Imagine the feelings of one who graduated at the Academy prior to 1890 listening to cadet yells and to such songs (copied from the 1909 Howitzer) as the following that are now sung by the Corps in the presence of the Academic Board and other officers, to wit:
Air: “Tipperary.”
When you see that old veteran Army Team
Come bounding over the ropes,
And settle right down to a winning game
That breaks the Navy’s hopes,
It makes every genuine soldier’s heart
Fill up with joy and pride.
That he’s of the metal that makes the team,
And that he roots on the Army side.