For Love of Wooster: A Celebration of Song

Andrews Library Special Collections
August 14 – October 29, 2023

From “Wooster Love Song (Alma Mater)” penned by Ralph E. Plumer (Class of 1906) to “The Wooster March Song” written by President Howard F. Lowry when he was a student in 1923, students have been inspired to write music and lyrics to capture the spirit of their years at Wooster.  One band director, Stuart J. Ling (Faculty, Music), even penned the lyrics to “Are You From Wooster?” while serving in Korea.

This exhibit highlights just a few of the many songs in our College Archives Collection written for and by the campus community over the years.  Special prize contests and changing times allowed for the creation of fight songs, parodies, and even dueling Alma Maters in the early 1960s when “The Elms Are in Their Beauty,” written by Sue Marshall Brairton (Class of 1960), and Patricia Carson Mordecai (Class of 1960) was proposed as an alternative to the traditional Alma Mater.

The exhibit is available for viewing Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.  Special arrangements can be made for classes or small groups to view more materials from our collection.  For more information about the exhibit, contact Denise Monbarren at x2527.

Posted in Library Announcement on August 1, 2023.