The ancient Greeks joined in battle with shouts of "Eleleu!" The Welsh
cry was "Ubub!" from whence comes our word hubbub, meaning a
confusion. The Irish war shout was nearly like that of the Greek,
being "Ullulu!" The Scotch clans had each its own shout or slogan; the
pibroch being the chant of the march to battle.

Of old, the Hungarian horseman, when charging shouted "Huzza!" and so
the name Hussar is given to the light cavalry regiments of many of the
European armies. The Australian herders have a hailing cry, learned
from the natives, which, properly done, carries a great distance. It
sounds like "Coo-ee!" the first syllable being made deep in the chest,
and the other a shrill head note.

The Yaqui Indians of northern Mexico take their name from their
peculiar war cry, "Ya-kee," which is produced like the Australian coo-
ee. I have heard this thrilling cry for a distance of over one mile in
the Sierra Madre mountains.

All boys, whether bound for college or not, are always interested in
what are known as "College Yells." Each college has its own yell, and
in some of them great pains, if not great originality, is shown in the
construction of the words. Here are a few:

_Princeton_--"Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Tiger-siss-boom-ah! PRINCETON!"
And the sturdy sons of

_Yale_--"Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! YALE!" quickly
and sharply enunciated.

_Harvard_ boys cry, with long-drawn deep notes, "Rah! rah! rah! Rah!