Hail Purdue!

The Purdue All-American Marching Band perform Hail Purdue at the 2008 Purdue-Indiana football game.

"Hail Purdue!" is the official fight song of Purdue University. The lyrics were written in about 1912 by James Morrison (class of 1915), and set to music by Edward Wotawa (class of 1912). The completed song was published in 1913, initially titled "Purdue War Song," and was dedicated to the Purdue Varsity Glee Club, of which Wotawa was a student member and director.^[1]

During the rest following the lyric, "Thus we raise our song anew," it is popular to raise one fist and shout, "Boiler up!". This chant was invented by Arnette Tiller early in her husband's time as Purdue's head football coach (1997–2008).^[2]^[3] The Purdue All-American Marching Band interjects, "Fire up!" at the same point in the song, as they have traditionally done since the mid-1970s.

References

↑ "Quick Facts". Purdue Official Athletic Site. Accessed February 25, 2011.
↑ "'Boiler Up': New logo to accompany popular phrase for 2007–08". Purdue Official Athletic Site. April 16, 2007. Accessed March 17, 2012.
↑ Markham, Eric (November 21, 2008). "Sitting down with Arnette Tiller". The Purdue Exponent Tailgate Guide. p. 2. Accessed March 17, 2012.

External links

"Hail Purdue!" and soundclips to other songs performed by the Purdue University Bands

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Academics

Athletics

Teams	Baseball Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Football Big Ten

Rivalries	Indiana-Purdue Rivalry Old Oaken Bucket Purdue Cannon Shillelagh Trophy

Facilities	Ross–Ade Stadium Mackey Arena Alexander Field Lambert Fieldhouse

Other	All-American Marching Band Hail Purdue! Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete Paint Crew

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Student life

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Venues	Stuart Field (1892–1924) Ross–Ade Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Chicago Illinois (Purdue Cannon) Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) Notre Dame (Shillelagh Trophy)

Culture & lore	Boilermaker Special Cradle of Quarterbacks Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!" All-American Marching Band

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Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball

Venues	Lafayette Coliseum (1896–1909) Memorial Gymnasium (1909–1934) Lafayette Jefferson High School Gymnasium (1929, 1934–1937) Lambert Fieldhouse (1937–1967) Mackey Arena (1967–present)

Rivalries	Indiana

Culture & lore	History Crossroads Classic Boilermaker Special Purdue Pete "Hail Purdue!"

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Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

Official fight songs of the Big Ten Conference

Illinois Loyalty and Oskee Wow-Wow (Illinois)
Indiana, Our Indiana (Indiana)
Iowa Fight Song (Iowa)
Maryland Fight Song and Maryland Victory (Maryland)
The Victors (Michigan)
Victory for MSU (Michigan State)
Minnesota Rouser (Minnesota)
Hail Varsity and Dear Old Nebraska U (There Is No Place Like Nebraska) (Nebraska)
Go U Northwestern (Northwestern)
Across the Field and Buckeye Battle Cry (Ohio State)
Fight On, State (Penn State)
Hail Purdue! (Purdue)
The Bells Must Ring (Rutgers)
On, Wisconsin! (Wisconsin)

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