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Word: noisiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...other hand, it is not denied that there were some freshmen who made themselves conspicuous on that evening and they, since they were the noisiest, were taken collectively as an example of the typical freshman of the present year. Undoubtedly they have repented of their ignorance and folly before this, but their classmates will have to suffer until, by some more manly action, as the defeat of Yale at foot-ball, we may change our opinion of the new underclassmen, hoping it will represent the majority of them more truly than the one occasioned by an evening's nonsense publicly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/8/1887 | See Source »

...instructors at Yale, whose room is opposite Lawrence, says the present sophomore class is the noisiest he has ever known...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/11/1887 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 12/20/1886 | See Source »

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