Main menu Utility Navigation Hey Day 2016 “By the power vested in me by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, I now proclaim you seniors!” With that pronouncement from , members of the Class of 2017 moved up the ranks from juniors to seniors on April 28 as part of the beloved campus tradition of . This tradition started in 1916 to mark the time when juniors “move up” the class rank to seniors, following the last day of classes for the academic year. An exuberant outdoor affair has replaced the formality of Hey Day from decades gone by. But some traditions remain. Students strut with canes, a throwback to the Junior Cane March that was incorporated sometime after the mid-1950s. Juniors wear red T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Hey Day” and colorful images, a new design each yea
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