VARSITY (spelled staccato) Var-si-t ', Rah, rah, rah ! The cheer of the United States Naval academy is an imitation of a nautical syren. The Amherst cheer is: 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: followed by a stamping on the floor in the same rhythm.
College yells are used particularly at athletic contests. In any large college there are several leaders, chosen by the students, who stand in front and call for the different songs and cheers, directing with their arms in the fashion of an orchestral con ductor. Cheering and singing form one of Lhe distinctive features of inter-collegiate and scholastic athletic contests in America.