The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-27
A CONGRESS OF WELLS.
High Schools From Many Cities
Bring Their YeIls to Topeka
Likewise Their Orators, But
Miss Emily King
OF This City Wins Over All Other
Competitors Although One is
Man 81 Years of Age

Last night the Grand Opera House
was filled with a happy, yelling mass of
youthful humanity. 1t was a noisy
crowd. but we'll behaved. There was
enthusiasm there to burn and it wasn't
concealed in the least One noticeable
thing about the audience was that there
was preponderance of girls, al a ratio
of two to one. This may be why the
audience was SO orderly. The high
school students enjoyed themselves.
They can make more noise than a col
lege oratorical contest Their yells are
given with force, and are probably full
~ as effective as their long haired
friends from the colleges.
The opera house was gaily deCOra ted.
The Topeka high school students had
worked hard in draping the Stage and
boxes with yellow, the color of the
and on each box on the balcony floor
large yellow star was hung in the CEN
ter of which was the letter Tin white.
The front of the balcony was also
draped in yellow. Topeka high school
students occupied the boxes and the bal
cony- In this way they We're enabled
to have a command of the situation
in the case of a rush for the stage to
tear down the cOlOrs.
There was a little confusion on the
stage while the decision of the judges
was coming in. The audience was liv-
ened up with the many colOred rib
bOls which the students wore. In front
on the left side 20 Kansas City students
occupied parQuette seats. They wore the
red and white to distinguish themselves
from the others, and they occasionally
gave their school yell:
Hikey, Hikey, Hikey,,
Zip, Zap, Gay,
Hurrah, Hurrah,
For K. c. K.
Immediately back of them were the
noisy Wamegans wearing their crimson
Ribbons and from so healthy young
threats giving their yell:
Rah, Rah, Rah,
Rah, Rah, Roe;
High School, High School,
Wamego-o-o.
They also had a yell especially for the
occasion, which they gave with force
and effect. 1t was:
Heigho HeighO, HeighO,
Take a good look and you will see.
We're Wa-me-go, rough and tough,
You will find us red-hot-stuff.
The front parquette seats on the right
were occupied by IS Lawrence high
school young folks, all wearing blue
ribbons. When the fat boy with a blue
ribbon on his cane arose and waved 1t
to the wearers of the blue, they yelled:
Ricka Chicka, Boom
Ricka, Chicka. Boom,
Lawrence High School
Boom Boom. BOOmi
From the boxes and balcony came Of
ten the stirring Topeka high school yell
given so that the audience all heard it:
Hoop, Hoop,
Ra-Zoop.
Bing, Bang. Boomerang,
High School!
But the yell OF the evening was given
by Ottawa high school. Sixty boys and
girls from this little city sat back of the
/ Lawrence people in the parquette and
wore red ribbons.
Prof. w. H. DIN, their principal, was
the life of the whole thing. He was en-
thusiastic beyond description.
The shout, composed especially for the
contest, was the best one heard last
night 1t was made more effective by
each student having a cane or stick,
which was pounded on the floor as a
sort of accompaniment to the volume of
vocal noise which they made. When the
yell was given the others would all
| cease in order to hear it, and after ii
was finished there was usually a burst
of applause. Here is what was given
when Prof. Olin climbed on a seat and
drew the cane about him in broad,
sweeping curves
thought I heard my grandmother say,
That the o. H. S. would win the day
With a Vero, with a Viro!
| With a Vero, Viro, Yum!
| It's just as plain as plain can be,
| That the o. H. s. will win the day,
| With Vero, with a Viro!
| With a Vero, NirO, Vumi
Also the regular Ottawa high school
| yell was given:
Rah, Rah, Rah,