Word: cheeringly
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...attempt to mix the two; Athletics can contribute no more to "indifference" than "indifference" can contribute to athletics. But together they make a full man. If we are going to have sports, let us have them, and let us play our hockey games with the best hockey sticks and cheer leaders that competition can produce, but don't let us ask the team to whizz the puck back and forth across the ice with their breath. Let the spectators do that if they come, but by all means and above all, let them stay at home if they wish...
...only conceivable argument for identifying cheer leaders with major sprot captains rests on the grounds of dignity, so let us bid adieu to the old system with the most approved form of dignified cheer and usher in the new with a trial of its effects on the scores before any opinions are passed. Philip Walker...
...must seem to some observers that the present cudgeling over the question of cheer leading rests less upon an absolute opposition than upon a failure to separate the various issues involved. One batallion urges the retention of the present system, in the name of "indifference"; its opponents urge the competitive system in the expectation that it will aid in the restoration of Harvard's athletic prowess. Are these two slogans really incompatible...
...college yells. Those chaotic confusions of trills, barks, and sensless syllables arouse, and justly, the disgust of those who hope that college is a breeding ground of intelligent manhood. But is there in the recommendation of the Council any suggestion that such idiocies are to be perpetrated? The present cheer, when efficiently and enthusiastically supported by the stands, resounds majestically within the Stadium and the Bowl. There is no threat against the dignity and strength of the traditional cheer...
...decided further that "The head cheer leader shall receive an award for his position--an insignia to be designated by the Committee. All cheer leaders shall receive medals...