Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Give My Regards to Davy\" is Cornell University's primary fight song. The song's lyrics were written in 1905 by Charles E. Tourison 1905, W. L. Umstad 1906, and Bill Forbes 1906, a trio of roommates at Beta Theta Pi, and set to the tune of George M. Cohan's \"Give My Regards to Broadway\". The song refers to a fictional encounter between an anonymous student and David Fletcher \"Davy\" Hoy (for whom Hoy Field is named), the registrar and secretary for the committee on student conduct, and Thomas Frederick \"Tee Fee\" Crane, the Professor of Languages and the first Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences revolving around the student's expulsion on account of binge drinking.[1] David Hoy was known for his ferocity as a strict disciplinarian. Professor Crane, on the other hand, was generally well liked among students. \"Piker\" is a historical slang term for a freshman. \"Theodore Zinck's\" was a bar in downtown Ithaca that has since closed. Its legend still lives on in the weekly event for seniors \"Zinck's Night\", which is celebrated worldwide in October by Cornellians.[2]"@en }
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- Give_My_Regards_to_Davy abstract "\"Give My Regards to Davy\" is Cornell University's primary fight song. The song's lyrics were written in 1905 by Charles E. Tourison 1905, W. L. Umstad 1906, and Bill Forbes 1906, a trio of roommates at Beta Theta Pi, and set to the tune of George M. Cohan's \"Give My Regards to Broadway\". The song refers to a fictional encounter between an anonymous student and David Fletcher \"Davy\" Hoy (for whom Hoy Field is named), the registrar and secretary for the committee on student conduct, and Thomas Frederick \"Tee Fee\" Crane, the Professor of Languages and the first Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences revolving around the student's expulsion on account of binge drinking.[1] David Hoy was known for his ferocity as a strict disciplinarian. Professor Crane, on the other hand, was generally well liked among students. \"Piker\" is a historical slang term for a freshman. \"Theodore Zinck's\" was a bar in downtown Ithaca that has since closed. Its legend still lives on in the weekly event for seniors \"Zinck's Night\", which is celebrated worldwide in October by Cornellians.[2]".