Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-06-10
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Pageant by University Women on
(,PasSmOunf LAWN

mount" given by the women of ths(
University of Vermont Friday evening on
Grassmount lawn was a complete. success,i
in fact so well was every scene enacted
that at the conclusion many people fe5
like rubbing their eyes to see whether
they had really seen those scenes of
whether they had been having a dream
Of the long ago. The narrative was comS
posed by Mrs. Pearl Randall Wasson1
dean of women, and it gave her conS
ception Of the history of Grassmount{
Miss Amy Dean Cram. physical directoE
for women, was the director of th&
pageant and the costumes, and it wa9
she who planned and drilled all Of th9
dances.
Grassmount proved TO be the ideal spot
for such a pageant for the high hedge
seemed to shut out the outside worldJ
while the low hanging trees and shrub-|
| berry, adding many shadows. lent a1
atmosphere of mystery and carried ou1
| 10 perfection that feeling that here wa4
! FARMLAND The narrative brought in tha
most important history of the old estates
| The poetry was musical and the whole
was carried through with a finish that
was a real delight.
The pageant opened with tho proiogue}
! by Miss Marjorie Young, vice-presiden4
of the senior class. and Student UnioN
!
as the spirit of Grass mount. Miss BishoT4
had a different part and it was well done3
| She gael into a crystal and ther1
saw the characters whom she called3
| forth to act and talk as they had lohG1
ago First came the heritage given to-
us by primaeval man. This was any
| Indian scene. There were two lndlal9
songs by Margaret Whittemore, whouH
BURLINGTON has come to know so wellj
Iar IvI ~
bred Hooker. and then came the war3
riors. who gave a true Indian danced
| Nearly all historic pageants have Int
dian, scenes but this was distinctly
different. II looked Indian and ~
sounded Indian, for the girls gave
some real savage whoops. The war;
riors were: Mabel Miles, Katherine
Mudgett Priscilla Sails, Pauline Par-
lin, Lois Estes, Florence Todd, Ger-
trude Branon, Helen McKelvey. Wilhel<
nina Ahrens. Frances Freeman, HildS
Mar-tinson, Dorothy Mcmahon, Francea
MAYNARD, Caroline Macomber. Marcelis
Fairbanks and Mary Gleason
While the first scene drcw FORTY
MANY EXPLANATIONS of admiration. tho
second scene was even moro Impress
sive. This depicted Lafayette's visit
| to Cirassmount. There were presene
Governor and Mrs Van Ness, lmperS
| SOnated by Pearl Berry anu I|idlV
BENSON. respectively. Corne}la VAN
Ness in the person of Ruth Glysson}
Nadine Boardman as Marcia Van
Moss. General and Mrs. Seth Warner{
in the persons of Alice Ryder ana
Mildred Powell. and Alene Crosby az
, President Preston and Myrtle McNie7
as his wife. The last two came ID
state in a carriage Of THAT day, drawn
by a real horse. Mrs. Seth Warne1
) and her husband added a little -humo1
70 this scene when she insisted OF
having him explain everything
through here ear trumpet. OF cours4
the chief guest of the evening WI
J Jafayette Miss Katherine McSween
took this part and entering upon q
black horse she made n great impres{
sion With her, also on horsebacl1
came her two aides. Helen Stiles and
MAY Hutton. There was also preser4
Edith johnson as Mr.. Underwood and
Mary Sunderland, Alpa Amey. Phyllf3
Robinson and Pauline Ayers as guest1
and Ruth Ball .as the butler and Marx
sa,erite, Dauchy as the groom In 'thr3
| scene the courtly- grace of that period
was<arried out in the introductions n
= | one guest to another in the minue3
and finally in the toast given NJ
LAFAYETTE, which was the original
toast given when he visited Grass4
: | mount Many of the costumes WORD
, in this scene were handed down fro4
that time. They were gathered to{
gether by Miss Ursula Kimball WIND
I did much to make thissscene- a. success
Dances of all kinds and all of -theu
, full OF grace and that natural charH
that cannot be initiated predominated
r in the third, scene MisssFlorence Cunl3
3 mings as Dawn had dance as mysa
FERROUS and as beautiful as the comb
ri ing of day, while, Miss Sybil- Foote a
$ the sun gave an Interpretation of ita
rising which was full of light and lifa
r This scene was lkesa page taken FROM
some fairy tale. First, Miss Louisa
Lawton, clad in a garment of-solemu
D., hue, entered and then she was introj
4 duced to nature in the person Oh
Phyllis Hill. |
Y She in turn called. her children. Nighta
t Miss Louise Twohey appeared with heb
train and they dds pretty little danced
n Among them We're the stars, the BATH
> and the fireflies, with their Pickering
< lights Then nature called forth thd
:" clouds, and the rain and then as dawn
" appeared the rain retreated, and with
" dawn came the birds, the flowers and
the butterflies. The rain once more app
peared only to be- scattered by the sum
whose rays, with the clouds. and rainj
formed the bow of promise. At this poin1
u the rainbow girls gave pretty dance.
In this scene the spirit of Grassmour3
, revealed to the Student Union Presiden1
:, the possibilities found in the JOY of worn
c combined with an appreciation of .natura
. which may lead through study to I'D
I knowledge of natures laws. The scene
r concluded with the spirit giving to the
president the golden key of knowledgsi
q which she in turn gave 10 the student
@ union president for 1890. Miss Blanchd
9 Abbott
e There were many interesting characA
S tiers presented: katherine Comings waS
Y a bee, Ernestine Bardi butterfly, DorS
- othy Ayers a rose. Marion Chattcrton a
i violet, Doris Thompson a daffodil. Mari@
- on Wright robin, Elizabeth Booth a
o bluebird and Marion Folsom a .blackbirdj
L The firefiies were: 'Sydnia Butler, Mildred
!. Doane, Ruth Chaplin, Annie Sargent, thS
8 trees; Lois Bartlett Vonnie Dart. NJ arr
" guerite Dauchy, Emily Dodge. Mary feis
: ley, Flora Emerson Marion Barrows,
# Helen Merriam; the stars. Gunhild Myhr.
berg Helen Andrews. Mary Baton, Hell.
en- Kimball. Amey Hammond: the clouda
Dorothy Cleveland, Cornelia Kent, Mar
= ion Way, Viola Marvin; the raindropS
~ Helen Cass, Doris Foster. Florence Can.
!, ton, Marjorie Love, Agnes Walsh, Genera
II Kenyon; and rainbow maidens. Helen At-
l., kinson, Alice Sunderland. Ruth HubbelL
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