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Bedan Hymn About San Beda
San Beda College (SBC) (Spanish for Saint Bede) is located at San Miguel,
Mendiola, Manila is a private school run by the Order of Saint Benedict. It was
founded in 1901 to cope with the ever-growing need of the population for
education. Started as an all-boys elementary school, it has since expanded to
include high school department and Colleges of Arts and Science and Law School.
It also operates a campus in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, the San Beda
College-Alabang.
Once located in a quiet, middle-class residential area, San Beda College is
now part of Manila's bustling "University Belt", an irregular crescent curving
for about six kilometers through five districts of Manila, containing 26
colleges and universities.
At present, San Beda College has eight departments: the Basic Education
Department; the College of Arts and Sciences, which offers liberal arts, science
and business programs; the College of Law, founded in 1948, which is one of the
top three law schools in the country; the Graduate Schools of Business, Liturgy
and Law; the College of Medicine, and the College of Nursing. The School opened
its doors to female students in 2004 and relocated its Basic Education
Department (pre-school to high school) on a new campus in Taytay, Rizal.
San Beda is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(Philippines). Its varsity teams are the San Beda Red Lions with their Team A
referred to as Team Animo and Team B as Team Behold.
Benedictine mottos/values
Ora Et Labora (Prayer and Work)
Ut In
Omnibus Glorificetur Deus (That In All Things God may be glorified!)
Fides,
Scientia, Virtus (Faith, Knowledge and Virtue)
The Seal
The Latin word PAX (Peace) combined with the cross planted on three boulders represents the Benedictines, the religious order administering the school. The three boulders at the base of the cross represents the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat from where the founders of San Beda College came, the two doves drinking from the fountain of knowledge — San Beda College. The tower and the sea lion are heraldic symbols from the seal of the City of Manila where the College is located. The motto of the College is Fides(faith), Scientia(knowledge), and Virtus(Virtue). The color red stands for courage, while white is for purity. The emblem of the College is the red lion.
ALMA MATER HYMN Herald the Bedans coming, Through the carefree days of our boyhood Bring out the challenges, we'll win them all;
(Lyrics by Raul S. Roco, CAS of 1960 and Music by Rev.
Benildus Ma. Maramba, OSB)
May their fellowship never cease;
Molded by
bold undaunted men
of pray'r; work and peace,
And the visions of our
youth
You gave us the wisdom of Benedict's soul
Faith in God and love of
the truth
When we encounter trials and hardships,
We shall give you honor
and fame,
For nothing but these show our loyalty clear
To our Alma Mater's
name.
And fear neither fire
nor blood;
Bedans will answer the clarion call
For San Beda, our country,
and God.
INDIAN YELL
The Cuerva brothers, both Bedans, composed the yell in 1947 after the liberation from the Japanese empire. The Indian Yell was initially solely performed on drums accompanied by cheers from the students. However, but this made the cheer lacking in power and they needed something to rejuvenate the audience. And so, they changed the sound of the yell and incorporated a horn section. With this modification, the “dull” Indian Yell became lively and full of spirit.
The Indian Yell is San Beda's romanticized version of the Indian war whoop. It mimics the native Indian war chants and vocalization techniques designed to intimidate the opponent together with the accompanying hand gestures. North American Indian war chants are simply verbalization of tunes that implore the great spirits to help them in battle.
The Indian war whoop also gave rise to various derivative chants most especially the Lion's Roar. The Lion’s roar, with the simple OOOOhhhhhhh, also mimics primitive chants of Native Indians. Bedans popularized this aboriginal-based form of chanting in the Philippine collegiate league and has spawned variations now used by many other schools.
The Native Indians symbolize courage and defiance. This is also true with the ancient Scottish warriors and their Red Lion Rampant. From the Old World Bedans adopted the Red Lion while from the New World they adopted the Native Americans. Both are Red and both are symbols of Courage.
The ingredients were actually ripe for an Indian inspired theme to gain popularity and acceptance among Bedans. San Beda College has one of the most prestigious Scouting movements in the country.
Worldwide Scouting and the infatuation with North American Indian cultures grew hand in hand. Indians became one of the major "lure" to recruit boys into the movement. Combining this boyhood infatuation and reinforced by the popularity of “Cowboys and Indian” movies led to the blossoming of an Indian inspired theme in San Beda.
Umpa umpa umpa umpa
Beda Beda Beda Beda
Fight Fight Fight Fight
Hey U Kimkumkawa
Beda Beda Beda Beda
Fight Fight Fight Fight
Hey U Kimkumkawa
Ha Aya Kalma
Kalma Polywana
Ha Aya Kalma
Kalma Poly Wana
Woo Woo Woo Woo
Shaira
Miseravigable Shaira
Miseravigable Shaira
Miseravigable Rah
San Beda Go Go
San Beda Go Go
Lama lama
Nikalakasuma
Miseravigable Rah
San Beda Rah Rah
San Beda Rah Rah
Fight!!!
To accompany the Indian Yell, the Little Indians were conceptualized by Mon Ventoza (. GS '46, HS '51). Mon Ventosa is the longest serving moderator / instructor of the San Beda College Cheering Association. A cheerleader himself during his student days in San Beda College, Mon was appointed as instructor of the College's Cheering Squad (1952 - 1962). He came up with idea to counter the gaining popularity of the dance number of Jose Rizal College.
There were only three Indians in 1947: Gabriel, Ramon and Willie Casal. Gabriel Casal eventually became a Benedictinte monk died last August. He had left the Abbey but remained a priest in the Archdiocese of Manila.
Slowly , the recruitment process changed and participation from the grade school pupils rose because many wanted to become Little Indians. Tito Mon wanted the Indians to be stout and adorable. From three Indians since 1947, the membership rose to a minimum of eight in the 90’s.
The Red and the White
The Red and the White
Colors true
It is you, we defend
Fearless for you
Our might
To the fight, we will lend
So wave banners wave
We fill fight on for your glory.
Red and the White
We will fight til the fight is won!
Battlefield Song
From Mendiola to the battlefield
March the son of SBC!
Bearing banners of the red and white
Marching on to victory!
We Red Lions fight for our name
And for everlasting fame!
We are here to win the game today
Go beloved SBC!
