Johns Hopkins Ode

1. Truth guide our university,
And from all error keep her free,
Let wisdom yield her choicest treasure,
And freedom reach her fullest measure;
O, let her watchword ever be:
The truth of God will make you free,
Will make you free!

2. Let knowledge grow from more to more,
And scholars versed in deepest lore
Their souls for light forever burning,
Send forth their fire, unlock their learning;
And let their faithful teaching be:
The truth alone can make us free,
Can make us free!

3. The truth shall crown her sons with fame,
Their lives inspire with nobler aim,
Their names make known thruout her borders,
As learning's guide and wisdom's warders;
Then let their watchword ever be:
The truth for aye shall keep us free,
Shall keep us free!

By Elizabeth E. Starr. Words by William Levering Devries, graduate in the classes of 1888 and 1892. From The Hopkins Song Book, published by the Beta Circle of the Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary Society, 1931. Arranged by David Fetter, associate dean for performance activities and placement at the Peabody Conservatory. Performers: Trumpeters Tom Hall, Elizabeth Robinson, Tao Ge and Brian Bunnell, students in the Peabody Conservatory of Music of The Johns Hopkins University. Recorded Nov. 1, 2001, in the Peabody Recording Studios. Brian Thompson, student engineer.

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