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In a letter written to a Syracuse University staff member in 1939, <!-- also in: According to the 1997-1998 ''Syracuse University Student Handbook'',--> author Junius W. Stevens recalled "while I was walking home across the city ...{{nbsp}} an idea for the song came to me. I had often noticed how the setting sun lighted up the walls of [[Crouse College, Syracuse University|Crouse College]] long after dusk had fallen over the city and the valley. As I walked through the empty streets the words of a song took shape in my mind. By the time I reached home, the song was finished."<ref name="papers">{{cite web |title=Junius Woods Stevens Papers An inventory of his papers at the Syracuse University Archives |url=https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides_sua/html/sua_stevens_j.htm |publisher=library.syracuse.edu |access-date=25 March 2023 |language=en |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325211532/https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides_sua/html/sua_stevens_j.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Timeless Tunes 2005">{{cite journal |last1=Haley |first1=Kathleen |title=Timeless Tunes |journal=[[Syracuse University Magazine]] |date=1 January 2005 |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=48–49 |url=https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol22/iss4/11/ |access-date=8 November 2023 |publisher=[[Syracuse University]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Orange Pride |url=https://experience.syracuse.edu/student-activities/orange-pride/ |website=Student Activities |access-date=25 March 2023 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325212149/https://experience.syracuse.edu/student-activities/orange-pride/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Multiple university [[Syracuse University fraternity and sorority system|Greek-life]] reports from early 1910s describe a practice of singing the alma mater after chapel, athletic events, and football games.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Robertson <!-- (graduate of 1905)--> |first1=Clement T. |title=Growth of Syracuse University |magazine=The Scroll of [[Phi Delta Theta]] |date=1904 |volume=28 |issue=1 |page=130 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQMTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA130 |access-date=28 March 2023 |language=en |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328151200/https://books.google.com/books?id=kQMTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA130 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=College Customs at Syracuse |magazine=[[The Alpha Phi Quarterly]] |date=November 1910 |volume=23 |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3y4UAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA6 |access-date=28 March 2023 |publisher=[[Alpha Phi]] |language=en |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328151155/https://books.google.com/books?id=3y4UAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hart |first1=William J. |title=An Eventide Song Service |work=[[The Christian Advocate]] |date=1 July 1920 |volume=95 |issue=27 |page=898 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DspOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA898 |access-date=28 March 2023 |publisher=Hunt & Eaton |language=en |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328183333/https://books.google.com/books?id=DspOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA898 |url-status=live }}</ref> A 1922 article in [[Printers' Ink]] magazine mentions the use of the alma mater in university's fundraising advertisements.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Advertising Aids Syracuse University to Reduce Debt |date=5 January 1922 |magazine=[[Printers' Ink]] |location=New York, New York |volume=118 |issue=1 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbKWT5sbVMoC&pg=PA50 |access-date=28 March 2023 |language=en |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328151156/https://books.google.com/books?id=FbKWT5sbVMoC&pg=PA50 |url-status=live }}</ref> The music arrangement was updated in the mid-1990s by the [[Syracuse University Marching Band
In the spring of 1986,<!-- on insistence of economics faculty member professor Aubrey Dale Tussing,--> Syracuse University amendeded the lyrics to the alma mater to promote inclusivity and to honor the institution's coeducational roots. The newer version replaced the line "May thy sons be {{sic|?|leal}} and loyal" with "Loyal be thy sons and daughters."<ref name="150 exhibit"/><ref name="Timeless Tunes 2005"/><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Tussing |first1=Aubrey Dale |title=Changing Our Tune |magazine=[[Syracuse University Magazine]] |date=1 August 1986 |volume=2 |issue=3 |page=5 |url=https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol2/iss3/3/ |access-date=28 March 2023 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207105333/https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol2/iss3/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- <ref>{{cite book |last1=Galvin |first1=Edward L. |last2=Mason |first2=Margaret A. |last3=O'Brien |first3=Mary M. |title=Syracuse University |date=26 August 2013 |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |series=Campus History |location=[[Charleston, South Carolina]] |isbn=978-1-4396-4385-3 |oclc=839390412 |page=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1A47BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA24 |access-date=26 March 2023 |language=en |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326022837/https://books.google.com/books?id=1A47BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA24 |url-status=live }}</ref> --> The original handwritten copy was donated to the University archives in 1987 by Stevens' family, with additional material donations in 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Junius Woods Stevens Papers Donated to Archives by Family |magazine=ACCESS: Newsletters from University Archives |date=Fall 2014 |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=1–2 |url=https://surface.syr.edu/access/26/ |access-date=26 March 2023 |publisher=Archives and Records Management |location=Syracuse University |archive-date=26 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226000122/https://surface.syr.edu/access/26/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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