Ultimate Bradley trivia

[Da Coach]

While basketball news is a little slow, here are some trivia questions about Bradley that might be very hard for anyone to answer.
Check back in a day or two for the answers if nobody gets them...

The official Bradley school song is titled Hail, Red and White. It was written over 80 years ago and is played at every home game.
When I was a freshman, we were required to learn the lyrics to the song as well as the lyrics to the Bradley fight song (Charge On, Charge On Bradley), and to be prepared if any upper-classman asked us to sing or recite those lyrics.
Some of you might remember those days, which are long gone, thankfully.

Again, these are really difficult answers to find anywhere, so good luck-

Here is the first trivia question-
Who wrote Hail, Red and White?

2nd question: The fight song, known commonly as "Charge On, Charge On Bradley", had a different official title when it was written.
What is the original title of that song?

3rd question: Who wrote the Bradley fight song?

And finally, can anyone quote the exact lyrics as they were originally written to both of those songs?

There is a prize for the first fan to answer all 4 questions correctly- DVD copies of the Bradley-Kansas and Bradley-Pitt games from March, 2006, and a rare Kaboom bobblehead.

 

[Da Coach]

Sorry, no winners. Here are the answers...
1- "Hail, Red and White" was written by Fred Thompson
2- Original title of the Bradley fight song- "Bradley Loyalty Song"
3- "Bradley Loyalty Song" (Charge On, Charge On, Bradley) was written by J. Fritz; F. Siebert; and E.J. Schlegel

And finally, for posterity, here are the original lyrics for both songs:

Hail, Red and White
by Fred Thompson

Lift up your hearts and sing
Lift up thy light
Let all your voices ring
Hail, Red and White

Red for courage, truth, and right
White for purity
Shining as a beacon light
For the University

Go onward, ever onward
Let courage and truth prevail
For Bradley University
All Hail, Hail, Hail


Bradley Loyalty Song (Charge On, Charge On Bradley)
by J. Fritz; F. Siebert; E.J. Schlegel

Charge on, charge on Bradley
March right down the field
Foes may press you, foes may even stress you
But we'll never yield

Fight for Alma Mater
Fight right through to a victory
Charge on, charge on Bradley
Fight for varsity

Other Bradley songs-
Peace Pipe by D.C. Howard
Parting Song by Howard Bennett
Bravo, Bradley Braves by Fred Waring
Bradley Hymn by Elaine Jack; Howard Bennett
Song of Allegiance by Olive B. White; William E. Donovan
Clap Your Hands by Fred Thompson

 

[PeterWade]

Is splish splash not an official Bradley song? I've heard it at every game for 30 years....

 

[Dub]

Coach- I was close. I had 3 of 4 but didn’t want to submit an incomplete paper. The one that stumped me was the writer of Hail, Red and White.

I found reference to an old 78RPM vinyl that was offered for sale to the student body in ‘53 and listed all the tracks with their writers. However, the eBay photos didn’t depict that particular side of the double album that had “Hail Red and White.”

It wasn’t time wasted however. The most interesting thing I ran across was a journal from 1908 that detailed the “First 10 years” of Bradley Polytechnic and included a very detailed account of Lydia Bradley and her eventual passing... and how that event was handled on campus.

 

[Da Coach]

Dub, you are really resourceful! I have that 78 RPM "album", which actually consists of 2 records, with 2 songs on each side, for a total of 8 Bradley songs.
The records of that era were pre-vinyl, and are made of a hard shellac resin material, and somewhat fragile.
That is where I got the names of the writers, and it is the only place anywhere that I have seen those songwriters' names and titles.

Btw, I also have that 1908 book.