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...ruled out. Government inspectors were on hand to see that the racers did not exceed their legal allowances of boiler pressure. The Chris Greene drew a length ahead, two lengths, four lengths, five. The Chris Greene's purser appeared on deck with a big sign: "Chris Greene-Rah, Rah!" Thousands of people cheered from the leafy, sun-shot shores. At the finish the Betsy Ann was about 1000 feet behind. A true sportsman, Owner Way promptly boarded the Chris Greene and handed over the Betsy Ann's elk horns. The Senator Cordhill, another Pittsburgh packet, soon challenged...
Harvard bears the brunt of the most startling accusation. After the author has celebrated the passing of the "rah rah boy" he states that out of the 2500 men at the University of Chicago only 40 joined the football squad. "At Harvard," he continues, "the situation is not so extreme, yet there is said to be a feeling there in the more aristocratic circles that football is not quite a gentleman's game...
...Rah Rahs"?college youths, usually left strictly alone; "can carry more baggage than us porters any day"; never "slip" more than a dime...
...African honking goose: "Honk! Honk! It's the bonk!" The Graphic started a "Woof! Woof!" contest-$1 each for "just little nifties" about the Brownings. Specimen: "Woof! Woof! Daddy Browning, real estate operator whose heart is rent." Graphic headlines: "PEACHES'S SHAME STORY IN FULL," "RAH, DADDY! HAIL, PEACHES!" There were semi-nude pictures of one Marion Dockrell, "female Oom," cult leader admired by Mr. Browning. Inane attention was paid to Mr. Browning's rubber eggs, baby dolls, clay puppies, infantile endearments, trick spoons. New screamer: "DADDY TO BECOME A MONK"-and a picture of the lecher...
...rocket choir' of Princeton, 'Rah! Rah! Rah! Ss!-boom-ah!' probably ranks next in point of interest. It sprang up as the result of athletic enthusiasm, first venting itself over some triumph. It certainly is very original and striking...