Rollins Celebrates Fox Day

April 8, 2008

Early in the morning on Tuesday, April 8, President Lewis 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 are 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 the 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 www.rollins.edu/foxday or the Rollins News Center for more historical information about Fox Day.