Adrian College - Mound Yearbook (Adrian, MI)

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0 V51 , fi T The Adrian College campus abounds with many fun, unique traditions. One of the most sentimental of which is the Cane Ceremony. The ceremony, which follows graduation, is performed near the mound. Each class ties a ribbon of its colors onto the cane, then, the president of the graduating class hands it down to the resident of the next class. The cane dates flrom 1887, and the ceremony began in 1921. Another tradition, though little known, is touching the Lincoln Statue for good luck. The bronze statue sits in the library, where the class of '63 began touching its tail for good luck. A friendly 'hi' is popular on the AC campus. Adrian enjoys the reputation of being a friendly campus, with a friendly 'hi' to greet you all over campus. N 2 . z' an :f,'f QQ, A 9 0 wgf' , I 1

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The Freshmen at Adrian have come a long way since the begin- ning years of the college. In the eary 1900s, Freshmen had to follow such rules as: Freshmen beanies must be worn at all times, and must always be tipped to upperclassmen, Freshmen must not smoke on campus, walk on the grass, or be seen with a girl except on Friday and Satur- ay nights, Freshmen must clean up the campus when ordered to by up erclassmen. Today, though, Freshmen are equal to the upperclassmen, despite the teasin they take. This year, the froslm were con- solidated with the u perclassmen in the dorms for the first time. Students are not sure of the wisdom of this decision, but maybe the Freshmen will now no longer bear the brunt of so many degrading jokes.