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[5] Speaking of his choice of tune, DeWolf wrote, "I felt that it would be useless to hope for popularity and currency for anything that I might writ unless I adapted it to some well-known air.

This date is question in a 2006 paper which notes that the Brown University Library's 1860 materials do not include any record of the song.

[5] The song enjoyed a rediscovery in 1869 when the president of Brown's newly established glee club discovered a copy of the lyrics and performed the tune at a June 14 concert.

"[5] In 2015, the chair of Brown's music department, Butch Rovan composed "Alma Mater 250," a rearrangement of the original song that integrated rap lyrics by Sebastián Otero and R&B elements.

[9] In the 1950s, a group of upperclassmen termed the "Vigilance Committee" would require freshmen to sing the fight song prior to entering the Sharpe Refectory.