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...might have heard one of the muddy-numbers mutter, "Sometimes I don't know why I play football," obviously thinking about the frustration of waiting for his coach to yell, "O.K., warm up." The writer could possibly have known that there is no glory in being a j.v. Maybe some slither along in the mud of the practice field in anticipation of a greater glory next year on the varsity, but the others know that they have little chance of becoming varsity players, let alone varsity stars . . . it just doesn't happen very often...
Former CRIMSON editor John Sack '51, in a story titled "Ivy Social Pastimes," sets down the tenets of "unwonkyism" and how he hopes he attained it during his years in the College. He recalls the fall Saturday afternoons at the Stadium when "the people around me bestirred themselves to yell with emotion...
Murderous Pace. Last week. Spain's Careaga and his team worked hard. Their shirts turned purple with sweat and they kept the Frenchmen on the hop. Urruty, however, was too good. "Yo!" he would yell to warn a teammate that the ball was coming his way: "Arriba!" Careaga would counter...
...next batch of natives, the brave and cannibalistic Maoris of New Zealand, breathed fire. In full fighting regalia, they would yell from their war canoes: "Come to us, come on shore and we will kill you all with our patoo-patoos!" While the Maoris did not brain any of Cook's men with their patoo-patoos (war clubs), Cook got rattled for a rare moment during a sudden Maori foray and ordered his men to open fire. Four of the tribesmen were killed, to the kindly Cook's lasting regret...
...Yell Leader. As a towheaded toddler, Goodie never had to be urged to climb up on a chair and sing or recite for guests. When he reached Manual Arts High School, Goodie swam in his natural element. There was plenty of competition (among his class of 1915: General Jimmy Doolittle, Frank Capra, Lawrence Tibbett, former Lieutenant Governor Buron Fitts), but Goodie rose like a bubble in a glass of beer to the head of the class. He was yell leader, composer of school songs, star of the debating team, an enthusiastic member of the glee club and the dramatic society...