Word: rah
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pennsylvania Railroad will run special trains out of New York every few minutes from 10:45 a.m. Saturday to 11:45. The trip to rah-rah land takes an hour...
Despite the city environment, however, an attempt is made to preserve a little of the rah-rah spirit that is usually found only in a small-town college. The chief item in this effort is the Freshman--Sophomore rush, a traditional event in which the Sophomores defend a greased pole which the Freshmen are supposed to fight through to and climb in order to capture a dummy at the top of the pole. Freshman victories are unusual...
...every German victory. Gone is any suggestion that the Germans (even hard-working Leni) had anything to do with the film; the distributors are taking no chances with U.S. public opinion. By shrewd editing, a 260-minute heil to German athletic prowess has been reduced to a 92-minute rah-rah for the All-American...
...should be a lusty replica of its pre-war counterpart, not a colorless compromise reminiscent of short-shrift USO combos. The tremendous carnivals of the past that tried to "make Daniel Boones of Freshmen" and worried lost they "shock the boys," belong with gate-welding, goldfish gulpings, and other rah-rah episodes now practically non-existent. It is up to the Freshman Class to conjure up a Smoker so well-rounded with frolic and so fully-packed with talent that the air will be blue for days...
Under the present University setup, athletic managers have no spare time to handle this recreational problem. Despite the rah-rah nature of a Key society, the Council committee envisions a hardworking unit, not necessarily "an honor society of college dignitaries...