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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-14
REBELS DEMAND
RECOGNITION
oENERALlsslMo Mn HANkoW
CHINA NOTIFIES FOREIGNERS
He rs IN CONTROL

Hankow, Oct. 14.-L Yuan Heng
the generalissimo OF the rebels, today
sent a note to the foreign consuls sta
toned here. demanding the recogni-
tion Of his authority as administra'
tor of the cities of HanEow, Wu Chang
and Han Yang. General Lii announces
that he viii protect foreigners if they
remain neutral
A visit to WI Ghzng by the Asso
ciated Press representative today dis.
closed vividly the devastation which
has been wrought in that city by the
attack of the revolutionists Corpses
are piled everywhere.
Japan Not to Interfere
Toxic. Japan, Oct. 14.-The Chinese
situation eclipsed all other topics as
the center of interest here. Well In
formed officials throughout Japan be-
lieve that the revolution has gain
ed tremendous start. There is rea-
son to believe that the TOXIC govern
ment will not interfere as long as the
adequately protect Jap
anese citizens.
Imperial Warsbip Captured
San Francisco, Oct. 14.-Cable ad-
vices from Shanghai to the local Chi
nese daily paper Chung Sal Vat Pc
state that the rebels captured last
night an imperial warship near Han
kow.
The revolutionists, the Chung Sal
Vat Pos informant says, occupied this
morning the city of King Chow, prov,
ince of Hupeh; Chang, province of
SEE Chuen, and 70 Chow, province of
Human. The provinces Of Human and
Hupeh are said to be fully controlled
by the rebels Wire communication
with those provinces in interrupted.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-10-14

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New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
"THE GLOW WORM"
A popular method Of horsins Princeton
freshmen.

troversy furnished lots OF material for the
sophomores with ingenious minds to work
on
Another spot famous for its old associa-
tions with horsing is a niche in the old OBJ
servatory. This niche was evidently de-
signed for life sized statue Of some IA
nous star gazer, but as the statue never
appeared the "sophs' made good use of it.
The sacred niche" as IL has come 10 be
called. has served as the stage for many
an impassoncd speech on subjects ranging
i'm Importance from a discussion OF the
"whichness OF what down to the question
Of whether women should vote or not. Here
have been played the most touching scenes
in Shakespeare, not emitting the balcony
scene in Romeo and Juliet" and many
freshman has told the story OF his life from
the pedestal. The school cheers OF practi-
caly all the big prep schools, and many
OF the small ones in the East. have resound-
ed from its walls. The story is told OF how
a near-sighted old gentleman was one day
enjoying the antics and capers that the
"sophs" were putting green freshman
through on the sacred pedestal. until sud
denly after the boy had jumped down and
started for his room. the old man exploded
with: "By jove, that's my son they're
making q fool Of"
For the best horsing. however, one must
tourney down to Brokaw Field some moon
light evening soon after dinner Here on
the high playground that is open to all
the students will he found some OF tho
best vaudeville in the country run on the
three ring and two platform plan. On one
side two freshman eight-oarcd crews
chosen at random. with their coats turned
inside out. are having an exciting race
rowing with all their might In imaginary
shells Close by a heated discussion Is be
ipr carried on ag to which ua.nc first, the
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

