It’s the jitterbug, not the Harlem Shake, but from maypoles to flash mobs, dancing on the quad has long been a Denison rite of spring. So have dogwood blossoms, outdoor classrooms on the shady lawn, impulsive romance, and the wearing of shorts. In the late 1950s, “Bermuda Shorts Day” combined all the joys of spring into one, like, crazy theme, and as an alumna from the era recalls, there was a particularly frisky novelty to wearing Bermudas in front of Doane, at a time when strict dress codes
allowed only dresses and skirts for young women.
Published March 2013