In the Pond You Go!

I don't know how long the tradition lasted, but when it was your birthday, you got thrown in one of the ponds in Sylvia's Garden. Birthdays became dreaded occasions. Those ponds were dark, murky, cold and slimy! In the winter/spring of 1988 pond throwing was outlawed. PTL! My birthday wasn't until May. :-)

This is a photo of my poor roommate getting the Heave-Ho.

circa 1988