NOT GREAT P.R. FOR OLD ELI

Seen this? It's an account of a meeting of the College Republican National Committee, where a copy of the "College Republican Hymnal" popped up. Apparently some of these songs were (are?) sung by the "Party of the Right," a Yale student group.

So the delegates stood to sing the hoary favorite "Stomping Out the Reds," which is sung to the tune of "Bringing in the Sheaves."

The chorus goes: "Stomping out the Reds, stomping out the Reds/ We'll advance rejoicing, stomping out the Reds!"

The first verse is: "Meet the Left in action, put them all in traction/ Get great satisfaction, bashing in their heads!"

The last verse begins: "Bayonets bright gleaming, panzers forward steaming . . . "

Panzers? Nazi tanks?

Ah, those exuberant Yalies.

Never heard of these folks, the "Party of the Right." Are they still around?

And no, as far as I know, GESO doesn't get together to sing "the Internationale." At least not in public.