[CompSci87]

Do any of these recollections predate the 1973 movie?

FWIW, my recollection is definitely a little later than that (somewhere between 1975 and 1977), but at the time I thought it was prompted by a magazine cover story titled "Primal Therapy: Scream Yourself to Sanity." We had that title cut out and stuck on a cabinet door in the school newspaper office. But if they were primal screaming in Paper Chase, I suppose it might really have been prompted by someone who'd seen the movie.

[CompSci87]

Do any of these recollections predate the 1973 movie?

FWIW, my recollection is definitely a little later than that (somewhere between 1975 and 1977), but at the time I thought it was prompted by a magazine cover story titled "Primal Therapy: Scream Yourself to Sanity." We had that title cut out and stuck on a cabinet door in the school newspaper office. But if they were primal screaming in Paper Chase, I suppose it might really have been prompted by someone who'd seen the movie.

[winflop]

Anybody want to suggest an over-under for attendance at Tuesday's game?

Depends on whether you measure butts in seats or tickets sold.

Butts in seats I'll go under 2,000.  Tickets sold <3,000

[winflop]

Anybody want to suggest an over-under for attendance at Tuesday's game?

Depends on whether you measure butts in seats or tickets sold.

Butts in seats I'll go under 2,000.  Tickets sold <3,000

[Papa John]

What Yvonne said.  In my experience the Midnight during Dead week Primal Scream tradition was still alive and kicking in the 1980s at Flo Mo, Roble, Wilbur and even occasionally heard in the Governor's Corner Suites.

I wonder when it died out?

I'm not sure it's died out, at least not according to http://www.stanford.edu/about/speak.html:

Primal Scream: Tradition of stress alleviation for students. Listen for it at midnight the Sunday night of Dead Week.

[Papa John]

What Yvonne said.  In my experience the Midnight during Dead week Primal Scream tradition was still alive and kicking in the 1980s at Flo Mo, Roble, Wilbur and even occasionally heard in the Governor's Corner Suites.

I wonder when it died out?

I'm not sure it's died out, at least not according to http://www.stanford.edu/about/speak.html:

Primal Scream: Tradition of stress alleviation for students. Listen for it at midnight the Sunday night of Dead Week.