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May
Day Issue
THE
BLUES
Vol. ^No.
18
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C
May 10, 1941
Queen's
Maid Cornelia
Puts Crown On
Queen Marie
The annual May Day celebration
was held Friday afternoon on the
front campus when Marie Pons of
Valdese, N. C, was crowned Queen
of the May by her maid of honor,
Cornelia Truesdale, of Kershaw, S.
C. The traditional air, “Pomp and
Circumstance,” was used for the
processional. Preceded by her court,
the Queen advanced to the throne
where the coronation took place.
Children attending the queen were,
Jenny Lou Garrou, train bearer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Garrou of Valdese; crown bearer,
Jerry Godard, and Sally MacGregor,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
MacGregor, flower girl.
The celebration was based upon
the Hansel and Gretel story.
The girls in the May court wore
pinafore styled dresses in lime green,
pink, blue and yellow. The court
was made up of the following girls:
OlHe Meadows, June Escott, Lucille
Blackburn, Betty Ross Dellinger,
Mary Heilig McDow, Eleanor Laz-
enby, Catherine Kittles, Elizabeth
May Day Celebration Held Friday
Hansel And
Gretel Kill
Wicked Witch
Brammer, Patsy Niven, Frances
Mosley, Jane Montgomery, Virginia
Cothran, Martha Brandon, Elsie
Mosely, Ann Wiley, Mary Catherine
Martin, Mary Lorene Jones, Eunice
Watson, Margaret Powell, Jane
Grey, Alice Clark, Sue McNulty, and
Doris Raley.
The first dance was a peasant
dance with Lib Lael as Hansel,
Eloise Pickard as Gretel, and Id-
rienne Levy as the witch. A large
number of girls took part in the
lollypop dance in costumes of green,
pink, yellow, and lavender. In an
other dance sequence Katherine
• Langerhans portrayed the white
swan; and Marie Sprinkle, Mable
Beach, Rosemary Vincent, and Dor
othy Swearengin were water hya
cinths. The dance of the peppermint
candy sticks was led by Sara Alex
ander as the peppermint-candy man.
All of the entertainers took part in
the grand finale which was followed
by the recessional of the entire
court.
The Gingerbread House
Queen's Coronation
Swan And Witch
May
Day
Scenes
Bevies Of Beauties
ABOVE CENTER , ^
Just after the coronation of the
of the May at Queens College
afternoon are Miss Cornelia Truesdale, Mata
of Honor to the Queen, Marie Pons (seated
on the throne), Jerry Goddard, crown-hearer,
Sally MacGregor, flower girl, and Jennte
Eou Garrou, trainbearer.
left center ,
Left to right in the picture are shown 1 he
Old Witch, played by Idrienne Levy, Hansel,
played by Lib Lael; Gretel, played by blotse
Pickard; and one of the Witches ^
gingerbread man, played by Winnte Shealey.
In the background is the gingerbread
by which the Witc henticed Hansel and
Gretel into the enchanted forest.
right center
Good vs. Evil, or White Swan Overcomes
iVicked Witch. A scene from May Day, m
I’vhich good once again triumphs over evt as
Kathryn Langerhans, as the ^ White Swan
beckons to the old Witch, Idrienne Levy.
lower right ^
Maids of the court of Marie Pons, Queen,
ore sitown here in their official court dresses.
First row, left to right: Mary Lorene Jones,
Jane Montgomery, Frances Hull,
erine Martin, Alice MacAuley Clark, ue
McNulty, June Escott, and Martha Brandon.
Second row: Patsy Niven, Elsie Moseey,
Ollie Meadows, Lib Brammer, Dons Raley,
Jane Grey, Virginia Cothran, Eleanor Lazen-
by, Anne Wiley. Third row: Mary Hetltg
McDow, Frances Moseley, Luctlle Blackburn,
Catherine Kittles, Betty Ross Dellmger, Mar
garet Powell. , „ .>Twr t L
Photos by Bob Welsh.