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'''Dragon Day''' is an annual event at [[Cornell University]] similar to [[Mardi Gras]] that occurs, traditionally, on the Thursday before [[St Patrick's Day]]. The center of the event is the procession of a [[dragon]], created by [[College of Architecture, Art and Planning]] freshmen, into the Arts Quad. There it is burned amidst yelling and dancing. The first event was in [[1901]], titled "College of Architecture Day". During this first event, [[Willard Straight]] led a group of architecture students around campus carrying a model dragon, partly inspired by the legend of St. Patrick's driving all the snakes and serpents from Ireland. The Sphinx Head Society has claimed to have had some role in starting this tradition. The event's name was changed to Dragon Day some time in the 1950s.
'''Dragon Day''' is an annual event at [[Cornell University]] similar to [[Mardi Gras]] that occurs, traditionally, on the Thursday before [[St Patrick's Day]]. The center of the event is the procession of a [[dragon]], created by [[College of Architecture, Art and Planning]] freshmen, into the Arts Quad. There it is burned amidst yelling and dancing. The first event was in [[1901]], titled "College of Architecture Day". During this first event, [[Willard Straight]] led a group of architecture students around campus carrying a model dragon, partly inspired by the legend of St. Patrick's driving all the snakes and serpents from Ireland. The [[Sphinx Head Society]] has claimed to have had some role in starting this tradition. The event's name was changed to Dragon Day some time in the 1950s.


Dragon Day signifies a rivalry between Cornell architecture students and those in the [[College_of_Engineering_(Cornell_University)|School of Engineering]]. Some years the Engineers build a [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] to meet the dragon before it enters Ho Plaza and the Arts Quad. Variants on the phoenix have included a [[penguin]] in 2005, a [[viking]] [[longboat]] in 1988, and a giant, papermache flagon in the 1920s. The night before Dragon Day freshman architects moon the windows of Uris Library and festoon the Arts Quad with toilet paper.
Dragon Day signifies a rivalry between Cornell architecture students and those in the [[College_of_Engineering_(Cornell_University)|School of Engineering]]. Some years the Engineers build a [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]] to meet the dragon before it enters Ho Plaza and the Arts Quad. Variants on the phoenix have included a [[penguin]] in 2005, a [[viking]] [[longboat]] in 1988, and a giant, papermache flagon in the 1920s. The night before Dragon Day freshman architects moon the windows of Uris Library and festoon the Arts Quad with toilet paper.

Revision as of 07:44, 16 March 2006

Dragon Day is an annual event at Cornell University similar to Mardi Gras that occurs, traditionally, on the Thursday before St Patrick's Day. The center of the event is the procession of a dragon, created by College of Architecture, Art and Planning freshmen, into the Arts Quad. There it is burned amidst yelling and dancing. The first event was in 1901, titled "College of Architecture Day". During this first event, Willard Straight led a group of architecture students around campus carrying a model dragon, partly inspired by the legend of St. Patrick's driving all the snakes and serpents from Ireland. The Sphinx Head Society has claimed to have had some role in starting this tradition. The event's name was changed to Dragon Day some time in the 1950s.

Dragon Day signifies a rivalry between Cornell architecture students and those in the School of Engineering. Some years the Engineers build a phoenix to meet the dragon before it enters Ho Plaza and the Arts Quad. Variants on the phoenix have included a penguin in 2005, a viking longboat in 1988, and a giant, papermache flagon in the 1920s. The night before Dragon Day freshman architects moon the windows of Uris Library and festoon the Arts Quad with toilet paper.

Dragon Day dragons

Undated Dragon Day dragons

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