ShutterButton: A Simpler Time

Fling wasn't always an excuse for privileged Penn students to get away with public intoxication, public urination, and many other kinds of behavior that y'all should know better than to display in public. It actually used to have meaning, as evidenced in the above picture from 1954. Students gather at the Schuykill to support the Penn crew team, for which Callow Day — which became known as "Skimmer Day" in 1951 and finally "Spring Fling" in 1973 — was first started as a way to show the rowers support. So, you really think Girl Talk as the headliner is that bad? There's no way that it could be worse than sitting by a river. Sober.