Torch and Rose Ceremony
- Image
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- Created Date
- 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965
- Description
A candle for learning, a rose for friendship - the formal Torch and Rose Ceremony was a traditional part of graduation week for more than two decades. The graduating seniors passed the torch of learning to a junior, and received a rose of remembrance in return.
- Contributing Institution
- Saint Xavier University
- Collection
- SXU History (Saint Xavier University)
- Subjects
- Candlelighting ceremony
Graduates - Type
- image
- Rights
- The items digitized in this collection are the property of Saint Xavier University. This image may be used freely, with attribution, for research and educational purposes. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact archives@sxu.edu
- Chicago citation style
- Torch and Rose Ceremony. 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/sxu_history/id/44. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965) Torch and Rose Ceremony. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/sxu_history/id/44
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/sxu_history/id/44>.