fallen at last. Now, we are going to quote an extract presently, the
finish of which appears to claim a lack of the intellectual in the
college yell. But even granting that a good yell should contain
some fairly deep thought, we hope and trust that some future en
thusiast won’t try to embody the elements of the integral calculus
in a foot ball yell. Concerning the “strenuous phrases” aforesaid,
the ultimate reason for eliminating them is, of course, when the
yells are given at games, etc., ladies (leaving out of consideration
sensitive masculine souls such as ye editor’s, for instance)
might hear them. As a matter of fact, about the only feminine
comments that have ever been heard on these “Extra Heavy A”
yells of ours have been that they were “pretty cute.” However,
we won’t say more on- this topic for fear of shocking someone, but
the general trend of this great intellectual movement is fairly well
set forth in the following:
(A movement to revise and censorize the college yells has been proposed.)
REVISING COLLEGE YELLS.
The raucous yell
Of old Cornell,
And the whooping hail of Yale;
The Harvard howl
And the Princeton growl
To a milder tone must pale.
The U. C. shriek
And the Vassar squeak,
And the Hopkins ribald blare;
Northwestern’s yelp
Of a lion whelp
Shall be softer on the air.
The Wellesley squeal
And the Sanford peal
And the rah, rah of old Knox;
The West Point cry
And the Fiske ki yi
Must eliminate their shocks.