Dear Old Duke
The Duke University Alma Mater, also known as Dear Old Duke, is the official alma mater of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
History
The Duke alma mater was written by R. H. James, Class of '24.[1] The alma mater is played every Friday on the Carillon at Duke Chapel,[2] during official events of the university such as convocation and commencement, and at the end of nearly all sporting events where a band is present.
gollark: As planned.
gollark: Eratosthenes or whoever even found out the Earth's radius before Christ and whoever came along.
gollark: So what features make the universe more complex than gods, exactly?
gollark: You still haven't explained that whatsoever.
gollark: Well, it isn't that much work for an *omnipotent god*, and they could do better than dropping bizarre hints which are more explicable by humans anthropomorphizing and pattern-matching than an omnipotent god.
References
- Sheet Music for Dear Old Duke at Duke Libraries
- The Chapel Carillon, William E. King, from the Duke University Archives
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