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“Ten Thousand Men of Harvard”

by A. PUTNAM '18

First Verse

Illegitimum non carborundum;
Domine salvum fac.
Illegitimum non Carborundum;
Domine salvum fac.
Gaudeamus igitur!
Veritas non sequitur?
Illegitimum non carborundum -- ipso facto!

Fourth Verse

Ten thousand men of Harvard want vict'ry today,
For they know that o'er old Eli
Fair Harvard holds sway.
So then we'll conquer old Eli's men,
And when the game ends, we'll sing again:
Ten thousand men of Harvard gained vict'ry today!

“Fair Harvard”

by S. GILMAN 1811 (words amended 1997)

First Verse

Fair Harvard! we join in thy jubilant throng,

And with blessings surrender thee o'er

By these festival rites, from the age that is past,

To the age that is waiting before.

O Relic and type of our ancestors' worth,

That hast long kept their memory warm,

First flow'r of their wilderness! Star of their night!

Calm rising through change and through storm.

Second Verse

Farewell! thy destinies onward and bright!

To thy children the lesson still give,

With freedom to think, and with patience to bear,

And for right ever bravely to live.

Let not moss-covered error moor thee at its side,

As the world on truth's current glides by,

Be the herald of light, and the bearer of love,

'Til the stock of the Puritans die.

 
“ Harvardiana”

by R. G. WILLIAMS '11 and S. B. STEEL '11

With Crimson in triumph flashing

'Mid the strains of victory,

Poor Eli's hopes we are dashing

Into blue obscurity.

Resistless our team sweeps goalward

With the fury of the blast;

We'll fight for the name of Harvard

'Til the last white line is passed.

Harvard! Harvard! Harvard! (2x)