Mountain Day Facts
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Mountain Day is the College’s oldest tradition, dating back
to 1838, one year after the College's founding. It was
most likely the creation of founder Mary Lyon, an ardent advocate
of
physical exercise who required students to walk a vigorous mile
each day.
• For the first 55 years, Mountain Day took place in June. That was
back in the days when the school year ran from November through
July.
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Mountain Day has been held every year but two—one during
the Civil War and one the year of the great campus fire in
1896.
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When the bells peal for five minutes at 7 am to signal Mountain
Day, emails go out to the College's 32,000 alumnae
notifying them of the event.
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