The Free lance. (State College, Pa.) 1887-1904, November 01, 1903, Image 11
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.