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.r'rXjrkT.,5, 9 , , sTANFoRD soNGs E returning to the campus from Charlie Meyer's saloon in Menlo Park whither they had gone for the purpose of taking on a stein or two of beer. ' To Wilson is also due our appreciation for his composition of both the lyric and music of Alma Mater Hail, which holds for its chanters almost as much serious meaning as the Hymn. This song was conceived in the spring of 197.1 during the groundfbreaking ceref mony for the Stanford stadium. It was sung for the first time just prior to the kickfoff the day the stadium was dedicated. Perhaps the reader wonders just what part the Hymn plays in this history of Stanford songs. Because it echoes throughout the development of the entire cycle, it now clamors for an explanation. Hail, Stanford, Hail V' was composed in 1893 by Professor Albert W. Smith and Mary Roberts Smith, formerly associate professor of Social Science at Stanford. Mr. Smith, who acted as professor of Mechanical Engineering here from 1892 to 1904, later became president of Cornell University, where he is at present located. Professor Smith tells the story of his inspiration to write the Hymn: I stole alone into the inner quadrangle in sunshine and moonlight and darkness, I walked there with many friends. I grew familiar with the summer smell of tarfweed and eucalyptus, and I crushed bay leaves till all the world seemed bay scented. I breathed the pure, sunfsteepedair. I saw the dark green of the live oaks and the harvest color of the summerfdried fields and the blue of summer skies. I looked into the inspired faces of President Jordan and his chosen group anduwondered how I could ever be contented elsewhere. After all this, and much else that words cannot express, who couldn't write verses? Then, too, Stanford, the new born, needed to be celebrated in songg and so I wrote a little song trying to express my joy in the beauty of the place. Stanford has been kind to this songg has taken it to its heart. I am glad to have contributed this mite to its traditions. Now, after thirtyffour years, the chime master plays occasionally the music of 'Hail Stanford' on the Chimes of Cornell. Whenever I hear it, all the beauty of those early Stanford days comes into memory, I see again the faces of the 'Old Guardf Alas! how many have gone on? Where? Even the Elysian Fields cannot be more beautiful than Stanford in those early years. The latest football song to be accepted by the student body as worthy of a permanent place in the hearts of all Stanford men and women, was The Cardinal Is Waving. William G. Paul, ,I7, is the author of both the words and music of this piece, composed in the fall of 1915. The Glitter of that Glamour is no more, seems to be the general consensus of opinion at Stanford today in so far as song writing is concerned. The attitude of the yell leaders and students is one of apathy and indifference to any new song material and this accounts for the dearth of the latter. Two notable cases of this are at hand in the failure of the student body to adopt last fall either the Trojan Horse Song or Stanford Forever. The lyrics for both songs are by john M., Willits,' 25. E. R. Flint, IOI, arranged the music for the former song from the original by E. F. Goldman, New York band leader, and is entirely responsible for the music of the Stanford Forever march. The Trojan Horse Song was intended to be sung at the StanfordfSouthern California game in Los Angeles last fall. The 'plan was suddenly abandoned. Dr. Ernest W. Martin of the Classical Literature department and director of the Stanford Band, inspired Willits to write the lyric to Stanford Forever, and suggested that the song be of an appropriate nature for the rooting section to sing at the beginning of the game while the Band was parading on the field and playing the march. l'l3l
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