Rollins Celebrates Fox Day

On Tuesday, April 7, President Lewis M. Duncan had the statue of the Rollins fox placed on Mills Lawn (at the base of the flag pole), surprising students with the announcement that all classes were canceled for the day.  The placement of the fox was done in tandem with ringing of the Knowles Memorial Chapel bell to alert students of the day off. 

The day of relief from schoolwork was followed by a picnic for the Rollins community on Mills Lawn at 5 p.m.

On May 17, 1956, President Hugh McKean (1951-1969) started Fox Day. Since the beginning, the three-foot-high, 300-pound fox statue has been a part of this Rollins College tradition, which is held each spring, usually in April.  Visit our Web site at http://www.rollins.edu/foxday/ or http://www.rollins.edu/pr/mediakit/fox.shtml for more historical information about Fox Day.

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