Nothing more clearly expresses the sentiments of Harvard men in seasons of athletic rivalry than the time-honored "To hell with Yale!"
Once when Dean Briggs, of Harvard, and Edward Everett Hale were on their way to a game at Soldiers' Field a friend asked:
"Where are you going, Dean?"
"To yell with Hale," answered Briggs with a meaning smile.
John Kendrick Bangs one day called up his wife on the telephone. The maid at the other end did not recognize her "master's voice," and after Bangs had told her whom he wanted the maid asked:
"Do you wish to speak with Mrs. Bangs?"
"No, indeed," replied the humorist; "I want to kiss her."