Word: originally
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There was a long account in the New York Times of Sunday on the origin of the Harvard cheer...
...seems necessary to say a few words in regard to the communication which we published in yesterday's is sue concerning 'Darwin and the Origin of Species." After inquiring carefully into the matter, we find the following to be the facts of the case. One of our professors who is thoroughly acquainted with his subject, made some statements in regard to Darwin and his theory, which, in the hurry of note-taking, were misinterpreted by our first correspondent. These mistakes were printed in our first article, where upon our second correspondent, who, it would seem, is conversant in scientific affairs...
...following is taken from the introduction of the fifth edition of the "Origin of Species," 1859: "My work is now nearly finished; but as it will take me many more years to complete it, and as my health is far from strong, I have more especially been induced to do this as Mr. Wallace, who is now studying the natural history of the Malay Archipelago, has arrived at almost the same general conclusions that I have on the origin of species. In 1858 he sent me a memoir on this subject with a request that I would forward...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: In looking over old volumes of the Nation I find some correspondence about the Harvard cheer, which raises the question of its origin, but, unfortunately does not throw much light...
...fine old lung" cheer (Hurrah), and its adoption of this "mouth-cheer, without either force or dignity." This brings out better several answers in strong support of our present cheer. The arguments or impressions of the writers are hardly interesting, except from what they say of the origin of the "Rah!" cheer, as follows: "In 1864 the college turned out, probably for the first time, in the campaign torch-light procession in support of Lincoln. On that occasion, in order to have a designating cheer, the 'Rah!' was adopted. Probably it had been known in college before, much...