Word: yelled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...five Harvard men made their presence known by red bunting and enthusiastic cheers. Although their early attempts at cheering were greeted with derisive cries of "Rats" from the New York populance yet they persevered, and as the game went on the populace became less obtrusive, and the only college yell to be heard was that of Harvard...
...class yell of '90 at Rochester is "Zoo-zoo-zi-se. yi-yi-nine...
...Cornell Sun takes exception to the account of the Cornell cheer which appeared originally in the Yale News and then in the CRIMSON. It says "It is needless to add that the writer does not know what the Cornell yell is. For his benefit we will say that "Cornell! I yell! yell yell! Cornell!" is the only recognised slogan of the students of the university...
...athletic enthusiasm, first venting itself over some triumph. It certainly is very original and striking. The cry of Cornell is doubtless noisiest and most irreverent of college cheers, still it has a certain vigor about it that is attractive. The original form was Cor-Cor-Cor-nell! I yell! Cornell! but to this an addition is very frequently made to cause it to run Cor-Cor-Cor-nell! I yell - like - H-ll! Cor-nell! It is needless to add that the female members of the university prefer it as it stood originally. - Yale News...
...given out that the freshmen of the University of Penn. have adopted a class yell in the words and figures that follow, to wit: "M - D - CCC - YC of P. - Rah-rah-rah', This is undeniably magnificent, but it lacks the sturdy simplicity of the war-whoop which was adopted by the gentlemen who preceeded us on this continent. - N. Y. Tribune...