Word: cheer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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According to the custom of past years it is planned to form an "H" in the cheering section of the University stands this afternoon with Crimson and white handkerchiefs. Contrary to precedent, however, the "H" this year will be crimson on a white background instead of vice-versa as has been the case in the past. It will be made during the singing of the "Marseillaise." All men in the cheering sections will stand up and wave the handkerchiefs in rhythm according to the directions of the cheer leaders...
...Yale cheer has lately produced more discussion than noise. With only three days left before the Harvard game, theories regarding the most effective version of the Greek words are futile. The only way in which a standard cheer can be evolved from the discordant mixture of "Brax," "Brex" and "Rax" is through organized practice. --Yale News...
...thing has been overlooked in the cheering for the Yale game. The Freshmen and Sophomores who applied for two seats and received only one, located in the wooden stands have been forgotten. As one of these unfortunates, I want to suggest that a cheer leader be assigned to the wood stands, that we also may lift our voices to acclaim the Crimson Warriors...
...France, will attract. Instead, therefore, a welcome will be staged that day on the steps of Widener, before which all the students will find room to assemble. There, as the canons of the Military Science Department boom a salute, the various classes, under their respective marshals, will meet and cheer the Generalissimo of the Allied forces. There is no need to urge everyone to be there. The mere announcement will suffice to crowd the Yard, and this change of plan will enable us to accord Marshal Foch as hearty a welcome as was ever received by any visitor to Harvard...
...final Freshman mass meeting of the year will be held in Smith Halls Common Room at 7.30 o'clock tonight to cheer the 1925 football team before it leaves for the Yale game. Coach T. J. Campbell '12, Assistant Coach R. M. Sedgwick '21, and Captain P. H. Theopold will speak. Songs and cheers will be practiced...