THEN
NOW
Mary Maj Isabelle Lawrence
Latin Glee Club, 1960s
Chicago Tribune, March 8, 1960
TO LATIN WE ARE TRUE
"To Latin We Are True" rst debuted
in March of 1960 at a benet luncheon
at the Casino Club. Written by English
faculty member and prolic author
Isabelle Lawrence, with music by music
teacher Mary Maj, "To Latin We Are
True" is now the ocial song of the lower
school and is sung at assemblies and
lower school gatherings.
ORIGINAL FIGHT SONG
Dr. Richard Davis '43 shares: "e rst Chicago
Latin School for Boys 'Fight Song' was written for the
football team of 1942 by a medical student of my father
at the Northwestern Medical School. It was recorded by
the Medical School Student Orchestra on a 78 record
and played in the gym of the boys school before each
football game and sung by the student body with the
football team standing on the stage."
OH GO, YOU ROMANS!
Our current ght song, "Oh Go, You Romans," was written
by Band Director Mike Teolis in 1996. After nishing up his
performance at Latin's graduation that June, Teolis turned and
fell forward o the stage at the Art Institute, breaking both
arms. Talk about a grand nale! What does a musician with
two broken arms do while convalescing? Compose a song in his
head, of course! Once Teolis regained the use of his arms, he
committed the song to paper, and an iconic tune was born.
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SUMMER 2018
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