Florida State College for Women College Song, 1915

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Florida State College for Women College Song, 1915

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Dodd, William George, 1874-1963.

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William George Dodd was born in Waynesville, Ohio in 1874. He received his M.A. and Ph. D from Harvard University. He moved to Tallahassee, Florida in 1910 to teach English literature at the Florida State College for Women. He served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of the Florida State College for Women from 1913 to 1944. From the description of Tallahassee genealogical notebook, ca. 1930. (Florida State Archive). WorldCat record id: 32413138 ...

Dr. William George Dodd composed the words and music for the Florida State College for Women College Song. This copy belonged to Aldine Griffin, a student who attended Florida State College for Women (FSCW).

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According to Robin Sellers, in Femina Perfecta, the president of the University of Indiana delivered the FSCW Commencement address in 1915. FSCW students wrote to that university for a sheet music copy of its Alma Mater to use in their graduation program. The students appealed to Dr. William George Dodd, Dean of the FSCW College of Arts and Sciences and an accomplished local musician, to draft a similar song for FSCW. Dodd composed the words and music for a new college song which th...