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...traditions go farther than this, too. They give Princeton its best and its worst qualities--the best, a feeling of good fellowship, friendliness and unity; the worst, a rah-rah chauvinistic attitude about itself and its accomplishments...

Author: By James M. Storey, | Title: Generations Of Princetonians Love Tradition | 11/10/1951 | See Source »

...Fisher adds: "Despite any. . . reservations that have prevented me from becoming a rah-rah boy of the Freudian school, I am quite sure that the contributions of Sigmund Freud toward the advancement of psychotherapy far outweigh the contributions of any other ten men I have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Man Who Knew Freud | 5/28/1951 | See Source »

...rah-rah is not forced on the incoming Bunny. He can take it or leave it, and no one will exhort him to "be one of the boys." A fair part of the House never shows up for the entry beer parties or even the traditional Leverett riots; for most, though, the spirit is contagious...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Noisy Leverett Roars to Prominence | 3/17/1951 | See Source »

Cornell rooters and 113 Cornell band members plan to waken the Yard with music and rah-rah at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow morning, it was learned last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 7:30 Tomorrow Is H-Hour For Brassy Cornell Attack | 10/13/1950 | See Source »

Princeton's ability to mix hard work with rah-rah is its distinctive feature. Often students do both at once. Since the days of a famous grind named Poler, Princetonians have spontaneously celebrated "Poler's Recess" at 11 p.m. every night during exam-period grinding: ten minutes of fireworks, blasting radios, and communal noisemaking in the best tradition of the frustration-aggression theory...

Author: By John J. Sack, | Title: Princeton: Hard Work and Rah-Rah | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

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