Word: tune
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...precious and the eleven needed, if it needed anything, to be urged to quick, snappy play. Then the nervous, bubbling enthusiasm of the great south stand was throttled by those three long slow "Harvards" and nine slow "rahs," while even the band struck up "Fair Harvard" to the tune of a funeral dirge. For such occasions we want a quick, snappy yell--something inspiring and encouraging to nerve on our teams. I suggest that, before we forget the necessity of it, the class presidents appoint a suitable committee to compose or receive proposals for a cheer which shall better voice...
...Tune, "John Brown's Body...
...band will play "Fair Harvard" to the tune of "Up the Street...
...Tune, "Up the Street...
...victories. Then, headed by the College band, and a barge containing most of the winning athletes, the students formed a procession and marched around the Yard through Harvard square to President Eliot's house. Fire works, bengal lights, numberless torches, and the mass of cheering men marching to the tune of "Up the Street," formed a picturesque and lurid scene of enthusiasm and excitement...