Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-04
MAY DAY EXERCISES

VIII Be Observed Friday, May 18th
The high school has decided to OBJ
serve Friday, May the twelfth as May
Day, and Is preparing an elaborate
program to be given in the city park.
The observance of May day is re-
vival of an old English custom, and
is being carried out by many high
schools and colleges all over the
country. This year, being the Shake
spearean Tercentenary, characteristic
features are being included. ..
In the professional from the schooi
building to the city park, the follow
ing characters will appear: Robin
Hood characters-Robin Hood, Ar
mold Spencer; Maid Marion, Anna
Hansen; Friar Tuck, Arthur Horn
Ing; testers, Earl Garroutte and
George Weighton; Hobby-horses Will
liam Randolph and Walter Petersen;
Dragons, Otto Clark and Richard Jen-
sen; Gypsy Foresters with the, May
Pole; Puck leading the Flowers; the
Dutch Dancers; the Swedish dancers;
the Scotch dancers; the flower girls:
Essa Law, Dagmar Jensen, Margaret
Law, Metha Fredericksen, 1Rirtie
Haahr, Clara Fredericksen, Mary
Koenig, Anna Larsen, Gladys Farm
ham, Alice Steere, Eugene Nelson;
the Bird boys, Charles Frederickseu,
Frank Huffman, Ivan Kelley, Ear
Kraft; Attendants; Crown bearer,
Alice Viewer; pages, Emmert Jensen
and Theodore Kellogg; maid of honor
Clara Foley; and Queen of the May,
Hazel Mclaughlin. The canopy will
be carried by four of the Senior boys,
Dan Wagner, Mark Law, Fred Mart
insen, and Will Dennis.
The events on the program are as
follows: -
Professional From the high school
building to the city park.
Song. Roses Everywhere" Glee Club
and Senior Girls. ..
Growing of the Queen Maid of
Honor.
Dance Of the Attendants, Senior Girls.
Lena AuN, Hazel Anderson, Olive
Fest. Astrid Jensen. Bernice Kelley,
Alma Mclaughlin, Gladys McLaugh-
lin. Anna Miller, May Nelson, Lois
Perrine, Beulah Reed, Annis Roth.
Lola Rucker. Margaret Weston.
Greet the May" .:. School
Erection of May Pole, Gypsy Foresters
Russell Bagley, Leo Foley, Merrill
Northup, Edwin Anderson, John
Law, Clarence Nelson.
Dutch Dance. Gertrude Dye, Wan
da Wright, Inez Rutherford, Gla-
dys Swezey, Bessie Hollenbeck,
Margarite Hite, Minnie Andersen,
/, Rebecca Weeks.
Swedish Knapp Dams. Anna Mortin-
sen, Louise Fredericksen, Lucille
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Mary Rucker, May Ault, Blanche
McLeran, Harold Harmon, Lester
Mason. Ernest Reed, viii Wright,
La Verne Hansen, Oliver Fullerton.
Levi Jensen. Clarence Raebel.
Scotch Dance Elsie McLeran, May
Fest, Eunice Nelson, Velma Spen-
Ger. Fiji Goldstein, Mildred Kerwin
Claudine Kruse, Bonita Higley. limo
+ Spencer. Gladys Wedemoyer, Verne
Mclaughlin. Mildred Jones.
MasQue of the Flowers. Led by Puck,
William Shupe. Lucille Jordan.
Ruth Pound, Helen Preston. Mar
ietta Malthesen, Grace johnson,
Anna Fabricius. Anna Hansen, Flo
renee Lang. Florence Kibby, Hazel
Roth. Blanche Fancher, Wilma Nc
Mutt.
Winding Of the May Pole ....Atten-
dants.
Recessional ................... School
Music for the program is to be fur
nished by the orchestra: Garland
Curtis, Wynona Farquhar, Henri
eta Jensen, Joy Eddy. Axel Jensen.
Charles Massey, Paul Giddens, and
Harold Jensen.
The having Of the program on the
particular date, May 18th, is of
course conditioned on the having of
good weather on this day. If the
weather il unfavorable, the exercises
will be postponed.