I'm sure that many school "fight" songs go to the tune. One I remember from the 1960s (probably written at least ten years earlier) is for Shimer College (SHY-mer), then located in Mount Carroll, IL (now part of the IIT campus in Chicago). Shimer taught the Hutchins curriculum originated at the University of Chicago, using original readings and the discussion method in classes. Like Univ. Chicago in its better days, Shimer had no sports teams except a pick-up soccer group. Notes on obscure references follow. SHIMER COLLEGE FIGHT SONG Oh, my eyes have seen the glory of the triumph of the id My libido has converted me to man from callow kid My unconscious is unleashed and my superego's rid And the id goes marching on CHORUS: Sociology forever, anthropology forever Sensuality forever Integration conquers all Sublimation and frustration aren't any fun at all So the Life Instinct each evening finds me at its beck and call In Science, Metcalf, Dearborn, on the golf course, or North Hall The id goes marching on. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of our Freud Of error and all fallacy his works they are devoid But after taking OMP my ego was destroyed And the id goes marching on. NOTES: In the 2nd verse the places are buildings where students could go after hours to make out. Or to an adjacent golf course if the weather was good. To describe its liberal-arts program, "integration" was the buzzword: the courses were woven together, and tested by exams emphasizing the interconnections. The culminating course in the senior year was Organization, Methods, and Principles of Knowledge (OMP), notorious for its difficulty (or vagueness, some said).
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