A FOUNDATION DAY IN PHILIPPINE NORMAL UNIVERSITY NOVIE JOY R. ARIZO The yearly celebration of September 1 as foundation day was accepted as a ‘tradition’ of the institution until it reached the present generation. Thus, going back to the discussion on the foundation day of PNU, the researcher would assume, with the current knowledge of the University’s practice; some people took the date of the formal opening of classes as the school’s foundation day and may have committed a historical oversight. Courtesy to Alyssa The event was celebrated with grandeur and a long and colorful parade was participated by the alumni, students, and the faculty during the second day of the Jubilee. This activity was well attended that (t)he procession was formed at the old site of the Normal School on Padre Faura Street and was so long that when its head had reached the College grounds the rear had not yet started. The graduates marched in their class groups carrying placards for each year. A single ...