Wilfred Preston ("Pete") Maddux, a trombone and baritone player in the Virginia Tech Regimental Band (member of the band from the Fall of 1917 to 1919), jointly composed "Tech Triumph" in 1919 along with Mattie Walton Eppes (Boggs).
She played the tune and Pete wrote out the score and the words for two verses in a single evening.
Miss Eppes later married John C. Boggs, Superintendent of Randolph-Macon Military Academy.
The issue of the university newspaper noted: On arriving at the grounds, the battalion was formed for the review on the football field.
In a letter to The Virginia Tech published on Dec. 10, 1919, Maddux expressed his appreciation to the student body.