one-sided. In football, baseball, and chess, they
were unable to stand against us last year while in
general athletics they are nowhere.' We on the
other hand are forming new rivalries with other
and larger institutions, foemen more worthy of
our steel, and the "farmers," "hayseeds," and
"pumpkins" from the mountains of old Centre
county will in future years look back and see poor
Bucknell still stuck in the mud of the Susquehan
na.
ANOTHER month has gone by, and there are
still no signs of either a banjo club or a
glee club. What are we going to do about
it? Are we going to sit down supinely and be
moan our hard fate in not having these much de
sired organizations, or are we going to begin right
here and start the ball to rolling? All it needs is
somebody to go around and personally interview
the musicians of the college. Then call a meet
ing and form a permanent organization. If the
right men are elected, the thing is bound to go.
The universal desire among the students will give
it an initial impetus that all the lazy inertia of the
individual musicians will be unable to overcome.
Isn't that somebody forthcoming? If you feel
like making the move, don't care if you are an
under-class man. The men in the lower classes
will respect and obey you, and all the more honor
will be yours if you succeed.
THE YELL.
An item in the last LANCE upon the desirability
of changing the present college yell gave rise to
the question, "What are the prime requisites for
a good yell?" The following are suggested : I.
The name of 'the institution. If the purpose of
the cry is to show others the loyalty and zeal felt
for the college or university, the name should be
distinctly and unmistakably heard. 2. Snap and
vigor. By those words are meant single syllables
admitting of explosive and energetic tones. 3.
Swing or 'rythm. This covers all the real music
THE FREE LANCE.
which can be placed in a call and is well illustra
ted by several of the class yells here. 4. Vowel
sounds. These admit of open mouthed explosives
- which test the carrying power of the lungs.
In applying these tests to the various college
yells, Yale and Harvard will be found to possess
the first in an eminent degree, although slightly
marred by forcing the words at the end of the yell.
They may have the second and fourth but entire
ly lack the third. The second desideratum is
possessed most largely by Cornell. There is a
"go" in their "I yell," andthe name of the insti
tution is clearly sounded. It is weakest in the
absence of any "swing."
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has
a snappy call with rythm but introduces the
name of the institution only by the letters M. I.
T. Any one unfamiliar with the names of col
leges would be at a loss to locate it. The North•
western yell brings out the name at the close like
Harvard, but it lacks music and is a jumble of
sounds much like the present P. S. C. cry. The
old Princeton yell had the most originality, not
being founded on any of the principles enumera
ted above. The "siss" of the ascending rocket,
the "boom" of the explosion and the "ah•h" of
the wondering spectators, was followed by the
"tiger" and the name of the college• However,
the yells change so often, and there are so many
local or temporary cheers that it is often difficult
to determine the authorized college yell.
Of all the yells which often made pandemoni
um at Chicago last summer, the Michigan seemed
to please the most people. As it may not be fa
miliar here, I shall attempt to reproduce it from
memory :
Try your lungs on that and see if it does not go
like a body of troops marching.
If we measure the present P. S. C. yell by th,t
U. of M., Hoora ! Hoora!
U. of M., Hoora 1 Hoora !
H 00-ra ! Hoo- ra !
Michigan, Michigan, Rah, rah, rah!