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Title Lantern night Member of Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives Description

Class of 1922 assembling for Lantern Night in the cloisters, dressed in academic garb. Lantern Night is a ritual that takes place midway through fall semester to welcome the first-year students to the academic life of the College. Traditional college songs are sung in Greek and every student is presented with a lantern in her class color, which symbolizes the quest for knowledge.

Physical Form Still image, Photograph Date Created 1920 (year approximate) Subject (Topic) Women college students, Academic rites and ceremonies Subjects (name) Bryn Mawr College--Students Geographic Subject Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Language English Extent 1 photograph : black-and-white ; 26.5 x 34 cm Resource Type Collection Internet Media Type image/tiff Digital Origin reformatted digital Institution Bryn Mawr College Library pbm Department Bryn Mawr College Special Collections Shelf Locator BMC-Photo Archives, Series I: Photographs, PAEOS Collection Guide Bryn Mawr College Photo Archives, 1885-2000s Local Identifier PAEOS_004 PID bmc:45378 Record Content Source pbm Rights Statement COPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED

Member of Lantern night Extent 1 item Resource Type Still Image Local Identifier PAEOS_004_01 PID bmc:45480 Rights Statement COPYRIGHT UNDETERMINED