Alma Mater
Our Alma Mater (sometimes called Hail, Hail to Thee) was written some time in the 1930s or early 40s (and published in 1945) by Boyd Franklin Eckroat, who was the music teacher at Jenkintown High School for over 30 years. He was a self-taught musician born in Catawissa, Pennsylvania on August 5, 1890, and a veteran of both World Wars. (Source: Benjamin Hesse, The Compendium of All Things Close To Home: A Portrait of Jenkintown, Pennsylvania)
Hail, Hail to thee
Our alma mater dear
Upon thy fields, within thy walls
Fond mem’ries we’ll revere
Hail, hail to thee,
A friend both tried and true,
To Jenkintown our thoughts will cling,
To Red and Blue.
Farewell to thee,
Our Alma mater dear,
The years have gone too swiftly by,
Our parting time draws near.
Hail and farewell,
To friends both old and new,
To Jenkintown our thoughts will cling,
To Red and Blue
