One of the best college traditions...today is Mountain Day at Mount Holyoke. The college spider web site indicates the tradition began inward "...1838, the twelvemonth later Mount Holyoke was founded. On Mountain Day, classes together with other obligations are cancelled. In a nod to Mary Lyon, students are invited to ease their intellectual pursuits alongside outdoor activities. The actual appointment is kept cloak-and-dagger until it is announced past times the early-morning pealing of the bell inward Mary Lyon Hall. Mountain Day typically involves climbing to the Summit House atop Mount Holyoke."
The higher upwards icon is from Mountain Day inward 1903...source: Mount Holyoke Archives & Special Collections, @ASCatMHC.
Mountain Twenty-Four Hours At Mount Holyoke
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