The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-28
ART OF YELL.MAKING
It Is One That Requires, Apparent.
", a Wide Knowledge
Of Effects.
Some Of the Experiences of Ham.
line Students in the Yell
Creation Business.

The manufacture Of college yells may
look easy to the outsider. but when it
comes to making yells that mean as little
as is usually desired in such productions
and that will make the requisite racket
there seems to be danger Of saying sonle-
thing that won't do. Such, at least, was
the experience of certain Hamline stu
dents in their efforts to get up a rousing
yell for the use Of Hamine men at the
intercollegiate contest in st. Paul few
evenings ago.
Hamline had good orator and Ham
linites looked for victory. Preparation,
they felt, must be made in advance for
! a proper celebration thereof. A proper
celebration could not be held without
yell made to fit the special occasion.
Hence the yell architects were called upon
| to do their best regardless of cost.
| One Of the orators Of the evening bore
the name Peter, and certain yellmaker
| thought the changes could be rung on
Peter with good effect, SO he got up a
yell which he thought would not peter
OUT and submitted it to the committee.
It was taken down on the campus to be
tested as they test 16-inch guns at ord
nance proving grounds. The committee
was we'll satisfied, so well, indeed, that
! it was deemed advisable to submit the
noise diagram to the high college author
tiles for final approval. But approval was
not Forthcoming. Instead there was a
|
convincing to those who felt that the
yell would be a good vocal exercise, was
final. It was this: The name Peter might
be referred back to the good saint of i'm
pulsive and impetuous fame. 1t would not
do for an institution like Hamline to
NAME even in the excess Of joy which
would follow an oratorlcal victory.
Another yell, a creation of the yell fac
tory on lines laid down by an approved
artist, contained references to "holy
smoke The leather lung brigade felt
that this could be used with good effect,
but a veto awaited this also. A high
authority at the university felt that ad-
herents of another faith might be in
II censed by such frivolous reference to
things they held sacred. So the "holy
smoke yell had to be abandoned.
Again the yell designers were appealed
to. This time they produced one that ii
10 be sure it did contain the allusion
| "The Dickens!'' But surely that could
{ offend no one, except; possibly him fol
whom it was a mild nickname, and surely
t that wouldn't matter. = a.. e.' -
' But there was a snag in the way of this
l yell, too. There were prospective thee.
logical students near when the yell was
tested. They were Mortified that the arcl
enemy of mankind should receive sucf
vociferous, free advertising and entered
!; a protest and yell No. was given up b!
!. the obliging yell seekers. .-4. - ;.
i A yell was finally produced that wa.
= brimful of noise and sans offense to an,
r man, and with tongues trained to it's u.s.
Y and lungs prepared for severe strain
: the Hamline students went to the contest
e They did not get to use their far-sough
: yell in celebrating a victory, but one O
their orators divided second place witt
f an orator from another school and tn
. yell "came in handXDjp ttrass -.
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