Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-16
A COLLEGE YELL.
The Fearful and Wonderful Cry
Evolved by Dozen Athletic
Young Fellows.

Ill! III, "! III, w. VI! Booma-
iacka. bow-wow Hullabalool Yah.
wah! Chick-a-go-runk! go-runkl Siss
boom 'rahl Hey-ipl hey-ipl Siccuml
'Rah-zool Wah-hool Bangl Ki-yi
mockali-onl Buzz-saw Boom 'rahl
Hobble-gobble, razzle-dazzlel Dreke-
kek-ex. ko-ax, ko-axl Skookum, shook
UNI"
This marvellous language was not the
small talk of the debating society of an
insane asylum, nor was it a kennel of
mad dogs broken loose. 1t was the
joint efforts of - solemn young gen
tlemen to decide upona club yell. Each
man had his own howl. and insisted on
singing out with it while all the rest
were rehearsing their own. 1t is re
ported that when this grond combina-
tion broke loose all the small boys in
town thought a circus was coming
along with its calliope (Which, of
course, they pronounced "callie-opeD },
while the two small policemen that pre-
tended TO protect the town of Lakerim
are reported to have thought that
gang of outlaws was attacking the
place, and to have crawled into the
deepest ditch in town. and pulled the
ditch in after them.
After every one had yelled himself
hoarse, each of the IL began yelling
again to quiet the others, and the noise
was almost greater than before. At
length. however. they quoted down
enough TO listen TO the various candi-
dates for the yell. History proposed a
long Latin quotation, and insisted on
at least having some big words in the
yell. He and Boobies Joined forces,
and compromised on the following
gem:
"Doodle-um! Diddle-uml Dandle-umi
The duodecimal Dozenl"
Punk, however, said that this was be-
meath the dignity Of such great men,
and proposed one which he persuaded
them to try over. 1t could hardly be
called short, but il was certainly com
plate, and consisted rot only in spell
ing out the full name of the club, but
surrounding this with most Of the we'll
known yells of all the colleges. Invent
something like this:
"Breke-kek-ex, ko-ax. ko-ax Siss
boom 'rah! Hullabaloo, hal lake
rim Athletic C-l-u-bl 'Rah, 'rah
'rahl 'Rah, 'rah. 'rahl 'Rah, 'rah, 'rahl'
The dozen started vigorously to yell
this out, and kept together fairly well
until they came to the spelling Of the
long name, but there they began &c
fall by the wayside; they dropped &c
the ground, exhausted, one by one, SC
fast that by the time they reached the
last Rail" only one man survived, ant
that was the long-winged Punk ant
even he gasped it out like sick rooster
After this they all sat still on Tho
ground where they had fallen, and
thought hard for some time, and de
bated in whispers. The result Of this
debate was the final selection of brisl
yell that left some breath in the bod,
of the yellers, though 1t threatened L
break all the windows for mile
around. The word "LalSerim" wa
given three times, with long and
short !, and the yell went out in
burst of glory, all the voices keeping
together until halfway through the las
long "Hool" when the boys divided an,
took different vowels. This gave III
yell a blood-curdling sound that Ie
minded b. j. of the tribes of Indlaa
he had never seen.-Rupert Hughes, il
ST. Nicholas.