The Book of Navy Songs was collected and edited by the 'Trident Society' of the United States Naval Academy and the Naval Institute is indebted to that midshipmen's organization for permission to include in this issue certain of the many songs associated with the Naval Academy. The songs reproduced in this issue are taken from The Book of Navy Songs, a carefully compiled collection of the most typical songs sung by the men and officers of the United States Navy from its very birth right down to the present day. There is not a graduate that has not on more than one occasion been called upon to lead or participate in a 4‑N yell during reunions, parties with our Army friends, or other gatherings where good fellowship reigns. The cheer that the graduates carry into the Service is the 4‑N, probably because it is the oldest, is the most familiar, and is the simplest of execution. Throughout the four years at the academy and on the practice cruises giving voice to these cheers is the method midshipmen use to show their approbation, appreciation, and good fellowship.Īs an instance, last summer the press carried a story that a group of midshipmen on their practice cruise was given an audience by the Pope and that upon their departure the midshipmen made the walls of the Vatican echo to a '4‑N with three Holy Fathers.' a It is not only at football games that midshipmen make the welkin ring with their yells.

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