# Did you know your school song? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 18, 2005, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-your-school-song/304378 "2005-05-18T10:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-your-school-song/304378/81 "2005-05-27T06:40:03Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > I know that there’s something about the school colors in my high school’s song, but the only people who knew it were a few of the athletes. > > My college doesn’t have one. Uh, we have a motto, and I know that: “Facio liberos ex liberis libris libraque.” “I make free adults out of children by means of books and a balance”. Alternately (perhaps, for **Rilchiam**?): I liberate lads and lassies with libraries and laboratories. **Ninja** : The unofficial St. John’s song is the Monty Python Philosopher’s Song! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-your-school-song/304378/82 "2005-05-27T14:42:24Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ALMA MATER** > (Verses) > > From the hills of Georgia’s northland > Beams thy noble brow, > And the sons of Georgia rising > Pledge with sacred vow. > > ‘Neath the pine trees’ stately shadow > Spread thy riches rare. > And thy sons, dear Alma Mater, > Will thy treasures share. > > And thy daughters proudly join thee, > Take their rightful place, > Side by side into the future, > Equal dreams embrace. > > Through the ages, Alma Mater, > Men will look to thee; > Thou the fairest of the Southland, > Georgia’s Varsity. > > (Chorus) Why do I get the feeling that the 3rd verse was inserted recently? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-your-school-song/304378/83 "2005-05-27T16:02:21Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Why do I get the feeling that the 3rd verse was inserted recently? 🙂 I really don’t know, but I’m guessing it got stuck in there sometime in the early 1900s or so when women began attending. I have a book on the history of UGA. I’ll see what it says. It may say nothing cause maybe the author was like me and didn’t stay sober long enough to remember. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-your-school-song/304378/84 "2005-05-27T16:18:08Z")
My high school song was, like a lot of schools in Wisconsin, to the tune of _On Wisconsin_, but it was rarely played. However, when I was in 7th grade, my junior high school made a big deal of having a contest to write lyrics for a brand new school song for itself, also to the tune of _On Wisconsin_. It got sung quite a lot at assemblies and such for the rest of the time that I was in junior high. Went on to the University of Wisconsin and I’ll confirm that “no one” knows the words to On Wisconsin anymore, though the song is still played at football and basketball games. “Everyone” knows and and can sing _Varsity_ and the _Bud Song_ (When you say Wisconsin, you said it all!). “No one”, that is, except me…my four grade social studies teacher, a real old school nun, made a big deal about everyone in class standing up and belting out “On Wisconsin” on Friday mornings. I still know the words. ---
**Author:** ![Trafalgar\_Laura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trafalgar_laura/32/2907_2.png) [@Trafalgar\_Laura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trafalgar_Laura)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-your-school-song/304378/85 "2005-05-27T18:55:53Z")
George Washington HS in Danville, VA: \* Hail, all hail, George Washington! Hail, all hail to thee. We love your halls, your campus fair, Our high school days so rare. Our Alma Mater will always be Glorious to view, And we will hold in our memories Cherished thoughts of you.\* Wow, I can’t believe I still remember that. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-your-school-song/304378/86 "2005-05-27T19:45:49Z")
> [@Kizarvexius](#): > > … At the end of the funeral mass, some of the students and alumni spontaneously started singing the fight song at a slow tempo. It was one of the most beautiful moments I’ve ever witnessed. A few years back, one of the members of the Haas family died-- descendents of Levi Strauss (and still running the company) and alumni and major benefactors of the University of California. The Cal Band came to his funeral and played “Sons of California”. I want that for my funeral. I’ll probably have to donate a few million, though, to get on the list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-your-school-song/304378.md?page=4)