The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-07
HOW THEY YELL.
College Cries Which Belong Ex-
clusively to Kansas.
Naturally 4. q. Leads All the
Rest.
HOW 1T WAS STARTED.
Not Product OF One but Result
of Incidents.
Washburn Yell on the Order of
Sons of Eli.
low 1T WAS STARTED.

" ashDufn feII Oh the order OF
Sons of Eli.
In the present days and age the two
things necessary for a successful col
lege are. d president and a college yell
and every well regulated college in Kan
sas has these
Kansas baseball fields and football
gridirons have often resounded with the
resonant yells as barbarous to the un-
cultured ear as the war whoOps of the
first Kansans.
A college yell is the cross between an
old time Episcopal church chant and
shout of ecstacy by a levee negro when
he halves q watermelon.
The most famous Kansas college yell
is that which belongs by right of dis
eovery and first usage to the State uni
versity 1t has really become the state
yell. 1t was spontaneously adopted by
the famous Twentieth Kansas ana it
sounded through the jungles and
swamps of Luzon in many charge as
the battle cry Of the Fighting Twen-
tieth." The ven is:
Rock. chalk!
Jay-Hawk!
K L!
It was not composed. as it is today,
by any single person. It is the out
growth of accidents. Prof E. H. S
Bailey composed the first veil Why back
In the days of the old college science club
many years ago Prof. Bailey suggested
a yell at one OF the clubs meetings. His
suggestion was "Rah. Rah, Jay-Hawh,
K. IT.! That was the seeding from
which the now famous Kansas univer-
slty yell sprung. Time made the changes
and no one is alone responsible for the
present version. The students who wear
the crimson like to chant it slow and
distinct almost droning it. and then
they break into double time yelling it
over as fast as lungs and diaphragns can
work.
The Washburn college yell carried
with it a suggestion of the yell of the
sons Of Eli for in the early days when
the yell was cast there were many Yale
men who were influential at Washburn.
The yell of the sons of Ichabod is:
Rah, Raht
Rah, Ran. Rahl
Rah, Rah,
Rah. Ran. Rahl
Washburn, Washburnl
Ran. Rah. Rah!
Washburn is not content with one yell
and has another quite as spirited as the
first. 1t is used at football and base
ball games. when Washburn is winning,
and is as follows.
''whoop 'em, scoop EN- through and
We do. we do. Why don't you7
Always loyal, always true
To Washburn college and the Washburn
blue"
The students of Agricultural college.
al Manhattan, have a yell that is typic-
ally kansan and agricultural. It grew
like "Topsy'' and has no known author.
1t is:
Jay rah. Gee haw,
Jayhawk saw.
K S A c.
Kaw, Kaw. Kaw!
No one who ever heard the Indians
from Haskell Institute at Lawrence give
their yell, as they walked from a field
victorious, will ever forget it. 1t is
without tune and time but it is given
in the logged, determined manner
which has won many a contest for the
Indians The yell is;
.'Sizzle crackeri
Fire cracker!
Sis, boom. bahi
Haskell Indians
Raht Rahl Rah!"
Ottawa university has several yells
The regular college yell is
ottawa ottawa
HoOrahl Hoorahi
Ottawai OttawaI
Ra.h, Rah, Rahi
Another Ottawa yell is:
Rah, Rahi
Jay Bawi
I0Ot-baIi
Ottawa!
Wheezy, eazy,
Eazy, aisyl
Eazy, Aisy, Yang
Whack-a-lack-a,
Boom -a-lack-a
Booml Zip BANG
When the State Normal school stu
dent body wishes to give vent to Ella
ton the following is the yell that is
used:
Roriai Rorial
Rahl Rah. Rem!
Roriai Rorial
Rah, K N!
A minister is responsible for the yell
of Midland college at Atchison. Rev
f. p. Schueler, of Quincy, III. was a
student at the college in 1891 and he
arranged the following yell:
Rahi RahI Rahi
MIDI Land All!
Zip Kani Bocmerangt
Rail- Rahi Rahl Ray
Southwest Kansas college. at Win
field, has yells to spare. The one most
commonly known is:
Hip Hip for our COLI