Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-06
may DAY At SWEET BR|AR
IS OBSERVED WITH FETE
Scene Of Color and Beauty, Presented
by Old BoxwoUd
Circle.
SUFFOLK GIRL CROWNED QUEEN
Miss Martha Dardcn Reviews Sub
iects-aiiss Douglas Cheif. of
ItichmOnd, Is Among Flower Girls.
Prominent Guests at College.
Especial to The Times pispa,ch.,


SWEET BRIAR, VA. May 5.-AIay
Day at Sweet Briar WAS celebrated on
Monday. April 30. AS usual upon this
annual fcte day, the old lockwood cir
Gle In front Of Sweet fjriar House pre-
scnted scene of beauty and coiorful
Eaycty. The audience gathered from
the ncighboring cites and surrounding
country and throngcd the porches and
balconies Of Sweet Rriar House to Wit
ncsls the pretty ceremonies with which
the college celebrates the coming Of
May.
At tho sound Of singing in tho dis
lance the girls came strolliug into the
circle dressed In graceful lowered cos
tunes Of the Anna Hathaway style
AS they wandered in they gradually
formed two straight lines leading UP
to the green 0owcr- deckcd throne at
the far end Of tho circle. The several
hundred girls in. their pale-hucd
against which the queen and all hcr
royal court stood out with bcwi!dcriny
lovclines.
MISS DARDEN. or suFroLk.
As QUEEN OF MAY
To the music Of THE May Queens
Greeting" tho royal procession entered
First came the maids, Misses Helen
Reeson. OF Columbus. Ohio: Mary
watts Iiattoh. ef Portsmouth, Va
Catherine Marshall. OF Rock Island
Ill. and Gertrude Morsc. OF Oak rark
III. walking two and two and clad
In dainty gowns of corn flower blue
and gold. They carried old ia shioncd
bouquets Of corn-fiowcrs and sweet
heart rosebuds. After them came Miss
Mildred Meek. of Houston. Tex. pre-
senter Of tn" sccpter. and she was fol-
lowed by Misses Marie Durham OF
Germantown. Ia. Madeline Sachs. Of
Denver. Col: katherine kcmpcr. Of
Hondersonvillc C.. and Jeanne
Lowry. of Brazil Miss Martha walker
OF Charlotte \. g.. presenter OF the
garland. came next, and was followed
by Misses Iona Burton. OF For, Worth
TEX; Cornciia Carroll Of Clarksdalc
Miss: Elizabeth Lea. Of Trenton, ~.
j.; Edna sloan. Of Cleveland. Ohio.
Miss Janctta Fitzhugh. the maid OF
honor 10 the Queen. preceded tho four
flower girls. Misses Josephine Payne. Of
Covington. Va. Douglas Chelf. Of Rich
mond: Gladys Lynn. Of I.ynchburc and
oli"c Burton. of Fort Worth. Tex.
Last entered tic Queen. Miss Martha
pardcn. 81 suffolk. in her blue aud
gold gown ana long court train with
hcr arms full Of Marguerites and corn
flowers. Down tho avenue OF girls
she passed. Sh'> mounted her throne
anG there vas crowned. garlanded, and
sccptercd after which she rose and
spoke TO her subjects. thanking them
for their loyalty and bidding them he
merry for the rest OF that festive day.
Then followed various dances Tor tho
pleasure OF tho Queen and her court
The celebration closed with the dane
ing az several intricate and attrac.
tive May Polo dances. after which tic
royal procession fled out under rose
covered arches
nkNCp. fnt-k,r
CLOSES DAYS EXERCISES
Immediately after the exercises in
tho EoNwood circle the audience adj
journ"d TO tho dell where III. ANIMAL
o"td"o'' pageant was presented by the
students. Tho pageant took the form
OF intcrprctaiivc dancing representing
the story OF the coming or spring. and
expressing tho spirit of the woods
May Day ended. as usual with n
formal dance in the Great Hall.
Among the guests spending several
DAYS ut the college arc Rev. Carl
Grammar and Mrs. Grammar. OF Phila-
dciphia, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Reif-
snyder. OF Philadelphia; Mrs a. c.
Webb, OF Clevcland. Mrs George G.
l'ogE. Of Pittsburgh; Mrs. II. NJ Case.
Cleveland; Mrs. Lewis Mackal OF
Washington; Arthur McGcorge Of
Wilmington. Del. Mrs. r. l.. C;ibbon, OF
Charlotte, y. c.; Mrs r. H. Hammond