Evening journal., 1899-01-19
A COLLEGE YELL.
The Fearful and wonderful Cry
Evolved by Dozen Athletic
Young Fellows.


"Hii Hi, yil Iii, Vi, vi! Booma-
lacka. bow-wowl Hullabalool Yah,
wah! Chick-a-go-runki go-ruukl Siss
boom 'rahl Hey-ip! hey-ipl Siccuml
'Rah-zool Wah-hool Bangl Ki-yi,
mockali-onl Buzz-sawl Boom 'rahl
Hobble-gobble. razzle-dazzlel Breke-
kel1-ex, ko-ax, ko-axi Skookum, shook
uni"
This marvellous language was not the
small talk of the debating society of an
insane asylum, nor was it kennel of
mad dogs broken loose. 1t was the
joint efforts of 10 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 grand 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-ope"), ,
while the two small policemen that pre-
tended to 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 - 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. lie and Bobbles joined forces,
and compromised on the. following
gem:
"Doodle-umi Dddle-um! Dandle-uml
The duodecimal Dozen!"
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 it was certainly COM
plate, and consisted not 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-kel,-ex, ko-ax, ko-axl Siss
boom 'rah! Hullabaloo, hal Lake
rim Athletic Club 'Rah, 'rah,
'rahl 'Rah, 'rah, 'rah! 'Rah, 'rah, 'rah!"
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 10
fall by the wayside; they dropped to
the ground, exhausted, one by one, 50
fast that by the time they reached the
LAST "Rah!" only one man survived, and
that was the long-winged 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 de.
bated in whispers. The result of thi.
debate was the final selection of a brisl
yell that left some breath in the body
of the yellers, though it threatened tC
break all the windows for mile.
around. The word "Lakerim" wa.
i given three times, with a long a and
/ short i, and the yell went out in q
burst OF glory, all the voices keeping
together until halfway through the las
long "Hoo!" when the boys divided anC
took different vowels. This gave tn,
yell blood-curdling sound that re
minded b. ]. Of the tribes of Indiaol
he had never seen.-Rupert Hughes, il
q ST. Nicholas.