The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-13

bowling, is all well enugh for unedu-
Gated monkies, but forus. it is out Of
the question. \ howl absolutely es-
sertial to the life C student body,
but it must be a how that means
-omethinG, a howl t~hatappeals TO n
elect and feeling. a Ihou that touches
ne finer sensibilities aIclses the mo-
ions. quickens the hOble impulses, a
FOWL that refineS, ehvata and eXA!tS
he mind a howl That ; pregnant
With deep s~ignificarce. Compose for
is such a howl and l will answer for
he return of three student to evHry
one who has left this schoo''
This was a revelation to Professor
O"Tang. He had nd dream @ If such
educa ,ional results n so short : time
He dismissed school for a Vacati' n
and promised the students somethingl
that would make Their mouths water. 7
in the way of q hOWl-cOm-oSItioD
when the next term would begin.
Professor O'Tang, as was his Gus
tom in all questions Of vital import
went deep into the matter OF col-ese
wells. The massive mental machinery
of this great educator was set into mo-
ton for the compos. tim of a yell that
would be worthy of 1t. object \ yell
that would represent ais great lie
work and so down to posterity as a
classic emblem of high education. For
many days his every thought was c@n-
< GU la 4 jim 49,
without evolving n conception that
would fit the groove OF his lofty dSa
One perfect starlight night, after toss
ing restlessly in the crotch OF his tree,
unable to sleep with the great qu2S-
ton bearing so heavily upon him. he
arose and wandered forth in his night
clothes, to with nature and
seek inspiration therefrom. his ann
iess steps led him to the loW-laEds
md beside the clear waters OF d
placid POOL. The great thinker seated
himself upon a hassOck. Nature was
IN an moIous mood. A night ORD
! called to it's mate. From a thousand
trusting places, tire-fiies flashed their
signal liehts. Myriads OF stars were
held in the emnl zee of the crystal vat
ers. A soft sJuth wind careSs5G the
yielding rush,s. They answered N low
minor tines that fingered in the soul
Of the sir.nt listener. They ecno5d
and re-echoed in sweet rhythmic Ca
Gence until their subtle essence had
Lerneated his being and his quickened
brain throbbed in the ecstasy OF con-
! ception.
Professor O'Tang returned to his
humble crotch, but sleep came not to
his eyes that night. He at once re-
7 tired to seclusion to work out the great
! composition of which he had conceiv-
ed, at that lone hou. of the night, in
sDired by the soft aeolian voice OF the
Tushes. In the solitude Of forest and
glade, where the hours of darkness
were filed with the notes OF the night
ingale. and those of the day with the
songs OF other birds. a period OF gesta-
ton was passed. Beside a mountain
stream. where the groans Of travail
were lost in the major harmonies of
lippIinT waters, was born the great
prototype Of the college yell.
Professor O'Tang, that is to say, it's
mother. was in the seventh pTimevaI
heaven Of delight. His ideal was re-
s2nguine dreams of the old educator
did he catch ever a shadoWy glimpse
OF the great part that the offspring OF
bis mind was destined to perform in
educational matters, not alone in his
cwn day, but through the ages to
come
When his school was r~eopened, Pro-
fessor O"Tang, in an appropriate and
Impressive manner. presented to Ire
student body the text of one of the
most perfect creations, in the way Of
g college yell, that the world has ever
known. 4 yell whose conception vIs
inspired by the dulcet voices of ma
ture. whose CESSATION was envfroned
with music, and whose birth vas
heralded by a song of the waters.
Following is the full text of this
remarkable composition, in the oC;gi-
nal. and it may be asserted without
qualification, that. as q refined, chase.
dignified, and finished literary proGuc-
ton, replete with tender pathos, NOBLE
sentiment, and lofty thought, the ar
chives of classic lore hold nothing that
can SurpaSS it:
Xxi vi. ki vi, i vi;
Harri = karri, waugh = waugh. bimm.
bimm bumm,
Wanky = wunky = winky = wizzle, fe
faugh fumm,
High = ky low : ky Jack y pocny
wOony windy wan.
Harri = karri, hocus pocus, dam, dam.
dam
For the enefit Of those not versed
in the nomenclature of this primeval
period, the following translation of the
above is given. In this rendering, the
meaning Of the original is faithfully
! conveyed, with the single exception OF
the word, Hi : vi, which is transferred
without modificat ton on account Of
there being no medium in our langu-
G for the thought that It expresses:
Xxi = vi, razzle = dazzle, big monk = &c.
Wild jay = -hak = -haz heZ are we.
Monks with empty Ko = Kee = nuts,
S~creeching. bowling cd = dee : uts;
Pin = pang, hockey = pokey, sa cred
Hic facet, Katzenjammer. bow - WOW
vow"
When the student body had grasred
the full significance Of this classic bit
o. word painting their enthusiasm
knew no bounds. When the time came
to howl, the air was cleft wsitn such
a nideous, nerve-renGing earsD!itting
~ccngIomeratiOn of awful noises, that at
It's conclusion. Professor O'Tang, with
beaming CO~untenance, announced trat
sue ha Vel was fairly entitled to a col
lEEe, n that as such, their instutu-
ton Of learning would be thereafter
known. From that hour. the perlne-
nent success Of Professor O'Tang's
school was assured. New branches
were added to its curriculum and the
scope OF its usefulness thereby broad
eEed. New classes compelled an N
crease Of the faculty. A class In Del
carte alone. required the services Of
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