but brings a smile,
And cares are crimes,--'tis sin to sigh,
'Tis wrong to let a jest go by,
And hope is truth, and life is nigh,
The bourns of the Enchanted Isle--
In College Days.

Then raise the rosy goblet high,--
The singer's chalice,--and belie
The tongues that trouble and defile;
For we have yet a little while
To linger,--You and Youth and I,
At Michigan.

Many beautiful songs have been added to the University treasury by the
various Michigan Union Operas, of which not a few have survived the
ephemeral popularity of the generations which witnessed the
performances. These include, "When Night Falls, Dear," from
"Michigenda," by Roy Dickinson Welch, '09, who also furnished the music
for "A Faithful Pipe to Smoke," from "Culture," the words for which were
written by Donal Hamilton Haines, '09. The opera "Koanzaland," by Donald
A. Kahn, '07-'10, with the music by Earl V. Moore, '12, furnished two
good songs, "In College Days" and "Michigan, Good-Bye" (with the
collaboration of J. Fred Lawton, '11), while "Contrarie Mary" furnished
a second "Friar's Song," by Robert G. Beck, 13_l_, and Willis A.
Diekema, '14. All these songs, and many others, are now collected in a
song-book.

Two ever-popular marches celebrate Michigan's prowess in athletics. "The
Victors," by Louis Elbel, '96-'99, never fails to thrill a Michigan man
when the band comes on the field, ushering in the team to its great
strain:

Hail! to the victors valiant,
Hail! to the conq'ring heroes, hail!
Hail! to Michigan,
The champions of the West.

Though these words are somewhat too grandiloquent for all occasions, the
same spirit which inspires the students to bare their heads and sing
"The Yellow and the Blue" at all the great football games, whether in
victory or defeat, prompts the band to head the students' march back
from the field to the stirring strains of this University march, whether
its sentiment is justified or not. Hardly less popular is the football
song, "Varsity," written by Professor Earl V. Moore, '12, for which the
words were furnished by J. Fred Lawton, '11.

Varsity,
Down the field, never yield,
Raise high your shield!
March on to victory
For Michigan,
And the Maize and Blue.
Oh, Varsity, we're for you,
Here for you, to cheer for you,--
We have no fear for you,
Oh, Varsity.

Nor should another exceedingly popular