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 | | The year was 1922, and the VEISHEA Central Committee was meeting for the first time. |
 | | They met at Beardshear (the Memorial Union hadn’t been built yet), and for each meeting they had to ask a janitor to help them find and unlock a room. |
 | | The answer was a resounding “yes!” Not only did the student planners combine the first letter of each division to name the festival, they also wove together a combination of traditions that has stuck: College open houses, a student musical performance (now called “Stars Over VEISHEA”), canoe races, a parade, and, of course, cherry pies. |
| www.isualum.org /traditions/veishea (237 words) |
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