Math Club Hymn

Math Club Hymn

(Sung to the Tune of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”)

(by Mr. Sean Bird & Christopher Rowland, October 6, 1988, Northwest HS Math Club class of '90)

Mine eyes have seen the answers to the problems on the board

And we like to use the formulas our ancestors had formed

We have loosed our faithful math books from the lockers where they're stored

In a few years we'll move on.

Ellipse, Circle & Hyperbola

In a few years we’ll move on.

As we enter in the classroom fellow geniuses we greet

And we like to get there early to reserve a front row seat

And if we were in a contest then we never could be beat

With our calculators on

Ellipse, Circle & Hyperbola

With our calculators on

The problems you’re encountering may make you want to flee

But when you finally solve ’em you’ll be shouting out with glee.

A final note from us to you for all posterity:

Keep your calculators on.

Ellipse, circle, and hyperbola

Keep your calculators on.