National SPJ Song

"In Sigma Delta Chi"
Words by Franklin M. Reck
Music by Jewell W. Johnson

Verse 1:
The farmer feeds and clothes the world,
the doctor makes it well;
The engineer must keep it safe and dry.
The journalist amuses it, abuses it, enthuses it --
He makes it giggle, cogitate -- and cry.

(Chorus)
In Sigma Delta Chi, our ink is never dry;
We'll tell the world, that's how we keep alive.
We throw 'er into high, and pass the plodders by --
Then tell them all the news when they arrive.

Verse 2:
We play the song of life upon
a rattletrap machine;
And daily sell the music for a sou.
Our business is to brighten men, to frighten and enlighten men;
To teach them what they should and shouldn't do.

(Repeat chorus)