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One of the best college traditions...today is Mountain Day at Mount Holyoke . The college web site indicates the tradition began in "...1838, the year after Mount Holyoke was founded. On Mountain Day, classes and other obligations are cancelled. In a nod to Mary Lyon, students are invited to balance their intellectual pursuits with outdoor activities. The actual date is kept secret until it is announced by the early-morning pealing of the bell in Mary Lyon Hall. Mountain Day typically involves climbing to the Summit House atop Mount Holyoke." The above image is fr om Mountain Day in 1903...source: Mount Holyoke Archives & Special Collections ,  @ASCatMHC.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published " A 'symbol of the life of the University '" to coincide with the upcoming March 16th commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the planting of Davie Poplar Jr. in McCorkle Place.  It is a tradition to maintain a succession of descendants of the original Davie Poplar which was growing when the university was founded in 1790.   The royal line of trees have been cherished by the University for generations.  The story was written by Kelsey Porter and is accompanied with a short video by Rob Holliday that can be accessed vie YouTube, " Davie Poplar, Jr. Turns 100 ."  Porter and Holliday are affiliated with University Communications at the institution.