1916 Volume 41 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

6 THE SCROLLSearch threw much feeling and spirit into his songs.is the first verse of That Glorious Name:FollowingThere is a name that is sweet to the ear.Name, to the Phis, that is sacred and dear.Name, to the heart, fraught with comfort and cheer.Phi Delta Theta is that glorious name.In .-/ Thousand Years he predicts the growing fame of the Fraternitythroughout coming centuries. The last verse:Waft, waft, ye breezes, waft the story.Until it fills the Nation's ears;Make known to man Phi Delta's gloryWill last, yes, last a thousand years IIn Our Cause Speeds on he strikes a high note which intensifiesfraternity loyalty. The last verse:March on, march on, ye mighty host.Think not the journey done.Nor stop of future deeds to boast.Till victory has been won ;And when we hear, from time to time :"Phi Delts, what of the day?"Then thunder back along the line:"Our cause speeds on its way !"There are several songs adapted to old airs that were sung duringthe Civil War, including Our Army for the Right, by WilliamPerkins Block, which was written during the war, being adapted tothe air of "Benny Havens, Oh !" Worlz. Work, Work, by Search, hasthe march measure of "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp." There are twogood songs to the air "Battle Cry of Freedom," one, Our WelcomeSong of Greeting, by Charles Groenendyke, and the other, Workingfor Old Phi Delta Theta, by William Oscar Bates, one of the firsteditors of THE SCROLL. Eugene Henry Lewis Randolph, also onceeditor of THE SCROLL, and P. G. C, wrote Forward Phi Delta ThetaMarches, with much of the stirring quality of "Marching throughGeorgia," to which air it is adapted. The first verse:Come, brothers, sing a rousing song, and sing it with a cheer.In praise of our Fraternity, to all of us so dearAnd let the notes by every one be sung out loud and clear—Forward Phi Delta Theta marches !Three others who have been editors of THE SCROLL and P. G. C.have songs in this book—John Edwin Brown, Hugh Thomas Millerand Walter Benjamin Palmer. There are four songs by Brown.liut the best is probably his Adoration Hymn, which apotheosizesPhi Delta Theta in exquisite rythm and rhyme. The first verse:Hail to the maiden whose colors we wear !Hail to the White and the Blue!Hail to the maid of the golden hair,Arrayed in the White and the Blue !Crown her with lilies, and twine the blue-bellWith roses of white and sweet asphodel.Hail!Hail to the maiden whose colors we wear!Hurrah for the White and the Blue I