Sentence:  Compared to the audience at that first special session, these Marsrats didn'g partake of any shouting matches, cries for attention or self-centered complaining about quake damage. No <WSD>hooraw</WSD> at all, which struck me as surprising and surely disappointed Black-like-me. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A noisy or boisterous gathering or activity; uproar.