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Oueen-Mary Ann Smoak. Uf» column (top to bottom), Maid of Honor-Nancy Broca; Bonnia Carney, Helan
Daniels; Jolene Parks; Mary Jane Gillespie; Center-Helen Soos, Crown Bearer; Right column Marian Parker,
Sheila Kirchberg; Mae Foon Eng; Frankie Sagester.
May Day In Monreat
Doar Pat,
ahri to tell you right away
h;>d'^ ft,- ^ beautiful May Day that we
dav '1 It was a lovely, sunny
so wTi beautiful flowers you know
for tb' bloom. The theme selected
v/hinu^ ‘"Tbe Melting Pot”
dan ®^°wed how all the European
combined to form the Amer-
j , winces. This transition was symbol-
Vati program by a selection from
“T' f- * poem “America For Me” . . .
trav World, and
lanri^ down.” . . . “To the blessed
j„ . Room Enough . . . where the air
lull of sunshine and the flag is full
ut stars.”
onen*^) Queen and her court
Dror^ festivities with the traditional
Mav^n*^"’ student body sang our
Snio Ir ^b -^fter Queen Mary Ann
ment • been crowned, the entertain-
dan honor began. There were
Hun^^* Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania,
P Germany, Switzerland, Portugal,
nev ^^b und Mexico. You would
eav^^ recognized our girls in their
stra- *^®*umes, for they seemed to be
dan*^ ^ books! As each European
completed, the dancers disap-
nr>r>*" • ^*1® big Melting Pot which
ccupied one side of the green.
en, when the American dancers had
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come out of the Melting Pot, there was
the raising of and salute to the Flag.
Four American dances followed this, in
cluding the Appalachain Square Dance,
and concluding with the traditional wind
ing of the May Pole. The group of
dancers gathered to one side as the
Queen and her court left the lovely glen.
Of course, supper was served on the
lawn afterwards, and in the evening the
High School Senior Class presented “Our
Hearts IVere Young and Gay”, a most en
joyable comedy.
Miss Smith was especially efficient this
year as director of the May Day fest
ivities, and Miss Hoyt was invaluable in
costume aid and consultation. Of course,
the program wouldn’t have been complete
without lyy Dee Chaffin, who was the
accompanist, and the Ushers.
I wish you would have been here as
many of the alumnae were. Perhaps you
can come next year; we’ll look for you.
With love,
Mary Ruth
9. Failure to achieve a desideratum
is equivalent to a thousand paces.
10. The deep and grandiose longing of
a frustrated and melancholy heart is en
amored to be in the presence of others
who have the same misfortune.
Did you guess them all? If not turn
to page
—Please Turn to Page 6
HOW SHARP ARE YOUR WITS?
Do you play Tiddley-winks, Old Maid,
or Rook at parties? Here’s how the Kap
pa Pi Beta members entertained them
selves at their party, which was held
Thursday, May 7.
Can you recognize these proverbs?
1. Pinnated denizens of the ethereal
regions pursue existence gregariously.
2. Retiring when the poultry does and
arising at the break of day tends to make
one a good specimen of hygiene, fabulous,
and exceedingly scholarly.
3. The essential of life is more con
centrated than the most common solvent.
4. Those things which are acquired
without the exertion of maximum energy,
are usually found to degenerate with the
same velocity.
5. Verbosity was never the essence of
pithy exclamations.
6. The possession of an even symetri-
cal division of a substance which may be
compounded with a common grain far
outweighs finding oneself in the predi
cament of being entirely lacking.
7. A minute particle or erudition is
a hazardous obstacle in the way of the
individual.
8. When the creature that preferably
perambulates in solitary grandeur is in
absentia, the diminutive friend of the
spared king of beasts dances a jig.