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May Day Festivities
at State Normal

Capital Journal Special Service)
Monmouth, Ore, May THE big
annual May Day exercises of the state
normal school took place today on the
Normal school campus beginning at
nine O'Clock a. IN. On account of the
several days of Easter vacation the
May day festivities were five days late
this year. For several weeks previous
to the exercises, the students of both
Normal and training school and the
directors worked with a special spirit
of interest and enthusiasm to make the
program not only the success that it
has always been in the past, but also
to show how muel better it could be
made each year. Even though the
weather did not prove to be as good
as was hoped for, the efforts of those
who took part were by no means a
failure in making the exercises more
than interesting. The festivities Of
the day were in honor of the Booth
anniversary of our famous author, Will
liam Shakespeare. The May queea,
Miss Myrtle Clayville represented
Queen Elizabeth. The parts of the
court ladies' Of the queen were taken
by Miss Isabella Garland, Miss Ellen
jackson, Miss Laura Belle and Miss
Opal Bretz. They were all costumed
in grand style which showed the man
ner of dress during the Elizabethan
period of history. Moving pictures
were taken of the many different
drills, folk dances and May pole wind
ing in which tine students wore numer-
Gus, varied and unique costumes. The
program for the forenoon was as fol-
lows:
Parade of Normal students; coming
and crowning of the queen; dance
greeting by tire elves, 1st and End
grade students; winding Of May pole,
3rd and 4th grades; drill of the pirates
5th and 9th grades; the Shepherdess
drill, 9TH and Sth grades; Robin Hood
exercise, 7th and Sth grade boys.
Pageants by junior and senior
classes; winding of the May poles.
On account of the rainy afternoon
tae tennis tournaments, volley ball, re-
lay races and other sports had to be
called off but the weather did not eff
feet the folk dancing as that took place
in the gymnasium and the different
class dances were so extraordinarily
fine that people had no cause what
ever to complain because the sports
could not take place.
Last Friday morning during the
chapel period Mr. M. s. Pittman rep
resented the faculty of the Normal
school bp giving a most interesting
speech on the problems which are be.
fore the people today in our school
system of America. After summing
up the indictments against our public
school system which need attention,
Mr. Pittman showed clearly how these
problems should be met by the people,
The talk impressed the students in a
very fine manner which will no doubt
lead them to think more seriously of
our many pressing American problems
of the present time.
Mr. H. V. Macken represented the
senior class of the Normal last Wednes
day during the chapel period. The topic
of mis- talk was '"rhe Educational Call
Of the East. The theme winch NJ
Macken had prepared was very in
teresting exposition of the Filipino S
education.
Mr.. Bennes was at the Normal school
last Wednesday where he conferred
with President Ackerman in regard to
improvements and repairs needed to be
made in short time. Most everyone
agrees with President Ackerman that
the greatest need of the school at the
present time is the enlargement of the
ahauol n all In a fxv IoVsi timp Mr.
Bennes will present a plan by which
the room can be enlarged, also the
approximate cost of the change.
A very interesting and close game
Of baseball was played last Saturday
between the senior and junior boys of
the Normal school. Brilliant playing
on the part Of both sides was shown
by the evenness of the game. The
contest proved victory for the SEN
iors with the score l6 to Is.