Cyrus Northrop
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Cyrus Northrop was an American university administrator and the second president of the University of Minnesota.
Cyrus Northrop 1907
Northrop at 18 years old
Hail! Minnesota
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"Hail! Minnesota" is the regional anthem of the U.S. state of Minnesota. A variation is used as a school song of the University of Minnesota. It originated at the university in the early 20th century
Cyrus Northrop
…to honor Minnesota's war dead. Northrop published Addresses, Educational and Patriotic (1910). He encouraged poet Arthur Upson to revise the song, "Hail! Minnesota". List of presidents of the University of Minnesota…
The beginning of "Hail! Minnesota"'s sheet music
Sheet music for the college version