词条 | The Red and the Blue |
释义 |
The Red and Blue may refer to:
Origins of the nickname and use of colorsThere are several legends relating how these colors came to be used by the University of Pennsylvania. Whether they are fact or fiction remains unknown.
As University Archivist Francis James Dallett pointed out in 1983: "Eighteenth-century American academic institutions simply did not have colors." This leaves one inclined to relegate the above explanations to the realm of local myth. A resolution adopted by the university trustees on May 17, 1910, states: "The colors shall be red and blue,...The colors [of the University of Pennsylvania] shall conform to the present standards used by the United States Government in its flags." Thus we have a rough idea of when Penn adopted the colors red and blue, at least officially. Song"The Red and Blue," while not the official alma mater of the University of Pennsylvania, is so popular that it is often played in place of it at official university functions. (The alma mater of the university is Hail, Pennsylvania!) The song dates from the end of the nineteenth century. Traditionally men would remove their hats for this song and wave them in time to the refrain. One still sees remnants of this custom when students wave their arms while singing the song's chorus. The words were written by Harry E. Westervelt (Class of 1898), and the music was composed by William John Goeckel (B.A. 1895, LL.B. 1896). Goeckel was known among his classmates as a musician and composer and was both a member and leader of the Penn Glee Club during his time at Penn.[1] The song's copyright was originally held by W. H. Boner & Company. The original lyrics are as follows: Come, all ye loyal classmen now, In hall and campus through, Lift up your hearts and voices for The royal Red and Blue. Fair Harvard has her crimson, Old Yale her colors too, But for dear Pennsylvania, We wear the Red and Blue. Chorus: Hurrah, Hurrah, Pennsylvania, Hurrah for the Red and the Blue; Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah for the Red and Blue. One color's in the blushing rose, The other tints the clouds, And when together both disclose, We're happy as the gods. We ask no other emblem, No other sign to view, We only ask to see and cheer Our colors Red and Blue. How often when on fields of sport, We've seen our boys go through, The very air was rent in twain With cheers for Red and Blue. We knew that vict'ry then was ours, All else we might eschew, If only we could wave and sing Our colors Red and Blue. And then upon the breast of her Whose heart beats warm and true, It is the dearest sight of all To see our Red and Blue. She wears them with a smile so bright, It wakes our hearts anew, To swear eternal loyalty, To dear old Red and Blue. And now thro' all the years to come, In midst of toil and care, We'll get new inspiration from The colors waving there. And when to all our college life We've said our last adieu, We'll never say adieu to thee, Our colors Red and Blue.[2] Notes1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/people/1800s/goeckel_wm_john.html |title=William John Goeckel (1871-1922) |publisher=The University of Pennsylvania Archives |accessdate=2008-07-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703235441/http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/people/1800s/goeckel_wm_john.html |archivedate=July 3, 2008 }} 2. ^Songs of the University of Pennsylvania: Brought under one cover by William Otto Miller '04. First edition. Hinds & Noble. New York: 1903. References
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