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...Cambridge's mayoral processions touched off the smouldering spark at 8 o'clock last night, with a mob of about twenty Freshmen gathering to cheer and later to yell 'Rinehart." While Yard cops searched nooks and crannies of the Yard for the missing Colonel, the riot grew to Gargantuan proportions, practically doubling its original number of recruits. Only heroic action by the Yard's defenders broke the back of the rebellion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLONEL APTED FIDDLES WHILE REBELLION BURNS | 10/27/1934 | See Source »

...masterful fashion. While the strains of "Dixie" are wafted into the hushed courtroom, the parson, (Henry B. Walthall) comes forward as character witness on behalf of the defendant. The resulting climax will cause Guiseppe Vespucci, of South Boston, to rise tearful from his seat and give the rebel yell...

Author: By W. L. W., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/22/1934 | See Source »

Looking it all over, then, Harvard is going to have a lot of well-trained football brawn to stop if the long victory yell is to be heard in the Stadium this fall when the dusk of a Saturday evening is dropping down on Cambridge. There is a lot of backfield material available; the line squad may overcome its lack of experience and toughness and start working as a unit. The job now rests will Messrs. Casey, Walsh, Fesler, and Lane, who form one of the most capable staff the Crimson has had in years. So while there's life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

...before the throne, he threw up his hands, cried: "All right, boys, let's have four N's, one Nay-vee and three Holy Fathers. Make it hot!" As the Pope blinked and "Hank"' Muller's arms flailed the air, there arose 1 mighty, measured yell: N N N N A A A A V V V V Y Y Y Y Nay-vee! Holy Father! Holy Father! Holy Father! As had Benito Mussolini when he got similar acclaim at the Palazzo Venetia, Pius XI recovered from the shock quickly and gracefully. He called "Hank" Muller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Holy Yell | 7/30/1934 | See Source »

...ROOM SEVEN STORIES FROM THE GROUND WITH AN IRON RAILING EXTENDING TO MY CHEST HEIGHT STOP YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE ACCEPTED HEARSAY EVIDENCE WHEN HE WIRED YOU I COMMITTED A NUISANCE STOP I WAS CLOTHED HAD NO BLANKET AROUND ME AND DID NOT COMMIT ANY NUISANCE EXCEPT YELL TO THE CROWD BELOW IN A CHIDING MANNER STOP...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 25, 1933 | 12/25/1933 | See Source »

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