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The female students at John W. Hallahan follow tradition by jumping in the fountain at Logan Circle near their school on the last day of school, Friday, June 13, 2008. ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
Hallahan girls take traditional jump in Swann Memorial Fountain
Girls from Center City's Hallahan High School celebrated the last day of school in the traditional way today, with a dip in Swann Fountain at Logan Circle.
Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors are the ones that take the splash. The tradition is believed to be at least 50 years old, and it's a durable one - in 2001, when a drought led the city's fountains to shut down, the Hallahan girls arranged for the Philadelphia Fire Department to shower them from a fire hose.
