Quote - 1898: Birth of Cheerleading “As a result, the University of Minnesota “pep club” students developed a new plan to further involve their crowd in order to win their final game on 2 November 1898 versus Northwestern University…Jack “Johnny” Campbell, takes the credit as the very first of these “yell leaders” to pick up a megaphone, jump onto the sports field, and lead the crowd with the already popular university organized cheer: Rah, Rah, Rah! Ski-U-Mah! Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Minn-e-so-tah!”
Paraphrase – In 1898 the first “pep club” of Minnesota wanted to get the crowd excited to win their last game. A man was the first to be called a “yell leader”. “Yell leaders” picked up a megaphone, got out there and got the crowd going in a popular cheer.
"History of Cheerleading." The International Cheer Union. International Governing Body for World Cheerleading, 2009. Web.
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