| diamond. Tho gyrations he performs are
employed TO excite the passions OF hatreo
or love. pity or revenge, or to arouse the
warlike instincts.
Advancing to point In front OF MS COL
lege mates, the yell master suddenly erects
| his head and extends his arms toward the
crowd he is TO lead. He carries III MS
hand a large megaphone There arc IL"
movements of the arms. such as pahd-
master might make before the first note OF
the music is struck, and then all Is
changed The yell is off.
A low, weird chant begins GROWING
louder and marked by the strained atti-
tudes of the leader His body begins 10
SWAY as the chant increases in volume ne
leans forward and back, he dances win
peculiar hopping step In 'front.' OF the
grandstanG When the yell needs accelera
tion the leader grabs the megaphone'
which he places to his mouth and. rising
dances more vigorously than before. lie
waves his disengaged arm in front or the
cheering men.
II is a duty, and consequently a pleas
ure on the part of the master TO watch for
each opening In contest when encourage
nent or tne team SiOuiu NC SNfP'i
team may. for some unaccountable reason
he getting the worst Of 1t. Sometimes TINS
does happen The team should. then, De
goaded on by an unusually vigorous series
of college wells Very we'll The yell mas
Ter IS right there. So is his megaphone'
So are his thousands of sympathizers
He IS again seen TO be rising and falling
in a high degree Of muscular excitement.
Again. he dances with a peculiar hopping
step-more peculiar, more hopping There
is a spontaneous activity of the muscles
under the influence of some strong emo
tIon. The carefully trained movements are
meant bv the leader to represent the kind
of feelings aroused by the present status
of the intercollegiate conflict.
The voice and the facial muscles the
legs and arms and many of the organs OF
the yell master are affected at the same
time. The result is Il fervid manifestation
of vitality among his classmates, who are
thus led into ecstatic worship or elcir
gladiators on the field or on the water. as
the case may be, amounting to something
like madness.
Frequently there is music TO accompany
the cheering This intensfies the erect
bringing perfectly distinct set OF pleas
urable sensations to everybody concerned
The meeaphone assists I'm producing an
inexpressibly sweet harmony Of sound ana
motion. This harmony IS further en-
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
orsng Freshes" the Chief Joy of the Princeton Sophs

lie and tho entire bunch let off from fur
ther horsing. Still another diversion is tc
get couple of freshmen to push pennies
down big flight Of stairs with their noses
the first one accomplishing this feat re
ceivmg his liberty.
One of the favorite forms of horsing ie
tie socaled chain gang or a long parade
of freshmen. with their coats turned inside
out and the left trousers leg of each captive
turned up above the knee, marching in sin
gle file across the campus chanting some
appropriate or ridiculous little verse, such
as I'VE are ancient Romans, do away with
Greece"
Despite all the activity in recent years,
! however horsing has been on the wane at
Princeton for some time, and seems doomed
to die a natural death in the space Of n
very few years, unless some drastic action
is taken i'm it's favor by next year. win
each returning fall the old grads re-
turning to see the university opened, be-
moan tie fact that the good old days
are gone when "A freshman was really
hCrsed in more than a half-hearted way.
Certain It is that each year sees a de-
crease in it's practice. and unless some
than a memory at Princeton before many
years have rolled by.
There are still many who are enthusiast q
I'm the support of the old custom. and at
tribute the much-talked-of Princeton spiilt
to horsng more than any other one thing.
1t is asserted that horsing does create =
certain amount Of class spirit, and It is on
this that the whole fabric of that wonder
ful and intangible Princeton life and Prince
ton spirit depends
The horsng season lasts only two weeks.
ending up with the baseball game between
the sophomore and freshman mines, which
is always followed I'm turn by the big base
ball rush. The senior "P-rade' used 10 he
held on the last day OF horsing. but I'm 1909
the faculty abolished this custom, and since
then the seniors try 10 make the big
"P-rade" on St. Patrck's Day, with the
horseraces down Nassau street, 1 the
place OF the old senior celebration in the
early fall.
The custom of horsing at Princeton is
kept under the control of rigid set OF
\ FRESHMAN PILLoRlED IN "THE
SACRED NICHE"
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
Look at These Sample Runes
with Which Under and
Post "Crad" Can Express
All the Emotions.

