Word: rahs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Princeton alumnus writes to the Princetonian: "Princeton may well be congratulated on having a cheer so unique, and after hearing the endless and monotous permutations and combinations of the 'Rah-rah-rah' of other institutions, Princeton has no desire for a change...
...greeted the return of the 'varsity nine last year after its victorious trip to New Haven and Amherst. Few will ever forget the ovation the nine received as it came down by the yard in the midst of a blaze of rockets and red fire, saluted by the wild "rah, rah" of a thousand students, serenaded by the weird strains of the Brass Band, which played, replayed, and then played over again the only air it had attempted to master,- "Yale men say." Nor will the saturnalia that followed be forgotten for many a year,- by the proctors, at least...
...Commonwealth avenue the procession marched, then down as far as Dartmouth street to Boylston, past the Brunswick. At this point a platform had been built, from which Mr. Blaine reviewed the parade. As the Harvard men passed in review, the rah, rah, rah's were almost continuous. From this point the column marched over to Columbus avenue and thence through the South End. All along the route the residences were beautifully decorated with Chinese lanterns, transparencies, bunting. When Chester Sq. was reached, our detachment received a perfect ovation. The appearance of the college men was the signal for cheers...
...Such cheering as has been given in the last two games on our own grounds is not such as should come from Yale men, and the sentiment of the whole college rises up against it. A good series of rah-rash at the right time is what all love to hear, but for the two sides to cheer at the same moment as though pitted against one another in a cheering combat seems to us even childish. Let all see to it in the future that there cannot be laid to their door the charge of injuring Yale's reputation...
...Association. Now, if these men had gone in together and had occupied one part of the hall, there might have been some hearty cheering to encourage their representatives, but as it was, the only applause they could give was clapping, which, at best, is not very inspiring, The rousing "Rah! rah! rah!" seems to be fast getting into disuse among the students, and it seems unfortunate, to say the least. There has been hardly any genuine cheering in the yard this term, and there is danger that it may become a lost art among...