University Oath

We will never bring disgrace to Lincoln University by any act of cowardice or dishonesty. We will fight for the ideals and sacred things of the University. We will transmit our University to those who come after us, greater, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.

The Alumni Pledge

As an alumnus of the University, I commit myself to uphold the ideals of Lincoln and to reflect its teaching. My voice and my hands shall exalt and preserve its good name.

I shall be responsible, active, courageous, and self-sacrificing in every effort to establish for my Alma Mater an even higher place in its service to teaching, to discovering and to disseminating useful knowledge among men and women of the state, the nation, the earth.

The Alma Mater

Lincoln, O, Lincoln

We thy proud children are; Thou art our guiding star, Lincoln, believe. Ours are hearts that yearn for thee No matter where we be; Morning, noon, and always, we Are Lincolnites.

Thy name, O, Lincoln Shall e’er to us be dear. Thy mem’ries sacred, near Hold us to thee.

Thy honors ours shall be, Thy cause when just shall we With loyalty defend –For thee we’d die.

Lincoln, O, Lincoln!

We thy proud children are; Our hearts both near and far Love thee with delight. No matter where we are; Whether present, absent, far, Morning, noon, we always are True Lincolnites!