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This article incorporates text from Up With the White and Gold, a publication from 1919, now in the public domain in the United States.
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- ↑ Rottmann, David (2002-09-06). "New NCAA Football raises bar". The Technique . Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- ↑ "Inventory of the Georgia Tech Songs Collection, 1900–1953". Georgia Tech Archives and Records Management. Archived from the original on December 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
- ↑ "White and Gold". Ramblin' Memories: Traditions, Legends and Sounds of Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Archived from the original on December 28, 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- ↑ Moore, Terence (2008-11-29). "Emotion points to Jackets". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ↑ "Georgia Tech Traditions". Georgia Tech Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
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