Prize Song
According to an announcement made public by President Ernest M. Hopkins, a prize of $1,000.00 has been offered by an anonymous donor for an adequate musical setting for Richard Hovey's poem "Our Liege Lady, Dartmouth." Competition for the prize is open to any one with the sole stipulation that the composition, if accepted shall become the property of Dartmouth College.
A committee of three judges to determine the selection has been named by President Hopkins. They are Judge Nelson P. Brown '99 of Everett, Massachusetts, chairman;former Governor Channing H. Cox '01 of Boston, Massachusetts; and Charles E. Griffith '15 of Newark, New Jersey, each during his college course a prominent member of the Dartmouth Musical Clubs. Acting on the wishes of the donor, this committee has stated that the composition should take the form of a song suitable for group singing, that it should be of a type that can become popular and can be used as a "Victory" song, and that if necessary, the words may be modified slightly in order to obtain this result.
The rules of the competition, as outlined by the committee, are as follows: (1) Compositions shall be original, never previously published, and submitted in manuscript form to the chairman, Nelson P. Brown, Esquire, 186 Linden Street, Everett, Massachusetts, before June 1, 1929.
(2) Composition should be preferably a four-part male voice setting with accompaniment which would lend itself especially to band or orchestra arrangement. The voice writing need not be confined to four-part, but "may be a solo, two- or three-part. In whatever form submitted, it should lend itself to group singing of the popular type.
(3) Compositions will be judged by Nelson P. Brown, Charming H. Cox, and Charles E. Griffith, for their sincerity, melodic inspiration, mastery of harmonic material, and general suitability for popular usage in the vigorous atmosphere of college life. Each contestant may submit not more than two settings, and not more than two arrangements of these settings.
(4) All compositions must be submitted anonymously, and shall bear no name or mark which could serve for identification of the composer. To each composition shall be attached a sealed envelope containing the name and address of the competitor. All compositions shall be submitted at the composer's risk, but the committee will guarantee that all possible care will be taken of the compositions, suggesting that they be submitted by registered mail, return slip requested. How ever, composers should keep a copy of their work. All compositions not accepted will be returned to the composer, the usual stamps being provided by the composer for return postage.
(5) The committee reserves the right to reject any and all compositions and to extend the length of the competition if no suitable composition is received before the published closing date.
Further information in regard to the competition may be secured by writing to The President's Office, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, or to Nelson P. Brown, Esquire, 186 Linden Street, Everett, Massachusetts.
"Our Liege Lady, Dartmouth," the words of which follow, was written in 1891 and was first published in 1898 in the first edition of the "Dartmouth Song Book."
OUR LIEGE LADY, DARTMOUTH
Up with the green! Comrades, our Queen Over the hill-tops comes to convene Liege men all to her muster.
Easy her chain! Blithe be her reign, Queened in our heart's love, never a stain Dimming her 'scutcheon's lustre! Up with the green! God save our Queen! Throned on the hills of her highland demesne, Royal and beautiful, wise and serene, Our Liege Lady, Dartmouth!
Gallant and leal! Truer than steel! Loyally gather about her and kneel Here at herflag'sunfurling. Welcome her near cheer upon cheer, Shout till the hawk far above us may hear, Where the clouds in the sky are curling. Starry her fame, Heavenborn dame! Cannon and trumpet salute her high name! Hear the ranks ring with the royal acclaim: Our Liege Lady, Dartmouth!
Laurel and vine, what shall we twine Meet for her brow who sits under the pine Far from the mad town's jarring? Gracious and fair, see in her hair Jewels her noblest have brought her to wear, Won in the world's stern warring! Stainless her throne! Royal and lone! Born in the purple the sunsets have thrown Over the mountains by God's grace her own, Our Liege Lady, Dartmouth!
Hail to the Queen! Look, where the green Folds of her banners about her are seen,
Hash of her knights' cuirasses! True-hearted throng, break into song! Rally her cavaliers, faithful and strong!
Shout as her ensign passes: Up with the green! God save our Queen! Throned on the hills of her highland demesne, Royal and beautiful, wise and serene,
Our Liege Lady, Dartmouth!
THREE DISTINGUISHED EXECUTIVES This photograph was taken at the Manchester (N. H.) headquarters of the European Relief Committee sometime during the month of December, 1920. President Hoover, Governor Spaulding, and President Hopkins spoke at a large meeting held there later in the evening in the interests of the Hoover Relief work. Of particular interest at this time of the inauguration, the photo was given to President Hopkins by L. H. Tucker '31, whose father was secretary of the Relief Committee.