~ RESIDENT TAFT'S good natured
criticism few days ago of the "con-
II tortions" developed by the yell leader
Of the University of Minnesota and his ref
erence to the graceful hurrahs'' of other
DAYS as more pleasing TO the ear and for
all practical purposes just as effective as
= "barbaric' outbursts of the present
nsve srou.ed much interest among uni
versity men not only in New York City, but
throughout the country.
The yell master Of the University OF
Minnesota had stood beside the President
on the gymnasium platform at ST. Paul.
lie had used the customary ecstatic gest-
ures TO get the crowd OF students TO pitch
Of excitement that would assure TO the
President distinct recollection Of just
what the cry of that institution was like.
In print il loses much. Pared TO the bone.
81 is as follows:
Rah Rah Rah Skl-u-mah!
Hoorah. Hoorah. Varsity Varsity!
Mime sofia
The Presidents comment was offered at
the close Of this effort by the thousand or
more students. They did their utmost to
achieve the dream of their cheer leader.
lie performed after the general method
that has brought notoriety TO Creatore, the
bandmaster. but introduced several inno-
,ations i'm the calesthenics Of cheering that
left him nearly exhausted when his work
was done. His face showed, among other
things, that his exertions had sent an excess
Of blood to his brain. He was wilted in the
region Of the collar. but refused aid. When
he took his seat in front of the platform
he was breathing hard a consciousness of
having delivered the goods sustained him.
The rest of the show might now go on.
President Taft arose. and the gymnasium
was warmed by his al-embracing smile.
Then he delivered a heart-to-heart talk to
the students of the university. He depre-
Gated the modern custom of college yells,
saying that in his day grotesque contor-
tions and barbaric yelling had been deemed
unnecessary. aud yet he believed as good
men were turned out then as now. He
smiled again.
II know I am preaching ideals. that are
perhaps beyond what could have felt when
] was twenty-one.' he continued but it
does not hurt YOU sometimes to hear the
truth"
President Vincent al the end OF the
Presidents speech. called on the students
20 show by singing Minnesota" that they
could greet him otherwise than mechan-
ically, and the way they responded shook
the timbers
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
ANTICS IMPRESS THOUSANDS.

However this may he. the subject is in-
tcrcsting not only To college graduates
hut to other thousands who are inp.cssei
b. the antics of the yell master and the
standardized" results that he obtains. fre-
Quonty without surccase, throughout an
entire afternoon.
We go back to Crusaders for the reason
for the three cheers or three chords
sounded by the band before and after COM
pietion of the march down and back N
front of troops at parade The soldiers se-
lected FOR a crusade were formed in hnt'
the other soldiers not selected were linel
up also the two bodies being separated
The band then marched i'm front of th'S'
selected for service and back 10 rs place
thus singing out and honoring those chosen
10 uphold the cause. The assembled popu-
lace no doubt cheered the selected soldiers
and the three cheers" now given by the
band were symbolic OF the cheers for the
Crusaders
II is not certain that President Taft ha"
this I'm mind when he referred To the d'S-
nifty OF the earlier hurrahs as compared "
the more mechanical emanations ot '"o
present. But the stateliness OF even Ie',
olden time in this regard perhaps cau'v'
him to deprecate such striking modin0"
ticns as are employed by the boys W
Buchtel whose yell is as follows:
Hoo, Rale Rale, Roo!
Wa hoo. Wa hoo,
Hullnballoo. IIullaballoo'
Rah. Rah. Hale.
Buchtel, Buchtei Buchtel
We no, Ye no,
Ye Heza Iiza, Ho. Ito;
Rah, Rah. Rah. Buchi,jl
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

| yell ourselves into unless something Is
done TO check the present tendency? All
agree that the trend is toward the COM
position OF intricate yells which seem TO
require the performance of increasingly
violent physical eXertions on the part or
the yell master charged with the duty Of
leading the college chants.
Cornell has Just evolved frllled varia-
ton Of its yell. 1t is called "the SIREN"
and was introduced at the Pennsylvania
State game. IT starts with whistle and
calls for more different leg, arm and body
movements by he cheer leaders than any
other yell The cheer leader assumes a
crouchng attitude and then rises very
slowly to full stature, waving his hands
gently I'm sort of Swedish movement, it
is said. while the crowd whistles crescendO
The Navy originated the siren" The
cheer leaders next setting up exercise pro-
duces a Ray! Cornel" This part of the
yell is given three times, and the con-
clusion IS yell Yell-Yell. Cornell"' 1t is
referred to by those who have heard 1t as
being full Of virile action.
II IS considered an honor to he selected
yell master. While present day methods
may cause one to wonder perhaps why the
professor of physical training does not
choose him instead Of leaving that 10 be
done by the leader OF the Glee Club, as is
sometimes the case, the fact that the
megaphone must be employed by the cheer
leader explains, in part at least, why the
office is filled by the Department Of Har
mony Of the university.
The physical activities Of the veil master
embrace all movements Of the limbs of
body expressive Of joy or grief all panto-
mimic representations of incidents during
the progress of the contest on gridiron or
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
A YELL WITH DIGNITY.

