Rectoral Drag and the Installation

Installation

The day before the Installation is filled with student-led celebrations under the title of ‘The Drag’. The Rector is ‘delivered’ into town by a novel form of transport, and is then drawn in an ancient carriage, pulled by University Blues, to a series of 12-15 hostelries where student groups, clubs, and societies are deployed to introduce themselves and their activities, buy the Rector a drink, and offer a relevant gift as a memento of the occasion.

The Drag ends with a reception at the Student Union building, followed by a torchlight procession from St Salvator’s Quad to the end of the pier, and indefinite further revelling in the town’s bars.