Yes, there was really a rally.
The Harvard Band, and with it the annual Yale rally, screeched to a halt in the Yard last night, when the Cambridge police put a last minute brake on plans for a parade through the Square. Fearing that the newly-planned route might stir up a disturbance and hold up traffic for an hour or six, as has happened so often in recent years, the police had the Band running around in circles in the Yard until it finally settled down on the Widener steps. Then, there was cheering, singing, and general carousing. The Band played the usuals and added "Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?"
Several hundred freshmen and a few upperclassmen who got tired of waiting were there. A few 'Cliffe girls were there. Some Cambridge urchins and small dogs were there. There were also some Yalies.
The students stood around and sang; the small boys laughed at the big boys. The Yalies mostly glowered.
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