Ask a Harvard GradutC for an opinion and
hc will agreed with the President 1T all
depends, you know. on the kind Of YELL he
viii say. The
"Rah, Rah Rah
Rah Ran Rah,
Ran, Rah, Rah.
Harvard"
is diEniGed Don't you see? II is full Of
character. /. stands for something. But
the intricate affairs of some of the other
colleges and universities are positively alb
slrd. Something should be done. The
President Is quite right
The President vas ont West when he
made those few remarks" says the Colum-
Iia alumnus "He has probably been greet
al by some exceedingly raw yclls on his
trip. Some Of them out there are harrow
ing. Take for instance, the cheer of the
University Of North Dakota. No diagram
goes with it:
'Odz-dzo-dzi,
Ei-ri-ri
Hy-ah Hy-ah,
North Dakota"
1T is followed by the Sioux war cry,
which do not recall.
THE University of the Pacific would. it
seems TO me. influence a lesser man than
the President Of the United States to offer
kindly counsel for smplihcation in the pro-
duction OF hurrah music. It's yell is;
Boom chick boom,
Boom chick boom
Boom a. jig-a-rig- -jig-a-boOm
Rah, Rah, sis-boom-ah!
Pacific! Pacific. Rah, Rah, Rah"
"Of course continued the Columbia
man. Il don't mean to say the evils that
have crept into college yells are to be
found only in one section of the country.
Personally I think the Western Reserve
University has a cheer that is distorted,
as you might say. although the prepon-
derance Of Groel, roots that it contains at
least indicates academic origin.
20 SkeuiOi pompai!
Foo foo apOlusai Al Al
Rah! Rah Reserve!
And the yell Of Washington and Lee
University borders on the ludicrous If you
take just the first two lines of it. The
whole OF It goes like this:
Chic-a- go-runk!
Go-runk! Go-ree!
Heigh no! HI no.
Washington and Lee! Washington and Lee
Tiger"
"Columbias cheer. as Of course you
know, is free from any Of these bizarre
features II is very effective. 1t goes:
'C-o-l-u-m-b-i-a
'Ra 'Ra 'Ra
C-o-l-u-ni-b-i-a
Columbia! Columbia. Columbia" %
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
AN INDISPENSABLE YELL.

What" asks a Yale man, would
Yale-Princeton football game be like with
out the college yel?' lie then repeated
IN. vale cry. which sounded something
like this
'Rrek-e -ke-kex, koaX, koaX,
Brek-e-ke-kex, koax, koax,
O-op. O-op,
Parabaleu
Yale, Yale, Yale,
Rah, Rah Rah.
Rah, Rah. Rah,
Rah, Rah. Rah.
Yale" "
The number Of times "rah" and yale"
were repeated depended. he said, on the
instructions received from the cheer leader.
1T sounds fine from ten thousand Yale
men crazy with Joy" he exclaimed. 1t
loads the team 20 victory. 1t crowns the
achievement with a noise like the crack
Of doom. 1t is taken from The Frogs OF
Aristophanes It's classic. / don't Ike
those wa hoo, hullaballoo.' idiotic yells any
mora than the President-hope they put a
stop TO them"
Williams alumnus said: "The present
,erdencv Is toward involved articulation.
The conyolutions Of the strong young fell
lows who. as yell leaders, strike the air
with violent blows and tear the atmos-
rhere 10 shreds, uttering harsh cries the
while. are also comparatively recent de-
velonment. The whole tendency Is tow
ard exaggeration. Just as the President
set forth: II these things are not checked,
where will the 'whack -quack fends carry
us?"
II was to this line OF inquiry apparently
,hst the President wished 10 direct the
thoughts of the persons most interested In
the subject. There are several sides OF
the question The smaller the school OF
learning the bigger the yell. Iiillsdale Col
lege boys express themselves in moments
of excitement as follows:
Rah- hoo-rsh
Zip-boOm- bah
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
Mr. Taft How Could You Frown on the Ecsatc College Yen

He said IL was a fortunate circumstance
that the name Cornell thus lent itself TO
the expression of high geared emotion
through it's ability to rhyme with II Yell"
But ne added that the yell Of the Uni
versity of California was. TO his way OF
thinking, something else again.
Oski! Wow! Wow!
Wiskee. Wee, Wee.
Oeo mucky-ei!
Oleo- -Berkeley-ei.
california; Wow!
He had made quite study of the sub
ject of college cheering, he said. lie men
toned the case Of Mount Union, which he
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
COLLEGE YELLs HERE TO STAY.

