Houston Junior College song #2
For H.J.C.
Stand up! and cheer for H.J.C.;
Shout her praises high.
Stand up and pledge your loyalty;
Never let your spirits die.
Ours is a school of which we are proud:
Her honor we’ll always defend.
Come and join in with the crowd
And we’ll be true to the end.
Our guiding star, Fair Play shall be,
To Victory lay our claim.
Stand up and fight for H. J. C.
And reverence her name.
Created in 1932 by Bernice Branum and A. Gordon Jones, but I am unable to find the music that it goes with. According to the Cougar (3/16/1932) it was considered an original piece.
I’m trying to analyze the musicology of the phrasing to see if it goes well with other known strains of popular marches; however, as it stands, this song is currently “lost in time”. It would be interesting to see if M.D. Anderson has a copy (not on their catalog) of the music, if Bernice Bessie Jones (née Branum) ever transcribed it. What I was able to find is that Bernice graduated from HJC and went to North Texas State to get a degree in Music and was an educator in Houston. I was unable to find who A. Gordon Jones is, unfortunately.