Among those with cake-serving duties for the day: Ralph Johnson, Dorothy Sheppard, Andrew Douglas and Bill Conley. Photo by Will Kirk / HIPS

Wednesday was the day for the Johns Hopkins community to show its colors, whether they were the academic duo of gold and sable or the athletic pairing of Columbia blue and white. All Johns Hopkins gear was in order, in fact, as faculty, staff and students gathered informally in Homewood's Levering Hall to celebrate the founding of the university on Feb. 22, 1876. The Commemoration Day event, which included lots of birthday cakes and a display of historical photos, had been postponed from the official date because of bad weather. The garb marking the day — a black long-sleeved T-shirt bearing a likeness of Johns Hopkins on a gold circle — was given to the first 500 students who arrived wearing Johns Hopkins paraphernalia.

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