"Rut the college yell Is here to stay. No
question about that. Even deaf and dunn
schools have them The students way
their arms at such places and make their
fingers shiver and shake With all the joy
Of heart and soul that more fortunate
youths make known when they give the
lcng locomotive the siren and all the
other so-called Improvements over the
mere digrifed cheers of thirty years ago.
THE cheer leaders have standardized the
outbursts Of enthusiasm. They are now
done I'm a scientific fashion. But the Pres
ident certainly is justified when he criu-
Cisos the intricate yclls given by the small
colleges. They don't convey anything.
They only make people laugh. Which,
when YOU come to think Of it, is not per-
haps an evil mission"
| Such hot discussion is now in progress
/ among Princeton alumni i'm their attempts
| to place the exact occasion and date OK
! birth Of the Princeton cheer that many
! Princeton men declare the selection of "A
new president Of that famous university
has probably been retarded more ON that
: account than my other.
! Graduates of the classes Of 81 and %
differ i'm their recollection OF this important
fact. Dr. John De Wtte. 81. has found
documentary proof Of the use %, the
words "Sh-sh-bCom, Ah-h-h.' at Prin eton
prior to 1851. 1t is true this use was not 4
cheer but il Is pointed out that this proot
+ supplemented by the recDllectionS ~ Dr.
De Witte, James Il. King '6l. and David
r. Frazer. 81. on the other hand. ~" arc
Informed with an equal degree Of gnstive-
ness that this cheer originated In tbe inci-
dents connected with tie passaga ot the
7th Regiment through Princeton 'n the
carly part Of the civil War. The r5-ment
was ordered to Washington FOR the defence
of the national capital. Chanccllor Alex
ander r. McGill. Of the class of 49, says
he remembers quite distinctly when the
7th Regiment of New York went 10 the
War and how nearly the whole college
went down through Potter's woods to the
old station by the canal at midnight I'D
greet it as ii passed through. The cheers
o. :he boys. he says. were responded 10
by the 9Th with the "skyrocket," which 80
impressed the youthful mind that 70 was
INDUCED in. at first as borrowed property
and later. as time advanced, was adopted
as the college cheer.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

Circus Maximus, and then at running the
little circus themselves, with some one
else as the chief actor. -Four years ago
Harry X. Thaw was tried time and again
I'm the Circus Maximus, and none ot the
lending features OF the case were lacking
in the burlesque, there even being an
Evelyn Thaw on hand TO carry on her
part in the fun making. This ran the
Beattie trial was the great point in inter-
est Two years ago the Cook-Peary con-
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

chicken or the egg, or as to whether Lean
der wore one or two piece bathing suit
when he swan the Hellespont. OFF in an
other corner a tall, cadayerous youth Is
observed serving as the goal for which sY
other freshmen are to race and Hiss on
the forehead tho first one accomplishing
This feat to hc let of The race generally
results in a small mob striking the goa'
and clambcrinS UP his legs ana pacK 10
kiss him. The race is generally deciareu
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05

the Cornell yell was sensible; constructed
along lines properly TO give vent TO the
feelings of a crowd Of students and alumni
when they were in a state of exutation.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-05
Perhaps Some of the Small
Freshwater Institutions
Cries Suggests Lunacy,
but What of That?

riched II there be two or more leader,
operating together on one plan, or, q,
sometimes happens, twelve or fifteen yell
masters executing certain gyrations tho
success OF which depends on the consoIl-
dated harmonies OF all the college men
present
1t is not 10 be wondered at. then. per.
haps. If the posturing leader Of the yell
sometimes. in moment OF extreme emo
tion, sinks into the acrobat comiqu.
Now one foot remains motionless. the
other dances in a wild and irregular man.
ner while the hands Of the yell master
arc employed above his head. Now hs
Jumps with both feet together, clapping
his hands. every muscle apparently quiy-
ering at every movement. and making a
point Of bringing his long hair down in
front OF his face.