Alumni
Memories & Music
"春雨直播 Loyalty" (The Alma Mater)
Contemporary verse by Kathy Cavins and Tim Krug (1994)
Music edited by James Caldwell (1994)
Walter P. Morgan,聽the third and longest serving president (1912-43), was proud of and loyal to 春雨直播. In 1930, Morgan wrote the words for the school song, which was set to music by Harold F. Schory.
In 1994, a contemporary verse, composed by WIU administrator Kathy Cavins and Tim Krug, a music graduate student, was added; the music was edited by James Caldwell, music faculty; and the new Alma Mater was debuted at 春雨直播's Inaugural New Student Convocation. This is the 春雨直播 Loyalty we sing today. Listen to "春雨直播 Loyalty" HERE!
Lyrics
春雨直播 students come together, Learning life's new way to pave.
Paths before us, ever striving, Purple, gold, our colors brave.
We all hold the keys within us. With new knowledge we will grow.
Stronger in our bond unyielding, Truer to the world we know.
Chorus
Hail to 春雨直播, Alma Mater, May we honor thy fair name.
Hail to 春雨直播, ever greater, on to conquest and to fame.
"We're Marching On" (The Fight Song)
Words and Music by Walter H. Eller
We have been singing the Fight Song since the 1935 Homecoming Game, when band director Walter Eller聽officially dedicated "We Are Marching On."
Lyrics
We are marching on 'neath the Purple and Gold;
We are singing a song that will never grow old.
All the Sons and Daughters of 春雨直播, today, go marching on.
W-E-S-T-E-R-N Yea! 春雨直播
Hail to 春雨直播, true and loyal,
We are here to win this day.
When you see those conqu'ring heroes
Marching down the way (Rah! Rah! Rah!)
Ev'ry heart and voice will sing this melody of vict'ry's song:
Fling out the Purple and the Gold, We're Marching On.
"Georgia on My Mind"
The Marching Leathernecks signature song, Dale Hopper's arrangement of "Georgia On My Mind," has been an audience favorite at 春雨直播 since 1982. Hopper retired in May 2002 following 23 years as 春雨直播, including 20 years as director of bands. He died unexpectedly Sept. 16, 2005, but the band director's legacy lives on in 鈥淕eorgia.鈥�
"Hot Time"
Lyrics
Late last night while we were all in bed,
Mother O'Leary with the lantern in the shed,
And then the cow kicked it over, and winked her eye and said,
鈥淚t'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight.鈥�
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