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Harvard's yell-coaxers committed a serious sin against the First Commandment of pious and right-living cheer leaders. The boys simply weren't together. Counterpoint is fine in a Beethoven concerto, and uneven entrance and exit of voices the distinguishing characteristic of a Bach fugue. But the well-ordered cheer is strict harmony; and the cheering section will never be harmonious until the leaders all move the same way at the same time. Individualism has no place in cheer-leading--it has to be done as Hitler would have...
...division of a cheering section which needs concentration of is lung-power above all else. In contrast to these is the effectiveness if the musical cheer--the trumpet motif followed by a "fight!" --which was copied from New Hampshire. A few instructive evening with the New Hampshire co-ed yell leaders might be an excellent and readily-accepted requirement for the Crimson leaders...
...these suggestions are made without malice and with complete understanding of the difficulties under which the yell-leader sare working. Further, it is recognized that the leading has been better this year than many times in the past. But the goal line of good cheering is still far down the field, and it's up to the leaders to carry the ball...
...strong this year--he was vagly afraid--. Ah, but the Crimson was stronger. Eleven men,--and more. Eleven men, and Vag. Unbeatable! He recalled with pride on thrilling fall afternoon: a crimson-clad figure with the ball, a purple and white jersey almost on him; then a long, clear yell rising out of the confusion of sound, spurring him on past the purple and white to the goal line. Vag had given that yell. He would give many more today...
...President Lazaro Cardenas went to the village of Dolores Hidalgo in Guanajuato State, stood before a microphone and roared the historic Grito de Dolores (Shout of Independence)-Viva Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, viva la Independencia-which is Mexico's equivalent of the Confederacy's Rebel Yell. Then he made a speech. "Some people are trying to cause a rebellion in Mexico and entice the Mexican people away from the ways of peace," said the President. "An examination of the international situation will cause them to reconsider their position...