Stand Up and Cheer (song)

Stand Up and Cheer was written by Paul P. McNeely in 1909 for use at the University of Kansas, where it is still played today as a secondary fight song, and used as the primary fight song at Ohio University, Athens. It is also played as a secondary fight song at Columbia University.

Another version was created by popular songwriters Lew Brown (lyrics) and Harry Akst (music) for the 1934 film Stand Up and Cheer! starring Shirley Temple.

It is the fight song of:

• Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky,
• Ohio University in Athens, Ohio,
• Montana State University in Bozeman, MT,
• Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
• University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota,
• Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota
• Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana
• Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma
• Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia,
• Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania,
• Haverhill High School in Haverhill, Massachusetts,
• Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in South Paris, Maine
• Walter L Sickles High School in Tampa, Florida,
• Clarksville High School in Clarksville, Tennessee,
• South St. Paul High School in So. St. Paul, MN
• Martinsburg High School, in Martinsburg, West Virginia,
• Westlake High School, in Westlake, Ohio,
• South Charleston High School in South Charleston, West Virginia,
• Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Kansas
• Fenton High School in Fenton, Michigan,
• Madisonville North Hopkins High School in Madisonville, Kentucky,
• Bell County High School in Pineville, Kentucky .
• Oakwood High School in Dayton, Ohio.
• Midpark High School in Middleburg Hts., Ohio.
• North Plainfield High School in North Plainfield, New Jersey
• Quincy Senior High School in Quincy IL.
• Ona Junior High School in Ona, WV.(formerly)
• duPont Manual Magnet High School in Louisville, Kentucky.
• Palo Verde High School, Tucson, AZ
• Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, Ohio,
• William Mason High School, Mason, OH
• Zeeland East High School, Zeeland, MI
• Franklin Heights High School, Columbus, OH
• Orchard Farm High School, St. Charles, MO
• Thomas Worthington High School, Worthington, Ohio
• Worthingway Middle School, Worthington, Ohio
• Kilbourne Middle School, Worthington, Ohio
• Canal Winchester High School, Canal Winchester, Ohio
• Westerville South High School. Westerville, Ohio
• Clinton High School in Clinton, Michigan
• Wichita East High School in Wichita, Kansas
• New Lexington High School, New Lexington Ohio
• Marion-Franklin High School, Columbus, Ohio
• Hiawatha High School in Hiawatha, KS
• Madison Plains High School, London, Ohio
• Ottawa Hills High School in Ottawa Hills Ohio
• Wahama High School in Mason, West Virginia
• Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Ohio
• Everett Jr. High/Middle School in Columbus, Ohio
• Camp Hawthorne in Raymond, Maine
• Galion High School in Galion, Ohio

Further reading

• Studwell, William E. & Bruce R. Schueneman (1998). College Fight Songs: An Annotated Anthology. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.