| “H’ray, h’ray, h’ray, tiger, Siss, boom, ah; Princeton!” |
This is expanded into the “triple cheer”:
| “H’ray, h’ray, h’ray, Tiger, tiger, tiger, Siss, siss, siss, Boom, boom, boom, Ah, ah, ah, Princetón, Princetón, Princetón!” |
The “railroad cheer” is like the foregoing, but begun very slowly and broadly, and gradually accelerated to the end, which is enunciated as fast as possible. Many cheers are formed like that of Toronto University:
| “Varsitý, varsitý, V-a-r-s-í-t-y (spelled) VARSIT-Y (spelled staccato) Vár-sí-tý, Rah, rah, rah!” |
Another variety of yell is illustrated by that of the School of Practical Science of Toronto University:
| “Who are we? Can’t you guess? We are from the S.P.S.!” |
The cheer of the United States Naval Academy is an imitation of a nautical syren. The Amherst cheer is:
| “Amherst! Amherst! Amherst! Rah! Rah! Amherst! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Amherst!” |
Besides the cheers of individual institutions there are some common to all, generally used to compliment some successful athlete or popular professor. One of the oldest examples of these personal cheers is: