wesleyan and Brown colleges
are rivals in sports. Their cheers are;
Boom-rah Trim .i-tyl
Rah Rah! Rah! Rah! wesleyana! Rah |!
Rah Rah Rah!
Rah, rah, rah. rah, fah! Brown!
Colorado ambitious boys. are not con-
tent with the mere meaningless cheer.
Ran, rah, rah Pixies Peak or bust |
Colorado College! Yell we must
And their cousin university, the Leland
Stanford, jr.. has semi-Indian yell:
Wah. hoo! Yah-hool L. s. ]. U. Stan
ford!
Little Dartmouth. as convivial as the
| most sportsman-lke of colleges, has o
cheer that Is very pretty, rendered by it's
many young throats. Its key is high and
sustained to the end:
Wah, who wah Wah, who wah!
Dadldi DartsmOuth! Wah, wno wah!
Union college, situated in the old
Dutch part Of New York state, has re-
vival OF the Dutch in its call. 1t means
rally, or call of gathering for purposes
Of joy:
Hikah! Hikah
The University OF Pennsylvania has
also cheer OF old Dutch. the original
| idea being to pay respects to the Allie.
gheny and to all the counties theIea.
bouts: Allegenee- -gsenack Hooray Hup!!
| The only girls college that has an old
cheer is Wellesley. The others, for the
most part. have class cheer that varies
| from year co year. But the Wellesleys
preserve their cheer and render it to
| music. 1t is in the form of an ascending
scale and is remarkably harmonious. sung
altogether, without parts. by the girls. 1t
| goes:
Ira. la. la, la! Ira. la. la, la! Ira, la,
la, la! La, la, la! W-e-l-l-e-s-l-e-y We'll
lesley!
AS an exapm pie OF what may be done
| in the way of fanciful cheer, there is
that of the University of Washington.
| This is:
Z. of w. Hiah! Hiahl U. of WI U!
of W. Siah Siah Shooken Shookem.
Westminster college fof Missouri has a
pretty semi-French yell:
Rah, rah, rah! Oh. yes sir! Viv ella!
| Vive-la! Westminster!
| The cheer of Amherst is remarkable
only for the grouping of the words. 1t
has a very martial sound rendered in uni
| son:
Rah, rah, rah. rah, ran, rah, Am
| h-e-I-s-t
uThe Boston University shouts its cheer
under its breath, as it were until 1t comes
to the final word: Boston. Boston,
BIB B-Boston, Varsity, Varsity, Vars
ity! Rah. Rah, Rah
Cornell of Iowa to distinguish itself
from its relative in name in the east has
cheer as different as the fertile brains
of it's SONS could invent. 1t was changed
many times, but now rings out ioud ana
triumphant:
Zip-siss- boom Car-car-nell! &C. Ii
ger-lal Zip-siss- -hurrah
Cumberland university borrows its call
from the echoes of the mountain. At a
college banquet held once in the fastness-
es OF the mountains. there was dispute
as to the call. 1--WE will let old Echo de-
eide it, they said. Where are you?
Where are your" they called, and old
Echo answered:
''Roo. rah Roo, rahl Roo, rah! Rau F!
Roo rah Roo, rah Cum m-ber-land"
The first Rutger boys had college dog.
By such a possession is meant canine
He sleeps In the dormitories OF the boys.
taking his chances at getting. good
nights rest and eating what they can
. muggle out Ito Ehim. From the college
dog came part OF the college cheer;
" Rah, rah, rAh! Bow-wow-wow! kut-