The will of the few has once again run roughshod over the rights of the many. With the elimination of “Dixie”, the fight song for Hays High, the administration has blatantly spit in the face of nearly 50 years of students, teachers and fans.
When Hays was started in 1968, the band director and principal’s wife took it on themselves to declare “On Wisconsin” the fight song. The students, who had already voted Rebels as the mascot, petitioned to have “Dixie” installed as the fight song. By the third game of the first season (1968), this was in place.
The words and music of “Dixie” have nothing that could be construed to be racially offensive. In fact, this was a favorite song of the “Great Emancipator”, Abraham Lincoln.
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