Evening journal., 1898-10-24
A COLLEGE YELL.
The Tenrful nnd Wonderful Cry
Evolved by n Dozen Athletic
Young Fellows.


"Hii HI yil III, vi, VII Booma-
lpclsa bow-wowl Hullabaloo! Yah,
wah. Chick-a-go- runkl go-Tuukl Siss
boom 'rahl Hey-ip! hey-ipl siceuml
Rah-zool Wah-hool Bangl Ki-yi,
mockali-onl Buzz-sawl Boom 'rahl
Hobble-gobble, razze-dazzlel Drel<e-
lelS-ex. ko-ax, ko-ax! Skookum, skook-
uni"
This marvellous language was not the
small talk of the debating society of an
insane asylum, nor was II kennel OF
mad dogs broken loose. II was the
joint efforts of IL solemn young gem
tlemen to decide upona club yell. Each
man had his own howl, and insisted on
singing out with II while all the rest
were rehearsing their own. 1t is re-
ported that when this grand combina-
tion broke loose all the small boys in
town thought circus was coming
along with its calliope (Which, of
course. they pronounced "callie-ope'D,
while the two small policemen that pre-
tended 10 protect the town of Lakerim
are reported to have thought that a
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 l2 began yelling
again to quiet the others. and the noise
was almost greater than before. At
length. however. they quieted 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 Bobbles joined forces.
and compromised on the following
gem;
"Doodle-uml Diddle-uml Dandle-uml
The duodecimal Dozeni"
Punk, however said that this was be-
meath the dignity of such great men,
and proposed one which he persuaded
them to try over II could hardly be
called short, but It was certainly com
plate, and consisted not only in spell
ing out the full name Of the club. but
surrounding this with most ofthe well
known yells Of all the colleges. II went
something like this:
"BrelSe-kek-ex. ko-ax. ko-axl Siss
boom 'rah! Hullabaloo. hal lake
r-i-m A-t-h-l-e-t-i-c C-l-u-bl 'Rah. 'rah
'rahl 'Rah. 'rah. 'rahl 'Rah. rah, 'rahl'
The dozen started vigorously 20 yel
this out, and kept together fairly wei
until they came 10 the spelling Of th'
long name, but there they began (,
fall by the waysidei they dropped e
the ground, exhausted, one by one, 81
fast that by the time they reached tn
last "Rahl" only one man survived, ant
that was the long-winged Punk, an
even he gasped II out like a sick rooster
, After this they all sat still on III
: ground where they had fallen, an
, thought hard for some time, and d,
bated in whispers. The result Of thi
debate was the final selection Of "a bris
: yell that left some breath in the bod
I Of the yellers, though Il threatened I
J break all the windows for mil,
: around. The word 'Iakerim" WI
r given three times. with long a and
y short i, and the yell went out in
), burst Of glory, all the voices keepir
y together until halfway through the la
r long "Hooi" when the boys divided an
took different vowels. This gave II
yell a blood-curdling sound that u
minded b. J. Of the tribes of IndiaS
he had never seen.-Rupert Hughes,
ST. Nicholas.