“On this occasion of the anniversary of the admission of undergraduate women in 1972, we celebrate the invaluable contributions of women as students and graduates. Notre Dame Victory March with lyricsNotre Dame fight songRally sons of Notre Dame:Sing her glory and sound her fame,Raise her Gold and BlueAnd cheer with voi. We are strong for you Green and white are our school colors, Well be true to you We will cheer you on to victry, Fight on for your fame. “The success Notre Dame enjoys has been shaped by the extraordinary leadership and contributions of the women who have been and are a part of the Notre Dame community - beginning with the four Holy Cross sisters who arrived in the Indiana wilderness in 1843, to those who lead, teach, learn, minister and work here today,” Jenkins said in a statement. In 1928, Notre Dame band director Joseph Casasanta rearranged the song to its current version, the school stated in a news release. The “Notre Dame Victory March” has been played at the university’s athletic events since 1919, ESPN reported. 1 The song would first be performed on Notre Dames campus on Easter Sunday, 1909, in the rotunda of the Golden Dome.2 The lyrics were revised in the 1920s. The lyric modification came as the university commemorated the 50th anniversary of its decision to allow female undergraduates, according to a news release. “I’m delighted and now that I think about it, I wonder why it took 50 years since women have been admitted to Notre Dame to realize that you could change the lyrics of the song and still keep the meter of that line just fine,” Brad Gregory, a history professor at Notre Dame, told WNDU-TV. The new version made its debut at a gala event on campus Thursday night, ESPN reported. “The re-imaging of the Main Circle will be a tribute at the heart of our campus to the ways in which these women have inspired, led and enriched us,” he added.MARCH ON to victory /aheZD7cQt1- University of Notre Dame June 3, 2022
It was ranked first among fight songs by Northern Illinois University professor William Studwell 1 and fifth-best on a Sports Illustrated fight song ranking. The chorus of the song has been considered one of the most recognizable collegiate fight songs. “On this occasion of the anniversary of the admission of undergraduate women in 1972, we celebrate the invaluable contributions of women as students and graduates,” Rev. The Notre Dame Victory March is the fight song for the University of Notre Dame. However, it’s not clear what the new design will look like. Notre Dame also announced that it will reimagine the Main Circle, the school’s ceremonial entrance to campus. “The success Notre Dame enjoys has been shaped by the extraordinary leadership and contributions of the women who have been and are a part of the Notre Dame community - beginning with the four Holy Cross sisters who arrived in the Indiana wilderness in 1843, to those who lead, teach, learn, minister and work here today,” Jenkins said. Notre Dames Victory March might be the most well-known college football fight song, as Notre Dame features in, by far, the most college football movies. So the school decided to commemorate its 50th year of being a co-ed institution by revising the lyrics to say “While her loyal sons and daughters march on to victory.” MARCH ON to victory /aheZD7cQt1įor more than a century, the famous Victory March only mentioned “loyal sons” since Notre Dame started out as an all-male college until women were first allowed to enroll in 1972.
John Jenkins announced the change in a statement Thursday night, followed by a university video showing fans singing the new lyrics. The University of Notre Dame has changed the lyrics to the school fight song to include “daughters” to recognize the school’s female students.
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