The Bells Must Ring - Happy 85th Birthday

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At halftime of the September 26, 1931 Rutgers-Providence game, a new song was unveiled that continues today as the Rutgers fight song. The September 28, 1931 Daily Home News reported, “Betweeen halves, Rutgers new football song, ‘The Bells Must Ring,’ was sung for the first time at a football game. The song is unique in that it combines both music and cheering in a single composition. It is the work of William E. Sandford and Dick Hadden, both Rutgers students, who were awarded first prize for it in competition conducted last year.”

 

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At halftime of the September 26, 1931 Rutgers-Providence game, a new song was unveiled that continues today as the Rutgers fight song. The September 28, 1931 Daily Home News reported, “Betweeen halves, Rutgers new football song, ‘The Bells Must Ring,’ was sung for the first time at a football game. The song is unique in that it combines both music and cheering in a single composition. It is the work of William E. Sandford and Dick Hadden, both Rutgers students, who were awarded first prize for it in competition conducted last year.”