Winter Carnival is this weekend and I’m excited to see a couple of old traditions being resurrected for the event. There have been attempts to bring back Pushball, but I think this will be the first organized game in a very long time. Since we have a good amount of snow on the ground, let’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘winter carnival’
Pushball is back!
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged Pushball, snow sculptures, student traditions, winter carnival on February 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
melting snow sculpture
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, tagged snow sculptures, winter carnival on March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Bill Criss sent along the picture from the Troy Record that he mentioned in his comment regarding Winter Carnival. Do you know what year this took place?
Winter Carnival
Posted in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute History, RPI Trivia, tagged broomball, RPI history, snow sculptures, student traditions, winter carnival on February 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Mid-winter fesitivities with various names have come and gone over the years at Rensselaer. In 1949, the Junior class planned a Snowflake Saturnalia dance in lieu of the Junior Prom. The Rensselaer Outing Club (ROC) organized outdoor activities during the 24 hours leading up to Saturnalia and dubbed it “Winter Weekend.” The schedule of events [...]