The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-29
Great Pageant on May II Is
Expected to Net $4,000 to
Institution, Whose Debt Is
$4,000.
AYEAR'S CAMPAIGN
TOLIFT THIS DEBT
May Day Celebration Will
Be One of the Most Pic
turesque Events Ever Held
in This State.

The quadrennial May Day revel at
Earlham College. by which the stud
ents and faculty expect to raise $4,000
toward the college debt of $4,000, will
take place Friday. May IL. Every girl
in the Quaker school will have some
part in the brilliant festivities, while
all the men students. excepting the
athletes. will assist in bringing in
the May"
BY the May day celebration, the aid
of the Richmond Commercial Club
and by the years campaign, which will
follow. President Robert l.. Kelly
hopes to erase the college debt. A
year ago there was $4,000 of indebted
ness on the administration, and perma
nent improvements. Subscriptions in
Richmond amounting to $4,000 and
gifts at the Yearly meeting last year
decreased it $4,000.
To Canvass Richmond.
President Kelly says he expects tC
raise $4,000 by local subscriptions,
through the aid of the Commercial
Club, which recently indorsed the col
lege as a financial asset of Richmond
Besides Prof Kelly, G. II. knollen
berg and T. A. Mott, include the Com
mercial Club education committee
which is working on the college deficit
There is now 100000 debt on Bun
dy Hall. the Library and central heat
ing plant, while the remainder is OF
the administration. representing the
deficit accumulated in the last si,
years. s--..a-.. -..-.-.-...-
Prof. Kelly will go to Philadelphi;
soon, where he viii address the Earl
ham Alumni of that city. and then tt
New York. to address the Earlhan
Club of Gotham. His talks will be il
the interest of raising the Earlhan
debt. and will be made April l and 3
respectively.
The May Time festivities under thu
direction of Prof. E. p Trueblood, will
probably be the most pretentious cele
bration of its kind ever presented a
the Quaker school.
Back to Robin Hood.
Back in the days of the Good Queer
Beth. and of Richard the First, whel
Robin Hood and his merry men hunte'
the royal deer in the great Black For
est, and his bowmen in their Lincoln
Green sent terror and death to tn
hearts of the Norman noblemen, wit
their fatal black arrows, will the beat
tiful expanse of Earlham campus re
vert for an afternoon.
Old England will be reproduced il
| costumes, decorations and action .
the celebrators in the happy May Da
revel.
| Beginning with a pageant, lead b
Norman heralds with their long trun
pets and the May Queen, Miss Kathel
inc Hartman, of Montecello Ind, an
ended with the Quack Doctors an
J Cunning Beggars, the Maying spiri
will be instilled into the entire CO
,ege, until late at night. The fina
event will be music by chorus of VIZ
men under the direction of Miss Laur
CASTOR in Lindley hall.
| After the May Queen, comes a pal
ty of lesser queens. of which ther
will be dozen. Sixteen shepherdes.
es, leading a number of milk whit
lambs, and the milk maids, with gail
decorated cows will follow the queen
in the first section of the procession
Robin Hood, Friar Tuck. and thei
band of Lincoln Green clansmen, TO
low the first section. There will b
more than 40 of these forest bandit,
This company will present the oper;
Robin Hood" during the commenc,
ment festivities at Earlham, later i
the year. There will also be the pla
of st. George and the Dragon" rel
resented in the parade, together wit
the Morris dancers.
After these mythical creatures wi
be the Chimney Sweeps, with thei
old rustic twig brooms, the Jacks an
the Green, two hobby horses, and th
Fool will trot along.
| May Girls on Floats.
! Fifty May pole girls. in four hug
floats, drawn by oxen, the Milk Maid
Drill, many May Day revelers, fanta
tically costumed, following and sin,
ing will add enthusiasm to the pag,
ant.
| The procession will draw up in fror
Of Earlham hall. where the May Quee
Miss Hartman. will be crowned. The
there will be a general mixing up {
the characters and a display of CO.
| tunes
On big stage to be erected
front Of Eariham hall, several play
will be given. The first of these wi
me 'Pyramus Thisty." from the Mi
Summer Nights Dream" and afte
that the play of st. George and th
Dragon will be presented
The night festivities will consis
of the play, The Masque of tn
Queen" in Iindiey hall. A music;
event Will follow.