The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-30

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hnrn college will be held Saturday. be-
ginning at three o'clock In the AFTER
noon. The occasion Will De the cIoWn
ing OF the May Queen, who Will De MISE
Mary Wickwire. and attendant IesuvE
ties. The rete is more elaborate tnan
snything of the kind the school mas
hitherto attempted. The celepration
aims to reproduce to some extent the
Old Miracle plays and May Day 1rohcs
Of the Fifteenth Century, the stoleS ~, =,
which are preserved In the Eneiish ~
erature of the Romantic Age.
The pa geant will form at Rlce nan
and will go by the gymnasium past
Within and around to the open ar Inc
atre of the Dramatic club back OF bos-
we'll hall. AS the pageant Is FORMING
the queen will be heralded by Two
trumpeteers, Mr.. Ray Beaver and Mr.
Walter Slagle, wearing the court cos
tune of the heralds of the tirteentn
century Next in line will De the Dear
nation Little Miss Katherine Lindsay
and Master Douglass McEachron Will
take those parts. Then the queen ner
self will come riding white morse anu
wearing the Grecian robe OF a princess.
Miss Wickwire is considered one OF I'M
nHett1e4t .
he attended by six Junior girls all
wearing court costume. They are: MISS
Veda Hodgson, Miss Mary Balch. MISS
Esther Clark, Miss Mildred Geonart.
Miss Isabel March. and Miss Aoeiaioe
Johnston. A long line following Will De
made IN of the performers in the fes-
tival.
The pageant will reach the open air
theatre at $3.50. Whereupon Miss Wick
wire will be crowned. and May roe
dance will be given by twenty-iour OF
the girls Of the Sophomore and Fresh
After the May Pole dance. will be a
nantomime dance, 1.-The Mask OF the
FIowers." The cast is: Winter. Mr..
Robert Drum: Rain. Miss Helen Craw-
ford: Sunshine. Miss Dorothy Miller.
The dance was prepared by Miss Mar
jorie Rodgers. and Will be gwen unoer
her direction.
A rope skipping performance by
some of the seniors will follow the
pantomime. They will wear their
girls win turn the ropes. The girls
furnishing this part of the entertain
ment are: Miss Eta Burdett, Miss
winnefred Cornick, Miss Harriet
Markham. Miss Helen Johnston, Miss
Fannie Stoves. Miss Winona McLatch-
ey. The following Junior girls will
turn the ropes: Miss Zillah Mileham,
Miss Lillian Stone. Miss Cozy Craw-
ford. Miss Ruth Easter, Miss Florence
Hoover, Miss Corinne Ripley, Miss
Mable Kingsley, Miss Hazel Klinga-
man, Miss Catherine Stanley, Miss
May Tomlinson, Miss Mary Helen
Shirer, Miss Faye Hathaway.
A series Of dances, dedicated to the
season, will be given. The following
young women will take part in the
winter dance: Miss Josephine Ellis,
Miss Bernice Dietrich. Miss Lois Muir
npsA n
DooIey, Miss Ruby Scott. Miss Martha
Whittemore. Miss Myrtle Kessler. and
Miss Margaret Webb.
The fairy story Alice in Wonder
land" will be presented with the fol-
lowing cast
Whitcomb.
Scene THE Mad Tea Party.
The March Hare. ..... Merrill Rean
The Mad Halter. Martin Miller
The Dor-mouse. bernard AskeW
ace scene 1.-THE Mack School. o'
The Mock Turtle. Frank Ripley
The Fish Footman
.............W Warren Humphrey
Alice ...............M Mary Ferguson
The Duchess. Mona Thomas
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will be: Miss Margaret Nicholas, Miss
Kathryn Albaugh. Miss Lola Carter
Miss Leslie Moncrie. Miss Faye Ruth
Hathaway. Miss Ruth Irving, Mis-.
Genevieve Wise, Miss Leila Craig
Miss Majorie Foote. Miss Mildred
Marsh and Miss Erna Zutavern.
Following this dance at $3.50 there
will be an intermission of one hour
in which supper will be served IL
booths arranged around the amphi
theater.
The entertainment will be resumed
at $3.50 o'clock, when the summe
dance will be given by Miss Flor,
Harrington. Miss May Hill, Miss Erm,
Larrick. Miss Eugenia Pratt, Mis-
Violet Crumbine, Miss Ruth Foste
land Miss Juliet Brown. After tn
dance. the old play robin Hood will
he staged with old time quaintness
The cast is:
Robin Hood .......... Donald Welt
His men: Scarlet, Clarence Green
Allen-a-Dale. Will Brown: Much, LIE
Redmond; Friar Tuck, Beryl John
son: Little John. Will Guild.
Sheriff of Nottingham, Elmer Shelto
Eherifrs Wife. .......... Olive Whit
The Baron ....... .Finney MARKHAM
Anthony. his man. ..... Frank Peer
King Edward 1. George O'Brie
Queen Eleanor Juliet Pettyjoh
Her Lady-in Waiting Louise Culve
Knight. Sir Richard of the Lee.
Herbert Gull
Maid Marion. his daughter.
Erna Zutaver
The last of the dance of the sea