The Florida State College for Women College Song was given in September 2007 by Gloria Colvin, whose great-aunt, Aldine Griffin, attended FSCW and owned this copy.
Processed by Burt Altman in October 2007
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Florida State College for Women College Song, Special Collections, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida
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According to Robin Sellers, in Femina Perfecta, the president of the University of Indiana delivered the FSCW Commencement address in 1915. FSCW students wrote to that university for a sheet music copy of its Alma Mater to use in their graduation program. The students appealed to Dr. William George Dodd, Dean of the FSCW College of Arts and Sciences and an accomplished local musician, to draft a similar song for FSCW. Dodd composed the words and music for a new college song which the school adopted as its alma mater.
Printed piano sheet music of the "Florida State College for Women College Song," with words and music composed by Dr. William George Dodd. Five pages. Published in 1915 by the Willis Music Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. It is noted on the item that the song was "Published for the College by the Class of 1918."
A copy of this item is also available in the Allen Music Library, Florida State University.