Cheer for the Blue and White

{{Short description|Fight song}}"Cheer for the Blue and White" is a fight song of Indiana State University. The words and music were written by Malcolm Scott, who also arranged "Dear Old Rose," the school song for Rose Poly. Scott was a graduate of Indiana State Teachers College earning a degree in music.

File:Indiana State Teachers College Song Book.pdf

"Cheer for the Blue and White" was written in 1931 as an entry in the 1931 College song contest, and was selected by the Song Book committee as the winner, making it the first official pep song of the college.{{cite news |title=School Song Book Soon To Be Off The Press |newspaper=Indiana Statesman |publisher=Indiana State Teachers College |location=Terre Haute |date=May 6, 1931 |page=1 }} It was replaced as the college's primary fight song in 1939, when Joseph A. Gremelspacher wrote March On! (You Fighting Sycamores) as a new fight song.{{cite news |title=State Students To Sup, Sing, Shout And Sizzle At First Sycamore Syzygy |newspaper=Indiana Statesman |publisher=Indiana State Teachers College |location=Terre Haute |date=October 20, 1939 |page=1 }}

The Pride of Indiana and Indiana State University basketball band still play "Cheer for the Blue and White" as a pep song during games.