Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1898-10-21
A COLLEGE YELL.
Tho Wonderful Cry Evolved by Dozen
Athletic Young Fellows.

"Hil Hi, yil HI, vi, VII Booma-
lacka, bow-wowl Hullabalooi Yah,
wahl Chick-a-go-runk! go-runk! Siss
boom 'rahl Hep-hil hey-ipl Siccumi
'Rah-zooi Wah-hool Bangl XII
VI, mockali-onl Buzz-sawi Boom
'rahl Hobble-gobble. razzle-dazzle!
Breke-kek-ex. ko-ax, ko-axl skookum,
skookuml"
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 only
the joint efforts Of twelve solemn
young gentlemen TO decide upon a club
yell Each man had his own howl.
and insisted on singing out with 1t,
while all the rest were rehearsing their
own. 1t is reported that when this
grand combination broke loose all tho
small boys in town thought a circus
was coming along with Its calliope
(which, Of course, they pronounced
"callie-opeD, while the two small po-
licemen that pretended to protect the
town Of Lakerim are reported to have
thought that a gang of outlaws was at
lacking 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 Twelve began yelling again
to quiet the others. and the noise was
almost greater than before. At length,
however, they quieted down enough 90
listen to the various candidates for tho
yell. History proposed a long Latin
quotation, and insisted on at least hav-
ing some big words in the yell. He
and Boobies Joined forces, and COM
promised on the following gem: boo
dle-um! Diddle-umi Dandle-um! The
duodecimal Dozenl" Punk. however,
said that this was beneath the dignity
OF such great men, and proposed one
which he persuaded them TO try over.
1t could hardly be called short, but 1t
was certainly complete, and consisted
not only In spelling out the full name
OF the club, but surrounding this with
most of the well-known yells of all the
colleges. 1t went something like this:
'Breke-kek-ex, ko-ax, ko-akl Siss
boom 'rah! Hullabaloo, hal L-a-k-er-
i'm A-t-h-l-e-t-i-c Club! 'Rah,
rah. 'rah! 'Rah, 'rah, 'rahi 'Rah.
rah, 'rahi" The Dozen started vigor-
ously to yell this out and kept together
fairly well until they came to tho
spelling Of the long name. but there
they began to fall by the wayside;
they dropped to the ground. exhausted.
one by one. SO fast that by the time
they reached the last 'Rahl" only one
man survived, and that was the long
winded Punk, and even he gasped It
out like a sick rooster. After this
they all sat still on the ground where
they had fallen, and thought hard for
some time, and debated in whispers.
The result of this debate was the final
selection of a brisk yell that left some
breath in the body of the yellers,
though 1t threatened to break all the
windows for miles around The word
"Lakerim" was given three times, with
the long a and short /. and the yell
went out in burst of glory, all tho
voices keeping together until halfway
through the last long "Hool" when the
boys divided and took different VOW
els. This gave the yell a blood-cur-
ding sound that reminded B. ]. Of
the tribes of Indians he had never
seen.