Fight songs of Elon, Niagara and Furman

FS #102, 103, 104; FSV 93.
Yes, these three universities share the same fight song. I did take Furman's song because I tried Niagara's and admitedly, it sounded horrible (Sorry!)
Niagara is in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and Furman is located in Greenville, SC- a representative of the Southern Conference. Elon is in the same conference as Furman, but located in another state: Elon, NC. I may say that this song is regoinalized- only heard in the east. I would like to hear the history of the song. Do let me know about it. Comment cleanly.....

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[observer9670]

My high school....Seneca High School, Louisville, KY: "Seneca forever/loyal and true/Our hearts will never/change our love for you.../Seneca forever/be brave, be bold/Fight for our colors/of red and gold."

[TwinGuinep]

Wait a minute.

Aren't Elon and Furman in the same conference?

That whole fight song thing must get weird whenever they play each other.

[bobfisher124]

Furman University Christian Knights!

[MMcGinn10]

Continued....

Honor," the fight song style alma mater of Rice University. The lyrics of "Hail the White and Purple," sometimes called "Hail to White and Purple" are synonymous.

[MMcGinn10]

This is taken straight from "College fight songs II: a supplementary anthology"

Hail The White and Purple

(Furman University)

The "Paladins" of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, use the trio (main section) of a famous march, "Our director," as the melody for their fight song "Hail the White and Purple." This outstanding piece of music, wtritten by Frederick Ellsworth Bigelow (1873-1929) in 1895, is also used for "Our Director," a fight song of Harvard University and for "Rice's..

[MegaObserver1]

That's my high school's fight song!

[ClassValedictorian]

Don't know much about the history except that it's called "Our Director" and it was written by F.E. Bigelow. You might be able to google him and learn more about him. I really don't know any other songs that he composed. BTW this was my high school's fight song in Oklahoma and there are five other high schools that I know of that use it too.

[dwhorton1]

Actually, this isn't regionalized. High schools all over the country use this song as their fight song, but they call it the Our Director March. I went to school in Idaho, and I can think of at least 6 schools that used this song.

[KentuckyWildcatz24]

another well-put video! Keep up the good work!