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...rocket cheer" of Princeton, 'Rah! 'Rah! Rah! S-s-t-boom - ah! probably ranks next in point of interest. It also sprang up as the result of athletic enthusiasm, first venting itself over some triumph. It certainly is very original and striking. The cry of Cornell is doubtless noisiest and most irreverent of college cheers, still it has a certain vigor about it that is attractive. The original form was Cor-Cor-Cor-nell! I yell! Cornell! but to this an addition is very frequently made to cause it to run Cor-Cor-Cor-nell! I yell - like...
Attempts have been made in the last few years to boom single sculling at Harvard. A cup has been offered to the best sculler in college and the race is more sharply contested every year. It seems strange that so manly and health-giving an exercise as single sculling, encouraged by all the boating men of the college, has never been encouraged by the gymnasium authorities. Among the apparatus at the gymnasium there is nothing that resembles single sculling in the least. There are certainly more scullers than bicyclists in college, yet we have two or three practice wheels...
Although it is very late to "boom" a sophomore dinner, yet the importance of the matter makes energetic action imperative. We must have a dinner, a big and a successful one too, and it must take place before the last of next week...
Boating matters are having a great boom at present, owing to the determination of the college to row its annual class race in eights instead of fours. Ward, the well known oarsman, is in charge of the crews, and coaches them in turn every afternoon. The Schuylkill river offers facilities for boating such as very few colleges possess...
...York papers are speaking of the recent boom in lacrosse, but continue to refer to Princeton as the holder of the Oelrichs...