Dressed as a "mini-me" McGraw Tower, Touchdown trick-or-treats around Ho Plaza

Dressed as a "mini-me" McGraw Tower, Touchdown trick-or-treats around Ho Plaza. (Ryan Young/Cornell University)

Personality Quiz: Which Classic Cornell Chimes Song Are You?

Are you the ‘Evening Song,’ the ‘Alma Mater,’ or the ‘Jennie McGraw Rag’? Answer eight questions and find out!

Top: Touchdown trick-or-treats around Ho Plaza, dressed as a “mini-me” McGraw Tower. (Ryan Young / Cornell University)

Published: August 26, 2025


Comments

  1. David Sheaff, Class of 1963

    One of my favorite memories, walking down libe slope on a crisp afternoon, hearing “The Evening Song”.

    • Bayla Singer, Class of 1960

      65 years after graduation, retired in Florida: My picture window faces west, and just about every evening during the spectacular sunset, my mind sings softly “As the sun sets / in the crimson of the west, and the voices of the day/ murmur low and sink to rest…”

      Some things never leave you.

  2. Barry Baron, Class of 1978

    I sang in the Cornell Glee Club from 1974 to 1978. We Baritones had a rich and beautiful harmony part for the Evening Song, that remains close to my heart.

    • Dianne Newman, Class of 1965

      I’d love to hear that harmony for the Evening Song. Where is it available?

  3. Ingrid Dieterle Tyler, Class of 1969

    We named our Selene trawler
    “Evening Song”!
    Ingrid Dieterle Tyler and Stephen Tyler
    Class of 1969

  4. John Sabelli, Class of 1978

    I remember graduation in 1978. As we were marching towards Shoellkopf, somebody was up in the tower playing “If I Only Had a Brain”.

  5. Diane Hanson, Class of 1959

    Give My Regards to Davy . . . we’ll all have drinks at Theadore Zinck’s when I get back next fall.

    I know, it was not part of the quiz, but for some reason it just jumped into my head. Favorite, though, would be Evening song on the chimes, walking home after a long afternoon in the drafting room in White Hall.

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