Go U Northwestern

The "Go U Northwestern" is one of the fight songs of Northwestern University. It was written in 1912 by Theodore Van Etten, a member of the Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band at the time. It debuted November 23, 1912, at old Northwestern Field in Northwestern's football season-finale versus the Illinois Fighting Illini.^[1]

The song, along with Northwestern's other fight song, "Rise, Northwestern!" (commonly called the "Push On Song" or simply "Push On!"), and the university's alma mater, "University Hymn" (sometimes "Quæcumque Sunt Vera") are Northwestern official school songs. "Go U Northwestern" or "Rise, Northwestern!" is played by the marching band during football games every time Northwestern scores against its opponent and at various other times during the game.

Along with being the Fight Song of Northwestern University, "Go U Northwestern" is the fight song for many high schools, including Edwardsburg High School Edwardsburg, Michigan Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, MD, Coronado School in El Paso, TX, South Hardin Community School District in Eldora, IA, Bureau Valley High School in rural Manilus, IL, Shades Valley High School in Irondale, AL , Minnetonka High School in Minnetonka, MN and Lutheran High School Westland in Westland, MI as well as the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

References

External links

• "Hail to Purple", An unofficial Northwestern Wildcat Football website
• The official Northwestern University Marching Band website
• The Wildcat Songbook