What though the odds be great or small, Old Notre Dame will. Send a volley cheer on high, Shake down the thunder from the sky. “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. Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame, Wake up the echoes cheering her name. “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. The grand finale features the combined bands performing traditional ND school songs, including the famed 'Notre Dame Victory March.' For tickets, call 57 or visit performingarts.nd.edu. The lyric modification came as the university commemorated the 50th anniversary of its decision to allow female undergraduates, according to a news release. The two ensembles present an afternoon of music featuring overtures, marches, and traditional concert band works. Shea, though the lyrics have been revised since. ![]() The iconic march was written by alumni Rev. 26, the Trojan Marching Band will celebrate the centennial of its iconic fight song, Fight On, at USC football’s regular season finale at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. South Bend Tribune, DecemMore than a century after its debut, the Notre Dame Victory March has been fine-tuned to accurately reflect the demographics of the contemporary student body. 1925 recording of the Notre Dame Victory March, played by the Notre Dame University Band led by Joseph J. “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. It’s the fight song that begat a motto for an entire university and this year it turns 100. The new version made its debut at a gala event on campus Thursday night, ESPN reported.
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