[1] The cry refers to an unknown undergraduate's call, from ground to dormitory window, for John Bryce Gordon Rinehart (1875–1954; Harvard class of 1900).
[5] The call was included by journalist George Frazier in his 1932 song "Harvard Blues" (music by Tab Smith), recorded in 1941 by Count Basie[6] and included on the compilation The Count Basie Story, Disc 3 - Harvard Blues (2001, Proper Records).
Uttered in repetition, like this, it's exhausting enough, but chorused by a hundred male voices on a summer's evening, with Harvard Yard for an echo chamber?
"[8]Various legends grew up around the call; for instance, a Harvard man in Africa who was about to be kidnapped by some Arabs supposedly screamed "Rinehart!"
[2] A contemporary piece in the Harvard Crimson adds details: Rinehart, who is an earnest student, has been in great demand as a tutor to other men in his courses.
One man with a megaphone was particularly offensive, but despite the police vigil of three hours the megaphonist was still summoning Rinehart in tearful tones.