Wheaton Crew's Traditions

The Cheer

Through the ages the oarsmen and oarswomen of Wheaton Crew have launched their vessels to the sweet song of this conglomeration of Evangelical buzzwords shouted from the shore by the rest of the team. Legend has it that the Cheer was inspired by a similar cheer used by MIT Crew consisting of words like "algorithm" and "differential equation." The cheer begins at a low cadence (about 24 spm) and gets faster as it goes on, climaxing in a fury of inspirational screaming.

Unfortunately, the cheer is strictly an oral tradition and is unable to be written down for any purpose. You'll just have to come to a regatta to hear it for yourself!





Victory in Jesus

At the end of a hard day of racing, no matter what the results of our effort, Wheaton Crew gathers together to celebrate the victory we have in Christ over death with this hymn.

I heard an old, old story,
How a Savior came from glory,
How He gave His life on Calvary
To save a wretch like me;
I heard about His groaning,
Of His precious blood's atoning,
Then I repented of my sins
And won the victory.

Chorus
O victory in Jesus
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood.