The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-31
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!. Awful Havoc Of the College Yells-Ths
Death Of Colonel Mary Ysllin Lease.
Suddenly the cloud burst Spain and
the United States were at war, almost
without knowing how or why and with
ont the Formally Of q declaration Of hos
tilities. The telegram that flashed under
tho translucent waves of the restless sea
brought to our shores the clash Of this ter
rible pea green announcement:
"Hostilities begun at Cadiz. The stu.
dents are parading the streets shouting,
Down with the Yankeesi' The police are
powerless to stop the procession"
Instantly the president, without walt
ing to bring the cabinet together, issued q
call to arms, and before the worshiping
relic hunter had time to secure the type
writer with which 1t had been written
thousands Of patriotic young Americans
responded to the appeal 1t was impossi-
Bile to drill the regular army to the modern
system Of warfare on such short notice,
but. thanks to the widespread interest in
interaoademio athletics, fostered by our
wisest educators, the colleges were ready
for such maneuvers as were new and
strange to the old school Of fighting men.
From every college In the republic came
the battleory:
"Swear us inI Every last gasp of our
lungs belongs to our country Our faoul-
ties lives, our fathers fortunes and our
sacred yells are hersl'
1--WE are saved" exclaimed the presi-
dent, and putting cotton In his ears he
went out with the secretary Of war, armed
only with megaphone, to listen to the
warcries Of the fighting patriots. Ear
long the clash Of resounding arms came in
one wild tumult to their close armored
ears. Down Pennsylvania avenue, scarce
1000 miles away from the doomed hosts Of
Cadiz university, came the dauntless props
Of the Intermediate School Of Technical
Phonation, volleying forth their death
dealing yells:
Rah, roo, ray
Ray, rah, roo
Balla ma coop, kalls ma whoop-
lS-TP-a-x-S-xtl
Swiftly the news was flashed across the
continent. Bonflres were lighted, the ear
drums were beat. All the arsenals were
set to work on double time under the d.
rection Of tho professors Of fulminatory
yellocutiOn In tho tide water universities,
manufacturing new rapid firing war
whoops for tho students, upon whose brave
lungs 1t was painfully evident would fall
the brunt Of battle The dogs Of war were
not only loosed, but, worse still, they were
unmuzzled. The Peace society took down
Its sign, put up Its shutters and discharged
the Office boy. Contracts were let by the
war department. for the manufacture Of
10000 short range tin horns for field bat
teries and %, 900 long range, muzzle load
ing siege horns, besides several thousand
barrels Of matutlnal and postprandial
horns for the colonies, which would make
great deal Of noise after they were put
down. Never In all tho history Of carnage
had there been made such extensive prop
arations for terrible, blood curdling hub
bub.
At the beginning of the war Spain had
o decided advantage. Her young king,
being an infant, was on active yeller him.
self, and was looked upon and listened to
as tho natural leader Of the Spanish armies
In tho field. The second decisive battle Of
the war resulted disastrously for the Amer
leans. 1t was fought exclusively by Span
ish students Of the University Of Valla-
dolid. The action was complete surprise
TO the Americans, who were not present
at any time during the engagement. 10
began early in the morning, and by break
fast time the startled air was heavy with
tho sullen detonations of the loud sounding
garlic. At 4p. m. the war department at
Washington received the following message
from our minister at Madrid:
IAN Is lost except the latest arctic ex-
petition, which will be discovered and
rescued when tho NEXT excursion steamer
sails north with Sunday school picnic.
The students Of the University of Seville
are shouting something In Spanish which
my interpreter cannot translate. Send me
Talkendorf's Spanish In Six Lessons I
fear the wiener worst"
"Call out the reserves" calmly ordered
the president, maintaining his oomposure
even in that awful din. 1t was done, and
as the cmbattled students passed before the
reviewing stand tho warriors took of their
nose guards and yelled:
Ala ba zam! coola ma hami
Hoop 'er upi scoop 'er upl
Ram-bam-slaml
Whoof
The carnage was terrible. Long before
the procession could DO put to bed by Its
natural guardians thore was not syllable
Of Spanish to DO heard on the streets.
But the Spanish recovered from this de-
feat very quickly. Two days later the vo-