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Their arrival is hailed by a yell from a thousand throats, and the plaudits of the fair ones in the balconies. On they come, till they are opposite the senior fence; "Halt," cries their leader, and the column comes to a rest. Then the seniors rise, and at the command of their chief give three hearty cheers for '88, who respond by three equally strong ones for '85. Acknowledging this courtesy, '85 gives three more cheers for the freshmen, who doff their hats and move on to the junior fence, where the same scenes are repeated. As they round...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Fence. | 10/7/1885 | See Source »

...colleges reject co-education. They would soon find that it was the boys who were kept home to wash the dishes, and the girls who came to college to learn how to box, make punch, and lie to the Dean. The college, of course, has a college yell, a bell ringer, and a young lady in the Dean's office. What college hasn't? And the prayers are voluntary. So, after all, Boston University is well worth attention, thinks the visitor, as he accompanies to her home his fair guide...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston University. | 4/23/1885 | See Source »

...week, the Democrats had an enthusiastic rejoicing with speeches, torchlight parade and fireworks. After the procession started, two hundred Republican students commenced blowing horns, hooting and otherwise disturbing the procession. The parade stopped in front of Professor Perry's house and he attempted to speak. The students started a yell and drowned his voice. The cavalry in the procession then charged the students and drove them away. One old man flourished a revolver, but it was taken from him. Finally the procession moved off quietly.-[Herald...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/20/1884 | See Source »

...reported that the Yale Freshman are to have a Sanskrit yell.-Ex. Cornell Sophomores will go them one better in having a Choctaw yell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/29/1884 | See Source »

...reported that the Yale Freshmen are to have a Sanskrit yell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/22/1884 | See Source »

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