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Mountain Day is a traditional student celebration in which classes are cancelled without prior notice, and the student body heads to the mountains or a park.

The day chosen is often a beautiful, crisp day when the fall foliage is in full color. Mountain Day is most commonly observed at educational institutions in the Northeastern U.S.

Mountain Day celebrations

Mountain Day dates back to at least 1834, when the students of Mount Holyoke College headed off to Mount Holyoke. [1] Smith College declared its Mountain Day in 1877.[2] Juniata College established its Mountain Day in 1896, [3] and Williams College students have been climbing Mount Greylock, the highest mountain in Massachusetts, to celebrate Mountain Day since the 1800s.[4]

Secondary schools observing Mountain Day include Walnut Hill School, in Natick, Mass., which climbs Mount Monadnock. Miss Porter's School in Farmington, CT observes Mountain Day once a semester. Sandy Hill Friends School, in Sandy Hill, Maryland held a Mountain Day at Sugarloaf Mountain until the 1970s.

In 2005, a student at Outfly, an equivalent celebration at Wartburg College (where there are no mountains), remarked wistfully to a reporter: "It's a tradition we won't be able to continue into our adult lives ... and we wish we could."[5]

International Mountain Day

December 11 - International Mountain Day, recognized by the UN

References

  1. ^ "Heading for the Hills on Mountain Day: It's Been a Mount Holyoke Tradition Since 1838". mtholyoke.edu. Retrieved 2006-09-01.
  2. ^ http://media.www.smithsophian.com/media/storage/paper587/news/2009/10/08/News/Mountain.Day.Builds.On.A.History.Of.Changing.Customs-3795836.shtml Mountain Day Builds on a History of Changing Customs
  3. ^ http://www.juniata.edu/life/traditions.html
  4. ^ "Williams College Traditions" Williams College. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
  5. ^ Spannagel, Brian (Oct. 12, 2005). "No work, day of play marks Outfly tradition at Wartburg". WCF Courier.com. Waterloo, Iowa: David A. Braton. pp. Metro. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

See also

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