The University’s annual Lantern Night Ceremony was initiated in 1921 and is one of the University’s longest standing traditions.  It serves as a formal induction for freshman women to University life and unites them as they begin their education at Pitt.  Traditionally held on the evening before the first day of classes, the ceremony today takes place in Heinz Chapel.  Part of the Lantern Night tradition is for a distinguished alumna to give the Freshman Address, while other distinguished alumnae serve as flame bearers to light the lanterns given to each freshman woman as a keepsake.